Perhaps I should take a sec to address my sweet lil' sister's comment... Haley, I don't hate ALL morning talk radio. Bob & Sherry are good friends of mine when I'm waking up at... eh... 7:45 or 8:00 in Statesboro. I gladly invite them into my room every morning & always enjoy their "chat room". But the talk radio I've been subjected to each morning so far in Portland is poorly inadequate. Yes, I enjoyed a little Yanni & Britney news, but I could do without the rest of the crap they send out over the airwaves. Perhaps someone out here should buy themselves some Bob & Sherry.
Now, let me take one more sec to address my own comment on your blog, sweet lil' sister. POST SOMETHING OF DECENT LENGTH ON YOUR BLOG RIGHT NOW. I'm freakin' tired of seeing that oh-so-embarassing caricature of myself (do you think we could convince people that those pics really are caricatures and NOT how we actually look)? Anyway... if you could please post something, anything really, that would move those pics on down the page... I would be your best friend. Well, one of the top two... promise.
So, did I tell y'all that I actually finished All the King's Men? It's probably been a week or two since I re-read the last page. I really ended up liking it (obviously, since I quote it for you all the time... and sorry, you haven't seen the last of those quotes... I just left it at home, so the quoting will resume when we return from these messages). Actually, it's pretty interesting (to me, at least) that I was reading it. I took a Journalism History class at Penn State, and the prof had us read The Earl of Louisiana for class. Does anyone else know where I'm going with this? Okay, okay, I'll get to the point. All the King's Men was the somewhat-fictionalized story of Huey Long, governor of Louisiana. Earl of Louisiana was a more accurate (journalistic, even!) recount of the life of Huey's brother, Earl, who was also (after his brother's murder) governor of the great stet (state [of Louisiana]... for those of you who couldn't figure it out!). Anyway... what I was actually going to write when I started this long-winded paragraph... Is anyone familiar with both of these books and/or the stories of Huey & Earl? In particular, I'm wondering who Tiny Duffy was in All the King's Men. Was he actually Earl or was Tiny someone completely different? And... of course... by the time any of you will have read this, I'll probably have looked it up for myself. But Camille, Mom... you guys are the most likely to know... so feel free to let me know if you do.
Oh, and speaking of journalism... did you see that Carolina actually hired a replacement for Dean Cole? Although I'm sure Tom has been doing a great job as Interim Dean of the J-School, I am glad to see someone fill the post "permanently" (or as permanently as any job can be). And I was thrilled to read that the new head of the school is a woman. You go, Jean! It will be interesting to see where she can take the school. Even though I only added JOMC as an afterthought and in the last year I was at Carolina, I've always been extremely proud to be a J-School grad. And I believe ALL the accolades the Review, "Out of the Blue", and any other Carolina-friendly publication print about it!
Well, obviously (from my blah-blah-blah'ing), it's time to go to bed, and I'm just putting it off. I really kind of dislike Wednesday nights... too many days until Saturday, Sunday, even Monday. I should just remind myself that nothing ever lasts. Interesting how that's both comforting... and not... at the same time. Ah, but luckily,the times we've had together will always be with me. It's all about making memories, right Mom? I so need to just shut up now. I think that's what I'll do. Happy Wednesday night (okay, Thursday morning... stupid technicalities).
Peace, Love, and Carolina... Go Heels!
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