Jill McCorkle - Outside Event #2

So I went to Jill McCorkle's reading of "Surrender" today with Tanner and it was rather interesting. First, I get us lost, and we just happened to drive up on the road we were supposed to be on all along, so we didn't get there until like 5:55p.m. Luckily she hadn't started to read yet. So we go in and it is really crowded because it is a small place to begin with and there is over a two dozen people there. We go stand towards the back, and I lean on a stool, and there is this guy sitting in front of me. Well he offers me his seat and even though I said it was unnecessary, he got up anyway, so I sat down. A few seconds later, this woman decides to tell me that I took his seat and that I should move, and I told her that I knew that and that he offered me his seat. I kind of felt like a jerk, but she wasn't very nice. Then Jill McCorkle starts reading from her book Going Away Shoes, in which she reads the short story "Surrender". It was cool to hear an author read from her book, but I didn't really care for the story. She talked about things that I didn't see as humorous, I just saw it as inappropriate. She definately portrayed the fact that she knew the story, but I thought she was kind of monotone, maybe she might have been nervous. It was cool to hear other peoples reactions to the story and watch them read along with her. Overall, it lead to an interesting night.