Flower (my Russian co-pilot) just reminded me that a few years back when I tried to make the transition from MAC to PC and encountered perhaps the worst computer gris gris ever – that perhaps my gris gris has yearly themes. Leaving the MAC after three cubes gone bad, I bought an Alienware laptop and the motherboard blew out. Then they sent another one and lo and behold the motherboard blew out. Then I got…
Sometimes the city seems to be in some sort of languish mode – you know, moribund – this was its state pre-Katrina – after Katrina it’s sometimes a city on the verge of death or a city of the verge of rebirth – today it seemed to be rising like a Phoenix. A crew was putting up official street signs at the corner of Jeff Davis and Earhart. Another crew was working on the traffic…
The only thing this winter weather is good for is getting work done. I’ve been chained to the phone all day calling sources and setting up a special project for my VIPs. It’s so damn dreary outside I could just spit. This morning I went early to see the J-man and Abby and both were such a ray of sunshine – J’s big smile with his hood pulled over his head and Abby’s chipmunk cheeks.…
Just had a family outing that was enough to send me to antidepressants. One sibling in town with spouse and well, let’s just say there are issues. Next my mom has been in a downward spiral since the blood pressure meds were changed, then she had the flu, and then got depressed from being so lethargic during the holidays and her birthday, she was prescribed Zoloft because even though as she said, she “tried to…
Pitt and Jolie Move to New Orleans Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have moved their family to New Orleans to escape the constant media attention they are subjected to in Hollywood. **** A woman at pilates said that Angelina was in Jaqueline baby store and purchased $400 of baby clothes. The woman said Angelina is beautiful but short. Who cares – we love that they are here. We welcome the pulchritude!!
It’s interesting that my session with E yesterday afternoon was all about my relationship with men. I told her how on my company trip, which takes place every Martin Luther King holiday, I get so excited to see all my colleagues and their spouses. There’s no doubt I love being a woman and women – hence G and I having such a blast together – but it’s the men’s company I bask in equally as…
My internet was down yesterday and I had a bad head cold caught on the plane, but after a lot of sleep and hot tea, I got up this morning and walked the Bean around the bayou – it felt like years since we’d been out there. As I was walking up to the LaLa to get my mail, K pulled up. He said I want to talk to you. The conversation began with him…
G and I had such a good time traveling together – we laughed hard about many things – the construction guy Joe, who was a smoking stone fox, who preened for us at breakfast – the waitress bringing the live lobsters to our table making us almost squeal – the karaoke singer in Grand Case who did Sweet Caroline and was surprised when we overtook him – watching our hard body men playing volley ball…
On the 500th day after Katrina – G bought me a necklace with a swirl on it – she kept the matching earrings. It occurred to me that Swirl – our neighborhood wine bar is so appropriately named in its post-Katrina incarnation.
We watched the Saints play the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs in the lobby of the Westin resort in St Maarten. I was wearing my glitter gold and black dress I bought at H&M for this very occasion. It is now considered my lucky Saints dress. One of the heads of my company was rooting for the Eagles. He and other Eagle fans sat on one side of the bar, while the…