Ok, this is the first time I’ve blogged from somewhere other than my house. I decided to take my laptop downtown to Hot Corner, which is the current reigning champion of cool coffee shops to hang out in. Now that Blue Sky has abdicated the throne that is. Anyway, I’m here waiting on Brent to drag his hung over ass down here so we can drink some beers. I feel like playing some pool tonight.
Right now though, i’m enjoying being away from the house. I love my new house, but tonight there was some sort of domestic disturbance in the house across the street. The people living there just moved in last week. Let me go ahead and get it out of the way and say that they’re black. I don’t really care what color they are. I’ll just say that I hate when people live up to a negative stereotype. While I was watching TV I thought I heard something, looked outside, and saw two cop cars and a throng of black people. Evidently the disturbance had taken place across the way and people actually came from down the street to watch. It sounded like something from Jerry Springer. Something about someone getting a divorce and trying to move away from somebody but they followed them to my neighborhood and got into it. I dunno. The cops were kind of laughing. I decided then to leave for the night.
My neighborhood is not quite finished yet. so new people are always moving in. It’s a really nice neighborhood, if I do say so myself. The houses are in the 150 to 180k range. So far it looks like fairly well off people are moving in. Some with kids, mostly not though. I was hoping that we were moving into a nice quiet area. I realize that shit can happen anywhere at anytime, so I’ll chalk this up to a fluke and hope it’s not a trend.
Went to Atlanta this week on my 2 day vacation. It worked out pretty nice. Got to hit some golf balls with my brother in law. The bottom line is that I suck, but I learned a lot from him in the short couple of hours I was there. After that, I went to my cousin’s place and chatted with him for a couple hours. He’s the oldest of all of us, and the craziest, and is doing really well for himself. I wish he’d find the time to come to Athens every now and then. You hear me boy? Anyway we went and ate buffalo burgers at Ted’s Montana Grill. That was some good shit! I’ll be back there again for sure. After that I went to Scott’s place and saw him. He has had a pretty good life since the last time I saw him. Hot girlfriend, vacations in Mexico and the Everglades, finally finished his thesis and is getting his masters, and UPS is about to hire him. Not bad!
So tonight it’s all about finishing my vacation. I’ve discovered that taking days off in the middle of the week is a pain in the ass and a waste of vacation days. I did have fun, but getting back in the middle of the week sucked. Next time I’ll stick with long weekends.
#1 by Adrian on 1/22/2005 - 1:01 pm
As long as you don’t start having random gunshots from across the street you’ll be fine. And you’re right that color doesn’t matter. The old mill neighborhood next to our subdivision in Commerce is populated by white people, and that’s where the gunshots come from.