Tales from the Deep South

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So. Mark is in Vancouver, Beautiful BC, Graeme in Guelph...soon to be in Europe and Asia ostensibly... and Martyn, though he seems to have dropped off the face of the earth is only half way there, having relocated temporarily (we hope) to South Korea from his Auzzie homeland.  I miss all you guys, though I KNOW you're all having adventures. Myself, I've elected to spend the summer in God's own country, spinning my own bathtub brew of misadventure here in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  This is the hometown of Michael Jordan, Ben Folds, and some nasty Klan history.  NCAA sports reigns king here and my amazement never ceases at how many freakin basketball, football and baseball stadiums there are on campus.  A few weeks ago it was South Carolina vs North Carolina baseball and it was a pretty big deal.  I think Graeme would have loved it.  Guys, you're never going to believe this, but people actually dig it down here!  Can you believe that shit?   

My second weekend I headed up with a couple of friends to Virginia and Washington DC.  You can see me here proudly towering over the phallus of America.  This man was wearing perhaps the sexiest pair of patriotic suspenders I've ever seen, 

so he of course, made the picture cut.

Incidentally, I haven't quite found the right set of stars and stripes pants/pantaloons yet, but I WILL be purchasing some coveted america-wear in the near future fret not.  I had a fantastic time in DC.  Saw the zoo, the whitehouse, the capital AND joined in a protest on the capital lawn.  "WE ARE AMERICA, NOSTROS SOMOS AMERICA...." no, to this day I'm still not sure what we were protesting...  I should mention also that I slid down the banister in the Library of Congress and bought a tie that had a picture of every american president on it, including "Bill Klinton."  Yes.  Oh, and also a pair of patriotic nail clippers...I wonder what airplane policy on those puppies is?

A few pictures included of DC.  Including the capital where it looks like Dick Cheney may have been visiting!  I'll have to put up a few more in a bit.