Bee-ham.
I'm not a fan of roadtrips. When I was younger, I used to love getting in the car and hitting the interstate for hours; now I just want to be there already. Yesterday I hit the road to see marenfic, and though the 2.5-hour drive to Birmingham was a haul for lazy ol' me, she was definitely worth the trip! It was only meant to be a day-trip, but we heard thunder when it was time for me to head home to Atlanta, so we conveniently used that as an excuse for me to turn it into an overnighter and crash on her sofa. Whee!
Highlights:
-- Listening to podcasts and the audiobook of The Areas of My Expertise on the drive.
-- Meeting southernbangel for lunch and tons of gossip. Lovely to meet you, L!
-- Convincing her and Maren to come to Dragon*Con. YAY!
-- Watching Unfinished Business on HDTV and discovering that Kara's wearing purple eyeshadow in the flashbacks. ;)
-- Chatting on Maren's front porch, which is SO quintessentially Southern, complete with crepe myrtles and a mimosa in the background, and two fabulous porch swings.
-- Meeting Mr. Maren, who is very cute and has a Jim Halpert vibe.
-- Very carefully examining the nightshirts on sale at Wal-Mart, so I'd have something to sleep in for the overnighter. Also: fake Crocs.
-- The first episode of Damages and determining that Anastasia Griffith (Jamie Bamber's sister and "Katie" on the show) looks kinda like Jamie in drag.
-- Just about everything Maren-related! I really must roadtrip to B'ham more often, and vice-versa.
Highlights:
-- Listening to podcasts and the audiobook of The Areas of My Expertise on the drive.
-- Meeting southernbangel for lunch and tons of gossip. Lovely to meet you, L!
-- Convincing her and Maren to come to Dragon*Con. YAY!
-- Watching Unfinished Business on HDTV and discovering that Kara's wearing purple eyeshadow in the flashbacks. ;)
-- Chatting on Maren's front porch, which is SO quintessentially Southern, complete with crepe myrtles and a mimosa in the background, and two fabulous porch swings.
-- Meeting Mr. Maren, who is very cute and has a Jim Halpert vibe.
-- Very carefully examining the nightshirts on sale at Wal-Mart, so I'd have something to sleep in for the overnighter. Also: fake Crocs.
-- The first episode of Damages and determining that Anastasia Griffith (Jamie Bamber's sister and "Katie" on the show) looks kinda like Jamie in drag.
-- Just about everything Maren-related! I really must roadtrip to B'ham more often, and vice-versa.