I was doing so well with keeping up with DW, and then suddenly it's the end of August. Ah, well ( Read more... )

( Katrina Anniversary )

I am pleased by people wishing Ryan happy birthday and his responses to them.

Also, Gabe chose today to be legit charming as opposed to his usual trick of being asshole charming in that way that makes you want to hug him, slap him and giggle uncomfortably all at the same time. Also, I follow Cobra's merch guy on twitter now. I know he's their ( Read more... )

As far as I can tell, the only possible upside of a hurricane evacuation (provided, of course, that the hurricane is a false alarm - otherwise there is no upside) is random visits from New Orleans friends. aenelein and hunterandprey showed up at 3:30 this morning from Birmingham with a trunk full of Abita beer and bottle of sake. songgirl12 and executorvs - I'm missing you guys fiercely ( Read more... )

My ex-roommate, who stayed in New Orleans through Gustav (and Katrina, actually), called me this morning to complain of boredom and to reassure me that the worst was passed and I really should stop panicking. That was really good to hear. There are still things we don't know obviously, and we're not sure when they're letting people back into New ( Read more... )

August 29 ( Read more... )

The news is filled with Katrina specials and New Orleans: One Year Later. I feel like I should say something eloquent and insightful, but I'm not even sure what that would be. I've already written some about this time last year. There's more to be said because there's always more to be said, but maybe tomorrow is the time for that. Tomorrow, ( Read more... )

Hi. Me this time. I'm in Willow Springs, Illinois with strangegurl16's family and I'll probably see adronai tomorrow ( Read more... )

This is Adronai posting for RedBrickRose. She is currently in Grenada, Mississippi heading north to Chicago probably tomorrow. She just wanted to let everyone know. Good luck with the hurricane everyone.

executorvs says the city has a history and some of these houses have been here for hundreds of years for a reason. This always happens and it's always fine.

Jackie says it's like Sodom and Gomorrah.

*doesn't panic. Really.*