August 2011
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WatchThis is from last night’s Midsummer Mardi Gras. I feel like this sums it up pretty well.
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“You so pretty you need a carriage!”
– I got my favorite catcall ever today while walking along the St. Charles streetcar line.
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thistleburr answered your question: Is it weird that I kind of wish I lived on the East Coast right now?
It’s not fun for people in hospitals who need electricity to stay alive, or their families. We’re expecting massive blackouts.
Seriously. I can understand how that person was sort of jealous of all the excitement in the same way that Californians envy Northeasterners their...
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Leaning Tower of Janis's House
So earlier today I ventured into my new apartment for the first time since I excitedly said, “I’ll take it!” two months ago.
Some things I noticed:
The previous tenant left the apartment pretty much trashed, but I am too impatient to wait until next week for a professional cleaning service, so tonight I’m going to clean like a motherfucka.
It’s a bit …...
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Is it weird that I kind of wish I lived on the...
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ravengeary:
Ignoring the fact that all my possessions might be destroyed, it seems almost…fun to be in a hurricane.
Maybe a Category 1 storm, sure, it’s frightening in a kind of cool way. While I was at home during Hurricane Katrina I thought it was rather fun as well. It wasn’t the first hurricane I had experienced (usually we had ‘hurricane parties’ and celebrated it, such is...
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“The tree lay down
on the garage roof
and stretched, You
have your heaven,
it...”
– William Carlos Williams, “The Hurricane” (via proustitute)
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Hurricanes
tomolesnevich:
hur·ri·cane - noun 1. A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. 2. A tasty, boozy nawlins concoction. Combine ice, light rum, passion fruit syrup, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage and lime juice. Shake well and pour mixture into a Hurricane or other large specialty glass. Float the 151 proof rum on top of the drink.
I prefer the...
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“I’m just not the type of person who accumulates friends or enjoys crowds. I’m...”
– The Distant Hours by Kate Morton (via thebookishdark)
It's Friday, Friday, Gettin' Down on Friday.
I’m moving into my new apartment tonight/this weekend, and I am all aflutter, you guys. Yesterday I went to this sad discount mattress warehouse in Metairie and bought a brand spankin’ new mattress (because really, who wants bedbugs? Not I.) from this guy who looked like he was from Jersey Shore except wearing a suit and way too much cologne. And it got me thinking: statistically, do...
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Writers' habits series
thebookexperience:
Joyce Carol Oates
What is your writing routine?
I try to write in the morning very intensely, from 8:30 to 1 p.m. When I’m traveling, I can work from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Alone, I don’t sleep that well. I get a lot of work done in hotel rooms. The one solace for loneliness is work. I hand write and then I type. I don’t have a word processor. I write slowly.
Are you able to...
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tobeyoung:
New Ryan Adams single Lucky Now.
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thenightdances asked: hey! i just started following you. i love your new orleans worship. where are you from? also, i am glad to find more someone who is still in love with Ryan Adams.
talking to city boys on the phone.
warsanshire:
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freewrite. written in seven minutes. - we do breathing exercises over the phone because you like to punch people in the mouth. i know, fighting is easier than dancing or making love. when i’m alone i think of suckling on your fractured knuckles. ‘just close your eyes and imagine a meadow breathe in deep pushing out your stomach’ i hear you hesitate on the other side of the...
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WatchWatch me play a new original song after sipping Jim Beam the redneck way. Also enjoy my cleavage.
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“There are more like us. All over the world
There are confused people, who can’t...”
– Robert Bly, People Like Us (via grammatolatry)
“And I woke up, and I didn’t know what happened, but I was wearing a...”
– My BFF Krystal has the best drunk stories.
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sublime-mango:
“This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornographers, frauds, jades, litterbugs, and lesbians, all of whom are only too well protected by graft. If you have a moment, I shall endeavor to discuss the crime problem with you, but don’t make the mistake of bothering me.”
-A...
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“The craft is as ritualistic as that of a carpenter putting down his plane and...”
– Derek Walcott (via theparisreview)
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Louisiana Lush
Is it possible to NOT be an alcoholic in New Orleans? (Ignore split infinitive made by my booze-addled mind)
HOWWWW?
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Top 10 highest paid authors of 2011 →
wordpainting:
Forbes has just released their 2011 list of the world’s highest paid authors (based on earnings from May 2010 to April 2011), and some of them may surprise you. We’ll tell you how much each author made, why you should know their names, and how they beat the recession’s effect on the fiction industry.
I should just start writing pulpy romance novels and be done with it. I want my...
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“A poem begins with a lump in the throat, a home-sickness or a love-sickness. It...”
– Robert Frost (via reaganation)
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“We all feel unhoused in some sense. That’s part of why we write.”
– Andrea Barrett (via theparisreview)
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“Nothing undoes the knot behind my chest
more than watching you take off your...”
– Thorpe Moeckel: Why I Go To Bed Earlier (via grammatolatry)
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I've Been Writing Songs Like a Beast.
It’s been so effortless this week.
I used to think that maintaining creativity was this delicate process, but now I think it’s just a matter of receptivity: you have to be present when an idea comes knocking. I’ve been writing down every line that comes into my head, even the bad ones.
What I’m learning is that I wasted a lot of time trying—trying to sound a...
