2004

May172004

A Little Time out of the House

We left for church a little early today; I was tired from arriving late last night. My grandma came to attend the service and pass off Andrew who had spent the weekend with her. Khadijah came by around two and visited for while. Dad grilled some things for dinner. In the evening I went out for dessert with Khadijah and a friend of hers named Robert. We went to Bennigan's and I got this ice cream cake thing called a “White Chocolate Chill-Out.” I came home after that and did nothing of circumstance in the evening.

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May162004

The Mall. Stop. The Movies.

I went to the mall this afternoon to pay Jessica a visit. It was a few hours earlier than I was expecting. I hadn’t seen her in about six weeks. She came with a friend who I hadn't met. We just walked around for a while, stopping in various stores as mall patrons do. While I was there I bought a book on general world history, a crossover cable for my XBox, a small maglite, and some Goo Gone… nothing I really needed. She had to leave around half past five and I made my way home afterwards. As soon as I returned I found that Khadijah, Toni, and Andrey were going to the movies and asked me to join them so I did. We ended up seeing the 10:25 showing of “Van Helsing” after hanging around Toni's house for a while. It was one of the more disappointing movies I’ve ever seen at the theater. I didn't find it to be terribly coherent, the special effects were pretty unremarkable and there were parts so cheesy it was painful to watch. It did pick up a bit near the end. It's hard to blame the decision to see this particular movie since everything playing seems to be crap.

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May152004

…Some Peace and Quiet

My parents left around noon today to go pick up Jeff from school for the summer. I spent the better part of the day cleaning up and laying around. I was expecting Khadijah to stop by. She arrived from Rustin this evening, but that didn't pan out. In the evening I watched “The Quiet American.”

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May132004

Log Neglect

Once again, I've neglected to post here for a spell. The past week or so hasn't been terribly eventful anyway. I didn't go to work at all last week. It was mostly just hanging around the house, and talking to Jessica on select mornings. Over last week I watched HIghlander, Amistad, Ghost World, along with several Futurama episodes…a new interest of mine. Saturday was devoid of activity. O Sunday myself and some family went to the park for a Mother's Day cookout sort of thing. I was at home again on monday. Yesterday I went to work early and left around noon. On the way home I ran into Ann and Catasha from the bookstore, so I stopped to talk with them for a little while. IN the evening I was on the computer and saw the new multiplayer footage for Halo 2 from E3. I bought an Xbox shortly thereafter. I was at home today, made some Spaghetti for dinner. We just had a pretty severe storm front pass through, but it moved quickly. “Enterprise” had a pretty compelling episode this evening.

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May042004

Monday

update to come

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May032004

FarCry

Sunday – update to come

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May012004

Jazz Fest: Take 2

I attended Jazz Fest again today with my dad. The weather was a lot more agreeable today. It was still rather cloudy, but reasonably dry. The sun even made brief appearances through the afternoon. We spent a couple hours in the Economy Hall tent when we got there. We saw the trailing end of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and then Chosen Few Brass Band, and Ronnie Magri & his New Orleans Jazz Band. After those acts we went to get something to eat before moving. We saw my dad's sister working the kiosk we got lunch from. They hadn't seen each other in a few years. After we ate we moved to the Acura Stage to get a spot for Santana's performance later. We found a place to sit and listened to The Funky Meters for a while. Santana's performance started a bit early and without introduction or fanfare. There was no applause until he had done a number or two and he was announced. The number of people there to see him was pretty impressive. I could only venture a guess in the 30-40 thousand range. His set wasn't bad at all but I doubt I'll be telling my grandkids about it. Halfway through his act, thick and dark clouds moved over the grounds and a good number of people left fearing rain. We followed suit and moved to the blues tent, but soon returned when it appeared to be clearing up, if only slightly. He finished earlier than scheduled, perhaps because of the early start. We made our way out after visiting with my dad's sister Jackie for a little while. After leaving the fairgrounds we stopped by Liuzza's for a while. Clearly we were there for a little too long. It gradually starting raining pretty good and we got wet before making it back to the car. We were planning on eating and seeing some music on Frenchman St. before going home so it seemed prudent to dry off if possible. We stopped by dad's Mid-City office for a few minutes to dry our clothes as best we could. I wasn't so bad off, certainly not as bad as last week. My shoes were damp and my collared shirt was pretty damp. There wasn't much I could do about the shoes in just a few minutes, but I found an additional use for the hydrocollator. It worked better than an iron and my shirt dried rather well, and quickly. Between that and a change of socks I brought with me I was fine. We then made our way to the Marigny. We found an adequate parking space and walked down to Frenchman St. We ended up waiting for a table at The Praline Connection. We were seated after a half hour wait in outside of the cramped restaurant. The service was slow but pleasant as the kitchen and wait staff was clearly overwhelmed. I had fried catfish with macaroni & cheese and red beans. It stopped raining while we were eating, which was nice. After dinner we walked down to the Spotted Cat, our original destination. It's a rather small bar featuring live music. Linnzi Zaorski & Delta Royale was playing. It's a five member band with a female vocal lead that sung standards that you would have heard in the 40's, and in that style. Ms. Zaorski even had the appearance to match. We were there for a little while and then left during a break in the act. We walked around for a short while and then went back to the car. We drove back home, stopped for groceries along the way. Upon returning home, I wrote this long-winded entry, checked eBay, and went to bed.

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Apr302004

Friday

At Work – Update to come

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Apr282004

Wednesday

Not a whole lot going on today. Jessica called again in the morning. I played UT2k4 a little thoughtout the day. Watched 'Enterprise' and the movie 'Equlibrium' in the evening.

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Apr272004

Tuesday

This morning I started the Red BEans I had prepared last night. In the afternoon I watched the 1991 film, “JFK.” It was one of the more compelling and interesting movies I have ever seen. I spoke with Khadijah late in the evening and played some online games with her before bed.

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Apr262004

Monday

I was at home again today so not much went on. Jessica called me in the morning and we spoke for a while, probably the longest single conversation I've ever had with her. I made a jambalya pasta dish for dinner, watched some cartoons at night and then prepared for tomorrow's dinner, and that was pretty much my day.

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Apr252004

Singin' in the Rain

This afternoon my dad and I went to The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. This was my third time attending. The weather today was pretty horrendous. It rained pretty profusely for the better part of the day. When we arrived at the fairgrounds we went to the blues tent to see Big Al Carson, who we'd seen the week before at the French Quarter Festival. We got pretty wet making our way over there and remained for a while to dry off, at least partially. Being rainy as it was, we were compelled to stay put, and we pretty much did. With few exceptions, we were in the Blues tent the whole time. It was no loss though. There were several great acts: Joe Krown, Wanda Rouzan, Chris Thomas King, and the legendary Etta James. Her set in particular was quite a spectacle, especially her performance of “At Last.” After her set was done, it started raining rather heavily so the tent remained occupied for some time. Eventually we left and made our way to the car, getting soaked again in the process. I had my camera with me today and it got pretty wet. The body seems fine although the lens seems to have gotten some stuff in it. Anyway after making it to the car we went home. I got something to eat, watched a little, TV, and checked some stuff on eBay. I talked to Khadijah and Ami on the phone for a good while late in the evening.

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Apr252004

Saturday

Parents at Jazz Fest – Dull week

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Apr202004

Monday

After a late breakfast, I went to work with dad. The first stop of the day was the west bank office. The office neded a little cleaning and the new computer needed to be fixed up. After that we went to the east office for a while. I got lunch and did a little filing work on the computer but that was it. We left there after a while and stopped at the Mid City office for a short while. I had nothing to do there. After that we came home. The evening was rather uneventful. I did some prep for tomorrow's dinner before midnight.

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