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     I haven’t done anything in the past few days.  It’s Friday and it still feels like it could be Monday. I’ve done things since last Friday, but not nearly enough to amount to a whole week.

Friday night, Gary and I met Nicole and Brooke at The Industry, which used to be The L Bar. I’m not too sure if it’s both L and The Industry now. I think that’s how it is. It’s a little confusing. Lots of margaritas, shots of X vodka, and some really gross Absinthe. Yuck, yuck, yuck! Afterwards, Gary and I went to Louie’s. I had coffee and he had potatoes and it took us over 2 hours to finish them. I won’t give too many details on exactly why, but it was good times anyway.

    Saturday was the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade. It was surprisingly hot that  day. Almost uncomfortably hot because of the way i was dressed. We waited around for friends that never showed up  then watched the ridiculously long parade. It’s not that it wasn’t fun. It was. I was just really tired and hot. Oh and not to mention the guy sitting in a lawn chair in front of us yelling “HEY HEY HEY HEY” at every float that passed, the whole time they passed. Also, Seth wasn’t really into the parade because they weren’t throwing candy. He eventually just sat on the ground and waited until the end. The poor child sometimes makes me think he’ll never adjust to Louisiana. He hates spicy food, doesn’t understand Mardi Gras parades, crawfish boils are a mystery to him. The list could go on and on. Maybe he’ll catch on one day. Maybe he’ll be able to eat Tony’s without crying when he’s a little older. Maybe we’ll move away before he gets a chance to. One can only hope.

The rest of the week is  honestly pretty much a blur. Last night was Badfish, but no one else was going so I stayed home, too. I’ve been dying to see them, but I don’t want to end up bored because there’s no one to talk to. I hate doing things alone. I’d usually rather just not do them. Tonight is The Bravery and Dax Riggs at The Varsity, but I probably won’t go to that, either. We’ll see.

I have an interview Tuesday at 4. At H&R Block. Not exactly my idea of a perfect job, but it’s obviously only temporary if I get it. I don’t even remember applying. It’s way better than that one place I went to in the ghetto. That place was filthy and scary.  AND if I get it and they train me, I pretty much have that going for me every year around this time. Hopefully I don’t need it after plans are acted out. You can never know with plans, though.

My favorite band has changed. That’s what you get, The Elected, for not putting out a third album soon enough for my huge musical appetite. Maybe this year. Maybe. My musical tastes make me feel like an island. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad, but I do miss sharing! Oh, how I do.

It is absolutely disgusting outside today. It’s rainy and thundery and just terrible. It started at around 5am. I know this because Seth came in the room, scared and wanting to sleep with us. He never really gets waken up by thunder. That’s how horribly loud and long the thunder was. I don’t know how I even got out of bed today. Even more surprising is how I got out of bed early. Probably has a lot to with the “nap” I took last night which led to waking up two hours later, turning the lights off, and going to bed. Some nap.

I have things to do. I need to go out to the post office to ship an ebay package. I have to pick Seth up from Gramma’s. I don’t even want to step outside. I’ll probably drown in the huge puddles around my car. whoever invented flip flops semi-saved my day. Semi, because my toes will be ten little snowmen, only less festive and without hats. Brr.

With my excitement about Sweeney Todd’s release tomorrow, I am reminded to mention that I recently saw a Johnny Depp movie that I didn’t like. Dead Man.  It certainly isn’t as bad as the David Lynch movies I tried to enjoy a few weeks ago, but it’s still so pointless, it makes me anxious. I did manage to sit through the entire movie, which is not true for most of the Lynch films. So I can at least give it that.

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Jack Johnson’s new album comes out in February. I heard the song If I had Eyes today on XM channel 47 (Ethel). It’s pretty good. He hasn’t totally flipped style like I’ve heard and like some bands I really liked the way they were have done. It’s nice. More awesome Jack Johnson-ness.

Visit JackJohnson’s web site for more information on the new album, including the entire tracklist. There’s a new song on his MySpace, too. It’s also good, as if I have to mention that. Jack Johnson has never done anything that I thought was less than amazing.