*Warning* This is going to be a long post covering many themes. It shall contain topics of peculair news, the NFL draft, my weekend, and rants on southern living.
I’m going to head this up starting with what I did this weekend. Friday night I went down to Amber’s place to socialize with normal people (aka not the people who are/might be crazy that I see on a work week basis). I accomplished this by attending a rather lame get-together with some of her outer circle friends at an outer circle friends house. The highlight of the night was going to the gas station to get food and was asked to buy cigarettes since I was going in. Now I’m not a smoker and never plan on becoming one (though I heard that smoking makes you look and sound older which I could really use right now, but not in 10years). It was a momentous occasion because if I was a smoker it would be the only privilege I get when I turned 18 (and since I
don’t smoke I’m left with nothing.) Anyhow I’ve always wanted to buy some cigs, and I got the chance to do it with someone else’s money. How grand. So I went to the counter guy and asked for Marlboro Light Smooth. And el counter guy goes on about some off brands 2 for 4 deal and I was like…umm…no I’ll just take the Marlboro’s and he said okay. And that was that. He didn’t even card me! I think he missed the memo that I look like I’m 16.
Saturday: We went to Spring Fest in Southaven. Eric Church and Chris Cagle were in concert. Chris Cagle people! The very guy who wrote
Because when he’s holding you,
Know that it’s killing me,
Let my memory be the reason girl
That you can’t sleep
And everytime you feel his touch,
I pray to God it’s not enough
And that I’ve touched your heart so deep
Girl, you can’t shake me
Cause I love you,
Yes I need you,
Miss me baby.
It was country love at first sight. However the concert made everyone who was single feel like poo, and it was greatly discussed over or beers afterwards. But there was a few bright spots throughout the show, you know like fast songs, and Lynard Skynard covers, which I found out are southern gods.
My rant on Southern culture. While I was at the festival I noticed that I could count the number of black people on fingers and feet, literally. During the concert I didn’t even see one black person. I felt so out of place.
Backtracking to our drive to the concert. We were listening to rap. Rap is the coolest thing to most of these southern white kids. B****…pimp that hoe…all those foul things are blasting both from the car and their mouths. We stop at a gas station….”Those black folks are *******strange”. And someone locks the doors. Or…How’s ya’ll basketball team doing (two guys discussing CBU’s basketball team)? Good, won their conference tournament…”Really Ya’ll have niggas or white boys?”
What???
So maybe they didn’t catch on that 1. I’m half black. 2. That I’m standing RIGHT there. 3. That they are listening to RAP music. and 4.That their attitudes are wrong. More background. Everyone was super nice to me, we all talked and stuff. All those people that I sorta quoted did have those conversations. I don’t think anyone really knew what my racial make up was…I got a few of those foriegn exchange/asian/ where are you from questions. And I hung out with a group of about 20 people that were between 18-24.
Anyhow it really really angers me. And I don’t like to generalize but this is how the heart of the South is, and it’s disturbing.
I would also like to say that I’m tired of hearing “I wonder what it would be like if the South had won, and that the Civil War was not about slavery. It was. I know that it wasn’t the whole issue but it was an issue. Nobody would ever deny that a great part for fighting in War World II was to stop the Nazi’s from oppressing the Jews. So why are we in denial now about the slavery issue and the Civil War? And if slavery wasn’t an issue why did it take so long for the South to integrate?
I was quite disappointed that the NFL didn’t humiliate the Patriots by going through the motions for the Pats 31st draft choice. They decided to count the Giants as the 31st pick. So uncool. When the Rams picked Chris Long and he was holding up his jersey it made me miss those short 3 years when I was promised to the Rams, Kurt Warner, and Marshall Faulk. But something happened and the next thing I knew we had each moved on, so our wedding never happened. It was odd seeing them again after so long, and looking hotter than before.
Good news that I found when I came back home: Marianne sent me mochi from Japan. I’m so happy! I just need some seaweed and soy sauce and I’m set.
DUKE WON THE ACC MENS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT!!!!!
The Mavericks won a game….
