small update

Memphis. Dreary. gloomy as they come. or rather, it's the weather that's made it like this. it's been grey and wet all day. harder to concentrate on my thoughts in the rain. too cold. rain feels like ice, tho it's not. we woke up late. showered, ate, and headed out to find Daniel, the son of the people we're staying with. at a bike shop 2 blocks away there's a shaggy face, an unshaven hippy boy that has hair that goes down and out, mostly out tho. he lets us know there's nothing to do in memphis but working and biking. there's probably more then this, but this is all he has for us so far. we eat a burrito in a shop that's trying to look like mexico. the burrito reminds me of a small landmine, so tightly packed that one bite could result in a small explosion of pulverized chicken and lettuce fragments. delicious tho. we drive him back to work and head to the University of Memphis. there we come across the building being demolished. which is interesting to watch, tho the breeze keeps it a bit too cold to stand still for long. also the crew seemed to be using a ball that was too small. they weren't getting much done. after watching that for a good while, we head out to look for wireless internet, returning about 1 hour or so later without having found any. we had heard a few places that should have it, but none of them did. (if anyone knows any, let us know. we tried starbucks and best buy and neither worked.) back at U of M, we found the library to huddle down in. it's a simply horrid day out. stinging rain and biting wind, and all that. no time to be exploring. I settle down on the 3rd floor to read On The Road by Jack Keroac, Sam's off whoknowswhere looking on other subjects. after that we check the demolition again, but it's slowed down, the wrecking ball no longer at work. we head home for dinner with the Trimbles.




oh, a couple of notes. as far as videos go, I know they make you dizzy. you try filming with a tiny camera in below 30 degrees weather. it's hard. but I'll work on it.

that and some of you may get that these updates are sometimes a few days late. I write them when I can, then post them as soon as possible. sometimes that's not for a day or two. sorry.