Post For A New Year

I thought I might as well post so I would
not be unlinked from Bohica's blog.
Things have been going pretty well here.

October Post

Well it took a minor accident to get me to post again.
As most of you know, I have a car. In the not so distant
past this car had both headlights in the right place and
a turn signal indicator and a non cracked up bumper
and a somewhat unblemished right fender.. That was
before my car met a log. It was sort of sticking out in
the road and yeah I ran into it. Not quite sure how
it all happened, but I guess it could have been worse.
At any rate the 'rents drove me back to RA Saturday
night, and I've been borrowing gma's car. I don't really
feel any worse for wear other than the back pain that
I may have had regardless of the run-in.

In Search of..

Willie Morris' grandmother's tombstone. I was reading Terrains of
the Heart last night, and I came across a story about Willie's
grandmother Mamie. She passed away in 1974 and was buried
in a family plot in Raymond. Since I live in outer Raymond I
thought I would try to find the plot on the way home from work.
The only clue I had from the book is that it was in the old
part of the cemetary.. Well if you've ever been to the Raymond
cemetary, the first thing you notice is that it all looks old.
There are two sections split by a winding road.
The part I'm assuming is the older part is not even half
full which led me to wonder what happened. Did most
of the tombstones get stolen? Did some people buy plots
and decide later in life that Kosciusko or Indianola or
Prentiss would make a better place for the great eternal
nap? I guess I'll never know. I ambled around one section
of the cemetary for a while and drew a couple of curious
onlookers. As the sun was setting I decided to go across
the road to section that holds the Confederate Dead. I looked
at tombstone after tombstone being careful to try not to
stand on anyone. I was about to call it a day when I noticed
a tombstone with the name Harper etched on the eastern
facing side. I felt I was getting close. I wandered in the
wrought iron enclosure and peered at some of the stones.
No luck. I turned to leave and saw two other stones near
the entrance. The first had Percy Harper Weaks on the
front. I leaned over to the one on the right and saw
Marion Harper Weaks. I was just about sure that I had
found what I had been searching for. As I turned I looked
down and saw a nice sized marble slab for a Major Harper
who was in the Mississippi Militia and who had been an
editor of the Hinds County Gazette. Near the bottom of
the slab I noticed that this marker had been placed by
the Major's grandsons.. Willie Morris and David Rae Morris.
Feeling sure I had found the right spot, I headed back
to the car as the sun sank below the tree line.

She's Just

Not that into me.. That should be the title of a book.
Yeah, it's already over. But I did walk away from this
less than torrid romance with a few book recommendations..
so I went to Lemuria this evening and wandered around
the southern literary section trying to find a good book.
The nice shop lady/girl was very helpful and gave me
some insight on some old authors and some up and coming
authors. Have any of you read anything by Walker Percy?
I ended up getting one of his books, and I found a really
great line a couple of pages into the novel.. "She was one
of those girls you could sit on a park bench and eat
a peanut butter sandwich with and never say a word."
I just think that's great.

I'm Wondering

What's up peeps. Here's hoping that you've all had an
enjoyable weekend. I went to a wedding yesterday and
had a grand time. I've started talking to a girl this week,
and things seem to be heading in the right direction. She's
smart and funny and appears to be taking an interest in
me. Yeah, can you dig it. So earlier in the week she mentioned
we should have coffee. After talking with her on the phone
Friday evening for a looong time, I told her I'd get in touch
with her the next day. We talked for a bit yesterday since
she wasn't feeling well, but she left a message for me today
saying that we needed to go to a movie this week. Now we
are at the "I'm wondering" part of the blog. I was under the
impression that we were going to do coffee, evaluate the
situation, etc., then move on to other possible outings.
Now that she seems to have bypassed coffee and gone
to wanting to see a movie, should I consider that a
good thing? I guess since it was her idea and she is
asking me to go somewhere with her I should probably
just stop thinking about it and go. I do find it sort of
funny that she would suggest a movie since the other
night she mentioned she didn't like movies for first
dates because you really couldn't talk much. Maybe
she thinks we've talked enough. Maybe she wants to
take me to a sad movie to see if I'll cry. I'm curious.

Tomorrow Night

Well the college football season starts tomorrow night
when Mississippi State plays South Carolina in Starkvegas.
Everything is bright and rosy for the moment. I would
like a winning season. Haven't had one of those in
a while.

Bugs

It's hard not to post something about Katrina today.
All who read this blog were affected by Katrina.
Most of us lost power for anywhere from a few
hours to close to ten days. Fortunately most of
us were just more or less inconvenienced. I haven't
been down to the coast since the storm came through,
and I'm not entirely sure why. It's probably some form
of guilt. Guilt that I didn't do more, Guilt that I came
through pretty much unscathed.. I don't know, but
I am proud of the way that the vast majority of the
people in the state responded and continue to respond
to the tragedy.