Despite living out in the country south of Fort Smith for the first 19 years of my life, I ve never had much of a Southern accent. That came in handy for what I intended to do (broadcast news) since at that time TV and radio journalists were advised to have a placeless Midwestern/basic American accent.
Time is weird. It crawls when you re doing something you don t want to do (especially if it s something you have to do, like register your car at the revenue office). When you re doing something you enjoy, it zips by.