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wickedfleaLast melon post, I swear. Funny thing just happened: Margaret mentioned watermelon, so I asked her if she put salt on it. And she said that they were talking about that yesterday at her house; apparently her husband Vinnie does it, and the rest of them think it's weird! And they were also talking about salt and pepper on cantaloupe. And then somehow we got off on how much we love Waffle Houses. This is the same person who mentioned out of the blue one day that her favorite ribs came from "someplace down south . . . Dreamland?" Yep, Dreamland! The place I've been known to drive 75 miles to for a slab.
Man, I'm gonna gain 30 pounds in a week when I go home for vacation. It's gonna be SICK. I still have to figure out when I'm gonna do that, by the way. Probably will try to make the family reunion and then stay for a while. Not sure how I feel about the reunion yet. On the one hand, I'll get to see everyone, and I get along with just about all my family, but on the other hand everyone will BE THERE, and it's kinda hard to relax when people are coming and going like crazy. But maybe it'll clear out and be cool. Or maybe I'll say "see y'all" and head for Dreamland or the French Quarter!
Man, I'm gonna gain 30 pounds in a week when I go home for vacation. It's gonna be SICK. I still have to figure out when I'm gonna do that, by the way. Probably will try to make the family reunion and then stay for a while. Not sure how I feel about the reunion yet. On the one hand, I'll get to see everyone, and I get along with just about all my family, but on the other hand everyone will BE THERE, and it's kinda hard to relax when people are coming and going like crazy. But maybe it'll clear out and be cool. Or maybe I'll say "see y'all" and head for Dreamland or the French Quarter!
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Date: 2003-07-14 10:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-14 10:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-14 11:17 am (UTC)And hi! I didn't say hello when I added you, but I always see your pictures in the photo communities and always dig them. :)
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blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-14 11:33 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-07-14 12:59 pm (UTC)thnx for the compliment!
Re: blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-14 05:04 pm (UTC)Yep, same old Dreamland--wonderful as ever. Well, there are a couple of things that bug me when I go there now. It seems that there are white people actually running the place now, though most of the workers are black. I guess it got sold by the old man's family? But the thing that REALLY bugs me is that they no longer serve both Coke and Pepsi products--only Pepsi. And Pepsi is EEEEEEEEEEVIL.
Re: blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-15 09:36 am (UTC)when i left it was being run by the daughter. i'm shocked to hear that they sold out. i was also shocked that they have multiple locations now! but man, oh man, my mouth is watering right now. i may have to go online and order!
why is pepsi evil? i LURV pepsi!!!
Re: blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-15 12:56 pm (UTC)ACK, say it ain't so! I hate Pepsi products. I want Coke everywhere! But what was so cool is that they served BOTH before.
Of course, the best thing to drink w/ ribs is beer--but I don't drink anymore. But man, I remember going there at like 11 in the morning hung over as SHIT and having two beers w/ my slab and just being in seventh heaven. =)
Re: blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-15 01:29 pm (UTC)Re: blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-15 02:30 pm (UTC)I actually drink FAKE beer now, and I NEVER would have envisioned that. I always thought it was like giving a starving dog a rubber bone. But I dunno, somehow I can drink it and not miss the buzz. And there are some really good ones out there now--Buckler, Haake Beck, and Kaliber. It's weird--I have a couple of cases of real beer in my apt. right now (long story), and I haven't been tempted at all. I guess I just got to my limit. But you're probably not in the situation I was, so it's kinda hard to advise. :)
Re: blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-16 07:50 am (UTC)i drink daily, at lest 3 beers a day. i really want to stop that. of course there is binging on weekends. sometimes shots are involved :-o
i'm to the point now that it doesn't seem worth it. i feel shitty in the mornings. i stay cranky til mid-day. AND i get very bloated. being the vain wench i am this is the worst part for me.
the antibiotics i'm on right now (LONG story) are what's keeping me off beer. i haven't had one since last monday. i bet i've lost 5 pounds!
can i add you?
Re: blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-16 08:22 am (UTC)Yeah, I never know what to tell people about giving up drinking. In my case, I just had to or I was gonna die. One of the things that made it easy (well, not easy, but a little less difficult than it might have been) was that I moved back to MS from VA and went back to school, and by that time all my cronies had moved on. So I didn't have to worry about avoiding old friends and my old lifestyle. Probably would be tough if all your friends were still around and still doing the same old thing. But I dunno, if they're your friends they'll respect it.
Sorry, I'm babbling. But give it a shot! Maybe having to take the antibiotics is just the push you need.
Re: blast from the past!
Date: 2003-07-16 08:49 am (UTC)my problem is saying "no." i've always had a problem with that. my motto was/still is "i'll try anything once." so, when i'm out and people order drinks i first say "no, i'll have a PEPSI (MMMUUWWAAAHHHH!) but somehow i get talked into drinking beer. and i don't know if it's really being talked into it or just not having the willpower to JUST SAY NO!
i go to shows weekly and i live in a city that's full of alcoholics. probably more per capita than anywhere (i wonder if anyone has done a study?). i never see people here not drinking. there is a pub on every corner. it's SO hard to avoid.
i thought, when i had my daughter, that would be it for me. but slowly i started drinking again. i would go to aa but i'm not sure that would work for me because i'm not that far gone, i just need to clean up my act a little.
my divorce and subsequent remarriage was and still is very difficult and confusing to me even though it's *what i thought* i wanted.
okay, now i'm rambling!!!
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Date: 2003-07-17 03:32 pm (UTC)