Yesterday early evening the Snake called and said do you want to see Spike Lee’s documentary and I said yes and within five minutes was in the car with K and D and him on our way to the Arena to watch the premiere of “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts” – a four hour documentary that Spike did immediately following the hurricane. I highly recommend and urge you to watch it – it is a comedy, a tragedy, and tapestry of loss and hope, and a testament to the love people have for this city. It was aired to a sold out crowd of which maybe half the people showed up but it was a good crowd with a nice blend of black, white and brown. <\/p>\n
The review in the Times Picayune said that it had a black bias – okay it was Spike Lee doing the film – but I really didn’t see that – yes it did not represent the people in Broadmore and Lakeview – but in reality those people have the resources to come back – does it represent those in Gentilly – a little. <\/p>\n
Lots of positive things happening – the Can’s security fences are all almost fully functional. The ATM is being restored in front. I drove by the LaLa on my way back from having Blue serviced for my upcoming roadtrip and saw familiar Michigan license plates in front of my house so K is there working on the house. <\/p>\n
This is half positive and half sigh – E said I’m done on Tuesday night. I still am not sure if I want to be done! So I made a date to see her two weeks from now, but she graduated me with honors and said we’re done. I’ve moved from Scarlet Letter A to A-student with her – sad to see it end. <\/p>\n
The Cougar is coming in and today is Graham Cracker’s birthday – so we all go out to celebrate tomorrow night – G’s friends from NY are in – H and L – and the five of us are going to go out for an evening of fun and then the rest of the weekend I am going to drag the Cougar to all my favorite haunts. Watchout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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