Finally, I Stay in Just One Town

Finally, today, monday, I stayed in just one town the whole day. For the first time in a week (since last Sunday), I got to stay in just one town for the whole day. Thank you. Mostly b/c I'm at work and their is not catering today. Lets see.

The Past:

Monday = Starkville to Tupelo to Corinth. Tuesday = Corinth to Ecru to Corinth to Lexington (TN) to Corinth. Wednesday = Corinth to Alamo (TN) to Corinth. Thursday = Corinth to Jackson (TN) to Corinth. Friday = Corinth to Henderson (TN) to Corinth. Saturday = Corinth to Tupelo to Starkville to Kosciusko. and Sunday = Kosciusko to Starkville to Tupelo to Corinth. Today = Just Corinth. Why, if i'm stuck in one town, does it have to be this one. See story below (Corinth Sucks).

The Future:

The road trip resumes tomorrow with two trips to Tupelo, 2 wednesday to Jackson (TN), Thursday to somewhere, and Friday to Tupelo again. Next week includes Ecru and Ripley.

With all the catering and good eating, needless to say I gained about 8 pounds in the last week. Lots of Cake, Greenbeans, and Dressing. How can a guy refuse.

Corinth Sucks Again

Alcorn County, home of Corinth (MS) proved yesterday it is still stuck in the 1850's. The liquor referendum to bring liquor sales back to Alcorn County failed 55 to 45%. Talk about stuck in a black hole. Yikes. Thats why I like living in Starkville so much and call Starkville home. It is in reality ville.

But hey, what can you expect from a bunch of redneck, self righteous, heavily conservative, hypocritical, bratty 1850 wanna be's. Corinth is and always will be the Salem of the South. Warning to witches. Stay away.

UPDATE:

The day after the liquor referendum failed, two national chain restaurants pulled out of contracts that would have brought them to Corinth. Those two are Chili's and Applebees. That would have really helped a restaurant market that currently lists only McAllisters, Ryan's & Ruby Tuesday's as chain restuarants outside of fast food.

UPDATE # 2 (January 17, 2005):

On a side note, the Pickwick, TN area just got resort status from the TN state legislature and can now sell liquor at restaurants (they already had package liquor). For those not from the area, Pickwick is a popular day trip destination for those in the area due to the state park, the river and lake, the Waterfalls, and golfing along with boating, fishing, and camping. The Rib Cage their has great BBQ along with quail.

Refreshments

Yesterday (Tuesday), I returned back to work at Refreshments, a place I love to go to work at. Its lots of fun. And not just because I get Turkey and Dressing and Ham and Green beans or steak and baked potatoes. Refreshments is a vending and catering company for those that don't know. I got there before 6:30 am and 16 hours later, after 11:00 pm, i was done. Ecru, MS and Lexington, TN. Palmetto (i think that was it) and Johnson Control. The people I work with are awesome and funny and a little crazy. I think we're goin to Alamo, TN today up near Dyersburg. Fun.

One Track Mind

For those not knowing me all that well, I'm like the worst person to have free time on their hands with no schedule of what to do. Sadly, I think I inherited it from my grandmother who will worry the hell out of a pig for no good reason. And since we had exams last week (both of mine being at the end of the week), I had way too much free time on my hands. And I have it today. Although I really should be packing to go to Corinth (Vote Yes for Liquor Tuesday December 13th) since I'm stopping in Tupelo to shop on the way. But with all the free time on my hands, I studied pretty much zilch which puts me at the mercy of my finance teacher who gave us a final for all the marbles with no other grades for the class. FYI, if you have a final thats your only grade in a graduate class, you might want to study for more than 45 minutes. Not that I ever take my own advice.

But anyway, I've been one tracking it for about 5 or 6 days now. Except for Friday night when me and my new mentor went to about 6 different parties and I drank the most I have had since back in June. The tavern was the best. Rich and Ray's was the best home bar ever and party # 1 had the best food and good people. I say, tequila and gin and beer and cognac and bacardi 151 and bailey's and grand marniet make the worries go away. That and believe it or not, I actually felt at peace for 3 hours during my finance final. I was actually happy to be there as we all talked about future failings.

But the mind returned to reality Saturday morning (and no, not just the hangover) and is back on its one way track to nowhere at this rate. Again, if u ever see me with too much free time, bury me in work. Please, its for my own good. And I work much better that way and think a hell of a lot less. And that can only serve to be a good thing. Up and out to find work to do. -matt-

What Animal Are You

My Test Says:

"You are a PUPPY! Beloved by all, puppies are energetic, playful, and loving. Your friendly nature is part of what makes you a puppy. Known for their loyalty, puppies make great pets for young and old alike. And an innocent puppy face can melt anyone's heart! You were almost a: Monkey or a Frog. You are least like a: Bunny or a Groundhog."

I was next closest to being a monkey. Monkeys are intelligent and agile, well-adapted for jungle life as they swing happily from tree to tree. As a monkey, you are a social animal who eats a wide range of food, is quick to learn new things and loves to climb. A monkey's tiny primate features are irresistable, as is his gregarious personality!

http://www.cuteducky.com/cute_animal_quiz.html

Dancing With Fear

The greatest fear in life is missing life because you fear, not the fear itself.

You know, i think everyone has their own particular fears. I think it is a natural part of life. Although FDR might disagree. I mean, the only thing we have to Fear is Fear itself. And thats probably true in a basic sense. If you didn't fear "fear," you wouldn't have anything to Fear b/c you've conquered fear itself. But in reality, I don't really think that is possible. We may learn to cope with and manage our fears but eliminating them is far from happening. And thats not to say that some fear is not a good thing because a little bit of fear is what makes the world go around. Its literally and/or figuratively safer to have fear than to not in that u can protect yourself from getting burned by your fears. Its really easy to do actually. You just avoid them at all costs. However, some fears are just unavoidable. In that case, you just have to learn to deal with them. Yeah, i know, easier said than done. I mean a lot easier.

But the thing is, that fear leads to missing something. And the fear of what you are missing and will miss is worse than what you fear. Because you want to get where your fear prevents you from getting. Now where that is depends on what you fear. And you'll likely keep missing things you want to see or do b/c your fear keeps u from reaching it. Until one day, you miss it and/or want it more than you fear your fear. That is the day you challenge your fear. Eye to eye, mind to mind. Fear has a mind of its own you know, a very stubborn one in fact. So you may fail and never try again. Or you may fail and keep trying, in vain or in success. Or you may pass on your first attempt only to be scared to never try again. Or you may take your fear and walk hand in hand with it. One shaking limb, one racing nerve at a time. Until you are in unison with your fear. And in that case, you have passed and will continuing passing through the wicked willows and changing land. And as long as you are in unison, your fear will be with you and not against you. To all a good nite.