2005

Jul162005

Saturday

Today was an especially unproductive Saturday I didn’t even do any laundry. I finished watching season four of Six Feet Under this afternoon, the Stargate shows I missed yesterday and I watched A Soldier’s Story this evening.

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Jul162005

Pasta Woozie and Ellis Marsalis

I worked from 9:30 to 2:30 today. I managed to stay busy most of the day. It rained today too and the traffic reflected it, but we left pretty early so it wasn’t a problem like yesterday. I got a call from Bianca not too long after I got home regarding this evening. After deciding to cancel plans last Friday due to impending weather, we went out for the evening. She was late getting home with the carpool so we left a lot later than I would have liked. The cab arrived at 7:20. I wanted to be at Snug Harbor for eight to get some good seats but that wouldn’t have even happened had we ate there. I also remember requesting to be slapped if I suggested eating at there anyway so I decided to go to the Cheesecake Bistro. There was quite a wait when we arrived and we were a bit pressed for time so we walked up St. Charles just a bit to Houston’s, which also had a long wait. I obviously wasn’t thinking the whole concept of reservations didn’t even cross my mind. A few doors down was Bravo! Italian Kitchen, which was also busy but we were seated immediately. The waitress actually asked if I wanted ice in my orange juice that was nice. I ordered a breaded chicken dish with pasta and Bianca ordered an Alfredo pasta dish with grilled chicken, “Pasta Woozie.” When the food came out, Bianca and I looked rather fondly at each other’s dish and we decided to just trade. I had the Pasta Woozie and she took my “Chicken Milanese Pomodoro.” That may very well have been the most mutually satisfying trade in my whole life. Having sampled both dished, we were quite satisfied with the exchange. After dinner we caught a cab to Snug Harbor. We arrived at five to nine. As I expected we got lousy seats upstairs but we could hear fine and I think Bianca was able to see well enough. Ellis Marsalis performed this evening. I’ve seen him twice before in recent memory, at Snug and at Jazz Fest. None of Ellis’s sons were present this evening. I recognized the bass and xylophone players from my last visit to Snug Harbor, however. The xylophone was far more prominent this evening than last time. The tempo of the set started slow and progressed upward throughout. After the show Bianca and I peeked in the Spotted Cat and then d.b.a., where we found my Dad. He had said he’d be around this evening, which makes transportation exceedingly convenient. Bianca and I just sat and talked for a while as she played with a book of matches and the candle on the table. Before going home, Dad wanted to try and see a friend. He knows someone who owns Mojo on Decatur. He spoke with some folks when we got there turns out the guy sold the place a couple years ago. After our little stroll we walked back to the car and came home after taking Bianca home. Before going to bed, Dad and I watched Battlestar Galactica, which was back on the air this evening. I got to bed around one.

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Jul152005

The Hurricane

I worked from eleven to six today. It rained most of the day, rather heavily at times. We stopped at the west bank office before making it to mid city this morning. I had some reports to do but I wasn’t especially busy but I never felt bored. It took a long time to get home between the weather’s effect on traffic and an event at the arena. I talked to Khadijah, watched The Hurricane and some Six Feet Under episodes this evening.

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Jul142005

Wednesday

I had the day off, didn’t really do anything, and liked it.

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Jul132005

…sorta like work

Like most Wednesdays, there was no hurry to get to the office as the clinic is relatively slow until the doctor arrives at 2:30. Today certainly exemplified that. We left the house around noon and made a few stops, first at the bank. Dad needed some things and we stopped at the Office Depot on St. Charles. It was lunch time anyway when Dad was finished shopping so we went to the Miyako Sushi Bar & Hibachi next door. We both had steak at the hibachi bar. We finally made it into the office at two in the afternoon. I guess I had stuff to do. We probably left around six. I don’t really remember the evening, which must mean I spent it playing Counter Strike or something.

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Jul122005

AllOfMP3

Before making it into work today, we stopped at the bank to make some deposits, which took a lot longer than it should have. We finally made it into the office at quarter past ten. The dictated reports kept me largely occupied until we left for the day at five. This evening I subscribed to AllofMP3.com, the maybe-legal Russian paid music download service. Aside from the debatable legality of the service, it’s an incredibly ideal and inexpensive service. You pay on a per-megabyte basis, songs average from 10 to 20 cents each. You can choose the file format and bit-rate and the files are DRM free, only eMusic can claim the same. Anyway I was up late browsing through their collection. They have some things I’ve been unable to find anywhere else, Amazon and eBay included.

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Jul112005

Dennis Makes Landfall

I don’t remember Sunday anymore, it was windy today though.

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Jul102005

Calm Before the Storm

Today was pretty uneventful considering the approaching hurricane. Since the track of Dennis remained stable and continues to look headed for Pensacola, Florida, we didn’t bother with any sort of evacuation stuff. I spend most of the day wasting time on the computer.

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Jul092005

Red Alert

Dad and I got to work at nine this morning. I had enough work to keep me busy today. We had the radio and TV on in the clinic today to keep apprised of the news regarding Hurricane Dennis, which will be entering the Gulf of Mexico soon and poses a threat to the city of New Orleans. Based on various computer models, there’s about a 15% chance of a strike in New Orleans, but the hurricane is most likely headed for the Florida panhandle. A voluntary evacuation of Jefferson Parish was declared this afternoon. When the news didn’t have my attention, I did get some work done. Dad and I left the office around three. We didn’t get around to packing or any of that sort of thing in the evening.

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Jul072005

Terrorist Attack in London

There was no rush to get to work this morning. Before leaving for work I looked at the news, which was reporting a terrorist attack in London, England. A series of bombs went off in the city’s subway system and a suicide bomber blew himself up inside of a double-decker bus. The death toll was around 30 before I arrived at work at 11 this morning. The local news was also reporting on some of the aftermath of Tuesday night’s weather. Thousands of customers were still without power, including my friend Bianca who lives pretty close by. Local residents also have their eyes on Hurricane Dennis, which may pose a threat to the city. I had some work today, but not terribly much. We went home around six. I didn’t make any contributions to society this evening. I watched a movie while I cleaned and rebuilt a keyboard from work that was acting up.

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Jul062005

Calm

I awoke to the sound of a leaf blower this morning. The sun was shining and the electricity was back on. The only immediate sign of yesterday’s severe weather was the tree limbs and leaves littering the lawns and street. Several of the neighbors were outside cleaning up. According to the news, a great number of people were still without power. The weather was rather pleasant in Cindy’s wake. It was comparatively cool and dry. Like most Wednesdays, I was off work today but I had some dictation at home to take care of. I blew most of the afternoon in front of the TV and computer. We had leftovers for dinner. I spent a good portion of the evening watching Six Feet Under while doing some of the reports for work. Later in the evening I played Elite Force and CS for a while. I spoke with Ami online until about two this morning.

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Jul062005

Tropical Storm Cindy

There was no hurry to get to work this morning, we arrived at 11 after a stop at the bank. It was dark and rainy outside today. I really didn’t have any work to all day. Doc didn’t get any dictation done until closing time. Dad and I left the office shortly after six. We stopped for French bread on the way home. Dad made some red beans yesterday which we had for dinner tonight. I spent the better part of the evening playing games on the computer. At about 10:30, we lost electricity. It had been raining heavily for a while but we weren’t to lose power. Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall in Louisiana this evening. Voluntary evacuations were declared in some outlying areas. The power stated out through the evening. There was plenty of heavy rain and wind, but nothing too bad I guess. With candles burning in my room, I used my laptop and dialup service to poke around online for a while before bed. I spoke with Ami online for a while.

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Jul052005

Three Day Weekend

This being the fourth of July I didn’t work today and was free to sleep in. Dad went to get another cable modem this morning, but my precious wireless router was not working properly. Some investigation revealed that the WAN/Internet port wasn’t working, but everything else was fine. I found this to be rather odd as computer hardware failures are all-or-nothing affairs. Since I happened to have another duplicate, still shrink-wrapped router on hand from a previous “interruption of service,” it was no large tragedy and all was well with the World in short order. To give the holiday some sort of recognition, Dad barbequed for dinner. Grandma Laughlin came over for the evening. Jeff was out for the evening, leaving more food for the rest of us, all of which was quite good. I wanted to stay up late this evening and watch a movie but nothing was worth watching.

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Jul042005

Stormy

I was at home the remainder of the day after church. I didn’t really do much through the day. A rather string thunderstorm came through in the afternoon, knocking out the electricity for a couple hours. The three phone lines we have in the house also died. Luckily there was still daylight and it wasn’t terribly hot outside. While we waited for the electricity to come back on, I made a display stand for my LEGO spaceship that’s been sitting on my computer desk for quite some time. The power came back on some time before five, but the phones remained dead through the night. Apparently a power surge came through the cable line, frying the cable modem again. I spent the evening watching TV.

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