Old Soul, Young Heart

I'm reading a really good book right now that I'm excited about! It's called Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil  by John Berendt. I feel as though Philip's friend, Mike, told me about it a few years ago. I've had it on my shelf since then and decided to pick it up a few days ago. I really had no clue what it was about before I started reading it. I liked the title and the cover art because it sounded and looked kind of creepy and I like things that are kind of creepy. I've been hooked since about page 3. It's about Savannah, Georgia and, from what I can tell, is also about a murder that occurred there. I like it a lot because the author is good at painting pictures of what the town is like. (He described Savannah in exactly the way I would picture it to be--quaint, green, garden-y, old, historical, willow tree-y, southern-hospitality-y, and almost England-y.) The characters are also very vivid to me. The story just flows and, overall, I'm reall...

Well, I guess it's actually happening that my brother is moving to Nevada with his girlfriend. They're leaving tomorrow to start the drive and he just came to say goodbye to Dad and me. It's pretty sad. I couldn't believe it until I saw it, but now I've seen it. It's very strange to think that in the future I can only see him if I plan it well in advance and get on a plane to get there. With all of the shit that has happened in the past two years for him, this really seems like the culmination of change. It could go either way--extremely good or extremely bad. I hope it turns him around; I hope they're able to work on their relationship in a healthy way and I hope he's able to get a decent job and start to rebuild his life legitimately. He can always come back if it doesn't work out. I was surprised how emotional I got when he was walking out the door. It's not like we hung out all the time, but it's just knowing that he's not within ...