Well, I’ve been here in Atlanta for a few days now…I suppose I should update…
Monday I arrived with no great shakes. Pretty straightforward flight (quick connection in Charlotte, and then a hop to Atlanta). Julie picked me up, we headed back to her place by way of the Kroger (we were both amused…and frightened…by the fact that the dairy case “moos” at you. And the egg shelves cluck like chickens. What’s THAT all about?)
Tuesday I spent the morning doing some writing (mostly idea fishing) and then Stephanie picked me up and we went to Q-Time for soul food. We got it takeaway, and ate it on her front porch. I had fried chicken, candied yams, and collard greens. And sweet tea. Which is my new favorite thing EVER.
Tuesday night was *supposed* to be spent at “Screen on the Green” watching Viva Las Vegas projected outside. But a pretty intense thunderstorm put the kibosh on that, so Amy and I went over to Gayle’s house to watch movies. We watched A Streetcar Named Desire along with Gayle’s roommates and their less-than-cultured friends. Amusement was had by all.
Wednesday I spent the morning re-reading On The Road and then went with Joanne and Stephanie (and Joanne’s daughter) to tour some famous cemetary in Atlanta. Joanne dropped me off at the High (the Atlanta art museuem) where I was to meet up with Christina (one of Julie’s friends in town to run the Peachtree). Well, due to a communication mixup between Christina and I, we missed out on the High, but instead had a FINE snack at Houlihan’s (that was sarcasm) and wandered the streets of downtown Atlanta for a couple hours. Had a pretty good time with Christina; we talked movies (surprise, surprise).
Wednesday night had dinner with Gayle, Amy, Christina, and Julie at an Asian joint; then Amy and I went to the Marriot for the Wednesday night swing night. Apparently here in Atlanta, Wednesday night is the “ECS/lounger” night and Thursday is the “Lindy hopper” night. Either way, I sat at the bar, drank, and chatted with some of the local lounger types.
Thursday was spent at Gayle’s, with her boyfriend (I think) Adam, as well as Amy and her friend Jason. Jason spent about two hours trying to jury-rig a VGA gender changer to hook up his laptop to the TV so we could play DDR, and it never did quite work, so we put together a system using my video camera, so we were able to play after all. I’m getting better at DDR, but I still suck ass.
Today I helped Julie stain her new deck, and then we had a “vintage/cheesecake” photo shoot with Julie and Steph. It was really fun, although I wish I had been able to bring my lights and gels. But we made do. Took some fun pictures (actually, we took about 200), which I’ll bring home, play with in Photoshop, and the girls will have some fun prints. Maybe if Julie lets me, I’ll post up one or two of the “safer” ones here.
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