My friend, an associate who works here in my office, asked for my assistance on a bunch of letters and attachments that she's sending out to apply for judicial clerkships in various different places throughout the U.S. This is an email exchange we had this morning:
A: Hello Maria, do you think that I will be able to get my packets out on Wednesday or do you think that that is unrealistic? Thanks, A.
Moi: I don't think there will be a problem getting them out on Wed. I'll work on it today.
A: Thanks Maria. You really are saving me here. If I get a job in Kansas you can come with me.
Moi: Yippee! Kansas! I've been aspiring my whole life to move there.
A: I know. There is just something about you that screams Kansas.
Moi: It's that "where am I and what am I doing here" expression that I wear so often. Or perhaps it is the ruffled dresses and shiny black shoes.
A: No, it really is the attitude. I think Kansas needs some of your ball kicking and cursing.
(I told her a true story once about a road rage incident where I was slightly speeding and a man tailgated me in a menacing manner all the way to my destination, at which point I got out of my car and confronted him. When he called me a fucking bitch repeatedly I kicked him in the nuts and got back in my car and drove off. Apparently, this story stayed with her. I'm sure Kansas has plenty of trash talking shit kickers. They probably don't need another one with a NY attitude to boot.)
Posted by Maria at September 26, 2003 10:08 AMWe drive thru Kansas alot to get to Missourri and I know nothing about Kansas except....the radio stations are all country except one and they play Rush over and over and over again. In some towns on a Friday night the kids seem to hang out at the local gas station after football games and I swear we pass a slaughterhouse every damn time.....but the people seem friendly and the mullets love their camaros out there...Oh and it's flat as a pancake and one of the most boring drives I've ever experienced....but if you want good The Wizard of Oz crap they got it....
Posted by: sandy at September 26, 2003 11:41 AMYeah, that's one state I've managed to avoid. Thankfully. Unfortunately, I was not able to avoid others that were equally boring. As far as radio stations go, when I recently went to visit my family in Oregon, I was horrified to find that the radio stations were worse than when I left. Country, country and more country. Oh and one top forty station that plays the same annoying pop and R&B all day everyday. *Wretch!*
Posted by: Maria at September 26, 2003 03:16 PMMy father told me years ago that Oregon was the most beautiful state he'd ever been to. My cousin just moved there, maybe one day I'll give it a visit.
I used to listen to country music alot while growing up in Georgia, but also thanks to my parents I grew up around all kinds of music. One day after a bad breakup in 1987, I was listening to Reba McEntire, I took the tape out and threw it in the trash, country music was just too depressing....I am currently playing the hell out of the new Perfect Circle..it is musical heroin, can't get enough.