Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:44pm
Four years is a long time — the length of a US presidential term, the amount of time we spend in high school, and the average lifespan of a computer. This Saturday will mark the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In a lot of ways, it feels like it was just a few months ago, but in other wa...
Monday, September 08, 2008 1:24pm
So, Gustav ended up not being the big "Mother of All Storms" as C. Ray prophesied. Baton Rouge is still dealing with power outages, and the coastal parishes have a lot of cleaning up to do, but things could've been worse. It's funny how even though this time there were "publicly assisted evacuat...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:20pm
So, Gustav is on his way toward us. It'll probably be a Category 3 when it makes landfall, somewhere on the Gulf Coast. That "somewhere" seems to be more and more likely Louisiana and specifically, New Orleans. Friday will be the three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. And here I am, stari...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:34pm
Why is it that it took 2 days for MSNBC and CNN to even mention that Dennis Kucinich (my former vote for the Presidency) submitted 35 Articles of Impeachment for FOUR HOURS on CSPAN Monday? Why are the antics of Britney Spears or "Crew Misspells 'Stop' on Roadway" considered "Breaking News" when t...
Friday, January 25, 2008 5:33pm
I received this e-mail today. Sounds really good. If you give half a damn about New Orleans, please read it and follow the links. Greetings! I work with a DC-based human rights group, RFK Center for Human Rights that has been partnering with ACORN Louisiana, one of the largest orgs. o...
Friday, August 31, 2007 8:07pm
Just a quick note. My sister has a blog that as of August 29, 2005 became a Katrina blog. It's documented her experience staying in the city during the storm, escaping the city to Baton Rouge and later Morgan City, and every bit of work put into coming back home and cleaning, getting loans and i...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:34pm
Seven hundred and thirty days ago, my city was under water. My home was surrounded by water. So many of my fellow New Orleanians died; many more of us had a part of us die. Every single person in the metro area has a story to tell, be it about themselves or a coworker or a friend of a friend. This ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:41am
So, on the National Hurricane's Website, they have this link on the front page that says "NEW! Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook.” So here, you'd expect there to be some Adobe Flash (that still feels weird to say) widget with like animated 3D visual effects of the status of t...
Sunday, April 29, 2007 10:30pm
As a lot of you know, my dad and uncle own a gas station/mechanic shop on Robert E. Lee & Canal Blvd. in Lakeview. This gas station is what keeps my uncle and my dad from having to stand on street corners with signs begging for change. It's also what put me and my sister through Catholic schools an...
Saturday, February 10, 2007 1:28pm
Welcome back, Me. I discovered Barack Obama's announcement of running for Presidency. His speech is really good. Here are some key points: Acknowledges that his announcement is somewhat audacious because he hasn't been in Washington very long, but as he says, he's been there "long enough t...
Monday, January 08, 2007 10:50pm
So, I finally have some plans for 2007. I half assed them in the last post, but here's something concrete. Eat Better Lord knows I won't cut out fast food altogether, but I seriously want to eat a little better. All I eat is shit. Go to New York This is all contingent on my raise/vacation k...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:31pm
On a more serious note, I've made a documentary about how far along (or how little far along) New Orleans has gotten in the last year. I filmed it over Labor Day weekend with the help of my cousin and her husband driving and navigating me through the city. The camera's a bit shakey, but I was in...
Monday, August 28, 2006 3:06pm
As I've mentioned in the past, I read about 10 different news sites a day so I can keep up with world around me. Nearly every day CNN has an article or two up like this one here detailing how difficult it is going to be to rebuild New Orleans. They usually spotlight one or two families from on...
Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:22pm
I stumbled upon this article via Fark today. It's a list of the best cities in America to find a job. New Orleans and Denver are the two worst cities. Which is quite interesting. There's literally thousands of jobs available, and nearly all are paying much more than they were pre-Katrina. On...
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:11pm
Disclaimer: Because of personal ties with one of the "suspects" this post may contain some bias. Also, due to my rage that incident is being handled how it is, I'll refrain from a Podcast because I think the many expletives you'll read will more than cover your daily allotted dosage of "fuck....
Saturday, July 08, 2006 1:28am
I was thinking about next month being August already. 2006 is kinda zooming by. August brings with it an interesting date. August 29th. That'll be one year since Hurricane Katrina made landfall over New Orleans. I'm going to reflect more on the anniversary as it looms closer, but I was just looking...
Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:13pm
June 1st marked the start of the 2006 hurricane season, and we've already had one named storm. I'm willing to bet this year won't be unlike 2005. So, I'm going to start making plans. First, I'm going to decide when I'm going to leave. I'm staying for tropical storms and Category 1 storms. I h...
Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:24pm
So Neil Young has a new album coming out called Living with War and he pretty much spells out why America's fucking up. The song that has everyone (and by 'everyone' I mean the media is making it out to be worse than it is) talking is called "Let's Impeach the President." Fox News had the lyrics po...
Monday, February 13, 2006 1:58am
So, Fark had a link to an article about a Houston cop who said the people from New Orleans that he's met are "wiseasses." I find that pretty accurate, actually. See, my opinions on the whole Katrina matter have changed greatly since August 29, 2005. I originally said that the state and local g...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:16pm
So, yesterday, on Martin Luther King Day, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin spoke to a small inter-racial crowd of about 75. He talked about how we need to rebuild the city. He also talked about how New Orleans needs to come back as a "chocolate city" again. He urged African-Americans to come back becaus...
Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:15am
So, Wednesday was my 22nd Birthday. We're celebrating tonight around 8pm (that's Saturday, the 7th) at my house. Call me if you wanna go. Or reply to this and hopefully I'll see it in time and will give you directions. If you read this site on any sort of regular basis (or irregular basis), you're ...
Friday, December 23, 2005 1:29am
For this ">O'Reillymas Season, here's some things I want, a mere 109 days after Katrina: I want Ray Nagin to not be the mayor of New Orleans but be the mayor for New Orleans. I want George Bush to come through with his "better levees" promise I want my Dad and Uncle's gas station to reop...
Friday, December 16, 2005 12:24am
Found these on the web today. I find them pretty damned funny, if you ask me. They even stuck in the Heineken Beer Looter. Gotta love it. This one takes me back. Old school Sim City. The National Guard message box makes it. And, actually, the landscape is fairly accurate. ...
Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:10pm
So, I heard about this earlier today. It's pretty bad ass. The Bush Administration before, said "Hey, New Orleans, here's $1.6billion — now, that's with a 'b' fellas — to make your levees better. So, not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, New Orleans is like "Hey, thanks, ...
Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:19pm
Victims: Racism was factor in slow Katrina response Okay, maybe I can: The US Government sucks ass. The New Orleans mayor is black. So's the police chief. The government has been poorly prepared for EVERYTHING in the past 10 years — just like Katrina. Race did not play a part. That...
Monday, December 05, 2005 12:06am
A couple of days ago I posted about New Orleans plans for free city-wide WiFi internet . I also ranted about how I think it's lame that they're doing that instead of rebuilding the city the rest of the way first. The proposed network will only cover the CBD and the French Quarter — the...
Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:10am
I read this article on CNN's website just now summarizing New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's town hall meeting in Atlanta for the 44,000+ evacuees living there. I like this part: Nagin told the audience electricity was available to 70 percent of New Orleans and the rest would be online by Jan...
Friday, December 02, 2005 12:42pm
I didn't take these pictures. I had heard about them from my aunt, but because of the horeendous amount of people in the mall this time of year, I've tried to avoid them except when I have to work there. My dad sent me this e-mail with these pictures in it. This is Lakeside Mall's Christmas V...
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:23pm
So, Mayor Ray Nagin announced today that they would be launching free city-wide WiFi internet with download speeds of up to 512kb/s, pretty much awesome. I like this idea. Now, granted, that speed is illegal abse don state laws so it will probably drop to 128kb/s once the state of emergency is l...
Monday, September 26, 2005 12:48am
My dad, uncle, and their mechanic made it into Orleans Parish today via an escort from their NOPD friend Eric. They went to go check on the family BP Station in Lakeview. The newest pics in my Katrina set in my Flickr photostream show you how it looks inside the station now that the water has r...
Saturday, September 24, 2005 3:34pm
A lot of people got affected by Katrina. Some lost some shingles or a tree, some lost their homes or lives. My sister and brother-in-law went through a lot by riding out the storm in the destroyed Hyatt Hotel downtown and ultimately losing their home to the 17th Street Canal breach. She's bee...
Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:53am
I've posted and sorted all my Katrina pictures on Flickr. I threw in a few that Kevin took as well. Katrina Photoset ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:41pm
I moved back into the Cabin last night. Good to sleep in my own bed. Ac wasn't cooling off too well, but after a filter change and letting it run for a while, seems to be working fine. Around 1:30 this morning, the power randomly went out. I called Entergy and they said they had an outage in the...
Monday, September 12, 2005 1:56am
I want out. I want to go back home. I can't handle this anymore. I'm trapped. I have 6 cable channels, 3 of which air the same thing 75% of the time, all of which air news and Katrina updates, save for the Home Shopping Network. I have dial-up AOL internet. I'm not in my own bed. I'm not in m...
Sunday, September 11, 2005 2:00pm
Pat Robertson Blames Katrina on Ellen How awesome is that article? I mean, first, Robertson says we should assassinate the Venezuelan President, and now he says Katrina hit Ellen's hometown of New Orleans because she's hosting the Emmy's. He also comments how the last time she hosted the Emmy'...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:53pm
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina we have many questions. One major question is simply “Why?” Why us? Why did this happen to the fine people of New Orleans, Louisiana? No one will ever know. That’s why it’s called a natural disaster. Sure, we could go into the science of hurricanes and how they redi...
Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:03pm
As per Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard's promise, my mom, my dad, my sister, and I went back into Metairie to take a look at our homes and see what damage was done. We first went to my parents' house in the Elmwood Park subdivision in Metairie, just outside Kenner. The first thing we ...
Sunday, September 04, 2005 11:17pm
Here's my recent posts on MySpace, syndicated here: August 31 I'm on dial-up via a free AOL disc from Wal-Mart. We're in Auburn, probably till Friday when we'll trek to Morgan City to meet up with Mae and Mark. I don't know if I have a job anymore. The Edgwater Mall in Biloxi is nonexist...
Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:40am
New Orleans and Metairie are under seige. People have armed themselves and are shooting at officers and military. They're shooting at helicopters trying to rescue people. Rescue attempts have been halted because of these assholes. People rescued from Orleans Parish being brought to Jefferson Parish...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:55pm
Check out this article . Mr. Bush who seems to be so sympathetic for everything and is sending us help and whatnot and I'm tahnkful for that. But the asshole cut the Army Corps of Engineers funding by $71.2million in 2004 which would have benefitted New Orleans' levee system to support a Category ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:43am
This is my city. The city I just recently fell in love with. It's now gone. Possibly 10 feet of water at my parents' house. Probably 5+ feet at my house. My sisters' house? Completely submerged. My fathers' business is probably gone as well. Everything my family has worked for is gone. ...
Saturday, August 27, 2005 1:00pm
So, this Katrina chick might be coming right to New Orleans. I may or may not remain in town. I'll probably stay, but either way, I know I'm losing power at my house as it goes out if we sneeze too hard, so I might be unavailable via the normal means (frobba.com, aim, warcraft) so as usual, tag my ...
Four years is a long time — the length of a US presidential term, the amount of time we spend in high school, and the average lifespan of a computer. This Saturday will mark the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In a lot of ways, it feels like it was just a few months ago, but in other wa...
Monday, September 08, 2008 1:24pm
So, Gustav ended up not being the big "Mother of All Storms" as C. Ray prophesied. Baton Rouge is still dealing with power outages, and the coastal parishes have a lot of cleaning up to do, but things could've been worse. It's funny how even though this time there were "publicly assisted evacuat...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:20pm
So, Gustav is on his way toward us. It'll probably be a Category 3 when it makes landfall, somewhere on the Gulf Coast. That "somewhere" seems to be more and more likely Louisiana and specifically, New Orleans. Friday will be the three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. And here I am, stari...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:34pm
Why is it that it took 2 days for MSNBC and CNN to even mention that Dennis Kucinich (my former vote for the Presidency) submitted 35 Articles of Impeachment for FOUR HOURS on CSPAN Monday? Why are the antics of Britney Spears or "Crew Misspells 'Stop' on Roadway" considered "Breaking News" when t...
Friday, January 25, 2008 5:33pm
I received this e-mail today. Sounds really good. If you give half a damn about New Orleans, please read it and follow the links. Greetings! I work with a DC-based human rights group, RFK Center for Human Rights that has been partnering with ACORN Louisiana, one of the largest orgs. o...
Friday, August 31, 2007 8:07pm
Just a quick note. My sister has a blog that as of August 29, 2005 became a Katrina blog. It's documented her experience staying in the city during the storm, escaping the city to Baton Rouge and later Morgan City, and every bit of work put into coming back home and cleaning, getting loans and i...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:34pm
Seven hundred and thirty days ago, my city was under water. My home was surrounded by water. So many of my fellow New Orleanians died; many more of us had a part of us die. Every single person in the metro area has a story to tell, be it about themselves or a coworker or a friend of a friend. This ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:41am
So, on the National Hurricane's Website, they have this link on the front page that says "NEW! Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook.” So here, you'd expect there to be some Adobe Flash (that still feels weird to say) widget with like animated 3D visual effects of the status of t...
Sunday, April 29, 2007 10:30pm
As a lot of you know, my dad and uncle own a gas station/mechanic shop on Robert E. Lee & Canal Blvd. in Lakeview. This gas station is what keeps my uncle and my dad from having to stand on street corners with signs begging for change. It's also what put me and my sister through Catholic schools an...
Saturday, February 10, 2007 1:28pm
Welcome back, Me. I discovered Barack Obama's announcement of running for Presidency. His speech is really good. Here are some key points: Acknowledges that his announcement is somewhat audacious because he hasn't been in Washington very long, but as he says, he's been there "long enough t...
Monday, January 08, 2007 10:50pm
So, I finally have some plans for 2007. I half assed them in the last post, but here's something concrete. Eat Better Lord knows I won't cut out fast food altogether, but I seriously want to eat a little better. All I eat is shit. Go to New York This is all contingent on my raise/vacation k...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:31pm
On a more serious note, I've made a documentary about how far along (or how little far along) New Orleans has gotten in the last year. I filmed it over Labor Day weekend with the help of my cousin and her husband driving and navigating me through the city. The camera's a bit shakey, but I was in...
Monday, August 28, 2006 3:06pm
As I've mentioned in the past, I read about 10 different news sites a day so I can keep up with world around me. Nearly every day CNN has an article or two up like this one here detailing how difficult it is going to be to rebuild New Orleans. They usually spotlight one or two families from on...
Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:22pm
I stumbled upon this article via Fark today. It's a list of the best cities in America to find a job. New Orleans and Denver are the two worst cities. Which is quite interesting. There's literally thousands of jobs available, and nearly all are paying much more than they were pre-Katrina. On...
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:11pm
Disclaimer: Because of personal ties with one of the "suspects" this post may contain some bias. Also, due to my rage that incident is being handled how it is, I'll refrain from a Podcast because I think the many expletives you'll read will more than cover your daily allotted dosage of "fuck....
Saturday, July 08, 2006 1:28am
I was thinking about next month being August already. 2006 is kinda zooming by. August brings with it an interesting date. August 29th. That'll be one year since Hurricane Katrina made landfall over New Orleans. I'm going to reflect more on the anniversary as it looms closer, but I was just looking...
Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:13pm
June 1st marked the start of the 2006 hurricane season, and we've already had one named storm. I'm willing to bet this year won't be unlike 2005. So, I'm going to start making plans. First, I'm going to decide when I'm going to leave. I'm staying for tropical storms and Category 1 storms. I h...
Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:24pm
So Neil Young has a new album coming out called Living with War and he pretty much spells out why America's fucking up. The song that has everyone (and by 'everyone' I mean the media is making it out to be worse than it is) talking is called "Let's Impeach the President." Fox News had the lyrics po...
Monday, February 13, 2006 1:58am
So, Fark had a link to an article about a Houston cop who said the people from New Orleans that he's met are "wiseasses." I find that pretty accurate, actually. See, my opinions on the whole Katrina matter have changed greatly since August 29, 2005. I originally said that the state and local g...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:16pm
So, yesterday, on Martin Luther King Day, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin spoke to a small inter-racial crowd of about 75. He talked about how we need to rebuild the city. He also talked about how New Orleans needs to come back as a "chocolate city" again. He urged African-Americans to come back becaus...
Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:15am
So, Wednesday was my 22nd Birthday. We're celebrating tonight around 8pm (that's Saturday, the 7th) at my house. Call me if you wanna go. Or reply to this and hopefully I'll see it in time and will give you directions. If you read this site on any sort of regular basis (or irregular basis), you're ...
Friday, December 23, 2005 1:29am
For this ">O'Reillymas Season, here's some things I want, a mere 109 days after Katrina: I want Ray Nagin to not be the mayor of New Orleans but be the mayor for New Orleans. I want George Bush to come through with his "better levees" promise I want my Dad and Uncle's gas station to reop...
Friday, December 16, 2005 12:24am
Found these on the web today. I find them pretty damned funny, if you ask me. They even stuck in the Heineken Beer Looter. Gotta love it. This one takes me back. Old school Sim City. The National Guard message box makes it. And, actually, the landscape is fairly accurate. ...
Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:10pm
So, I heard about this earlier today. It's pretty bad ass. The Bush Administration before, said "Hey, New Orleans, here's $1.6billion — now, that's with a 'b' fellas — to make your levees better. So, not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, New Orleans is like "Hey, thanks, ...
Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:19pm
Victims: Racism was factor in slow Katrina response Okay, maybe I can: The US Government sucks ass. The New Orleans mayor is black. So's the police chief. The government has been poorly prepared for EVERYTHING in the past 10 years — just like Katrina. Race did not play a part. That...
Monday, December 05, 2005 12:06am
A couple of days ago I posted about New Orleans plans for free city-wide WiFi internet . I also ranted about how I think it's lame that they're doing that instead of rebuilding the city the rest of the way first. The proposed network will only cover the CBD and the French Quarter — the...
Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:10am
I read this article on CNN's website just now summarizing New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's town hall meeting in Atlanta for the 44,000+ evacuees living there. I like this part: Nagin told the audience electricity was available to 70 percent of New Orleans and the rest would be online by Jan...
Friday, December 02, 2005 12:42pm
I didn't take these pictures. I had heard about them from my aunt, but because of the horeendous amount of people in the mall this time of year, I've tried to avoid them except when I have to work there. My dad sent me this e-mail with these pictures in it. This is Lakeside Mall's Christmas V...
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:23pm
So, Mayor Ray Nagin announced today that they would be launching free city-wide WiFi internet with download speeds of up to 512kb/s, pretty much awesome. I like this idea. Now, granted, that speed is illegal abse don state laws so it will probably drop to 128kb/s once the state of emergency is l...
Monday, September 26, 2005 12:48am
My dad, uncle, and their mechanic made it into Orleans Parish today via an escort from their NOPD friend Eric. They went to go check on the family BP Station in Lakeview. The newest pics in my Katrina set in my Flickr photostream show you how it looks inside the station now that the water has r...
Saturday, September 24, 2005 3:34pm
A lot of people got affected by Katrina. Some lost some shingles or a tree, some lost their homes or lives. My sister and brother-in-law went through a lot by riding out the storm in the destroyed Hyatt Hotel downtown and ultimately losing their home to the 17th Street Canal breach. She's bee...
Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:53am
I've posted and sorted all my Katrina pictures on Flickr. I threw in a few that Kevin took as well. Katrina Photoset ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:41pm
I moved back into the Cabin last night. Good to sleep in my own bed. Ac wasn't cooling off too well, but after a filter change and letting it run for a while, seems to be working fine. Around 1:30 this morning, the power randomly went out. I called Entergy and they said they had an outage in the...
Monday, September 12, 2005 1:56am
I want out. I want to go back home. I can't handle this anymore. I'm trapped. I have 6 cable channels, 3 of which air the same thing 75% of the time, all of which air news and Katrina updates, save for the Home Shopping Network. I have dial-up AOL internet. I'm not in my own bed. I'm not in m...
Sunday, September 11, 2005 2:00pm
Pat Robertson Blames Katrina on Ellen How awesome is that article? I mean, first, Robertson says we should assassinate the Venezuelan President, and now he says Katrina hit Ellen's hometown of New Orleans because she's hosting the Emmy's. He also comments how the last time she hosted the Emmy'...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:53pm
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina we have many questions. One major question is simply “Why?” Why us? Why did this happen to the fine people of New Orleans, Louisiana? No one will ever know. That’s why it’s called a natural disaster. Sure, we could go into the science of hurricanes and how they redi...
Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:03pm
As per Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard's promise, my mom, my dad, my sister, and I went back into Metairie to take a look at our homes and see what damage was done. We first went to my parents' house in the Elmwood Park subdivision in Metairie, just outside Kenner. The first thing we ...
Sunday, September 04, 2005 11:17pm
Here's my recent posts on MySpace, syndicated here: August 31 I'm on dial-up via a free AOL disc from Wal-Mart. We're in Auburn, probably till Friday when we'll trek to Morgan City to meet up with Mae and Mark. I don't know if I have a job anymore. The Edgwater Mall in Biloxi is nonexist...
Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:40am
New Orleans and Metairie are under seige. People have armed themselves and are shooting at officers and military. They're shooting at helicopters trying to rescue people. Rescue attempts have been halted because of these assholes. People rescued from Orleans Parish being brought to Jefferson Parish...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:55pm
Check out this article . Mr. Bush who seems to be so sympathetic for everything and is sending us help and whatnot and I'm tahnkful for that. But the asshole cut the Army Corps of Engineers funding by $71.2million in 2004 which would have benefitted New Orleans' levee system to support a Category ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:43am
This is my city. The city I just recently fell in love with. It's now gone. Possibly 10 feet of water at my parents' house. Probably 5+ feet at my house. My sisters' house? Completely submerged. My fathers' business is probably gone as well. Everything my family has worked for is gone. ...
Saturday, August 27, 2005 1:00pm
So, this Katrina chick might be coming right to New Orleans. I may or may not remain in town. I'll probably stay, but either way, I know I'm losing power at my house as it goes out if we sneeze too hard, so I might be unavailable via the normal means (frobba.com, aim, warcraft) so as usual, tag my ...
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