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Post by strat-0 on Nov 25, 2005 15:23:44 GMT -5
Sort of like hiring the captain of the Exxon-Valdez as a consultant in avoiding oil spills. He ought to know, right? "I said, 'Rum and coke on the rocks,' not, 'Run the boat on the rocks'!"
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Post by kmc on Nov 25, 2005 16:05:43 GMT -5
They are just fucking with us, strat-0. Of course Mike Brown can't be serious. He's a moron. It'd be like having a barely functioning retard acting as President of the US.
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Post by rockkid on Nov 26, 2005 0:18:01 GMT -5
Yeah I heard a sound bite about his “consulting firm” earlier tonight.
Who in gods name would be dumb enough to hire him?!
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Post by kmc on Nov 26, 2005 17:27:54 GMT -5
Yeah I heard a sound bite about his “consulting firm” earlier tonight. Who in gods name would be dumb enough to hire him?! Horse operations? |
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Post by rockkid on Nov 27, 2005 11:20:33 GMT -5
ouch
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Post by luke on Dec 31, 2005 16:05:45 GMT -5
Well, no more curfews in New Orleans. Every friend I have is going there for the New Year tonight, but I think I'm going to pass. Not so much just because I'm getting old as I'm not sure if I have $300 to throw away. It'd be really fucking cool to see the city somewhat back on its feet, though. I'll be there for Mardi Gras, at least.
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Post by maarts on Dec 31, 2005 19:09:38 GMT -5
Mate, I'll bet NO will party like it was the last day on Earth.
Like a relief valve being let off after the most horrible year in existence.
Looking forward to a brand New Year might just be the trigger for all struck people to gather and shout 'yeah, we fucking survived!'
tell ya, it'll be the party to beat in the US this year.
Have fun whatever you do! Good luck and best wishes!
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Post by luke on Jan 1, 2006 22:15:22 GMT -5
Wow, maarts, you have me regretting I didn't go!
My friends said it was pretty wild, same shit as usual. Not much was different downtown at all.
I ended up staying home, drinking entirely too much, and puking in the bed. Nice.
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Post by rockkid on Jan 30, 2006 9:37:04 GMT -5
The wife wasn't in it was she?
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Post by luke on Jan 30, 2006 9:39:21 GMT -5
No, she made it longer than I did. Projectile vomitted all over my face, it was awesome.
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Post by rockkid on Jan 31, 2006 12:06:01 GMT -5
But did you get aroused? That is the big question.
Oh how far I’m sinking today. Slap me.
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Post by luke on Mar 1, 2006 15:34:01 GMT -5
Well. I was in New Orleans this weekend.
As far as Mardi Gras goes, it was different. The crowds were smaller, and I’m not sure if I saw a black face the entire time I was there.
The cops were out in huge force. I think that there’s usually that many cops, but since there weren’t as many people, they seemed a bit overwhelming.
There weren’t many tourists, which means that there was indeed an unfortunate lack of bare breasts.
The crowds were alive, though. The bars were slammed. The religious fanatics were out preaching even harder than usual. Some Jesus freak with a video camera came up to my friend and said, “Are you down with Jesus or are you a poseur?” I guess he was trying to do some TRUTH-esque hip-to-be-square video or something, but my friend, between chugs of hand grenade, called the guy a motherfucker and came close to knocking him out.
It rained hard Saturday night, and the parade got cancelled. But it didn’t slow the party down at all.
Sunday was gorgeous, and the parade was awesome.
We drove through the city. It was so strange. Used to be when you accidentally wind up in the Ninth Ward, you’d lock your doors and do everything you could to not look like a tourist, and keep driving until you got the fuck out of there.
There was not a soul there. I forgot my camera, goddamnit, and for once I was actually wishing for a camera phone. We got out in the middle of the fucking ghetto, a bunch of scrawny white kids, and pissed on the ruins of collapsed McDonald’s. It stank.
One side of the street would appear unaffected by the flooding, the projects and buildings all intact. The other side of the road, there would be nothing at all, or a bunch of buildings that had fallen over or collapsed. In most places, though, the destruction was completely evident. You can’t describe the feeling or even look of desolation there. The scene is one out of some post-apocalyptic flick, the ruins resembling something out of Mad Max or a Planet of the Apes sequel.
On second thought, I doubt a camera would have done any good. Take all the pictures you want, it takes being there in person to grasp the scope of the desolation.
We rode through all of this getting wasted and gawking, having fun for the most part but sometimes floored by what we were experiencing. It was amazing.
Came back to Lafayette on Monday, and partied here through that night and all of yesterday. It was an excellent time. I had a great Mardi Gras.
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Post by strat-0 on Mar 1, 2006 20:54:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the firsthand field report, Luke. I'd like to see the Ninth Ward for myself, and other parts. I'm surprised that the cops didn't give you any kind of hassle there. Sounds like they weren't around either, and why should they be at this point, really? Nothing left; nobody there. Did you see the barge?
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Post by luke on Mar 2, 2006 12:26:08 GMT -5
Yeah, I figured we'd get stopped by cops or something, or see some of these urban legend California gangs that have supposedly moved in...but there wasn't ANYONE. Including anybody working.
We got around a bit in the lower ninth ward, I believe, but a lot of that wreckage was pretty thick. Didn't see the barge.
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Post by shin on Mar 2, 2006 12:43:30 GMT -5
It really feels like this world is slowly slipping toward the Thunderdome.
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