so....
family reunion
in philadelphia, mississippi
and... yeah
interesting, fun, etc etc
eddie apparently looks identical to papa haney... our great great grandfather
so saturday night my relatives in all their drunken glory (after ouzo and beer during the bon fire), made him stand next to the picture for 30 min and turn his head "a little right, now look down, comb your hair back a little more" to show EVERYone that he is "the reincarnation" and "the chosen one"
for his sake, i wish i joking
then there was the fact that we stayed at a casino resort thing
and all my little cousins whom i love were there, along with the crazies who usually stay at casino resorts
and of course nobody has outgrown their racism---it doesn't usually happen after 75 or so years of life, but i keep hoping
and... yeah... long drive there and back...
but overall, lots of fun, too much good food, lots of entertainment
and so now im broke and i got some job applications for random stores to hopefully get a job over break, that im almost done filling out and im about to take to the stores
however, when i met my mom for lunch she said that one of my cousins, eddie's godfather, has some apts in new orleans that need renovating
esp now since there are very few palces to live feasibly and people are looking for somewhere to stay
but anyway, they said i could go there over xmas break and they'd pay me $15/ hour
which, it would be work, but mostly just cleaning and painting type stuff
and... id be in new orleans, and a lot fo my family would be there and itd be interesting, to say the least
it'd be a grand adventure!
anyway, so, im going to call them probably tomorrow to see about that, because my mom wants me home for xmas, obviously, but i may spend the remainder of the break after that over there doing that
or, i may just get a job here etc etc etc
but, my wanderlust says to go to new orlenas and see how it is and have a blast while im there, so if all that works out hopefully i will
on another note, my father is in new orlenas right now, and he has to get ahold of this guy in baton rouge for some business stuff, and apparently every time he calls and the guy doesnt answer he and my cousin cathy pray over it and then try again
and so the guy finally called my dad back and so he went to meet with him and tonight he is expected back at my cousin cathy's place because... she is having th ladies from her church over to pray the rosary, and my dad will be joining them
ive never heard my dad once so much as vaguely mention praying the rosary, though i do know that when he was growing up in the summers when he was in mississippi he went to church every day- with his great uncle the drunk who stumbled up the road to church every day and then sat in the last pew- but still... its interesting to me haha
in philadelphia, mississippi
and... yeah
interesting, fun, etc etc
eddie apparently looks identical to papa haney... our great great grandfather
so saturday night my relatives in all their drunken glory (after ouzo and beer during the bon fire), made him stand next to the picture for 30 min and turn his head "a little right, now look down, comb your hair back a little more" to show EVERYone that he is "the reincarnation" and "the chosen one"
for his sake, i wish i joking
then there was the fact that we stayed at a casino resort thing
and all my little cousins whom i love were there, along with the crazies who usually stay at casino resorts
and of course nobody has outgrown their racism---it doesn't usually happen after 75 or so years of life, but i keep hoping
and... yeah... long drive there and back...
but overall, lots of fun, too much good food, lots of entertainment
and so now im broke and i got some job applications for random stores to hopefully get a job over break, that im almost done filling out and im about to take to the stores
however, when i met my mom for lunch she said that one of my cousins, eddie's godfather, has some apts in new orleans that need renovating
esp now since there are very few palces to live feasibly and people are looking for somewhere to stay
but anyway, they said i could go there over xmas break and they'd pay me $15/ hour
which, it would be work, but mostly just cleaning and painting type stuff
and... id be in new orleans, and a lot fo my family would be there and itd be interesting, to say the least
it'd be a grand adventure!
anyway, so, im going to call them probably tomorrow to see about that, because my mom wants me home for xmas, obviously, but i may spend the remainder of the break after that over there doing that
or, i may just get a job here etc etc etc
but, my wanderlust says to go to new orlenas and see how it is and have a blast while im there, so if all that works out hopefully i will
on another note, my father is in new orlenas right now, and he has to get ahold of this guy in baton rouge for some business stuff, and apparently every time he calls and the guy doesnt answer he and my cousin cathy pray over it and then try again
and so the guy finally called my dad back and so he went to meet with him and tonight he is expected back at my cousin cathy's place because... she is having th ladies from her church over to pray the rosary, and my dad will be joining them
ive never heard my dad once so much as vaguely mention praying the rosary, though i do know that when he was growing up in the summers when he was in mississippi he went to church every day- with his great uncle the drunk who stumbled up the road to church every day and then sat in the last pew- but still... its interesting to me haha