the 4th

my 4th of july was a very interesting day... i went to see my grandmother, my great uncle and aunt and some other family members over in forrest city, ar(one of the crime ridden towns of arkansas). all of my family lives out in the middle of the country on dirt roads. but anyways, my grandmother was happy to see me, it was a surprise. we talked and stuff for a little while. she has bought a new polaris atv for her garden/farm... its crazy nice. oh, and i can never go over to her house without her giving me some eggs from her hens, some food, rolls, etc. etc. :)

i also went to see my great uncle and aunt and when i pulled up, my cousions(dad's cousins) were outside shucking and cutting corn(yea, my family is a little country)...so i said hey and talked with them while helping them with the corn for a while. we talked about school, how i like it here in memphis, what they're doing where they are and stuff. i went inside and talked with uncle rufus and aunt rebeka... she was making jam from berries she picked the other day she said and he was just chillin as usual. i sat and talked with him, he told me some stories about what he used to do on the 4th. pure entertainment. i left and came back to memphis, took a shower and watched tv for a little while and went downtown to see the fireworks.

*shaking my head*... damn, 4th of july in downtown memphis... imagine all of memphis... really ALL of memphis on a couple blocks. traffic was horrid, after 30 min on the same block, i found a parking spot. got out and watched the fireworks...it was really nice. i left a little early b/c i didnt want to spend the rest of the night downtown in traffic... so about another 30 min later, i finally get out, and the city of memphis is dead... nobody is on the streets, it was like is anyone alive outside of downtown... but that was cool, i drove around for a little bit, and went to a bar/club by the university of memphis. it was cool, had a few gin and tonics and just listened to music... i kept getting approached by smely girls. it was gross. like they didnt have deodarant,soap or toothpaste... i started having to be rude... the girls werent cute, and stunk. before they even said anything, "i have a girlfriend" was the imediate reaction. all the ohh really looks were weird, but o well. i drove back home and passed out once i got inside.

that was my 4th