My Return to the South
After being in Upstate New York for the better part of nine months, I am proud and ecstatic to announce that I have made my (probably temporary) return to the South. Three days ago I, along with the rest of my grad school program, moved to Charleston, South Carolina to cover the Spoleto USA and Piccolo Spoleto Festivals for Charleston’s Post & Courier. And it feels sooo good to be back where the weather is sticky, the food is greasy, the tea is sweet, and the people say y’all.
I drove from Syracuse to Charleston, with two brief stops in Washington DC and Rocky Mount, NC, and am now going to recount the things I saw along the way that reminded me that I was, indeed, back in the South.
1) Meeting up with the DC/Baltimore University of Arkansas alumni group at the Nationals/Orioles baseball game. We called the hogs. Twice.
2) Seeing Chick-fil-A listed as a restaurant option on highway signs. (Okay, that isn’t necessarily a sign of being in the South, but there is no Chick-fil-A in New York.)
3) Strange statuary. I saw a weightlifter who spun around and a terrifying lumberjack wielding an ax.
4) Mostly racist billboards. (I’m looking at you JR’s and South of the Border)
5) Passing people riding 4-Wheelers. On the highway.
6) Random patches of intense, wrath of God rain. They never lasted more than five minutes at a time.
7) Seeing Sonic listed as a restaurant option on highway signs. I did a car dance when I saw that one.
8) Car dealership radio commercials. The South does them best.
9) Buying and drinking Shiner Bock.
10) Seeing guys dressed in the Southern frat suit: white polo, colored golf shorts, Sperry’s, and sunglasses.
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Although it’s billed as a romantic comedy, Waiting for Forever isn’t really romantic or comedic. Instead the film, written by Steve Adams and directed by James Keach, explores the dualities of relationships in a way that makes the characters seem emotionally unstable and juvenile instead of layered.
The story follows Will Donnor (Tom Sturridge), a twenty-something guy who exclusively wears pajamas, juggles for a living, and has no motivation to do anything except follow struggling actress Emma Twist (Rachel Bilson), a childhood friend, from city to city because he believes that they are destined to be together.
The problem is, Will doesn’t believe he is stalking Emma. He actually hasn’t spoken to her since they were kids, and as he explains, he only wants to be near where she is and to wake up each day with the hope that he might run into her. It’s a creepily sweet sentiment, until you remember that Will has kept close enough tabs on Emma to know when and where she moves, and when the film begins, that she is making a trip back home to visit her dying father (Richard Jenkins) and emotionally distraught mother (Blythe Danner).
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Glee’s Sue Sylvester is hands down our favorite character on TV right now. Sadly, we haven’t seen her since December and we desperately miss her un-PC one-liners, diatribes, and journal entries. We even miss her track suits. So when Perez Hilton posted a new Sue’s Corner video on Tuesday we put aside our distaste for Perez and couldn’t click the link fast enough. After watching it a couple of times, we started to think of other topics we’d like the no-nonsense cheer coach to tackle. Peep our top ten suggestions after the jump.
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