i went to nashville this weekend past, and, for someone who abhors modern country music, i can say that i had an excellent time. luckily the country fans there all prefer hank williams, merle haggard, willie nelson, and johnny cash to any of the new country guys (whose names escape me due to their suxdom).
i went to my first wax museum, which was ill lit and full of disturbing dusty figures of old country singers like patsy cline in faded gowns and suits and rhinestone cowboy boots. it was one of those weird sites that you have to go through a legit looking store to get to (like in that rob zombie movie).
that place really creeped me out. it felt like an episode of the twilight zone..like a place you could be sure was alive when no one was around.
i also went to my first hockey game. danny was right-it was much more entertaining in person. the team, the nashville predators, was horrible, but it was fun watching guys beat the shit out of each other. they also had weird intermissions with snippets from old sports movies that played, and the “predator” (which was a saber-toothed tiger as far as i could tell) bungied from the rafters. all in all, a success.
there was a lot of other site-seeing that we did, and i won’t bore you with all of the details, but i did see the original blue-suede shoes and elvis’ gold piano. it didn’t look that great to be perfectly honest, but i suppose no one had the heart to tell the king he was gaudy. i also saw a pair of willie nelson’s newbalance tennis shoes with his name embroidered on them and merle haggards pardon from his prison sentence.

and danny and his brother got a tat at the nicest tattoo shop i have ever been in. it was egregiously overpriced, but the service was great. whiskey was also very expensive.

now i am home, and danny is sick with..something. the problem with my doctor (who is also his doctor) is that he always tells you what you don’t have, but never actually gets around to explaining what you do have. danny doesn’t have the flu. he is very sick and on anti-biotics for…well doctor coady didn’t say. he has a bad cough and has had a fever for a couple days. when he called into work and they asked what he had, he told them he had the flu because that is easier than trying to explain things otherwise.

i should be doing homework. adieu.