Thursday, September 30, 2004
presidential debate: ok, jonathan, you got me - it did get better as it went on, though i can't say my opinions were changed much by either candidate... Thursday, September 23, 2004
would you believe it's a thursday night, and I'm watching "sky captain and the world of tomorrow" alone at the prytania theatre. no, seriously - I'm the only one in the whole theatre. me and 200 empty seats... god, I hate blatant symbolism. well, at least there's something to be said for gwyneth paltrow in soft focus. Wednesday, September 22, 2004
i think i say the wrong things now. it didn't used to be this way. i used to know exactly what to say. i used to be able to fix things. Tuesday, September 21, 2004
went to see chan marshall - cat power - last night at the house of blues parish. she's known for her on-stage neuroses, non-linear rambling and mumbling and tuning and re-tuning and generally being visibly depressed. personally, in her beautiful voice, i find it charming. throughout the night, oft repeated were a little "what should i play next" 2-bar blues, and the phrase life change. and not in any positive or motivational sense. At one point, she said, "you know, life change. everybody knows when you need a life change. it just knocks you on the head." well, it does. life change type things over the past few weeks, large and small, in no particular order: • clean shaven - first time in about 6 years. • got a new phone (sidekick II) • amanda and i broke up - second time in about 6 years. probably unavoidable and a while in coming but still a great loss. i'll leave it at that, though there's more. • lost about 15 lbs, apparently. • evacuated into the path of an oncoming hurricane. • ran a 5K race in 25:35 i am at a loss to explain most of the above in any way that makes sense. except perhaps that the world has moved on. Wednesday, September 15, 2004
by around 3, I had 90 miles to go, and was too physically and mentally exhausted to make that last stretch. so I pulled off in meridian, MS, and slept in a hotel parking lot till 8am. on my way again, and feeling much better. --ab3 got here. Tuesday, September 14, 2004
got to my exit, and the sea of traffic parted. 75mph from here on. now only 4 more hours. this has been my worst. travel experience. ever. and it aint over yet. --ab3
now its been 8 hours. I've gone 26 miles. according to my gps, it'll take 48 more hours to get where I'm going, at this rate. hopefully I get to speed up - a lot - soon. --ab3    don't know if you can see much in these crappy phone-photos, but I'm stuck in evacuation traffic going eastbound on I-10, still in new orleans east, I've gone about 5 miles.... and I've been driving for 2 1/2 hours. my gps says I've gone an average of 2.8 miles an hour. this fucking sucks. but it looks like the storm is really headed this way, so it sucks a good bit less than drowning, see? I do know a lot of people who claimed they were staying, for various reasons - and I'm a bit scared for them...
last post from home for now, before i disconnect the box and put it in the car... got everything squared away to higher ground at work... the I-10 headed west outta here is a parking lot; i'm headed east, towards the storm path, for a bit, then north... just a few last things to load up and i'm off, so any posts will be mobile from here on for a while...
hurricane ivan: yes, i'm honestly scared. yes, i'm leaving, and if you're in town, you should too. i'm most likely going to tuscaloosa to see amanda, to probably catch the remnants of Ivan there anyway. battening down the hatches at the moment. more as events progress. see for yourself. Wednesday, September 01, 2004
salmon salad (think tuna salad, but with canned salmon, eggs, onions,
capers, presumably mayo) on sweet pinapple slices (the canned kind) topped with pickled asparagus and marashino cherries. and a constant admonition to "eat it all together" and "mix the flavors." welcome to the weird world of dinner with my grandfather. ugh... |