You might be my hero in this

Well, I might be more worthy of hero status if I did the stretches and exercises that would prevent middle-of-the-night hip pain that wakes me up.

hurts like a sonofabitch in bastard sauce

Really, such an expressive turn of phrase. Well done, Tep.

I use a foam roller, tennis balls, baseballs, a large bouncy ball, a couple of balls the size of small grapefruits, a yoga strap... it's all very complicated. And painful.

SMONSTER!!! Did you file for extension? Heh.

You know, I thought about emailing Cher G., but no. I *think* I can still do the online 1040EZ, in which case it'll take me an hour or two. If not, I may be hosed.

You all should go to the Food and Beverage Museum and W.I.N.O. It's supposed to be rainy. Take 'em to August for the prixe fixe lunch or to Root. Go to the Carousel Bar and sit at the rotating bar and then hop over to Mr. B's for BBQ shrimp?

All wonderful ideas. I think we may just kick around their neighborhood and mine, maybe get a muffaletta or a roast beef poboy somewhere. My mom wants to buy me a housewarming gift, so maybe I'll replace the slow cooker. We have officially ditched the plantation thing - I think we're all kind of tired of tourist stuff. The L9 really wore them out emotionally... my dad just finished reading Zeitoun and he was talking tonight about when the Greyhound station got turned into a Gitmo-style prison after Katrina, and my mom had to ask him to stop because she couldn't take hearing any more.

tax day is actually TUESDAY

Yes, I knew that! So I will likely be doing them Tuesday night after work. Whee?

Man, Bacchanal was *packed*. Walked around for ten minutes looking for a table, and finally pounced on one near the stage. So conversation was difficult, especially since my dad needs a damn hearing aid, as previously stated. They did enjoy meeting StW, and I really appreciate that he came out, given that he is starting his fourth week without a day off. Yes, fourth. He'll have off this weekend, but will still have to work to prepare a lecture for Monday.

Well, it's confirmed that Matilda is a Buffista child.

I just found her Ken doll wearing Barbie's dress.

Not that there was any doubt, but it's nice to have it confirmed so solidly.

tax day is actually TUESDAY

I totally knew that! I didn't know WHY, but hey, who am I to ask questions?

(please don't answer that)

(please don't answer that)

It's like you don't want us to be happy.

he is starting his fourth week without a day off. Yes, fourth.

Amateur. I think I'm in week 6 now, and it currently looks like I have 2 to 6 more weeks to go depending upon how a few items go.

I'm tired.

Foam rollers are awesome, if painful. I just wish there was a way I could use them on the side of my neck/top of my shoulder. That's where everything always tightens up on me.

In other news, I think this is the ugliest web site I have seen in a long time. It's like an acid flashback to the mid-nineties.

The L9 really wore them out emotionally... my dad just finished reading Zeitoun and he was talking tonight about when the Greyhound station got turned into a Gitmo-style prison after Katrina, and my mom had to ask him to stop because she couldn't take hearing any more.

Yeah, the L9 is so rough on the psyche. Just this manifestation of generations of institutional racism with the payoff being how things were dealt with after the post-Katrina surge. Also, YIKES, Zeitoun. Did I know he had a book out? Must acquire for the next time I need to get a righteous rage on.

Try Parasol's for the RB poboy (was on the T-P's top 10 list [link] (or Mahoney's- they have some tasty poboys there too) and maybe jaunt over to The Butcher for a gander at their muffeletta. Also, we'll probably be at the Avenue Pub tonight NOT getting blitzed on Duvel. AGAIN. (damn their Monday night promotion!)

Bacchanal might have been descended upon by post FQF hordes. Glad you were able to find something though!

Man, I need another day for sleeping. And eating poboys. Mmm. Maybe we'll hit Mahoney's for dinner.

I haven't been to the L9 since 2003. Actually, I haven't been to New Orleans since Katrina hit. When I was in college, I volunteered with a Tulane group at a church in the Ninth Ward. We got donated computers, took them apart and put together the still-working bits into frankenputers, and set up a computer lab in a spare room of a church where we taught kids how to use the computers. I remember being shocked at some of what I saw around the streets even then -- infrastructure clearly collapsing and nobody from the city doing anything about it.

I'm filing for an extension this year. I only have so much energy right now, and I'll put off anything that can be put off.