At the difference a good night’s sleep makes on my attitude and perspective. Last night’s action packed movie – Casino Royale – was all tensed up and nowhere to go, but still provided the cathartic effect of lifting me out of the dull routine of contemplation and hesitation and put me in a more actionable state of mind. Let the festivals begin!
Kathleen Blanco announced yesterday that she would not seek the Louisiana governor’s position again. If we could get Nagin to do the same we might be able to open the door for any hope this government will help us work towards a recovery. I feel for Blanco – in tears and overwhelmed by the catastrophe that struck – I don’t feel for Nagin who has been in hiding since the storm. I wish they would…
Saw E today with all the accounts of what is and what isn’t and she said all of it is normal – from my reluctance to move forward having given everything emotionally I had to give to N, to my surprise at S for becoming a cook and social butterfly post-marriage, to my intolerance of any man who picks on me – and in the last year or so I’ve had a few. It’s all…
Still waiting to hear about the refi and in the meanwhile, everything is on pause. Went to the dentist this morning and as he fixed a tooth that chipped, I worried about the whole falling apart stage – feet in bandages, eyesight on the blink, dental work that will require a mere $20K – how to roll with it and not fear what lies ahead – the uncertainty. Called a bunch of media sources today…
If ever there was a place such as this – it would be exactly where I’d want to be – I trailed a pelican along the bayou in Blue as I drove out to Target to get another DVD since mine was kaput – the woman behind the counter had gold long fingernails – it was about 79 degrees – I pulled back up to the LaLa and was happy to be going through the…
I signed up for an experiment in open source journalism this morning – fascinating idea. After completing a survey of my colleagues about media, and yes they are biased towards print journalism, I was impressed how many believe that newspapers will survive 20 years from now even if most of the information moves online. What’s more impressive is who gathers, writes, and distributes that news. As well as what is news. I’ve tried for years…
The weekend passed with me limping around on this bandaged foot – times is passing and I slowed down (or was forced to via my foot) enough to notice. There’s the movies to be made to PR for New Orleans, there’s the volunteering that needs to be done to help in some small way, there is the child(ren) to adopt, my mother to visit, birthday gifts and cards, baby gifts, novels unread, films unwatched, music…
I sat on the porch this sunny gorgeous spring day and watched a pelican loop and dive bomb fish in the bayou. I had gone over to TL’s early to watch the Tennessee basketball game with G and then had gone by La Vita for a bite to eat. The pelicans – Arlene – a white bean appetizer – the sunlight in the living room – all make everything more palatable.
A girlfriend called me and apologized for not calling back last week but said she has been depressed – money, men, an injury, you know the drill. Right before she called I was speaking to a guy at my house who was bemoaning the city and his wife and the general state of things and if he were in California maybe things would be different. It’s not us – yes, we have Katrina – but…
So N woke the Bean and I up this morning ringing the doorbell and her arrival in the AM has been signalled by “I know it was a 44” from Who Shot The LaLa – an interesting choice for her to be introduced by – nevertheless, she took the Bean who was reluctant and wanted her toy elephant instead of a walk with Renny and I sat down to a cup of tea and the…