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December 19, 2005
How I'm Spending My Day
Since Clara Jane's still with the grandparents, I've been afforded a day to work. Here's what I've accomplished:
1. Crabby letter regarding a lack of payment for some work I've done.
2. Caught up on neglected emails.
3. Dug for change in my couch cushions (the real reason why I host parties).
4. Danced around my kitchen to the Ben Folds version of "Video Killed the Radio Star". Forgot I wasn't wearing a bra and bruised my face during one particularly gazelle-like leap.
5. Bitched about the lack of holiday cards in my life. Got a bunch of non-card-sending lazy motherfuckers in my life.
6. Inadvertantly got some sweet, sweet revenge. Last week my mom taught Clara Jane to call me, B. and my dad by our first names. Today, she called to report that this morning, with no prompting, Clara Jane yelled, "Hey! Maxine! More milk! Maxine! Milk!" at her.
7. Started revising my book proposal, but stopped when I realized I was writing it as a numbered list, which seems to be all I can write these days.
8. Attempted to find the perfect balance of books similar to mine that illustrate that there's a market for what I'm writing without mentioning so many that it makes the market appear over-saturated. Stand a better chance of finding the check book I misplaced in 1997.
9. Ate some really horrible leftover salad bar chicken soup.
10. Listened to the deluxe edition of Dusty in Memphis in its entirity. Battled wicked urge to grab some copendent friends for Germantown Comissary banana pudding eaten by the Mississippi River.
11. Spent 20 minutes searching hard drive for photo of codependents eating banana pudding by the Mississippi River in Memphis with no luck. Too bad. You would have enjoyed it, I'm sure.
12. Pondering that it's been entirely too long since I've been folded up in a hide-a-bed. That, I found a photo of. Trust me, you don't want to see it, even though it's some funny shit.
13. Laughed over this long-ago exchange:
Me (Slightly slurred, mostly from exhaustion. Certainly not from the roll I played in eradicating a certain Memphis bar of its entire stock of Rolling Rock beer): I love y'all so much. I really do.
Sara (Really slurred, definitely from the roll she played in eradicating a certain Memphis bar of its entire stock of Rolling Rock beer. Staring into a large bowl of gumbo.): Dude. I have no idea what I'm eating.
14. Make plans for another lost weekend in Memphis with all my friends when I'm a rich and famous published writer. Maybe with one of those tours companies that plans trips for senior citizens.
Posted by Robin at December 19, 2005 01:51 PM
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i'll see if i can find said picture of us eatin nanner puddin' down by the river when i get home tonight. :)
ah, memphis. that was some good pudding.
Posted by: kara at December 19, 2005 02:28 PM
Good gumbo, too. Mysterious and good.
Posted by: Poppy at December 19, 2005 02:30 PM
Heh. Did you get MY card? I sent ya a fancy grown up one from my law firm!
Posted by: Julie at December 19, 2005 04:11 PM
Yours was the first one I got, Jules. I thought it was a summons at first. :)
I guess it should be noted that no, I haven't sent a single card so far this year. Because I'm a non-card-sending lazy motherfucker.
Posted by: Poppy at December 19, 2005 04:16 PM
I thought your heart might be in your throat as you opened it. Snort. I HATE when I get stuff at home from law firms. I always experience an "ohno second" and my brain races as I try to think of all the things I could have possibly done that might result in legal proceedings.
Posted by: Julie at December 19, 2005 04:29 PM
You have to come with pkb the next time I get back home. I'll skip the banana pudding part but else we'll eat pork until we pop.
Posted by: Dixie at December 19, 2005 04:32 PM
Per your recommendation,I went to the Kalico Patch, and the vintage prints were the ONLY thing not on sale:( The owner was a little weird, so that made up for the drive.
I also have not mailed one card yet.
Posted by: allison at December 19, 2005 04:35 PM
i'm inviting myself on the trip next time Dixie comes home. because dixie and bbq? that's gotta be a good trip. :)
Posted by: kara at December 19, 2005 04:40 PM
Dixie + bbq = pure Memphis joy. I looked at those photos today, too. I'm still peeved that I didn't get invited last time she was there.
Allison, that owner is such a Jesus freak. Last time I was there she had "The 700 Club" blasting. I almost went there on Thursday, but just couldn't stomach her.
Posted by: Poppy at December 19, 2005 04:48 PM
hey you got a cool card/tag..its started off as white cardstock.
I too have one card....so :P Where's my card biatch!!!
I've been to memphis once, I was the only 21 yo person....
Posted by: mindy at December 20, 2005 09:00 AM
Poppy, I don't know how you didn't get in on that shindig last year except to say I didn't invite anyone - they just told me they were a-comin'. But if my head hadn't been up my ass I would have thought to tell pkb to pick you up and bring you along because I'd have spit to have hugged you again.
It's a deal. Next time I'm home you're Memphis bound. And don't cross the state line without Kara in tow.
Posted by: Dixie at December 20, 2005 04:27 PM
Funny...while Sarah and I were in the GA line for U2 last Saturday, we started talking about Memphis and how much fun it was. Seriously one of the best times of my life. I've got all the photos right here in an album...unfortunately I don't have a scanner.
Posted by: Exena at December 20, 2005 10:22 PM
Yup, Dix + pkb + other fun girls + lots of pork in Memphis = one helluva great weekend. You've got to be there next time. Kara, too.
Posted by: Barefoot Cajun at December 21, 2005 04:00 PM
oh, right, i was gonna look for that picture. i couldn't find it.
i found this one of all of us (including the divine mary) at rendezvous, though. :) It's here.
Posted by: kara at December 21, 2005 08:24 PM
That's my favorite picture from that trip.
I know I've got a hard copy of the banana pudding picture; it's in the Memphis scrapbook. It must have come from Su, since she sent me paper and not digital pictures from the trip.
That was during your blonde phase and it looked good!
Posted by: Poppy at December 21, 2005 08:41 PM
i noticed the same thing about the blonde hair in that picture. i think that's the ONLY time the blonde hair looked good in a photo. :)
Posted by: kara at December 21, 2005 10:36 PM
explain to us tundra living motherfuckers what banana pudding is.
please :-)
Posted by: jenB at December 22, 2005 04:08 AM
what?! you don't know what banana pudding is?!
it's yummy banana pudding-y goodness is what it is. :) (pudding. bananas. together. yummy.)
and i keep going back and looking at that picture because it is one of the best pictures from that trip. i love it, too. :)
Posted by: kara at December 22, 2005 01:10 PM
Kara, be nice. Jen can't help that she's Canadian.
Besides, you forgot to mention the integral ingredient in banana pudding - Vanilla Wafers! If it wasn't for their mushy-gushy pudding-soaked goodness, banana pudding wouldn't be the wonderous joy that it is.
And that photo really is great. Takes me right back to that night. I can't believe how much has changed since then. That was the last time I saw Su. Seven months later, I was pregnant. You and Kristina were still in school. And I really can't believe that I haven't been to Memphis since then.
Posted by: Poppy at December 22, 2005 01:14 PM
sorry, jen, i had no idea. i can't believe they don't have banana pudding in canada. too bad we can't ship some up there. :)
yeah, that was the beginning of my second year in macomb. wow. everything has changed. i can't believe there hasn't been a memphis trip since then, either.
Posted by: kara at December 22, 2005 01:33 PM
