Is it over???

This seems to have been one of the suckiest starts to the year. More things have happened in the past day...things that don't need to be talked about here...let's just say I am ready to kick January so far out the door that it will never want to come back. I am hoping and praying that things will get better because it seems like lately it has been a rough patch. Pretty much since Sept. Sure there are some things that have been great and fantastic....but then there are those things that almost null and void those. I know I don't have it as bad off as some people, but I am done. I want some good things to happen for once. Is that so much to ask for??

Why January needs to be Over


In no order of importance:

• Harry's two new cds come out today. That should be a good thing right? It will be...when I can afford to get the cds. With the water situation I need to count my pennies right now and cds aren't that important. It still makes me sad.
• I had my lunch all ready to go. Left over soup and some crackers. Perfect for a cold day. If only it wasn't still in the fridge. I have $3.00 on me. Joy.
• My shower was freezing this morning. I have no idea as to why the hot water takes so long to get to my shower. In my haste to get out as soon as possible I kept dropping/knocking over things in the shower.
• My pants split. Seriously. Not because they were too small...just worn out. I was able to sew them before I left (could be the cause also of forgotten lunch)
• We discovered last night that the water meter was sodded over. We don't know who did that...the water board or the gardners that the landlord hired. We don't know which water meter goes with which apartment. It is possible now that some how we were paying for downstairs as well. We are in the process of trying to get a hold of the people that used to live there so we can figure that out. Also we make too much for legal aid to be able to help us. Seriously....I don't make enough for a lawyer....yet make too much for legal aid.

I should have a floatie attatched to my waist


The water/sewage board is claiming we use something like 640 Gallons a MONTH!!! not a year...not in two years...but a MONTH. Seriously now....does that seem possible to everyone? I don't think we could go through that amount if we ran the dishwasher/washing machine/all the faucets and constantly sat there and flushed the toilet 24/7. Kristen went through all the bills since Katrina this weekend. They actually did a reading 7 months ago. Not 17 months ago. So somehow in the past 7 months we have dramatically gone up. We are trying to locate our water meter. It is a very good possiblity that it underground. I am pretty sure I know where it is located...and it I also seem to recall that there was two covers in that general area...so it is quite possible that one of the covers? was sodded over.....It is all very fishy to me. Also in that location? Kristen rememebers some guys from the Water and Sewage board doing some repairs either Christmas 2005 or this past summer, she is trying to remember when. They told us that the water would be turned off at our place for about an hour....there was a huge fountian of water out there when they were working....I don't really recall this myself but I do remember the yellow tape around the area for a long time afterwards until the new sod was laid down....It is all a big huge pain in the ass.

Holy Music Batman!!

Jazz Fest 2007 has released its schedule. Not the actual blocks of who is playing when. Just who. I am in heaven. Pure sweet heaven. http://www.nojazzfest.com/ Not only will I get to see Harry but it will be here at Jazz Fest. Bonerama is playing of course. Leroy is playing. John is playing. Cowboy Mouth. Better Than Ezra. I could go on and on about the local acts. National acts? I could care less about Rod Stewart, but ZZ Top??? HELL YEAH!! Joss Stone? Bonnie Raitt? Brad Paisly? (yes he is country I like it, so shut it) I don't know how it is going to be possible to see every band that I want to but I am sure as hell going to try!!

The Hits Keep on Comin...

I got a letter from Entergy saying that THEY haven't been able to read our gas meter for the past 7 months and that they have been estimating our gas use. I go out this morning to see what this "obstruction" is because there isn't anything in front of the either meter (one is on one side of the house for upstairs, on the other side of the house for the downstairs apartment) Our neighbors is totally fine.....ours? Yeah our meter has been PAINTED OVER!!!! The house was painted this summer (remember the issues with the lead? came from this as well) The painters who did a half assed job to begin with, then took the money and ran, didn't finish the job, must have decided that it would be fun to paint over our gas meter. So on top of the massive water bill, we are most likely going to have a massive gas bill as well. 2007 is just off to a grand start.

What Else???


Once something good happens something, something bad happens. It almost wipes out all the good. Yesterday we got a water and sewage board for almost $3000. Yes, $3000. That is not a typo. They have been screwing us over for awhile. Water and Sewage is in one of my roomies names. We pay her $$ and she sends it in. For the past few months each bill says we are behind a month. Which we aren't....in fact they have cashed the previous months check. Their computer system just has to be messed up or something. Yesterday we found out that since Katrina, they haven't bothered to come out ONCE to do a meter reading. So for 17 months they have been estimating our water usage. SEVENTEEN MONTHS. They just now finally came and did a reading and now we get to pay for what they haven't charged us for the past 17 months. Now I may be off base but it really isn't our problem if they couldn't get anyone out to read our meter for the past 17 months. I could understand maybe 6 months. But 17???? I am sorry cut your losses, it is your own problem water and sewage board if you cant get your people out to read the meters!! Don't come back later and screw us over royally!!!

What was that?

Random smattering of some funny ass things said on the way to, and in Memphis, TN.

• "It isn't like the Maine Highway"
  "This IS the main highway"
• "So this is Mississippi, it isn't that much different than Louisiana" (said moments after crossing the state line) "yeah but they have COWS!!"
• "Are you falling asleep on us?" "Did my face just light up???"
  
• "A few rules to drinking a bucket, never drink it on a empty stomach, and always drink odd numbers" "so 9 would be good?"
  
• "We will get in our jammies and braid our hair and paint our toenails" (not said by either kristen or myself....
• "Your coming to Little Rock with us aren't you, come to Little Rock, you driving us to Little Rock?"
• "Man you guys really are part of the band!!"
  

Ohhhh Fun!!

Look what Lisa was playing with, so I had to as well!! the bag I am holding is beads. or beer. or both.

50 Book Challenge

#3 The Stranger ~ Albert Camus translated by Matthew Ward

This is my first classic book of the year. It was first published in Frace under the title L'Etranger. This book was very intriguing and depressing. The style in which it was written brought me into the story so fast. I kept trying to figure out why I cared about this story, the character was just well.....distant. It is definetly a book to read, I know I haven't fully processed it.

Biggest Tunnel EVER!


For the second time this week, I got to spend time with one of the coolest 3 year olds I know. Both his parents are musicians here in town. On Sunday night they had a very rare gig together, last night it was a last minute gig for his dad while his mom already had a gig. Normally his mom will help out, however she is about to have back surgery up in Seattle. I don't mind at all. I hope once their new baby is born (April) that I get to watch both after awhile. I had so much fun playing with Legos and trains, not to mention how smart this kid is. His new favorite song? "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath. He heard it on the truck commercial that uses the song....nothing says cool kid like him singing along. Especially since he is prone to do it in the grocery store.

Hump Day


On Monday after a much talked about wait...I finally had king cake. I could have had it anytime after the 6th of this month, but hadn't till Monday. The baby isn't hidden very well.....I think they are afraid of the choking factor. I did manage to hide it. So far it hasn't been found!! I love me some king cake. We are in the midst of MG season and normally I am bouncing off the walls at this point. Either that or in a sugar coma from all the king cake. However with the Saints making it so far? I am anxiety ridden, excited, nervous (not nervous enough to have king cake). I have not fully recovered my voice from yelling at the TV screen both Saturday and Sunday night. I don't know why they couldn't make the game on Saturday so we would be that much closer to the game. Don't they realize that would work better for me???

Random Bits

• I often will fall asleep with my glasses on. I am one of the people that fall asleep with the TV on. I set it to sleep mode, and will doze off to Will and Grace or Sex and the City. Thursday night proved to be almost fatal. I woke up sometime in the wee hours on top of my glasses. oops. I found out later how bad it was. I bent the arm on the left side of my glasses and as I was straightening that? The lens popped out on the right side. Due to a nice crack in the frames. Even better? This is my only pair of glasses and I haven't had contacts in about a year. I finally made an appointment, the earliest time they can get me in is on the 31st. When you make any kind of appointment down here, you can expect to wait several weeks. Not enough doctors. So if you are a doctor? Come on down!! Especially if you are single and male.
• I am saying it here and now so I can't change my story on Sunday. The weather won't be that big of deal on Sunday!!! Yes I realize that it will be a factor. The local media has been making excuses already, that is all they are talking about. How cold it is in Chicago and the snow.....let's focus on the real issues. Like who is going to get me a ticket and a plane ticket to the game? WHO DAT???
• Over the weekend I received an email from Lisa. I don't think I laughed harder or longer at something. Until I spent over an hour on Sunday night making some of the Bonerama boys. Can't you lose weight by laughing? If so I lost about 25 lbs. I was crying. I laugh just thinking about it now. The boys loved theirs....so if you want to laugh your ass off?? head on over to this site. I would post some of the ones I did, however I really do enjoy being the merch girl for Bonerama......

The Saints Survived Katrina....what's a little snow??


My friend Jackie just said that....she is so right. Since my Seahawks fell apart.....couldn't pull it through for the Saints....the Bears better get ready because the Saints Are Coming.

New Music....

Thanks to all the commented last week....there is something like $30 to be donated....I have to go back and count.

The amount of new music that is coming out of New Orleans in the next few months is going to be amazing. The passion for the city that the musicians have is coming forth in the music. On Friday I heard bits of Leroy's new CD called "Soft Shoe" It is going to be a nice traditional cd. I really enjoyed it. It should be coming out sometime in April. He also gave me a cd of a band that he plays with in France that I have yet to listen to. Yesterday morning I listened to the clips of Harry's new cd. "Only My Nola" that comes out on Jan 30th, along with another CD of his being released on the Marsalis label. I had heard bits and pieces of this CD earlier as well, and it is going to be amazing to hear the NOLA roots come through in his playing. Last night Matt Perrine (of Bonerama) played for me some of HIS solo cd "Sunflower City" The people he put together on the CD are some of the best musicians in the city. I am not sure when he is putting this CD out, it is going to be a kick ass, groove till you drop CD. Then of course as announced on Saturday, Bonerama's new CD "Bringing it Home" is to be released on April 10th. Matt also played bits from that, it is sounding nice. I am going to go into a musical coma come around May. If you need to find me, I will be buried under a pile of awesome CDs with the ipod on shuffle......

WHO DAT!!!!


The only time I will ever ever EVER get Mullins to cheer for the Seattle Seahawks will be tomorrow....even if he wouldn't say it tonight. Kelly had NOOOO problem saying she was cheering for the Seahawks tomorrow.

Most amazing game tonight.

50 Book Challenge-2007 Edition


#1 Lifeguard~James Patterson...quick fun light read.

#2 Running with Scissors~Augusten Burroughs wow...what a weird book. It was good however.

I will be reading at least 10 classics this year. I have 2 already given to me by a dear friend. One is a collection of short stories and I have read the first two. Both very excellent reads.

TGIF

I am home today. It is wonderful. I plan on watching some movies, may start off with a little movie called "Rebel Without a Cause" and just relax today.

I experienced a weird last night. I went to the Maple Leaf, and there was just something slightly different about the place. They had waxed the floors. I had never seen those floors look so shiny and clean. Of course it was only about 15 mins before someone spilled a beer across the floor and there were 20 cigarette butts on the floor, but it was nice to see it looking a bit spiffy in there.

I heard the march yesterday went amazing and beautiful. Lisa informed me that Anderson Cooper was even in town and at the March and that he broadcast from here last night. I find it slightly fascinating that New Orleans is getting such high press because of the crime, no one is saying anything or very much about the 9 murders they have had as of the 9th of Jan (same as NOLA) one of them being a cop. Fascinating but not suprised.

Ups and Downs

I was just reading my weekly Offbeat email and it is amazing how this city goes from some lows, to so really good highs. There were two small pieces that were low, one about Joel Neville, Aaron's wife of 47 years that passed on last week due to cancer. The other one was talking about the rally/march that is happening today. It also mentions the killings of two people here in New Orleans, the drummer for Hot 8 as well as the young filmmaker. (Her husband was also shot, he is alright and moved from the city already)

The next piece was about the Saints. The Saints have brought a lot of hope back to the city. It is almost scary to think what could happen if they lose this weekend. Will people be happy with how far they have made it? Any beacon of hope that people have, they grab onto it and hold for dear life.

I am really bummed because I was going to go the rally/march today. It starts at 11. Of course here at work, they decided to reschedule a meeting from yesterday to today at 11. If there was anyway I could get out of it I would. Considering I almost just walked out of work? It will be a miracle if I don't walk out of the meeting. So if you are here in the city please please go to this rally/march. It is starting at the Aquarium at 11 and will end at City Hall. This cycle of violence needs to stop.

It is about to get ugly here!!!

Please don't forget that all week long everytime someone leaves a comment, I will make a donation of a dollar for Katrina recovery. Don't be afraid to say hello!!

I know that some girls just don't get football. I know I didn't for a long time. I remember saying quite often on the weekends "Oh god not football again!! Isn't there something else on????" Maybe it started to grown on me in High School seeing as I was at all the football games. I think it really grew on me in college. In Missoula, MT there really isn't a whole heck of a lot to do but to cheer for the Grizzlies. Football was a way of life, it was THE social event. It still is. I started to care if my teams won or lose. While I am not as, shall we say obsessed as some fans get, I do really enjoy football.

Right now I am in between a rock and a hard place. There are two very huge games this weekend. I am nervous. I am anxious. I am excited. I want two teams to win. If they both win? Then I am royally screwed.

One team, the Seattle Seahawks, well they have been my team ever since I can remember. My dad has always been a big fan of the Seahawks, even when they were doing so awful they were called the Seachickens. This is my team. Even though I live across the country, they will always be my team.

The other team is of course the Saints. How can you NOT get swept up in the fever when living in this city??? Some people will say "Your just jumping on the band wagon" which is reasonable. I can respect that. My only excuse is to point out again, how can you NOT jump on when you live in this city where people bleed black and gold?

If both teams win this weekend (for the record I think the Saints will win, the Seahawks won't) they will play each other. Some people, like my father, love when two teams he likes play each other. The outcome will be in his favor. I am in that camp as well. Except for the NFC championship game. This just isn't a normal game. I realize I am putting the cart WAAAAY before the horse. There is this weekend to get through. I will either be really really happy come Sunday evening, only halfway happy or totally devastated.

What can Be Done??

We are 9 days into the new year. New Orleans is at this time facing a murder a day. The latest victim was found in his house. 2 blocks from my house. Last year we had about 161 murders. For a small amount of time city officials tried to make that sound good. However when you look at the fact that compared to other years, there aren't as many people in the city, it is not a good number. This Thursday there will be a march on City Hall. Citizens are getting tired of the bad. It really is time to take back this city. It is just now starting to thrive, tourism is finally on the rise, people are willing to come back. Now this. They are even in talks for putting a curfew back in affect. That is really going to mess up Mardi Gras Season, tourism and just about everything but in the long run if it will help and they actually ENFORCE the curfew it, we may all have to grin and bear it for awhile. However there has been a juvenile curfew in effect since June and I really don't think they are enforcing that so well. It is a sad time right now. New Orleans needs more help in surviving, it is a city that is struggling everyday.

Officials looking for answers as killings continue
By Laura MaggiStaff writer
The 2007 murder total continued to climb Monday to eight killings in New Orleans - an average of one murder per day - as city leaders and citizens grappled with how to stem a seemingly unstoppable wave of violence. Over the weekend, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Warren Riley floated the idea of imposing a citywide curfew as a way to help police control the streets. A juvenile curfew is currently in place, implemented in June after a slew of violent murders, including a quintuple killing. But on Monday morning, Riley spoke more tentatively about the idea, saying that the concept was still in the discussion phase and that input was needed from a variety of groups, such as business leaders and community organizations. Meanwhile, Mayor Ray Nagin and the City Council were readying their own crime-fighting initiatives, with an announcement of short-term strategies expected for sometime Tuesday, according to sources at City Hall.Later on Monday, Riley called a press conference to detail a string of gun and drug arrests made by officers in Central City, attempting to send a signal to frazzled residents that police are tackling the roots of violent crime. Police say that murders in New Orleans are linked to the bustling drug trade in certain neighborhoods, with dealers and users alike most often the targets of street violence. But at least two of the recent murders have reached beyond that paradigm, including the shooting of Dinerral Shavers, a teacher and drummer for the Hot 8 Brass Band, in late December. Police arrested his alleged shooter a day later, saying the 17-year-old was actually targeting Shavers' 15-year-old stepson. Residents have also galvanized over the shooting death of Helen Hill, an animator and filmmaker, in her home on North Rampart on Jan. 4. The spate of murders has ignited a new focus on violent crime in a city still struggling to gain a foothold 17 months after Hurricane Katrina. At the core of the city's fragility is its seeming inability to lower the per-capita murder rate, despite the fact that the NOPD's somewhat-depleted ranks have been supplemented for months by Louisiana National Guard soldiers and Louisiana State Police officers. To express their outrage, citizens met Sunday in the Marigny to plan a march on City Hall for Thursday that one organizer said could rival a similar protest more than 10 years ago that prompted increased financing for the NOPD. "I think it is going to be significant. I think it will be reminiscent of when the citizens came up and arms around the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen murders," said Nathan Chapman, president of Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents and Associates Inc. The brutal slaying by a former employee and two accomplices of three employees of the French Quarter pizza restaurant on Dec. 1, 1996 sparked a public outcry that led then-Mayor Marc Morial and the City Council to reverse their positions on providing more money for police. Similarly, city officials and business leaders are expected to announce initiatives this week to tackle crime, although details were few on Monday. As well as the curfew idea, Riley has said he is looking at increasing foot patrols and reassigning officers to front-line duty. Officials within the tourism industry reacted negatively on Monday to the idea of imposing a curfew on a city where visitors come to have a good time into the early morning hours. "The damage would far outweigh the good. The implementation of a curfew in New Orleans could have a devastating impact on the pace of tourism recovery and have little overall impact on incidents of crime," said Stephen Perry, president and chief executive officer of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau. French Quarter bar owner Earl Bernhardt agreed, saying that his Bourbon Street Alliance sent a letter to Mayor Ray Nagin and Riley expressing their objections. "We are just now starting to get tourism back to some semblance of normality. If you do this, it is going to kill things," Bernhardt said. Perry said the city's business community is readying its own proposals for improving crime fighting, which will be announced over the next week. He would not offer specifics, but said that many will likely need financial backing from the state, necessitating that Gov. Kathleen Blanco and the Legislature help tackle this escalating problem. After a quiet weekend with no murders, 40-year-old Steve Blair was found by police early Monday morning inside an abandoned Hollygrove house. Blair became New Orleans' 8th victim of the year. A 9th victim, an unidentified woman discovered last week underneath a rug in the Lower 9th Ward, is believed to have been killed in the last days of December, according to the coroner's office. Officers responding to a report of shots fired found Blair around 12:30 a.m., lying on the floor inside a residence in the 2500 block of Dublin Street, police said. Blair was shot multiple times in the head and torso, police said, and emergency medical technicians pronounced him dead at the scene. Streaks of blood stained the house's front porch, littered with broken furniture and beer cans. Several neighbors declined to comment. While they had no news Monday on possible arrests in any of the murders since the beginning of the year, Riley and leaders from the NOPD's 6th District held a press conference to highlight the arrest of a number of men in Central City on drug and gun charges over the weekend. Capt. Robert Bardy, the commander of the district, said one arrest in particular showed the importance of citizen input, which the police in recent days have highlighted as absolutely necessary to solving homicides. "That is what we are trying to encourage," he said. Following a tip from a citizen, the newly formed "crime abatement team" task-force was able to arrest a group of drug dealers on Magnolia Street, collecting five grams each of heroin and cocaine and three guns. Bardy said district officers also nabbed three Harvey men who held up a pedestrian on Terpsichore Street, later finding an assault rifle in the men's vehicle. On Monday, Riley also met with a group of ministers who are members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil-rights group, to try to tackle another problem for his department: the recent indictment of seven police officers for the murder and attempted murder on the Danziger Bridge following Hurricane Katrina. Several civil rights organizations have expressed concerns that four police officers indicted on first-degree murder for the shooting of two men were recently released on bail, saying it raises questions about possible preferential treatment. After the meeting, which both sides termed "productive," Riley and the ministers agreed that they all wanted the criminal justice system to deal with the case. "We need to give the system an opportunity to work and function," said Rev. Byron Clay, the regional vice president of the SCLC. Riley also invited the group to offer "sensitivity training" to police officers. Clay and other ministers said they too are concerned about the increase in violent crime, saying that they will offer the police department any necessary help to work with the community.Staff writer Brendan McCarthy and the Associated Press contributed to this report.Laura Maggi can be reached at lmaggi@timespicayune.com or at (504) 826-3316.

Time to Come on Out!!
I find out all my blogging news from Miss Zoot. It is time to delurk. You know what that is right? If you read this here blog from time to time and have never left a comment, please do so this week. Say hello, even if it is just something along the lines of, "delurking to say HI" I am going to also be doing the charity angle. For every comment that I receive this week, I will be donating $1 to a NOLA based charity. Most likely Arabi Wrecking Krewe since I have put in all my time with them so far. Maybe I will spread the wealth with them and Tipitina's Foundation. All the local groups are receiving the Heartbeat award later this month at the Offbeat awards. YAY! So delurk, say hi, help the city recover. It is easy and takes less than a minute.

It Really Is



Go Watch this......you will laugh.

First Friday!!

Here we are. Onto the 1st Friday of the year. Dear god and baby Jesus it feels like this week in itself has been a year. Today will feel like a year. It is so worth it. I had one of those evenings last night in which it makes me realize yet once again why I am so happy to be living in NOLA. Paul Sanchez played his first solo show since leaving Cowboy Mouth. It was himself on guitar and my friend Craig Klein on Trombone. John Boutte sat in for a few songs. The entire evening was a musical orgasm. The entire vibe of the night was incredible. Everyone was so happy to be there. When John sings, it is like, a choir of angels and he was ON last night. The respect that each musician had for each other was amazing. Paul kept throwing songs in that they hadn't rehearsed and if he hadn't mentioned it? You wouldn't have any idea that Craig was just winging it all night. Craig said later that this gig was one of his top 5 gigs that he has ever played, he loved it the challenge. Paul was sweet enough to dedicate a song to me. "All are Welcome in Heaven" I have a chance!! YES!! I was honored to be an audience member for this gig. You never know when you walk into a club here in NOLA if you are going to experience a night of great music or not. Being able to have that option makes life complete.

Must concentrate to write 7!!

January is my least favorite month. Its the post holiday letdown. Its the long dark days. Its the fact that it takes at least the full month to learn to write 2007. It is the training of the brain that the year has moved on. At least this Saturday is the start of Mardi Gras season. Have I mentioned that on Saturday I get to eat a piece of King Cake. I think I am dreaming of King Cake.

Boned for the New Year

Bonerama played last night...I danced onstage to start the new year. It was a great night. I took this from Zoot's website because I lack the ability to write an actual post. That and I am hungry.

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?

• Semi-witnessed a shooting
  
• Went to a Broadway show
  
• Was on National TV twice
  
• Got to be on a NFL football field for one of the most exciting opening games ever
• Went to a live Bonerama recording.
  

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't do resolutions, I only do goals for the New Year. I guess that is kind of the same, however I feel like resolutions are suppose to happen. Goals I would like to happen. Yes I made one. To live a healthy lifestyle over all.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No, but they will this year!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thankfully not this year.

5. What countries did you visit?
none....working on Brazil and Ascona....someday.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
To get laid more. That requires a boy. Would like a boy please.

7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
August 29th, 2006. 2nd lining down the street feeling the joy and hopefulness in the air.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
moving up in the company I work for from reception to admistrative work in a fast manner.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Lack of not getting laid.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes. I hurt my back so bad this summer I couldn't move.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Broadway ticket to see Harry

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Craig Klein, he is doing what he can to get the musicians home.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The idiots who find that shooting/killing people is the only way to resolve issues.

14. Where did most of your money go?
The Maple Leaf

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to NYC twice last year, visiting my family, finding out I going to be an aunt.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
The Saints are Coming. Also Who Dat?

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? 
b) thinner or fatter? 
c) richer or poorer?
Happier/fatter/poorer.(damn maple leaf)

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
boys. no excersising.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
eating poorly

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family.

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
sadly no I did not.

22. How many one-night stands?
sadly none.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
How I Met Your Mother, The Class, Scrubs.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Yes, skanky whores. Really....no one.

25. What was the best book you read?
I read to many.....seriously. Night was good, the Anderson Cooper one was good...there are too many to list.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Taylor Hicks.

27. What did you want and get?
ipod

28. What did you want and not get?

running theme here I see....laid

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Pursit of Happyness

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
31, hanging out with friends and hearing live music.

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having my car issues finally resolved.

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Casual meets Lazy.

33. What kept you sane?
The Maple Leaf. Aka good music.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
George Clooney

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Katrina Recovery (Or lack thereof) ~Amen to that.

36. Who did you miss?
All my friends that I didn't get to see.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
My friend Jessica who is just as obsessed with New Orleans and the music as I am.

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
I can get through anything I have to no matter what.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of the kit kat bar"