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Volunteers?

no_carol — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:10:46 +0000

From an email I received from the Arts Council of New Orleans

Please Join Us!
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Dear Office of Emergency Preparedness,

no_carol — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:09:18 +0000

This letter is to officially inform you that your abandoned vehicle if still located at the corner of Constance and Washington in New Orleans, 70130.
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All’s fair in love and insurance

no_carol — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:37:12 +0000

We were informed in May that our current insurance company would be dropping us effective September 13th. So we did what we could to get Homeowner’s insurance, calling dozens of companies and getting an emphatic “No, we are not writing new policies for your area.”
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The streets are empty…

no_carol — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:51:36 +0000

I haven’t seen my neighborhood this deserted since I got back from the storm in September. I think every person in my hood went to the game. It’s quiet, real quiet. I’ve propped my window open and plan on stripping down to my undies and running wild in the streets.

Well, maybe not.

Go Saints.

It’s all anyone can talk about

no_carol — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:58:51 +0000

and I love it. I mean, even Al-Jazeera will be there. And have you read the Wikipedia entry for New Orleans Saints?

Thank yous guys!

no_carol — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:49:29 +0000

Inspired from Chris’ post…

Thank you, in no particular order

No me gusta Ernesto!

no_carol — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:37:24 +0000

All that empty space

no_carol — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:22:42 +0000

On Sunday I headed down to the CAC to check out the Katrina exhibit. I found the video documentaries insightful and the photographs amazing. There is also an elaborate architecture exhibit that was interesting but way over my scope of understanding. That being said, I was mildly disappointed. Let me preface that I have absolutely no knowledge or experience in what it takes to get a viable exhibit running but my impression was the CAC’s exhibit was small– too small for such an enormous event. And the number and range of photographs we minor in comparison to NOMA’s exhibit. And with all that empty space…

The potential for greatness in expression is lacking from this exhibit. Where are all the artists? Where are the exhibits that question popular notions of art? I expected to find an MRE in one corner huddled next to kernels of cat food and a half-empty Kentwood 12 ounce bottle of water. Or sheetrock that has been sealed and framed (because let’s face it– it may have smelled awful but the patterns and colors were breathtaking.)

Or was all that empty space the exhibit itself?

Popsicles and Thoreau

no_carol — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:00:58 +0000

So around 10PM last night my A/C quit working. After careful examination on the roof by my husband, I whipped out the yellow pages and flipped through and phoned a dozen or so companies, leaving messages with answering services. And after a few Fla-Vor-Ice popsicles, I went to bed.

And now the waiting…

As I showered this morning, I wondered how I survived summers as a kid, back in Chicago in the 1980s. I mean, we had no A/C but we did have a basement, which was always 15 degrees cooler. We also had park district pools and neighborhood sprinklers. And when it really got hot the fire department would randomly open fire hydrants for a few hours at a time. And I always had popsicles in the freezer. How is it that we have all become so spoiled by luxuries, such as the dishwasher, central A/C, DSL, etc.? I mean, what’s one week with out A/C when we’ve learned to endure the lack of luxurious services here in New Orleans such as mail delivery, trash pick-up….

That’s it, I’m off to Walden Pond. Anyone want to join me?