Comments | sleepinthewoods: If it weren't for the alligators..

sleepinthewoods

If it weren't for the alligators..

Mar 23, 2007 15:02

Today a conservation crew was working on a trail a few miles down the creek. So my friend and I threw a canoe in and decided to paddle down to where they were working ( Read more... )

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reckless_saturn March 23 2007, 20:41:40 UTC

In the random world of livejournal. In a twist and turn I stumbled upon your journal. And have been reading your updates about volunteering. Can I ask about your back story? How did you get involved? Why did you decide to get involved. What does this take to do? Money, time, etc. I am interested in taking a volunteer trip somewhere- I was thinking India, but I am re-thinking of putting my efforts towards the Miss, La. area.

Thanks for the inspiration.

sleepinthewoods March 24 2007, 01:45:01 UTC

How cool! I'm actually from Mississippi, and was living in New York when Katrina hit. I just moved back, so this was my first chance to get down and help. It has been incredibly rewarding (at the risk of sounding cliche... but it really has). I'm off for 6 months of a fun summer job in Alaska, so I thought it would be good to do something useful and socially engaged first.

If you are interested, the gulf coast needs so much in the way of volunteers.. If you have specific questions feel free to email me at meghyneman@gmail.com . I can help you connect with some good groups. I look forward to checking out your journal soon, when I have better access to internet!

Meg

reckless_saturn March 24 2007, 13:59:03 UTC

i will send you an email. right now i am without employement. so i was thinking of a better way to spend my time than sitting around the house, walking the dog.

i went to school at millsaps. and have a lot of good friends that live down in mandeville, la and new orleans. and a lot of my friend's family live in the gulf shore areas. i want to come help. mostly i am concerned about how much money it cost. how much i am going to need to live.

i will email you: bkmiller11@hotmail.com for more information. thanks again.

sleepinthewoods March 24 2007, 20:25:04 UTC

i went to millsaps too :) graduated in 05. look forward to hearing from you.

anonymous March 23 2007, 21:29:44 UTC

hahaha, you've finally seen your alligator keeping you indoors... no tent for you! ;-P
-james

sleepinthewoods March 24 2007, 20:26:04 UTC

i'm still living in my tent :) its just a song quote that my lj name comes from

dontsayroscoe March 24 2007, 01:04:35 UTC

We have a few gators that live in the lake on campus; they're actually pretty shy.

Unless you're a duck. If you're a duck, they's gonna eat ya.

sleepinthewoods March 24 2007, 20:30:47 UTC

ha i thought you meant birmingham-southern at first! i was like wtf?? gators in birmingham?

dontsayroscoe March 24 2007, 23:36:26 UTC

Well, they are working on a manmade lake on campus, so who knows.

Maybe the Hilltop will attract a few gators.

anonymous March 28 2007, 04:33:33 UTC

That gator don't know what he's missing...he had a chance to have a piece of Meglet!! LOL
You know me..I would have lost my head and backpaddled down the river and called someone to get me.
David on the other hand would have told a pointless story somehow involving Spain, Pancakes, and something else like say..garbonzo beans just to tell us nothing at all

sleepinthewoods March 30 2007, 21:45:24 UTC

This made me laugh so hard! The idea of getting attacked by a gator while David talked about Spain and you franticly tried to single-handedly back-paddle the canoe.. ha! Perfect :)

I'm back in town! Lets hang out.

anonymous March 30 2007, 20:54:32 UTC

Meg, I really think you should publish this story. I read it weeks ago and just reread it to my friend who is visiting from Ohio. You have a real gift with words, and I still tingle when I get to the last line.
Hope your time in Mississippi is going well. We miss you.
Bev
P.S. The pears are gone, but we enjoyed each one!

sleepinthewoods March 30 2007, 21:41:36 UTC

Thank you! How sweet. I loved your email as well.. so glad you guys are enjoying the pears. It was the least I could do after you guys were so so good to me.

As far as publishing goes... it generally seems like more trouble than its worth.. plus I would have no idea where to send things.. and putting something on a blog technically makes it ineligible, as its "self-published".

(Or maybe that is all BS and its really just fear of rejection! :)

Thanks for the encouraging words though. I miss you guys too!