this is what it must look like when you finally run out of things to do with your time. i hope our liam got his hands on this prick backstage and beat him about the head and neck with that tambourine he’s always carrying around. you don’t knock a guy who writes melodies like noel [...]
Entries from September 2008
don’t look back in anger
September 10th, 2008 No Comments
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make haste slowly
September 9th, 2008 6 Comments
a few more lingering images from the darkness … a few more of the house around the corner with the tree through it. the tree is now gone (mostly). you could almost say the same thing about the house. i saw the resident today, walking around picking up debris with a bandage on his right [...]
Tags: hurricane gustav · southdowns
let there be
September 8th, 2008 4 Comments
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gustav photos 4
September 7th, 2008 6 Comments
more gustav photos … aftermath, cleanup. these are current up to yesterday. still no power. it’s over 90 today. my office is really hot, so i can’t stand to be here too much longer and i’m kind of running on fumes when i’m here. i just wanted to get all these photos up … hopefully [...]
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gustav photos 3
September 7th, 2008 No Comments
here are some more gustav photos … the money shots. crushed cars, smashed houses. this is all in my neighborhood still … here’s the scene over in magnolia park …
Tags: magnolia park · southdowns
gustav photos 2
September 6th, 2008 No Comments
gustav photos 2. stan and joan’s hot tub took a beating and they had a limb go across their roof, but luckily it didn’t damage anything. neil’s yard got trashed. walking around the neighborhood is when i really started to feel lucky. all these photos are taken literally less than an 1/4 mile from my [...]
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gustav photos
September 6th, 2008 No Comments
i gonna try to break these gustav photos into manageable chunks. unfortunately, most images were taken with my shitty phone since that was all i could charge. but you’ll get the idea. if you are tree sensitive (as i am) be forewarned. lots of pretty dead trees. luckily, not too many pretty dead people which, [...]
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video of hurricane gustav hitting baton rouge
September 5th, 2008 4 Comments
here’s the video of hurrican gustav hitting baton rouge that i took from the house. i am sweating my ass off in my office on campus. still no power or any word on when we’ll have it at home. starting to kind of suck, really. it’s hot, there’s shit everywhere. it’s really a disaster. getting [...]
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too wet to pee
September 1st, 2008 2 Comments
just tried to take lefty outside at 8:30 … pouring rain, just tremendous amounts of rain, although not much wind yet. he ran around the yard for a few minutes while we both got soaked, but didn’t pee. i guess it’s just too wet to pee. wait till that wind starts blowing … wind’s picking [...]
Tags: southdowns
calming
September 1st, 2008 No Comments
very calm now. 12:12 a.m. just got home from beers at daniel and helana’s and walked lefty for what is likely the last time until later tomorrow, hopefully (?) … it’s calm and sleepy and the air feels strange. between 7 and 8 pm tonight we were under a tornado warning. i didn’t know this [...]
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