2004

Nov032004

Class, Movie, Class

It was cool outside today, but the dampness cancelled it out. I got dropped off at the mall with time to spare before English class this morning. I looked around EB games for a bit, got my ritual strawberry coolata and apple fritter and went up to the computer lab for a little while before class. I got my essay back today, A-. I was shocked as I thought the essay I turned in was absolute crap. I guess the words weren’t terribly important so long as they were spelled correctly. After class I took the 1:15 shuttle uptown. Instead of having lunch and such I walked to Melanie's house, as she suggested instead of having lunch as we did a couple times before. We had agreed to watch a movie and we did, picking one from the vast collection at her house. We ended up watching “Stargate.” I had previously spoken about my interest in the TV spin-off of the movie and I hadn't seen it in years. I remember enjoying the movie a lot more the first time. Now I have a TV show to compare it to, a show I'm rather fond of. I guess that taints my view of the movie, or I wasn't as choosy at age 12. After the movie we talked for a while about nothing of particular importance. Melanie's mother, Ann, gave us a ride to Tulane for journalism class this evening. I was already tired and tonight’s class was uncharacteristically uninteresting, surprising given yesterday's big election. The lecture regarded sources. After class I spoke with Melanie briefly and walked to Patterson house to visit Theresa, who I had not spoken with at length for a few months. We just talked about some simple things along the lines of hi-how-you-doing- whatcha-up-to-nowadays. After that I walked to the library to meet Dad and go home. I hadn't eaten for quite a while so Dad agreed to stop through Rally's on the way home so I could get something to eat. I ate when I got home and later watched The Daily Show and Letterman before going to bed.

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Nov032004

Election Day 2004

Shortly after getting up this morning I got dressed and walked over to Eisenhour Elementary to go vote. The line was long and I deceided to come back a little later. I did just that and the line hadn't changed much. Knowing I had nothing better to do anyway, I decided to get in line. After exactly an hour of standing around, inching forward and talking to a lady behind me, I got my turn. After getting home from voting I was on the computer for a while and listed to talk radio. I spent a good deal of time trying to get my parent's old computer to work, but to no avail. For dinner I made mexican. It sat ready to eat until Dad got home. After dinner the TV came on and stayed on for quite some time as we watched election returns, flipping between networks. I was on the computer for alot of that time, switching between news and ebay. As I write this at 1:30 AM, it looks like Bush has won reelection. David Vitter won the senate race here, making him the first republican senator here in quite a while. Marlin Gusman, a good buddy of Marc Morial, won criminal sherrif.

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Nov022004

A Monday Just Like the Last One

I got dropped off at the mall with about an hour to spare this morning. I looked around Macy's for a little while and spent some time the the computer lab before class. Today in English we continued reading Fitzgerald's “The Rich Boy.” After class I had lunch with Ann and had s Subway sandwich. After taking the shuttle uptown as I always do I went to the lab over there and browsed ebay some more. We had another lab in info. systems class today regarding MS Access. We created a mundane database. The lecture was short. After class I met Dad at the library and went home. I watched TV for a while and later went to bed.

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Oct312004

Class and Rest

I dragged myself out of bed this morning to go to class. I still felt sick but better than yesterday. Today's topic of discussion was public relations. I went home after class, although that took quite a while. I must have spent at least 45 minutes waiting for the Freret bus. I didn't do much for the rest of the day. I watched some TV and browsed the net for a little while. I watched “The Third Man” this evening.

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Oct292004

Crappy Day

I woke up feeling pretty ragged this morning. My sinuses have been congested for a couple days although it had just been a nuisance. I developed a sore throat a few days ago which has persisted. I didn't do much today. I was on the computer for a short while, napped, watched some TV. Dad grilled some ribs for dinner. I did some laundry in the evening.

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Oct282004

Work, Football and Cheesecake

Before going to work this afternoon, I typed up some instructions so Don and his wife would be able to access Jefferson Parish court records. I had some trouble connecting, but I called someone in their IT department I’ve spoken with previously and I was quickly able to get it working. We drove to the mid city office but stayed only briefly to drop some things off. We then went to Don’s house so I could make the changes to the software I installed previously. It only took a few minutes, quite short in comparison to the trip to Kenner. After getting back to the office Dad left me with a few reports to do. I got lunch shortly after getting there, grilled ham and swiss on french bread. After eating it didn’t take long to finish the few reports I had to transcribe, I probably spent more time eating. I spent the rest of the time at work playing solitaire and trying my hand at some mundane image manipulation. Dad came back from the east and we left the office after sox o’clock, later than either of us would have liked. We were going to the West Jefferson vs. Grace King football game. After visiting with Dionne, who lives next door to the stadium, we walked to the game. It was quite a massacre. West Jeff. Dominated with a score of 50-0 at halftime. By then they played their underclassmen. The final was 62-6, with a last minute touchdown by Grace King. After the game we went back to visit Grandma, Dionne and Larry for a while. Having left there we had decided to get something to eat. We ended up going to Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro. I had been there only once before after my high school graduation ceremony. We ordered an appetizer and then moved on to the cheesecake. We both got the banana’s foster, which I had and enjoyed the last time I was there. I wasn’t very tired when I got home so I watched “A Streetcar Named Desire” and went to bed.

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Oct272004

Business as Usual

During English class today we read a short story aloud, or at least part if it. I met Ann for lunch after and had some Japanese food I didn’t especially like. She told me about the regional manager’s visit to the bookstore and the ensuing melodrama. A while after lunch I took the shuttle as usual and went to the computer lab for a while. I left a little early to go get a little something to eat. I didn’t get farther than PJ’s Coffee and got a piece of cheese cake. I took it back to Mayer and sat to eat and read the paper. Tonight’s journalism class was about interviewing. We got our stories back from last week, I got an A. After class I walked over to meet my dad at The Boot where game four of the World Series was on. We had something to eat and left before the game was over. I didn’t do much after getting home aside from getting a good look at the lunar eclipse.

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Oct262004

Cleaning up the Office

I went to work this morning. On the way we stopped at the bank and Wal-Mart. Dad bought some things for the office including some needed cleaning supplies and a toilet seat. When we got the the office we found that the seat didn't fit. I spent a good while cleaning one of the closets in the office. I didn't have much to do after that. I looked around a little tool room/workshop in the back. I took home a broken Morfam massager that had a frayed power cord. I fixed it after dinner while I was watching TV. Later in the evening I watched most of game three of the World Series.

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Oct262004

Class, Lunch, and Subsequent Walking

Before English class today I had some time ro slap together an essay to turn in. It's just the first draft so I still have a week to work on it. During class we spend a little time taking apary my fragile and shoddy creation. Class was dismissed early so I was able to catch the earlier shuttle uptown. I was to have lunch with Melanie today and I was able to bump that up one hour. We ate at the Frostop adjacent to the campus. I had a fried catfish platter and Melanie had an excuse for a hamburger. After having eaten and talking for a while I walked her home, visited for a few minutes, and then walked to Gibson Hall. I was in the lab for a while before class started. We had a lab today on Microsoft Access. After that was a less that rousing lecture on some variety of computer systems I don't remember. After class I walked to the library to meed Dad and went home. Later in the evening I started watching “Iron Jawed Angels” but was too tired to finish.

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Oct232004

Tulane vs. UAB

It was unseasonably hot today with temperatures approaching 90 degrees. Today’s media arts class was about advertising. Mr. Rhodes did not have our tests back yet. After class I walked over to the Reily Center to take a shuttle to City Park, where today’s homecoming game took place. There was a sizable line waiting and I had to wait for a short while after one bus took those in the front of the line. I was the second to last person on the next one. After getting off the shuttle it didn’t take long to find Dad and Andrew, who got there not long after dropping me off for class. We watched the team come in and sat around the car with some food we brought. There was a small parade around the park we watched as well. The game was quite a spectacle. We all expected Tulane to get blown out of the water. UAB is ranked like 24th in the nation. I am unsure as to the last time Tulane beat a ranked team. Additionally, UAB recently beat Memphis, who beat us rather badly a few weeks ago. The game proved far more interesting as expected. Neither team’s defense was anything to write home about; ours looks quite inept as UAB’s offense strolled right past Tulane’s defenders to score on many possessions. At halftime we were down by a field goal, 24-21 I think. The second half was quite exciting. There was a lot of scoring and not a lot of defense. Near the end it looked like whoever would get the ball last would win the game, and that’s basically how it happened. Tulane scored with 27 seconds remaining, making the score 59-55. UAB ran a few plays but was unable to score and Tulane won. This was a really big win for Tulane, and their first conference win of the season. Tulane new quarterback, Lester Ricard, had a real good showing, setting a new school record with six touchdown passes in a single game. Later in the evening after getting home I watched some TV and updated this log.

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Oct222004

Friday at Home Again

I was at home instead of at work today. I didn’t get much done aside from some laundry. I set up terminal access at home so we could access the Jefferson Parish 1st and 2nd District Court Records at home. I made breaded pork chops for dinner this evening. Later I finished watching “Inherit the Wind” and talked to Khadijah on the phone for a while.

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Oct212004

Red Sox win the AL Championship

I worked at mid city today. I was dragging most of the day after not getting much sleep the night before. IN the evening I watched the Red Sox win game seven of the American League Championship Series, beating the Yankee’s to the World Series. I don’t follow baseball but I found it remarkable to see a team come from behind after three series losses to win four in a row and defeat the Yankee’s after being humiliated by them a couple times in previous years. I understand this is the first time this has happened in baseball history. Even later in the evening I stated watching “Inherit the Wind,” but I dosed off before it was over to no fault of the movie, which was quite good.

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Oct202004

Finishing Up My News Feature

Today’s English class was mildly amusing, as opposed to most sessions. After class I had lunch with Ann. I got a stromboli and some pasta. After lunch I walked down to New Orleans Party and Costume again to ask some follow-up questions for my story, which was due later in the day. After asking my questions and taking some pictures, I walked back to school to sit in the computer lab for a little while and finish the story. After that I caught the shuttle uptown and walked to another computer lab where I touched up the story some more and browsed eBay and such. Just before my next class I spoke with Melanie, who was very understanding about me screwing up lunch last Saturday. Journalism class was nice as usual. I got 90%, which may be barely an A. After class I walked to The Boot, which was rather crowded with baseball fans watching game six of the ALCS. Dad and I stayed until around the 7th inning, after the food we ordered was finally ordered and having eaten. After getting home I watched the Red Sox force game seven.

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Oct192004

Work

I went to work with Dad today in no particular hurry. I had several reports to do, which I did. I might remember more but this entry is late.

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