Being a refugee is kind of boring, although I'd be the first to admit that it knocks being stranded in a disaster area into a cocked hat. There's not much to do but wait; wait to find out if your house still stands, wait to find out when you can return to New Orleans.
By sheer coincidence, I scheduled a block of vacation from work...
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By sheer coincidence, I scheduled a block of vacation from work...
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Hurricane Katrina. Where shall I begin?
Well, I guess I should start on Sunday, August 28, 2005. That day, I was mostly asleep, as is normal for me because I work the night shift. Thus, I missed New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin issue his mandatory evacuation order. I didn't really realize that anything was wrong until I explicably woke up a few hours before I...
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Well, I guess I should start on Sunday, August 28, 2005. That day, I was mostly asleep, as is normal for me because I work the night shift. Thus, I missed New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin issue his mandatory evacuation order. I didn't really realize that anything was wrong until I explicably woke up a few hours before I...
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kittyvamp:
hell, you drove right on by me, then!
shoulda stopped.. we've got some seriously organized evacuee stuff happening here in franklin (with only about 10,000 evacuees....)
i'm glad you made it out safe... i'm sorry about your cats.. but maybe they made it out safely?
animals have ways of doing stuff like that sometimes....
shoulda stopped.. we've got some seriously organized evacuee stuff happening here in franklin (with only about 10,000 evacuees....)
i'm glad you made it out safe... i'm sorry about your cats.. but maybe they made it out safely?
animals have ways of doing stuff like that sometimes....
prophetnoise:
One hell of a week we've been havin, eh? 
I'm OK, finally.
I left the office yesterday afternoon to try to find a way out of the city. US 90 was still open, so I crossed to the West Bank and drove 200 miles west to Lafayette, where I could pick up I-10 east and then I-55 north. I'm in Spring Hill, Tennessee now, at my parents' house.
The drive here was crazy. All...
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I left the office yesterday afternoon to try to find a way out of the city. US 90 was still open, so I crossed to the West Bank and drove 200 miles west to Lafayette, where I could pick up I-10 east and then I-55 north. I'm in Spring Hill, Tennessee now, at my parents' house.
The drive here was crazy. All...
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user304975207:
Random journal commenting:
Im glad you are ok. Hope you get your RX. No one deserves this. No one. Im just glad you are safe.
Im glad you are ok. Hope you get your RX. No one deserves this. No one. Im just glad you are safe.
jenya:
if HUGS from afar do any good, i am sending many.
i will pray for your kitties.
if you need anything (like clothes etc.) i could send you some things. just let me know
i will pray for your kitties.
if you need anything (like clothes etc.) i could send you some things. just let me know
This is so not fun.
I'm stuck at work. I'm in the build room on the 10th floor of Poydras Center. There is a lot of debris on the street below, from building materials to road signs to newspaper boxes. The building sways now and then, and the floor-to-ceiling windows push in and out with the wind. There is no power in the building; our...
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I'm stuck at work. I'm in the build room on the 10th floor of Poydras Center. There is a lot of debris on the street below, from building materials to road signs to newspaper boxes. The building sways now and then, and the floor-to-ceiling windows push in and out with the wind. There is no power in the building; our...
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guitargeek:
Update when you can...
Things have been better since my last entry...
Got a new tire on my car to replace the flat one. Managed to get Jena to and from the vet with not so many problems this time. Got my legs waxed at Belladonna. Been sleeping great lately.
Then two sets in one day by the dreeeeeeeamy Sophie. SQUEE!
And now this: Hurrican Katrina. There's...
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Got a new tire on my car to replace the flat one. Managed to get Jena to and from the vet with not so many problems this time. Got my legs waxed at Belladonna. Been sleeping great lately.
Then two sets in one day by the dreeeeeeeamy Sophie. SQUEE!
And now this: Hurrican Katrina. There's...
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This has been, without a doubt, one of the most awful weeks I've had in a while, due to a large combination of small problems.
My car got a flat tire on Friday last week, but at the time I was unable to pay for a replacement. I'm still unable; I have to wait until I get paid tomorrow. I've been six shades of fucking...
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My car got a flat tire on Friday last week, but at the time I was unable to pay for a replacement. I'm still unable; I have to wait until I get paid tomorrow. I've been six shades of fucking...
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Took way way too many sedatives yesterday... and didn't fall asleep. Ugh. So I was in a drugged-out haze all damn day. Had to call in sick to work, too. Shit. Still haven't slept, but I'm working on getting there now.
Meanwhile, there's a new kitty living in my apartment! Her name is Jena, because she was found on Jena Street in uptown New...
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Meanwhile, there's a new kitty living in my apartment! Her name is Jena, because she was found on Jena Street in uptown New...
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At this very moment:
I'm drinking Abita Purple Haze by the bottle, waiting for 3mg Xanax and 9mg Lunesta to kick in, while smoking the last of my Djarum Blacks (last for now, at least)..
Sleep. Mmmmm. I wish I could achieve it without sedatives.
I turned 29 last week. I don't feel any older, though. Time is, after all, a human invention, so there...
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I'm drinking Abita Purple Haze by the bottle, waiting for 3mg Xanax and 9mg Lunesta to kick in, while smoking the last of my Djarum Blacks (last for now, at least)..
Sleep. Mmmmm. I wish I could achieve it without sedatives.
I turned 29 last week. I don't feel any older, though. Time is, after all, a human invention, so there...
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15mg Lunesta/(es)zopiclone (I'm out of Ambien/zolpidem)
4mg Xanax/alprazolam
9mg Melatonin
12oz of Rolling Rock
3 or 4 Djarum Blacks
Somebody aught to make chemically-assisted sleep an Olympic event. I'd get the gold, no doubt.
4mg Xanax/alprazolam
9mg Melatonin
12oz of Rolling Rock
3 or 4 Djarum Blacks
Somebody aught to make chemically-assisted sleep an Olympic event. I'd get the gold, no doubt.
ondyne:
yay! I'd get silver no doubt!
I've been meaning to ask you, I can't remember if those Eddie Izzard dvds are burned or if I need to get them back to you.
I've been meaning to ask you, I can't remember if those Eddie Izzard dvds are burned or if I need to get them back to you.
Yesterday after work:
• Made an appointment with Dr. Jamie Buth, for purposes of hormone replacement therapy. 10:00am on Monday.
• Made an appointment with State Farm's life insurance medical thingie for a physical. 8:00am Tuesday.
• Made an appointment with Belladonna to have my legs waxed. 9:00am on August 26.
• Called around checking prices for a trachea shave, which is apparently very expensive....
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• Made an appointment with Dr. Jamie Buth, for purposes of hormone replacement therapy. 10:00am on Monday.
• Made an appointment with State Farm's life insurance medical thingie for a physical. 8:00am Tuesday.
• Made an appointment with Belladonna to have my legs waxed. 9:00am on August 26.
• Called around checking prices for a trachea shave, which is apparently very expensive....
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I send you the best well wishes I can
summon.
I have fanily in Tenn...
up between the two Rivers.
If i can get them to help you out,
I will.
You.ve a great spirit in you, it's obvious.
Stay strong
~gatsby