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like hurtling backwards and forwards in time
April 7, 2009
Peter and I just returned from a six-day trip to Athens Georgia to attend the 2009 MFA thesis exhibition at the Lamar Dodd School of Art and to visit dear friends we haven’t seen since I graduated and high-tailed it out of Georgia, almost a year ago now. It was days and days of highway driving punctuated by little whirlwinds of red hot tearful reunion action, Waffle House coffee, record shopping and taking full advantage of the absurdly cheap booze to be had in this special little college town. But one of the very specialest moments of the trip was spotting this little boy at the Kentucky Welcome Center, pausing for a meditative moment in one of the weirdest makeup jobs I’ve seen in a while:
The funniest part is that painfully normal logo sweatshirt. I so badly wanted to pinch his cheeks, tell him how awesome he is, and then take him to the mall and buy him some goth-boy clothes.
Otherwise, when I wasn’t clinging to people (it likely won’t come as a surprise to anyone that I’m very hands-on, the huggy type), there was a whole lot of this:
and also copious amounts of this:
Also, since it was warm like summer and I was able to go around bare-backed quite a bit, I discovered that Michiganders love the hell outta me. They see the Great Lakes tattooed on my back and they come up with their hands raised in the mitten shape and say, hey Michigaaaaaaaannn! And ask me where I’m from. It’s awesome fun, and I’m thinking about starting to ask them all to write in my book or something. I haven’t yet met any Youpers this way, but I’ll keep on trying. Now, of course, I’m all bundled up again, having returned home from bare legs and tank top weather back to snow on the ground and dull drizzle.
Posted by jodi on April 7, 2009 at 8.36am
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Comments on "like hurtling backwards and forwards in time"
It was so good seeing you guys. Literally the brightest spot in a rather painful few weeks.
Next time, we come up there! And soon!!!!!
Posted by Sandy on April 7, 2009 at 9.49am :: link
“I discovered that Michiganders love the hell outta me.”
Well, DUH! I coulda toldja that!
:-)
(Did you steal my Waffle House mug? No wonder I can’t find it!)
Posted by Rich on April 7, 2009 at 9.51am :: link
Yes, we Michiganders are very possessive of those lakes. If only we could figure out a way to get Michigan to touch lake Ontario, we would be over the moon.
Posted by Ragnar on April 7, 2009 at 7.34pm :: link
This doesn’t have anything to do with your post, but I’m curious to know what happened with your decision to try the one hundred push ups program. Any luck?
Posted by danielle on April 13, 2009 at 8.02pm :: link
Hi Jodi,
Your photo of the ‘awesomest kid ever’ is also quite awesome. Great blog, too…I stumbled upon it through Canada Arts Connect and have added a bookmark.
Posted by Mary on May 25, 2009 at 11.53am :: link