"I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic."

yes, that.

AMERICA

FUCK

YEAH

...to nobody ( Read more... )

i feel like i should just make a blog of new orleans fests. there's a ridiculous amount of them. i wouldn't even have to stray beyond the city limits for a Fest of some kind most weeks, and if i included the 'burbs, i'd have a goddam Fest every saturday. Jazz Fest, Voodoo Fest, Festival in the Oak (that's more xmas lights BUT STILL), Blues and BBQ ( Read more... )

so i'm gonna be two things for Halloween:

for trisha's annual party--this year, TV-themed--Peg Bundy.

for Halloween itself, and the downtown-ness stuff--Phyllis Diller.i can't even decide which of these i'm more excited about ( Read more... )

debate ( Read more... )

so there was this little cute hubbub thing going around The Facebook for a while, some "app" called Un-Baby Me. it was supposed to eliminate pictures of people's kids from your newsfeed ( Read more... )

((this is possibly dumb. but screw it, i think it's cool.))

so there are basically enough covers of "take me to the river" to make a pretty respectable mix-cd. maybe about the length of one side of one mixtape.

( videodump )

i left wisconsin--which was more beautiful than i'd seen it in a long time--and my nice friends who are awfully understanding of my whirlwind visits--and flew back to new orleans ( Read more... )

so i still don't have power. it's been out since tuesday at 6pmish? that sounds about right. i've been depending upon the kindness of my friend/creative writing workshop wife, who lives in the quarter ( Read more... )