There's a chemical war going on inside my brain, and unfortunately for the rest of my body, the cholinergic system is winning; nicotinic receptors must be filled.

I somehow managed to smoke 10 cigarettes in about two hours last night while watching A Love Song for Bobby Long. All I had left from that pack I bought a week or so ago (first one I've ( Read more... )

7 out of 8 of the pieces of literature we're reading this semester in this English class are depressing. I know this from either having already read them or from reading the summaries on the jackets.

We're starting off the semester with Chita: A Memory of Last Island by Lafcadio Hearn. If you need to brush up on your Louisiana history, on ( Read more... )

I am long overdue for an in-depth description of what I've done and seen in New Orleans since I came back several weeks ago. I'll start with a description of the first day back into the city. I'm gonna have to divide this up into some unknown number of parts because I can't sit still at the computer long enough anymore to write so much in one ( Read more... )

So tonight I had someone that I vaguely recognize from the Dervish identify me on the street (on Decatur on the block before you get to Molly's, I am so bad, I've forgotten the street name ( Read more... )

I'm heading to New Orleans/Metairie/Westbank on Sunday morning. Have a pass to get in the city, have places to sleep if I can't sneak into my apartment before I'm supposed to on Friday, and have people that can drive me where I need to go ( Read more... )