I am continually amazed at you west coasters who always seem to be awake at ungodly hours. Do you never sleep?

I know, right?

Jesse-- is there any more to this story?

Not really. He (Pacey from TV's Dawson's Creek) was at a party thrown by the theater company she (my friend) has been working for. She turned down the blow.

I could not figure out who that was!

The "Fug on..." headline is a shoutout to "Wild on..." By which I mean, Taradise.

Oh, and GOOD LUCK, New Orleans-istas and families.

Oh, and GOOD LUCK, New Orleans-istas and families.

What Jesse said.

I am continually amazed at you west coasters who always seem to be awake at ungodly hours. Do you never sleep?

One advantage to getting up early is that when you realize after a few hours of futzing around that the closest thing you have to food in the house is the remainder of the peaches you bought at last week's farmer's market, you can run to the store and still be early enough to miss the Saturday rush.

Also, nap time comes that much sooner.

-t, are you guys evacuating with the hurricane?

Just saw this, Dana. Yes we are. I think we're leaving around 3am tomorrow morning. We reserved a room near one of the Houston airports for tomorrow and Monday nights. You folks are getting out, I hope?

Glad to see you're okay, Laura!

Still watching the Current channel. It's completely goofy, but that makes it kind of appealing. And by 90s earnestness I do mean the kind of, "the economy will always be strong, young people have invented a new world-changing paradigm, peace is breaking out all over, global unity rah rah" that collapsed in 2001/02.

It's adorable!

We reserved a room near one of the Houston airports for tomorrow and Monday nights.

Oh, good. Call us if you need anything. We're fairly close to Hobby, but I'm also not all that far from Intercontinental at work, and I'll be at work Monday.

You folks are getting out, I hope?

As far as I know. I haven't talked to them today, but yesterday, the plan was Meridian, MS, and Memphis if necessary. It's not my parents that I'm worried about, but my grandparents and great-aunt. And the dog.

Coo, I still have your number in my cell phone. I may very well call, the organizatiional part of my brain is worrying instead of planning, I have a feeling I will somehow not have everything I'm supposed to have.

The grandparents don't go with the parents? It's a strongly advised voluntary evacuation at this point with special needs assistance available according to the TV.

All I've accomplished today so far is Bt'ing last nights Sci Fi shows, watching Without a Trace and now I'm knitting while watching Battle of the Network Reality Stars which I have to say is perversely entertaining, especially in the "I could do better than these people" stakes.

The grandparents don't go with the parents?

Sort of the other way around, apparently. The elder generation has very strong feelings about where they want to go.

God, and my cousin's wedding is next week. He and his fiancee must be stressed to hell and back.

Damn you, bon bon -- I just flipped to Current to see what all the hoopla is about, and not only was REAGAN on it, he was talking about the Challenger disaster. That is NEITHER goofy NOR appealing.

I guess I"ll take a shower.