Oh Alan…
Last procrastinating post for the evening! Alan Cumming has a fragrance, has had for some time now, but I’ve received another email about it just in time for Valentine’s Day and couldn’t help share the link. [edited to remove picture because of its size!]
crickets and computers
Trying to stay focused and organized but feel like I have had too much spare time and need a deadline to kick me into high gear. Tons to read and print out and prepare, but am sidetracked every now and then by watching my frog Stella devour crickets, reading Angels and Demons, watching the Gilmore [...]
adult content
A good friend, Daniele Pantano, a Swiss poet in exile, just published two of his poems in a highly respected journal of erotic literature, Clean Sheets. Bravo! And for my more conservative readers, pay no attention to the ads for Toys in Babeland.
Love hurts
When I Googled “New Orleans, Mon Amour” last night for an image of the Codrescu book, I came across this blog post with the same title. It’s from September 2005 and is quite a passionate reflection. As someone who continues to have dreams every other night about going home or just being home in the [...]
Loving Andrei's _Mon Amour_
I will post a list of New Orleans-related texts I’ve purchased or re-read in the past 2 months, but had to plug this one immediately. New Orleans, Mon Amour is a chronological collection of all of Andrei Codrescu’s musings on the city from 1985-2005. The preferatory remarks are already gripping and while I was in [...]
not much to report at the end of the week
Spent much of today reading, doing laundry, running errands, feeding the frogs [AC's frogs are here too so Stella has some buddies--actually they are all in separate tanks so I am calling it "The Wall of Frogs"], and planning out my weekend of academic work. I want to update my CV and make some edits [...]
Come Hell or High Water and a Call for Submissions
Just heard about this book via Poppy Z Brite’s LiveJournal. And do you have a Louisiana minute to share? I know I have plenty! Note to self: start writing your own stuff and stop spending so much $ at Amazon!
Podcast and Picture finds of the day
I have Tuesdays off this semester, which is why I blogged so much yesterday. I also spent time on the Powerbook updating I-Tunes and I-pod software. While doing so, I finally subscribed to some podcasts including The Ricky Gervais Show. In case you don’t know who he is, he’s the star of the original BBC [...]
the drama!
I received an email from my friend Trina who is appearing in a production of my favorite musical Cabaret in New Orleans the next few weeks. Upon visiting the Gambit website to see the press release, I was pleasantly surprised to see the new layout of the site. Pre-Katrina it was pretty basic, but it [...]
De Vry and the First Amendment
Old news to the blogosphere, but now that I am taking a course on the First Amendment, I decided to re-read some of the press surrounding the firing of Meg Spohn, department chair of communications and composition at DeVry University. Her blog is quite appealing and she includes many posts reacting to her experience as [...]
The Chronicle
Thanks to my fellow panelist from last month’s MLA, I was pointed to “Yielding to Convention” from the Chronicle Careers page. Looking for the wacky paper titles that has earned MLA it’s own wacky reputation, the author’s girlfriend stumbled into our blogging panel. Ashley went to one on the emergent literary genre of blogging. I [...]
benefits that don't benefit
OK I probably shouldn’t complain about this because it’s a good thing I am happy and healthy, but every time I’ve been in a job with medical benefits, I see chunks of my pay check disappear every 2 weeks. When I know I am going to be out of the job soon, I make medical [...]
dinner and a movie
I am so obsessed with thai food it is ridiculous! Finally tried a place I’ve had my eye on, which has the same name as my favorite place in NOLA, Sukho Thai. Spicy and delicious! I knew AC and I could try making some noodles of our own having just been down the ethnic foods [...]
restoration ale
restoration ale It was sold out when I was last there but I am sure I will try this Restoration Ale over Mardi Gras!
end of an academic week and update
So far this semester is going smoothly and obviously so much better than last semester when I was dealing with the hurricane news, a full-time job and coursework. Since this is my last semester of coursework, I am trying to be a diligent student, and with the 3 classes I am taking, I have to [...]
Chocolate Swirl
Below: Mayor Nagin “backpedals, apologizes.” Perhaps I can use it to teach students about rhetoric, audience, and the need for preparedness? Political observers said the speech, which Nagin said was unscripted, may endure as perhaps the most damaging in the mayor’s history of spontaneous oratory. “It was another case of him saying the first thing [...]
And the band played on
I’ve mentioned my friend Rudy before and how he weather Katrina from his apartment building until being airlifted out. Here is his story, with a focus on his mother, Ione, who is a dedicated band teacher, even at 80.
Never say something like this!
I have no idea what C. Ray Nagin, mayor of New Orleans was thinking with this one: “Evoking King, Nagin calls N.O. ‘chocolate’ city.” Metroblogging New Orleans has a few responses to Nagin’s idea that hurricanes are God’s punishment, as well as this one on the chocolate factory. And of course, there is a Willy [...]
Never eat there
I’ve been somewhat sporadic in my blogging, although I have maintained my New Year’s resolution in # of posts so far, due to straining my back and just the other night, falling victim to food poisoning. Awful. I wonder what to do at times like these–when you pay $$ for a meal, then become ill, [...]
My frog Stella
I have been meaning to blog about my new pet, Stella. She’s an Ornate Horned Frog, or Pacman frog. I had wanted to get a better photo, but it’s kind of difficult! She’s absolutely adorable and we made her tank extra sassy with some pink stones in her water dish. Expect to hear more about [...]
4 Things Meme
Clancy tagged me (in a manner of speaking…) Four Jobs You’ve Had In Your Life: 1. Editor of surveillance reports 2. Ballet teacher and Folk dance performer 3. Private tutor and ESL TA for a group of Fulbright students 4. Substitute teacher at Chalmette High School Four Movies You Could Watch Over And Over: 1. [...]
Life is a Cabaret, ol' chum
Although we often chat on instant messenger, I have not been keeping up with my friend Trina, no it’s not short for Katrina’s blog. After receiving a comment from Tim and seeing her blog listed on his blog roll, I stopped by only to find “The Twelve Days of Post-Katrina Christmas” she composed and sent [...]
Ernie the Attorney
Always meant to check his blog out and finally came across it and his Flickr photostream tonight. Nice honest optimism about returning to NOLA in this post. While I have been linking to Katrina related blogs and such, I haven’t offered my own thoughts on the devastation in awhile. Truth is, I’m still in denial. [...]
back 2 school
Started teaching face to face again yesterday. I can’t believe it’s been a whole year! Have 2 or 3 CFPs to answer and plan to get on those tonight. My main concern at the moment is finishing my coursework this semester and I won’t feel like that is feasible until I gain a permit into [...]
NOLA Rising
Another example of a web space changing and becoming a place to share one’s stories: Voices of Katrina. There’s also a post-Katrina restaurant chronicle sponsored by Food & Wine. And don’t forget the Countdown to Mardi Gras 2006: 1 Month, 18 Days, 8 Hours, 2 Minutes, 22 Seconds.