okay, so i don't really like shell fish because they crack when you want to eat them. I know there are a lot of vegetarians in the family-I don't mean to gross you out. I tried eating crawfish the other day, and I just couldn't eat something that was looking at me. Haha.
I had about a week off for mardi gras. The town just shuts down/becomes so overcrowded that no work can really get done efficiently. sorry I don't have any pictures, my cam is still at home. But it wasn't anything too special- intoxicated masked druids on 20ft floats throwing beads madly at children and in my eyes. Screaming, headless masses stumbling over eachother to reach for the best 'throws'. I felt like I was in a WoW pub and a mage just rolled on a sword. I was tired of parades by sunday, but I had some good memories playing harmonica in the neutral ground (huge median) of a street, underneath a statue of Jefferson Davis. Me, my friends Steve and Darren on Guitars, and our Bruce Springstein voices were but a spark in the brilliant sunshine of that saturday afternoon. Frisbee, running barefoot, and ghost stories. Aight, maybe the ghost stories is an exaggeration.
This week it was back to work. It's much warmer here, and there's a whole lot of sun. I feel a little toasty brown right now, as a matter of fact, like my skin was in the sun. This is probably because I went for a nice bike ride down Magazine St. It was fun, in that there were a bunch of art galleries and college kid hangouts. I am planning on taking Allison and Jim and Tina down that route, so I was just scoping the place out. Allison is going to be here the 15th and Jim and Tina are coming the 22nd. (Jim-Tina- show me some kind of response). Your visits can't come too soon.
Well, I am really tired and need a shower. I think after this I am going to watch some Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I might try some of the later seasons. Oh, also, I have been working on a Warcraft 3 map. It will truly re-define the word EPIC. I might make a blog line all about my map. Map-making is, I've recently (re)discovered, my favorite and most intensive hobby.
I love you all, my family.
4 comments:
Hi Tony!
Sounds like craziness in the streets. You should remember that experience for your philosophy studies if anyone ever suggests anarchy as a legit "system" to run the world by. You'll have that carnival pretty much right at the start and then run out of every major resource you can imagine. Ok. I'm done being Mr. Bleakhouse.
But, can I just mention, parenthetically, I am glad you are safe, b/c in carnivals (this will happen in Urbana on March 6th, Unofficial St. Patrick's Day) people get rowdy and start pushing and throwing shoes and the next thing you know widows are broken and then bones are broken.
Hey, I'm fine. Your timetable is right, Tina and I should be there on the 22nd. I am in marathon mode so I'll need to be running. Do you think there are safe places to run? (and I'll need lots of carbs. More than you might think I could eat. like half a loaf a bread a day, for starters.)
Stay SAFE!
haha, I will make sure to harvest extra grains and pastas so you are well nourished during your stay. There are plenty of good places to run by me that are safe in the morning. Right along the river is my favorite, and its well lit even at night. I can bike with you if you need a personal trainer ala Rocky.
Ha! Tony, please ride a bike next to me as we train. I will call you Coach T.
This is my training schedule for the week I am in New Orleans:
Tuesday 3 miles
Wednesday 5 miles
Thursday 3 miles
Saturday (on the Amtrak train?) 7 miles
Anyway a friend suggests I run along Lake Pontchartrain at sunset. Do you live near that lake at all? Where do you live anyways?
I just booked my ticket.
Depart Chicago on March 21 at 8:00pm Arrive in New Orleans March 22 at 3:32
Depart New Orleans March 27 at 1:45pm Arrive in Chicago March 28 at 9:00 am
http://www.amtrak.com/
See you in a few weeks!
-Jim
I live in Algier's point. It is a historic area right across the river (east) from the Crescent City of New Orleans. Lake Pontchartrain is located north of the city and can't be more than 10 miles from where the ferry lets me off.
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