Clemson

I'm sitting in the library, realizing that in my five years here at Clemson I never noticed the ceiling. Did I just never look up? Or was I too busy doing library-ish things? Back when it was constructed, I'm sure this place was state of the art and considered very beautiful. It's a huge building, crammed completely full of books and periodicals and other media.

"His momma done raised him up right," as they say. At Backstreets on Friday night, the bartender said "Thanks for comin' in, Beautiful," when he handed me my tab. "Beautiful"?! Know how long it's been since a complete stranger has used a pet name when addressing me? Loooong time. In fact, I gave him a very perplexed look in response because I had no idea what to say back to him. Thursday, while helping Latice load boxes off of a platform and into her vehicle, a guy rolled down the window of his van and shouted, "Ya'll are doin' too much there" and sent his sidekick to our rescue.

For the next few days I'm going to be a bit quiet here on Look, Something Shiny! Latice and Bryan are keeping me very busy with projects, delicious meals, and chuckles over "high gravity" beers. But don't think that I'm not going to do my best to tell you all about it. From now until the 19th of this month, check the Photos page frequently to see the fun through my camera lens. Whenever I have a quiet moment (and I anticipate one or two this weekend) I'll post some stories about the goings-on.