It was fairly awesome to see most of the YAVs last weekend. I had a rocking time with them. That Wii is hella fun, and if it didn't cost four months of pay, I'd have to get one. Guitar Hero is also rather fun. I'm a rock star ( Read more... )

Now, with 50% more whinging! It's been a... stressful week here. We've had about 70 volunteers staying here, and will again this week. 70 is about our capacity, the way I see it. We have 70 beds, though we're building more. Beyond that, though, we only have about 3 showers for each sex (this is not the place to get into the subtleties of gender ( Read more... )

The week's been overall uneventful. I don't even remember what I did for most of it. There was some emailing, some driving around Louisiana to count tools, lots of tours given to visiting groups today and yesterday. I dunno. It all blurs together ( Read more... )

There's a lot of neat technology in the world today, but one spiffy item is especially the source of private amusement for me: the lowly SD card. These are all but ubiquitous today, slotted into digital cameras and MP3 players and gaming devices, so much so that I think their coolness factor is taken for granted ( Read more... )

I bought the second-to-last carton of Blue Bell King Cake Ice Cream from Rouses here in Slidell. I'm not impressed. It is sweet, very sweet, but it's lacking the cinnamon flavor I had expected. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty decent, but it's not what I had expected from 'king cake ice cream ( Read more... )

It's been another week already? Beh. Work has been merely adequate this week. Much of it was spent on polishing and expanding the database stuff. This project is nearly finished, I hope, which is good because it's starting to get tedious. I'm not entirely sure what's next for me. Newsletter still doesn't seem to be a priority for the folks here, ( Read more... )

Parades in Slidell are small, family-oriented affairs. ( There are floats, marching bands.... )

Guh, just another week in Slidell. Most of it was spent in data entry and fixing mistakes I made in coordinating volunteers. Had I known that simple arithmetic was a job requirement, I would've sought work elsewhere. All is well, though. I find it hard to want to do things, like draw or search for jobs. I did cook an actual meal this week, though ( Read more... )

Watched Paprika yesterday. It's a bit like The Lathe of Heaven on shrooms. Lots of bizarre psychotic fantasy and so! much! color! I found it hard to follow, but damn it was a fun ride ( Read more... )

I'm feeling fat and sassy! Another week comes to an end. I'm pretty sure this one was more database work. Thankfully, I think I have most of it finished - I can add and edit groups and volunteers, and all that I really need to do, I think, is add a stats-generation page and clean up what I have. Then the massive backlog of data entry begins. We had ( Read more... )