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fess up friday

the gustav edition

hey party people! your girl is still here in memphis, just as tired as tired can be but trying to make the most of this evacuation thing. my person in the field said my house is fine (other than some foul business in the freezer). my crew from nola (specifically kem) coined the term the new evacuee. being a new evacuee involved massages and body treatments, lots of wine (did i say lots of wine) and shopping. the following is the two-week roundup of the business:

saturday, august 23
3 hours? i didn’t record this but suspect that i worked since i took off the next day…

sunday, august 24
0 hours for rain

monday, august 25
3.5 hours

tuesday, august 26
3.5 hours

wednesday, august 27
3 hours

thursday, august 28
0 hours (packing to evacuate for gustav)

friday, august 29
0 hours (getting ready for gustav)

saturday, august 30
0 hours

sunday, august 31
0 hours (but visit with frank d @ his studio)

monday, september 1
0 hours (evacuee cipher with my people. there was poetry, part of my novel, music, reflections and people poll questions. and wine. lots & lots of wine.)

tuesday, september 2
7 hours (granted mostly distracted due to general stress and visit from ghost of relationship past)

wednesday, september 3
7.5 hours (somehow, miraculously pieced together the scenes for this next chunk of the story.)

thursday, september 4
0 hours

friday, september 5
3.5 hours (so very, very tired)

total this week: 31 hours
total to date: 332 hours

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only in louisiana…

when terrebonne parish president michel claudet was asked if there would be a curfew in place urged his residents to make sure if they were staying that they had their cigarettes and alcohol because there would be a curfew in effect once the mandatory evacuation starts. *sigh* what a place.

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