happy birthday doughman! hopefully you are out having a great day. how old are you now, 70? the years pile up, much like the wins of the hokies.

so i finally got around to bringing in two entries that i wrote about a week or so ago. i think they are kind of funny, you may or may not agree.

all is well down here. the dead have returned to the graves and we wait another year to celebrate with them. james, i agree that people in the usa have some issues with outsourcing nearly everything, which in this case includes some of our emotions. we give the tast to someone else and end up losing a piece of what might be necessary for the healing process (see amy davis for a further and more complete analysis of this idea!).

all i know is that watching the people grieve was an experience in itself. there are so many emotions tied into that using the word grieve really does not describe it.

my friend stayed at a friend´s (this is a stretch considering she barely knows the girl, but whatever) house on monday night when they were mourning/celebrating the death of a young child. she said that all night she would wake up every hour to hear the aunts and family members drinking and weeping. they would pass out, wake up and cry, drink some, then go back to sleep. she said this literally went on all night long.

i went to the graveyard for a spell on tuesday night, but felt pretty out of place. it is one thing to take part of a celebration, but as i had no ties to any of the dead down here, i felt a bit strange. oh well, it was something to see, that is for sure. all rules are tossed out the window and the emotions flow. seems like a great way to purge.

ok, have a great day and if i do not get a chance to post tomorrow, have a great weekend. do not forget to root for the hokies against the evil hurricanes.