If I Died Tonight, What Would My Car Say?

Driving home from hanging out with Jared and Andrew (free food from Outback, Arrested Development marathon - does life get any better?), I was thinking about this: What if I were driving down some dark, deserted highway when suddenly something (deer, elk, penguin, big food, Ben Whofleck) jumped in my way causing me to have a wreck and die.

What would my car's contents say about me?

1) Assination Vacation by Sarah Vowell - (book about presidents getting the ax from egomaniacal murders) It says: literate but snobby. Smart. Sarcastic. Likes to read about presidents getting killed.

2) Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (with well worn book mark in the middle) It says: likes to pretend to read great literature. Still snobby.

3) Paste Magazine #19 - It says: loves music and weird books. (for instance, he might enjoy a book about, oh i don't know, presidents getting killed.)

4) iPod - It says: he owns an iPod.

5) Bible - He is a Christian, possibly... In Alabama everyone has a Bible.

6) Uneaten muffins - It says: Not a muffin fan. (although that's totally untrue!)

7) Big fat mess - It says: unorganized!

8) Outback bloomin' onion - It says: he planned on eating in the near future.

After pondering this for approximately 90 seconds, I decided I was ok with all of this. (However, my undying love of all things coconut clearly did not show up... I should fix that.

Recent Purchases (with rankings)

1) Gram Parsons "GP" and "Greivous Angel" cd's - * * * * *

These albums are simply amazing. "Return of the Grievous Angel" has quickly become the most played song on my iPod (beating out such heavy hitters in the jMoney-rotation as Death Cab, Patty Griffin, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Todd Snider) This is seriously my best music related purchase in a very long time, possibly years!

2) Lost: Season 1 * * * *

Best show on TV not called "Arrested Development" - I know I'm jumping on the bandwagon pretty late, but i'm pretty skinny so there's room for me. I love this show, and I will marry the actress who plays Claire (sorry Nickel Creek's Sarah... I've moved on, so you can drop that restraining order!)

3) McAllister's brocolli and cheese soup * * * 1/2

I've never tried until just a few weeks ago, and now it is my cocaine.

4) Paste magazine... Issue #19 * * *

This issue isn't quite living up to the last two, however, I am now obsessed with soul singer Bettye LaVette. (also, Dreamland Bar-b-que of T-town gets a nod in an article about the country's best bar-b-que. Roll Tide!)

Tonight's Chores: Excuses & Apologies

Apology: to my dear friend Carla Jean, when I can link to other's people's blogs I will link to yours (still new at this). If you read her comment on my last blog, you will know she saved our butts at the Nickel Creek concert, and I failed to give her a shout out in the blog. I am sorry.

Excuse: the story was running long and I wanted to get it over with.


Apology: to any one who might read this. I know I said I was going to be posting at least every other day, and I haven't. At all. I hope tonight's post-o-rama (or postfest or postapoolaza 2005 or, well, you get the idea) can make up for it.

Excuse: i'm really tired and there's not that much going on in my life. I work. I eat. I watch the Daily Show. I sleep. REPEAT.


Apology: my friend Nathan, who will probably never see this. I'm supposed to be reading some of his work, but have been so burned out, I haven't even started.

Excuse: see last excuse.


Apology: to my friend JMitch, at whom I yelled on her voice mail.

Excuse: bad bad bad bad bad bad bad day at work (by the way, I work now. Just a temp job. It, well, sucks.)