2005

Feb232005

Baadasssss!

The weather was rather gloomy today. It was dark and it rained most of the day. Dad had something to do this morning so we were especially late in leaving the house this morning. I had time to do a few reports and watch last weeks Battlestar Galactica episode. We got to the office at one after dad stopped so I could get some lunch without walking through the rain. After eating I got started some the dictation that had been piling up. I got through the better part of it I think. I got a cab to go to school just after five. We watched Baadasssss! in film class this evening. I was planning to meet dad at the Tulane basketball game afterwards but he decided not to go. He did meet me after class though to take me home. Later in the evening I watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and talked to Melanie online for a while before bed.

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Feb222005

Work and Anchorman

I had time to watch the Enterprise episode I missed last Friday before leaving for work this morning. This afternoon’s marketing class was cancelled so I just went with Dad this morning. With a recent surge of new patients, the office is a little behind on reports so I had no trouble keeping occupied today. I also had half of my review essay to finish so I worked on that a while after doc arrived. Dad and I left the office around five so he could bring me downtown for this evening’s class. IT was a relief to hand in my essay. Even though it’s crap, I was able to stop thinking about it. Most of this evening’s lecture dealt with folk music. We watched some video clips pertaining to that subject. Dad picked me up after class. I think he was working late. I didn’t really eat any dinner when I got home as I wasn’t really hungry. Later in the evening I watched Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a ridiculous and over-the-top, although incredibly hilarious movie. It wasn’t a ‘good’ movie per se but it embarrassingly entertaining. A little while after that I watched last Sunday’s Carnivale, which was probably the weirdest one yet.

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Feb212005

Musicians from Marlboro

I didn’t go to work today because I had a report to work on so I had Dad drop me off at the library on main campus. I was at the library for several hours this afternoon before this evening’s class. Through the course of the day I only got about half of it done. I pretty much gave up on it around five. Later in the evening I found my way to Dixon Hall for a chamber music concert this evening. With time to space I got there around seven and sat in for a few minutes on a lecture that was being given about the music to be performed in the following concert. I took a seat in the second row as soon as the doors opened at 7:30. Melanie joined me shortly thereafter. This evening’s concert featured the Musicians from Marlboro, performing a couple of Mozart pieces and a composition by Paul Hindemith. The Hindemih quintet featured a talented female soprano vocalist named Hyunah Yu. We stayed through the first two compositions until the intermission. Melanie expressed a desire to watch Amadeus and we left and did just that. I got a cab home later in the evening. I got something to eat before going to bed after two.

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Feb202005

Flowers in the Dustbin

Today was light on the quantity of my activities. After church, I spent most of the day reading Flowers in the Dustbin, the other book my paper will be on. I patched together an introduction to the paper before going to bed around midnight.

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Feb192005

Coming of Age in Buffalo

I left the house with Mom and Jeff this morning. Jeff had some sort of interview at Tulane with the Air Force or something. After parking behind the Reily Center and letting Jeff off, Mom and I walked around a bit and eventually took a seat behind Bruff. I needed a couple of books for a paper so we sat and waited for the bookstore to open at 11. I bought the two books I needed when it did. Jeff called shortly thereafter to tell us his interview was finished. We walked up McCalister to the car where Jeff was. We decided to get something to eat. Mom recommended a little deli on Maple St. so we went there. We both got some sandwiches. We then drove downtown to drop Jeff off at the train station to catch a bus back to school. Following that, Mom dropped me to Woodson school, where Andrew played a couple of basketball games this morning. Andrew, Dad and I were going to see Tulane play AZ State again this afternoon at Zephyr field. I drive a portion of the was up Airline highway to a little seafood place so Dad and Andrew could get something to eat. We then went the rest of the way to the game. Tulane won this game as well with a final score of 7-2. We went home after the game. Mom made some pork chop casserole for dinner. I spent the better part of the evening reading Coming of Age in Buffalo, one of the books my paper was on.

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Feb182005

Tulane vs. Arizona State

We were in no particular hurry to get to work this morning and we didn’t stay terribly long once we got there. We left the office just before two to pick up Andrew from school. I went in to get him. I wasn’t sure where he was. A secretary in the office called him on the intercom and he came and we went. We went home for a little while. Dad and I left the house not terribly long afterward to go to Tulane’s baseball game this evening. I hadn’t been entirely sure what I was doing this evening because I was unsure if I’d be seeing Melanie this evening. I was unable to reach her before we got to the stadium. We arrived about an hour before game time at 6:30. Melanie called not to long after we took our seats to tell me her parents weren’t going to the game this evening. They have season tickets in the grandstands. I agreed to meet her at the gate and we did when she arrived a while later. Tulane pretty much dominated the game against Arizona State this evening. Tulane set the tome with a home run on the first hit of the first inning. The weather grew a bit colder as the game progressed. Tulane won with a final score of 8-2. Melanie and I left a bit early to meet Dad, who was waiting in the car on Calhoun. He was still not exactly sure when he’d retrieve Jeff, who was coming into town this evening. He took Melanie and me to her house for a little while. She worked on a resume while I was there. Dad picked me up sometime after 10.

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Feb172005

Dad's Birthday

On the way to work this morning, Dad and I stopped at Wal-Mart so he could get some things for the office. While there I went to the photo lab to pick up some picture but they couldn’t find the ones I dropped off two weeks ago. Dad then took me to the mall for this afternoon’s class. I got there with 90 minutes before class started. I had lunch with Ann around 11:15. We both had grilled ham and swiss sandwiches. I hadn’t seen her since before Mardi Gras so we had that to talk about. After eating I walked with Ann upstairs to look at some watches at Zales. I had to leave for class while she was there. This afternoon’s marketing class was short, barely 25 minutes. Ms. Snell briefly discussed market segmentation. Dad picked me up after class to take me to work. There was more dictation then I was able to finish but I put a pretty good dent in the workload. We left around five after the doctor finished with some late patients. We went home and went back out again with Andrew and Mom in tow a short while later. Today was Dad’s birthday so we went out to eat at Superior Grill. Along with the family, Stephanie and Bianca from work were there, along with Bianca’s husband. Melanie also came; we picked her up on the way there. By 7:30, all who came had arrived. Stephanie brought a birthday cake with a Coca-Cola can pictured on it. They didn’t have Diet Coke. We were there for a couple hours until we all went home. We took Melanie home before going home ourselves. I started watching a move in the evening but I was too tired to get very far.

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Feb172005

Broken A/C and A Running German Girl

I had been told we’d be going to work early today but we didn’t end up there all that early. The office was closed today but I had to be there for the A/C repairman. IT was more than somewhat warm in the office. I had a wee bit of work but hardly enough to justify my presence. I got lunch around 11. The A/C guys didn’t arrive until after two. It didn’t take them long to figure out there was a bigger problem that they’d be unable to solve today. With them finished I was free to leave for the day. Dad got me a cab so I could go uptown for class later this evening. I went to Melanie’s house for a little while before we both had to go to our classes this evening. We ended up watching some of Ferris Bueller's Day Off after it came up in random conversation. Melanie’s mom, Ann, gave us a ride to the campus. During this evening’s film class, we watched Run Lola Run. It was a short and ‘interesting’ movie. It was short so we had time to discuss it in class afterward. Dad picked me up after class to go home. We picked up some milk on the way. I was online for a while after class and talked to Khadijah four a couple hours on the phone before going to bed.

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Feb152005

Pizza and 1984

Dad dropped me off with a few minutes to spare before this afternoon’s marketing class. There was a test today that I didn’t really study for but I think I did ok. I took a bus down Magazine St. to meet Melanie for lunch after one. We ate at a little pizza place called Theo’s. We split a pizza, which was quite tasty. She had another hour to kill after lunch so we walked down Magazine a bit, stopped in one of the many antique shops for a minute, and eventually occupied a park bench for a little while before she had to leave. I took the same bus back downtown to the Sheraton, where I remained for a couple hours with my laptop, some orange juice and a bowl of snack mix. I left the Pelican Bar after five and walked to the New Orleans Centre for this evening’s Rock and Roll History class. This evening session covered Alan Freed’s demise and the events leading up to the British invasion. After the break, we watched A Hard Day’s Night. After class, I walked to the medical school and took the shuttle uptown to Turchin Stadium to meet Dad who was at the Tulane baseball game this evening. Tulane defeated McNeese State 3-0, in what I understand was a good game. I arrived just in time to see the game end and the player’s walk off the field. After Dad spoke with some people he knew after the game, we walked to the car and went home. Later in the evening I added some reviews from class to the website and watched 1984.

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Feb152005

Valentine’s Day

Things were pretty quiet at work today. Dad and I were the only ones in the office today with the exception of a few patients as Deidre wasn’t in the office today. I had a little dictation and some filing to keep me occupied for a while. It was because of this that we needed to be in the office for nine so I had to wake up a lot earlier than usual. We left after five. Dad took me uptown for class this evening. Dr. Houston discussed our online community reviews this evening. She liked my work this time, a nice change. This gave me a chance to relax a little during the ‘writing workshop’ period of the class. There was a short lecture of word usage afterward regarding vocabulary, diction and avoiding clich’s. I walked to Melanie’s house after class to visit for a while. She gave me some cookies she baked and made me a CD, complete with liner notes, which was exceedingly sweet. We talked and such for a while before Dad picked me up after 11. I listened to the CD after I got home and went to bed shortly thereafter.

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Feb142005

Sunday at Home

I remained at home for the rest of the day after church this morning. I napped for a while before dinner. Later in the evening I worked on my message board review while the Grammy’s were on. I continued working on it after everyone else went to bed and finished around 1 AM. I went to bed not long after.

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Feb122005

Hitch

I woke up feeling a bit sickly this morning, likely due to the crappy night’s sleep I had. I wasn’t able to get myself together in time to go with Dad to Tulane’s baseball games today. The house was empty not long after I got up. I watched some TV for a while. Khadijah came by around three. She visited for a couple hours. I made us both some lunch shortly after she arrived. She looked through a box full of old pictures I’d taken. We both played Halo 2 for a little while. We finally heard from Andrey around five. He came by to pick us up after seven to go eat and see a movie. I still wasn’t feeling quite right but I figured I’d be better off out of the house and moving a bit. We went to Chevy’s, which is right in front of The Palace. I wasn’t really hungry but I was convinced it was in my best interest to eat something so I got a plate of quesadillias. I was only able to eat half of it. After dinner we went to the movies. It took a few minutes to decided to see Hitch. We had a bit of a wait before it started seating so we went to the arcade for a little while. We took our seats just a few minutes after they started seating. It was a good things as the theater grew full before the movie started. If nothing else, Hitch was pretty funny, although a bit long. The originality of the premise is also debatable. I can recall no other ‘date doctor’ movie but the ‘cool black guy’ teaches ‘dorky white guy’ has been done more than once. It was certainly enjoyable however, high praise given my disdain for romantic comedies. Andrey took us home after the movie. I was on the computer for a while, catching up on this log before going to bed around three.

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Feb112005

Huey’s Diner and Million Dollar Baby

I had to get up a good deal earlier than usual this morning as Dad wanted me at work around nine. Ami rode along so Dad could take her to the airport after dropping me off. There was enough dictation to keep me busy through most of the work day. We had some trouble with the printer so Dad decided to buy another one as they cost about as much as the drum cartridges anyway and he could use the one we have for the east office. However, he returned with a similar model that was just a fax machine and unable to print from a computer so I had to pack it back up after opening it. We left the office around three. Dad dropped me off downtown as I was seeing Melanie for dinner this evening. I was rather early and I had a couple hours to kill. I sat in the Pelican Bar at the Sheraton with orange juice and a bowl of munchies for company. While I was there, I spoke with Khadijah on the phone, who said she and Andrey would be able to join us later for a movie. Melanie arrived on time at five. We walked around the hotel to a little place called Huey’s Diner for dinner. It’s a small, sharp-looking restaurant. We both had hamburgers, neither of us were able to finish them. We left the diner just before six. We had just over an hour before the movie started so we went the lobby in the Wyndam at Canal Place to sit around and talk for a little while before going to the theater. We heard from Khadijah while there. She said she had not yet heard from Andrey and it looked like they wouldn’t be joining us. We left the lobby at twenty to seven to get our seats in the movie. We went to see Million Dollar Baby, an impressive, if somewhat depressing Clint Eastwood movie. After we left the theater, I returned Dad’s phone call. He had come from Tulane’s first baseball game of the season to Canal Place after the movie to pick us up. He was on the second floor looking for a bathroom so he came up to the third to meet us. The one of that floor was locked so we suggested he try the hotel lobby on the 11th floor. We went up with him. While Melanie and I were waiting I realized I left my watch in the theater. Melanie and I went right back to the theater and I retrieved my watch and then went back to meet dad. He was parked right outside the mall. We took Melanie home and then we went home ourselves. We stopped at the grocery store on the way to get milk and toothpaste. Later in the evening I talked to Khadijah on the phone for a while before going to bed around three. I had trouble getting to sleep though as my waterbed had been unplugged and was quite cold throughout the evening.

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Feb102005

Ami's Last Day in New Orleans

Ami and I left the house after 11, having taken our good old time to get up and about. We walked to the bus stop across Gen. De Gaulle to go downtown. We were pretty unlucky in catching the bus. After waiting for a while I called RTA and found it would be over a half hour before the next bus was to come. She suggested we walk up the street instead of just waiting around, and we did. We eventually made our way to Huntlee Dr. and decided to stop and wait there. Some Karr students joined us in waiting just after we got there. One of the students recognized Ami as Melissa’s sister. We spoke with them briefly before the bus arrived. The bus got pretty crowded as it made it’s way closer to the river. We got off at on Loyola and went into the library where we were to meet Khadijah, who had been there for a little while working on a paper for an art class. We had no trouble finding her on the 2nd floor. We remained at the library until it closed at 6 PM. We all managed to remain occupied throughout that time. While there we saw Mr. Novacov, who was an administrator at Edna Karr for quite a while, including the years we attended. Before leaving I checked out some CDs, including Beethioven’s nine symphonies. After leaving the library we walked down to the Quarter so Ami could pick up a gift for her mother. While we were ‘shopping,’ we spoke with Melanie and invited her to join us this evening at Ms. Belinda’s place to watch a movie or something. Surprisingly, she accepted. With Ami’s purchase out of the way, we walked to Canal St. to stop somewhere to get something to eat. We were gonna go to McDonalds but Kali wanted to go to a Chinese place next door so we did. I wasn’t hungry and didn’t get anything. After Ami and Khadijah had finished, we walked to the bus stop to do to Khadijah’s place. I called Melanie on the way home. She said she’d be unable to come. We got off the bus in front of Tall Timbers. I talked to Dad and he gave us a short ride from there to Ms. Belinda’s house. It’s pretty close but it would have taken 20 minutes to walk. We watched TV and talked for a while. Ami and I took a cab home before two.

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