Author Anne Rice shares her opinion on recent events in the city that has been her home for decades ( Read more... )

Reposted from maegwen:

"Moveon.org is maintaining a list where people can offer housing to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The offers are coming from all over the country. I don't think I've ever seen anything so amazing or generous."

Feeling angered by the Federal response to Katrina's aftermath yet? No?

Watch this.

And then read this.

Warning: Harry Potter #6 Spoilers. (.mpg file, so give it a few minutes to load.)

"If you feel like taking a moment to remember the New Orleans that once was, Roger Ebert and I suggest a few movies that were set and filmed there, in no particular order:"

I have a couple of new icons. Hooray for me! I can't believe this thing only lets you have 3 icons on a free account.

What does everyone think? Too risqué?

Oh, what the bloody hell. Everyone else is doing it and I'm bored. (I'm ashamed to admit that I had so much fun, I did it twice!)

( See alan_p's results. )

This has been the best birthday weekend ever! Many thanks to everyone who was a part of it.

It's going to be tough to face reality again tomorrow.

I'm taking it easy my first semester as a grad student, mainly because I need to focus on the new job, which will involve some travel out of town, but also because the tuition is so incredibly expensive. I'm doing a seminar on Jane Austen, which should be a lot of fun, and an Independent Study with my film professor, who's letting me pick whatever ( Read more... )

I've been on vacation this week. It's my first full week of vacation since February '04, people (yes, that was L.A., for those of you who know what I'm talking about). Can you believe it's been that long since I had a week off? It has been fairly nice but the past day has been rather frustrating.

I drove down to Raleigh on Tuesday. Saw Red Eye ( Read more... )