Notes from Big Canoe, Georgia (0)

Posted 3 May, 2006 in life shiz

Note to any family members who are reading this: I am not writing this post while the seminar is going on. I am writing it during lunch break. So there, I am not slacking off! Don’t tell my uncle!

I am sitting in front of a plate of Southern cooking which smells amazing. After I eat it, there will be pecan pie. I almost expected there to be beer too. I don’t know much about Southern folk, but it’s possible that it’s still OK to drink at lunch down here, right?

It is gorgeous here. Walking down from my 2nd rental car of the trip (the PT Cruiser wouldn’t start in the Atlanta hotel garage, despite the best efforts of the Ethiopian concierge who also happened to be an Arsenal fan), I saw a red bird. Since I am stupid and divorced from nature, I have no idea what its name is. It was pretty, though.

There is a lot of roadkill in Georgia. I counted at least 5 mashed squirrels on my drive up to Big Canoe.� One attempted a kamikazi mission as I drove by, but then thought better of it and ran back into the bushes.

I am in a place called Wolf Scratch Village, which cracks me up. On the way up here, there was a sign pointing to something named “Bears, Oh My!” Sadly, I didn’t see any large hairy gay men in leather.

I stayed in a hotel where several actors were ensconced for the filming of some football movie starring Matthew McConaugheeeeeeey!, Matthew Fox, and Ian McShane aka Swearengen from HBO’s Deadwood. That man is cool, and I wish I had seen him.

I also attempted to go to bed at 8pm Los Angeles time. I ended up going to bed at 3am Atlanta time, then waking up at 3am Los Angeles time. My head hurts.

My next mission is finding somewhere to nap before my flight. And eating these shrimp wrapped in bacon. Bacon! I love the South. Bacon-wrapped shrimp would never fly in L.A., especially now the Atkins diet is out of vogue.

Oh my God, someone just said “Y’all.”