Is smonster around? I have questions about the Rocky Mount/Greenville area of NC.

Hello! According to Google maps, it's not much further to Raleigh (10 min or so) and I Definitely Recommend Raleigh over Greenville. I actually don't know shit about Greenville, but I can pretty much guarantee Raleigh is better. If you were thinking about living somewhere and commuting to Rocky Mount.

I really don't know that much about that area of NC, but if you have specific questions I can probably research stuff and/or give you pointers.

Also amyth, I missed the deadline for UNC Chapel Hill because I suck. Would you suggest waiting and trying again for spring, rather than NC Wesleyan?

(psst, that's amych.) Speaking completely out of my cloaca, hell yes try for UNC*. A more reasoned response would be, what program are you applying for? How long would you be here? What's important to you in your surroundings?

* Totally biased and not ashamed to admit it. Tar Heel born, etc. It's a great town and a great school, and if you tell me what program I can likely rustle up someone who knows something about it.

This lolcat is totally cracking me up. [link]

(*cough* ch, not th)

And what is it you're applying for?

Anyway, depending on the answer to the above question (work? school? randomly choosing a place for sports fandom), what specific school it is will obviously make a huge difference -- but as for that part of the state as a place to be, it's pretty much every post Barb ever made about Jacksonville FL. Rocky Mount is a bit more depressed (it was originally a tobacco + manufacturing area, and both of those things are in a serious downturn in the last decade or so. Mass hog farming, on the other hand, is going strong.) Greenville is a little less so, because the town is dominated by ECU, which is (as Calli noted) a serious party school.

Also, if you come to the Durham/Chapel Hill area, we'll play with you.

but as for that part of the state as a place to be, it's pretty much every post Barb ever made about Jacksonville FL.

RUN THE OTHER WAY!!

(Durham/Chapel Hill OTOH, pretty kewl.)

Sorry, amych! I'm still not completely caffeinated.

I'm just doing English and/or teaching English at the secondary level, but it sounds like Rocky Mount is probably not for me. A lot of things to consider, especially given that we really want to move this summer, and moving to the Triangle might be a risk if I don't know for sure I'd get into UNC. Hmmm.

Pretty Harvey!

Good luck to you, omnis!

Thank you, java. I think I'll go with St. Jude's donation in baby's name. Also, {{{java}}}

It's actually only been 4 years since Cass moved, because when she went PDX scouting, Lillian was 10 months old (there are pictures!), and she was moved within the month.

(HOLYSMACK! MY CHILD TURNS FIVE NEXT WEEK!)

(HOLYSMACK! MY CHILD TURNS FIVE NEXT WEEK!)

Which is half-way to ten! Which is close to 13!

YOUR CHILD IS PRACTICALLY A TEENAGER!

It's actually only been 4 years since Cass moved, because when she went PDX scouting, Lillian was 10 months old (there are pictures!), and she was moved within the month.

I was wondering about that, since I thought I was just coming up on 5 years myself.

Math is hard though, so I gave up trying to do it.

HOLYSMACK! MY CHILD TURNS FIVE NEXT WEEK!

I told someone that Ellie would be 5 in two months the other day, and then almost passed out.

Amy, as someone who lived in NC for only two years, I would totally aim for the Triangle. I loved UNC even though I was only there for a year and was pregnant for a lot of that, so thus spent most of my time not hanging out with fellow students.

Still, beautiful. My one criticism of NC though is that it *really matters* where you are because it varies *a lot*.