Actually, I'm currently trying to make the transition to a Mississippi accent so i can present myself as a higher class citizen.

Haha. I find it funny that a Mississippi accent is an upgrade from a Louisiana accent. Is there some kind of "accent roadmap" you can show us to illustrate what your next step will be? Geographically it looks like you'd move on to an Alabama accent, but I actually consider Alabama more redneckish than Mississippi or Louisiana. Then again, I've never lived in either, and am just judging based on people I've met from those places (including relatives who were married into the family.)