Well it's basically full blown summer down here. It feels like someone greets you at the door with a 30lb wool blanket everytime you step outside. I love it. Basically every pair of pants i own is gradually being assimilated into my growing shorts collection.
Weird point of note: ALL bars in new orleans have hookahs. I didn't believe this when i heard it, but the more i look around the more i see them popping up in every establishment i go to. Goth bars, Dive bars, Trendy bars, Sports bars...it makes no sense yet i freaking love it. I bought some new attachments for my own hookah. It looks like smokey sex now. Believe me i've thought twice about it.
Speaking of bars my new fave joints are in no particular order: Attiki bar and grill (still), The Saint (cool dog friendly dive), The Balcony Bar (cheap sleazy food and pool with an awesome jukebox), and Mrs Mae's (i have no description for this 24hr joint).
I'm still digging my job. I have emailed Dov Charney about a possible American Apparel in athens. He said they are working diligently to get the stores in the atlanta and savannah (yes savannah) area stabilized then they are hoping to bring one to athens. So be on the lookout for pictures of models barely wearing our clothes in the sometime probably far off future.
Here is a quick reel of June events. Sorry about the blurriness of the Audobon Park pics but i was on my bike taking shots just to see how that worked out for me.
Much Love to all my athenians especially the ones that are a year older. Also, equal congratulations to both of the leggetts on remembering the day that they began filing joint tax returns. Hooray :D
I was interested in living with other people when i came here b/c i thought it would be a good way to meet folks, but this city has been very inviting. Meeting people of similar interests is a lot easier than i thought. I look forward to moving out on my own probably in the winter when the lease here is up. I just miss being on my ownsome lonesome.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
you're a daisy if you do...
For any animation/action/blacksploitation fans out there holla at cha boi!! Where 'yat!?
Link was busted. All better.
Link was busted. All better.
NKOTB
Yesterday was my first regular season game of the ultimate league im in. I'm on the yellow team, aka lynsey's latin lovers, aka pot o' gold. We lost a heartbreaker 15-14. However we went point for point with arguably the best team in the league. Our biggest hurdles were not having enough subs. The other team had a pretty fresh squad on the field at all times while we huffed and puffed. The other problem was inexperience...namely my inexperience. I was able to score a couple times but i also got burned a few times. I left some epidermis from my elbow and knees on the grass as my marks of shame. My team got a lot of enjoyment from me laying out so much though.
Afterwards, i was instructed to head to the kingpin which was thankfully a bike ride from my house. There i found out what the players do after dehydrating themselves from rigorous activity. They get shitty. Apparently there are 2 bars very friendly to the ultimate crowd and this was one of them. They set aside a keg for the players and first come first served...free beer.
SO...today i hurt. My head, my queezy stomach, my aching legs and open wounds. So today i laid low, made some kick ass barberitos guacamole, and watched "History Boys". It was .. interesting, but worth the watch.
I also got a call from Geoff. It seems the hamburger touchdown has landed. Virginia Calliope Carr was born yesterday after 17 hours of labor. I hope to landing in Georgia either for the 4th and all the celebrations therein or perhaps the weekend or 2 after that. My banking is all kinds of screwed up since the closest wachovia is in mississippi and the checks my company issues are bank of america which ALSO has no branches in New orleans. Its very tangled.
Anyways, from one NKOTB to another NKOTB, we got the right stuff, little miss carr.
Afterwards, i was instructed to head to the kingpin which was thankfully a bike ride from my house. There i found out what the players do after dehydrating themselves from rigorous activity. They get shitty. Apparently there are 2 bars very friendly to the ultimate crowd and this was one of them. They set aside a keg for the players and first come first served...free beer.
SO...today i hurt. My head, my queezy stomach, my aching legs and open wounds. So today i laid low, made some kick ass barberitos guacamole, and watched "History Boys". It was .. interesting, but worth the watch.
I also got a call from Geoff. It seems the hamburger touchdown has landed. Virginia Calliope Carr was born yesterday after 17 hours of labor. I hope to landing in Georgia either for the 4th and all the celebrations therein or perhaps the weekend or 2 after that. My banking is all kinds of screwed up since the closest wachovia is in mississippi and the checks my company issues are bank of america which ALSO has no branches in New orleans. Its very tangled.
Anyways, from one NKOTB to another NKOTB, we got the right stuff, little miss carr.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007
state of the crescent union
Ive been pretty busy with work which has turned out to be a pretty pleasurable distraction. So far american apparel has proven to be a pretty enjoyable employer. on top of my stores independence i get to take elby into work with me. he prefers green since he is technically a red head.
I've also been getting out a little bit lately. I went to the circle bar's last mod dance party a week ago and had a blast. They played awesome 60's mod all night in an awesome shit hole of a bar. I had to leave when the girl i was dancing with started making out with this other dude and simultaneously grabbing my ass and crotch. I was just too drunk to do the math involved with that equation so i just packed up and left. Oddly though the people who threw the dance party contacted me via myspace asking if i was the guy dancing next to the turn tables. I told them i was and they thanked me for coming out and for "dancing up a storm" and told me i should come out the following friday night for the bar's actual last night party which coincidentally was last night.
It was equally enjoyable. I must say it is weird but i feel a real sense of loss for this bar. I guess when things this unique pass it leaves a hole in people or a community. I have been seeking out all the uniqueness i can though. I'm still taking in a sampling of the local flavors in order to provide better service as a "local guide" should any of you folks show up in town. Lately my thumbs up go to "the artsy cafe" (phenomenal sandwiches and very cool shop...its called the freckin artsy cafe), "La Divina" italian gilatto/panini shop that has own composting and all "to go" items are made from compostable dextrose products, "Luna Cafe" just a very cool cafe in a huge old antebellum house, "Attiki Bar and Grill" they serve a unique mixing of New Orleans staples and Mediterranean dishes at a very reasonable price (especially for new orleans) and they have hookah!, and of course ye olde "Circle Bar" and mod dance party....we barely knew ye.
Also, i developed my camera from jazz fest and along with it a few other old disposable cameras that had been lugged around for years that i had no clue what was on them. Enjoy :)
Elby is such a pro
In case you doubted his professionalism...
The fancy pants were only by request. I normally wouldn't have just given it away like that.
Finally i have to make a confession to the world, i am HPV Positive. Current home remedies i am using involve duct tape and compound w. I have resisted my instinctual urge to bite them off which has worked semi effectively in the past. Any suggestions from the viewers at home? If you were curious i have 2. One is named Horatio Monteblanc and the other is Apocalypse Now.
P.S. i have some video ill be posting here from the bands at the festival but my connection kinda sucks so ill need some time set aside for uploading.
I've also been getting out a little bit lately. I went to the circle bar's last mod dance party a week ago and had a blast. They played awesome 60's mod all night in an awesome shit hole of a bar. I had to leave when the girl i was dancing with started making out with this other dude and simultaneously grabbing my ass and crotch. I was just too drunk to do the math involved with that equation so i just packed up and left. Oddly though the people who threw the dance party contacted me via myspace asking if i was the guy dancing next to the turn tables. I told them i was and they thanked me for coming out and for "dancing up a storm" and told me i should come out the following friday night for the bar's actual last night party which coincidentally was last night.
It was equally enjoyable. I must say it is weird but i feel a real sense of loss for this bar. I guess when things this unique pass it leaves a hole in people or a community. I have been seeking out all the uniqueness i can though. I'm still taking in a sampling of the local flavors in order to provide better service as a "local guide" should any of you folks show up in town. Lately my thumbs up go to "the artsy cafe" (phenomenal sandwiches and very cool shop...its called the freckin artsy cafe), "La Divina" italian gilatto/panini shop that has own composting and all "to go" items are made from compostable dextrose products, "Luna Cafe" just a very cool cafe in a huge old antebellum house, "Attiki Bar and Grill" they serve a unique mixing of New Orleans staples and Mediterranean dishes at a very reasonable price (especially for new orleans) and they have hookah!, and of course ye olde "Circle Bar" and mod dance party....we barely knew ye.
Also, i developed my camera from jazz fest and along with it a few other old disposable cameras that had been lugged around for years that i had no clue what was on them. Enjoy :)
Elby is such a pro
In case you doubted his professionalism...
The fancy pants were only by request. I normally wouldn't have just given it away like that.
Finally i have to make a confession to the world, i am HPV Positive. Current home remedies i am using involve duct tape and compound w. I have resisted my instinctual urge to bite them off which has worked semi effectively in the past. Any suggestions from the viewers at home? If you were curious i have 2. One is named Horatio Monteblanc and the other is Apocalypse Now.
P.S. i have some video ill be posting here from the bands at the festival but my connection kinda sucks so ill need some time set aside for uploading.
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