I spent 3 hours this morning doing domestic chores for my surrogate grandparents who live down the street. It is hot (old people are always cold, thus they rarely turn on the AC) and tedious work, but they are so happy when I come over and I think it really helps them ( Read more... )

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We had cheese and garlic grits with dinner this evening and they were delightful. Who knew?

Also, my brother, coolest dude in the Landreth Clarke family, is going to Boston University this fall. May he find even more fortune in Boston than I did in Tallahassee. Family dinners will be much less fun without him.

The only things in the firdge are olives and coleslaw. What are the odds.

I got kind of a blow today. For the first time, probably not the last, that nepotism has bitten me in the ass ( Read more... )

Turns out, the group wasn’t even onboard yet at 2, so we rescheduled and it was fine. The group coordinator on the Valor is a charming blond South African gal named Jeanne-Mari. She made me feel much better about being half an hour late. Bless you, Jeanne-Mari. She even gave me a cell phone so we could always be in contact (just in case) and so the ( Read more... )

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I've regressed 5 years and am sad. I'm "helping" (read: doing for him) my brother with his AP U.S. Gov homework by answering two free response questions. The task sent me right back to senior year at Winter Park: I'm tired and I have lengthy, involved homework to do. It's a good thing I love Travis, or his ass would be up doing this.

I spent the last 7 days on a cruise ship all by myself. Well, there were other people there, but none of them were my buddies, so I sat by and watched everyone else get tortured by the Electric Slide. Needless to say, though I;ll say it anyway, I had a great deal of time on my hands. I kept a journal. A big one. It is several thousand words, so I' ( Read more... )