the shack (pt. 2)...

oh yeah. the shack was pretty good. there were some interesting issues brought up in it that i probably wouldn't have thought about otherwise and i enjoyed it. even though i had to fight a residual skepticism to the book, i think the fact that i finished it in a week speaks well enough of its readability. the only thing i have to say about it is that it seemed that every other page somebody was bawling about something or there heart was exploding into tears or they were on their knees crying and hugging and sobbing and stuff. maybe it is just the stoic male in me but that kinda got to me a little bit. overall it was a great book though.

started on "generation ageless" which is really interesting as well as "suburban nation" - a great book about how the effect urban planning has on our everyday lives.


what are you reading?

the past two weeks...

have been pretty crazy/fun. boston was super cool. went to fenway park for a red sox game, my favorite part of which did not even have to do with baseball. clay and i decided we were going to have the fenway experience and get a "10 dolla beeh and a 15 dolla suwasage," and that we were going to order them like true bostonians...so i got in line for the sausage and he was in line for the beers. after ordering the sausages, i asked the lady "yous got an mustahd?" in the thickest accent i could, and without looking up she told me it was behind me - a high point in my journey being that her nonchalant disconcern with my northern accent spoke volumes for the authenticity of my delivery...;) . anyway, clay lays on the same accent for the beers..."i'll take twoo heinekens pleaths." and the lady asks for his i.d., whereupon clay hands over his alabama driver's license. noticing the incongruence in accent and home state, the lady merely looks up at him with that "yeah right" look and moves along.

hilarious.

but you probably had to be there.

the north is an awesome place to people watch. so many interesting people. especially gweedos....

but now i'm in saratoga, ny, about to be on my way home tomorrow to start class. saratoga has been awesome. had a fun fly fishing trip, ate some awesome food, met some cool people, and for the first time, left the week with more money than i started. now i am by no means into gambling. i'm more into the horses themselves (bloodlines and trainers, etc.) and i'm much more the type who would rather take home his paycheck than try to improve it by gambling, but lady luck was with me and things were good. when you know more about what happens behind the scenes it makes the races more enjoyable.

so i'm officially not pre-med anymore. i'm still going to be a psychology major, but i'm going to add an economics or marketing minor. i've been looking on auburn's website about business minors and, being that there aren't too many, we'll see what i turn out with. i'm pretty excited about it though, i feel like i have finally found something really worth turning into an adult for...

i'll let you know how it goes.