this was n't the kind of something that could go wrong like jumping in a car with ten dollars in your pocket and a half a tank of gas and driving to colorado springs in hopes of going to a bar , not getting carded , and meeting hot , soon-to-be-fighter-pilot cadets from the air force academy , an endeavor doomed to fail ( and i would know as i was the voice of experience on that kind of thing , how do you think i got my t-shirt ? ) .