you! me! dancing!

well. i'm still here.

see you on the flip

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where the wild things are...

okay, so i'm finally moved into my new house and things have been rather hectic. it was an absolute mess as the previous tenants were clearly unfamiliar with the joys of sanitary living conditions. i've lived in many a shithole, but i think i've finally reached hell. so far, we've come across the roach here and there, hornet nests under the balcony and a veritable medley of bugs, but this, this was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back:


















yes, that would be a lizard (true to size). a LIZARD in my bathtub. i shan't feel safe again.

query

since when is it okay to post your ultrasound pictures on facebook?

soy de burque

"On March 23rd, 2007 mayor Martin Chavez announced his plans to brand Albuquerque as "the Q". With the help of a large corporate advertising and marketing firm, his goal is to bring in out-of-state investors by making Burque hip and associating it with a hip name. As proud "Burqueños", we feel this is an unnecessary title. Show your pride."

okay, this is from the man who introduced giant 8 ft high, inaccessible pieces of pottery to the median of our freeways.









seriously, join the revolution, cos "the Q"? really?

odds and ends: fat-ist tendecies?

what a lovely shade of orange?

prison inmates in the philippines performing "thriller." i KNOW!! the have quite an oeuvre as it turns out

is it true?

Pelle Carlberg: "Clever Girls Like Clever Boys More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls"

seriously, i want a thumb piano.

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je ne comprend pas

i can't believe my time's almost up here in new orleans. immense relief this week, as i think i've found what i was looking for--an early 18th c. manuscript of french sacred songs, various letters and accounts. problem: everything is in old french. merde!

in other news,









apparently chinese officials are developing a compulsory dance program to combat childhood obesity and thwart young love. totally sounds like something my mother would've come up with.

odds and ends: only 2 days until HP!!!!!!!!!
also, i want to know. where can i get










a amplified thumb piano, so i too, can rattle through the streets of paris in a long conga line?

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would you like a bullet with your red beans and rice?

So I had dinner with the mafia last night. More specifically, I had dinner with a piano man named Snake and his lovely wife Leann, who is directly related to the Gambino crime family. Allegedly. Having fled Las Vegas unexpectedly, they ended up here in New Orleans where you can find Snake playing at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, the oldest bar in the US. Tomorrow he's teaching me the basics of jazz piano, a futile exercise given my poor improvisational skills, to be sure.

Anyhow, I'm liking New Orleans more than I thought I would. I mean, this is a city where you can order drinks to go. As in: there are drive-thru daiquiri stands and one can walk around. outside. with a cocktail. There's also no last call. best/worst idea EVAR.
A typical day:
-I roll out of bed around noon. perhaps awakened by the vegetable man singing out from his truck, "i got some watermelon, eatin' pears..."
-look out the window, see mule-drawn carriages and my neighbor walking her pet goat. yes goat.
-Head to Tulane and root around the archives for a few hours.
-Go back home and take a nap--the heat makes me sleepy, apparently.
-fend off bug bites. seriously, the bugs here can totally eat small children.
-Prepare for a night out mingling with the denizens of the French Quarter, we head out with our "go" cups filled with our poison of choice in hand.
-night after night of fabulous food and fantastic music and crazies. speaking of yummy foods, tater nachos. yes, nachos with cheese, black beans, salsa, and sour cream but with tater tots instead of chips. brilliant.

My lovely roommate Rebecca has kindly compiled a list of things for me to do while i'm here. research? what research?
-beignets at Cafe Du Monde
-haunted house tour through the French Quarter, cheesy, yes.
-drive through the lower ninth
-Barrataria preserve and hang with the alligators
-plantation tour
-Spend a couple days in Breaux Bridge, catch a zydeco brunch and tour the swamps with norbert and his moonshine (he makes moonshine!)
-pictures and updates from the convent forthcoming.

odds and ends: how much do I love this video? dancing eggs (pictures at an exhibition?), angry sandwiches, and the bugsy berkeley-esque dancing trees.

le tired

what is the most unsettling thing about this video (rufus wainwright, "rules and regulations")? a. fleet of synchronized dancing men with luxuriant mustaches, b. wainwright's unceasing gaze, c. long johns.

odds and ends: new haircut today and i look a little bit like an anime character. unfortunate.