Matt in a Tux

Let's keep this as abbreviated as possible.

I went to Nashville and Memphis for spring break and in that order. The drive was about 8 hours. It was a blast. Pictures can be seen on my facebook (1 & 2) and a couple videos on my youtube site.

• Night 1 -- Nashville: Drove around for a bit. Found a free wi-fi hotspot. Booked a hotel room from there. Went to hotel room. Checked in. Got a taxi to some billiards bar. Payed too much to play pool. Left. Went to a karaoke bar. Found out people in Nashville sing way too good. Had a few beers. Pretended I could sing well. Got a taxi to the hotel. Hangover ensues.
• Night 2 -- Nashville: Called up Sandy our newly-dedicated taxi driver. She was a bit overweight. Cab smelled like Arbys. Went to a blues joint and listened to Watermelon Slim. Met a guy from Chicago-area there. He was full of shit about playing music. Talked to another dude about NPR. Wished I could play the harmonica. Cab ride home from Sandy. Hangover ensues.
• Night 3 -- Nashville: Went to Dave and Busters during the day. Played games. Fun. Went to Broadway and 2nd via Sandy at night. Ate a grilled cheese. Mediocre. Went to a bar with 6 dollar pitchers of highlife and natty ice. Sub-mediocre. Hung out with some people from somewhere else. One was gay. Listened to a local country band while the locals tried to dance like they were from Chicago and the Chicagoans tried to dance like they were local. Left bar. Went to another bar. Danced with a woman-Albert-King-look-a-like. She spoke like a witch doctor. Left, went to another bar. They had a stand up bass. Called Sandy. Hangover ensues.
• Night 4 -- Memphis: Graceland. Cool. Beale Street. Awesome. Open containers permitted outside. Friend wanted to go home. Boo. (wtf.) Drove home. Got in at 3 am. Cried a little.

Overall, it was an awesome trip. I wish we could have stayed longer and that everyone would have had an awesome time. But, apparently, that was not in the cards. I spent too much money, but I am content with that.

Being a vegetarian down south was not fun. Pulled pork looked so good. I've been conditioned to love the meat. Instead I had a chef's salad. I smelled the meat with every bite, so it was kind of like a pulled pork salad. Weird. I did get a liking for veggie burgers though -- MorningStar foods are good.

Brief? Not really. But I'm done.

I bricked my cell phone last night. Luckily they are shipping me a new one overnight. Don't try to flash your own firmware on LG Voyagers without wanting to take risks I guess. Oh well.

As long as I have it for spring break, I'm good. I can't be lugging around a loaner phone while we're traveling down south. How would I keep up on my email and news without mobile web? I've become much too reliant on technology I think. I was actually debating on taking my laptop just in case. Thankfully I don't have to -- my luck it would get crushed somehow or just have the screen messed up a bit.

Tennessee should be a good time for break. If not, we're gonna just drive around a bit more southish and see what happens. The best plans in life are the ones without rhyme, reason or "must do" lists which take over each day. Road trips = epic.

Yeah, I used the word epic. It's time for midterms now. Yeahhhhhhhhh.