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.)

Initial Post, take two

Here's my second attempt at a first post. I accidently deleted my first attempt. Stupid me.

I feel the need to inform you, if there is any you, of two things:

1) I will may lost interest in this quickly. I tried to have a website once. Didn't end up lasting too long. Maybe the blog will have better luck.

2) I am not totally sure what I'll be posting about right now, probably just whatever comes to mind. (Things usually on my mind: Patty Griffin, Arrested Development, movies, politics, Jesus, the church, punk music, folk music, but never polka music, job searching, oil companies, and sleep. sweet precious sleep.)

Well, thats all for now. holla.