four days, a pack of luckies, and a camera

I've been trying diligently (ed: off and on during the day while the supervisor was not lurking) to find a reasonable day trip this weekend. Turns out New Orleans was the cheapest with a flight for $145 (I can drive it for $120 and have my car). Wonder if the hurricane has anything to do with the cheap price?

Found out that according to Expedia, you can't get to Taos from Birmingham and it turns out that Birmingham is not much of a direct flight to anywhere except Atlanta and Charlotte. *sigh* I had some plans to go to Houston tomorrow night to see Tom Petty - turns out Gustov had other plans for me. It's cool because I was really just going to hang with a friend.

I could go to NYC for $1,000 or even Mystic, Connecticut. Yes...I've loved the thought of Mystic since the movie. But....I may have to console myself with a drive down the Natchez Parkway instead. I saw some cool shots of a cypress swamp just outside of Jackson....and, I would have to drive through Elvis' birthplace and I love that song, Tupelo Honey. A good "maybe" if I don't park my lazy ass on my sofa.

It's been a while since I've had four whole days to myself.....

stuck on the set of Roxanne

I lost my edge somewhere....the sharp wit of my tongue has become dulled. Maybe it's because I took a vow to be nice or some such thing. I miss it - that pocket Dorothy Parker that would come whipping around the corner, ready to slash and burn at a moment's notice. I feel she's lurking there in the dark, yearning to peer over her cat's eye glasses...

Is it because I stopped drinking martinis? Lately the cape of cotton wool has enveloped me in this cushion of .... nothingness. Irony and wit is dulled by the blunt edges of people who really don't get it.

regained power

weird how things work out....last night before going to bed, I told the cat not to wake me up at 4:30 wanting food. my power went out at exactly 4:26 and the cat was nowhere to be found. he was hiding out from the 30+ mph winds and monsoon gushing down from the August heavens and the leavings of Fay. I tossed and turned until 9:30 when I finally awoke completely after several 30ish minute naps. I went to work and thankfully the power was on there.

finally, power returned around noonish and I was cool again. funny how we can miss things so very easily.

yesterday was a lark - full of photography doings and then going to see Tropic Thunder with some friends. the movie was better than I expected and full of bathroom humor as one might expect with the cast. I didn't realize Tom Cruise was in it or I might have missed it (I have a ban for Tom going). he was wonderfully vulgar actually - as arrogant as I would expect him to be - maybe it was the part written for him.

I got nothing accomplished that I wanted done today....there is always tomorrow. keep your fingers crossed I can take off Friday for a four day weekend.

this might be

my favorite of my shots to date....

fair warning

I do not know what is about me...but I seem to attract drama llamas lately. Is it my calm exterior and determination not to be involved in toxic situations? It is a test? What? I'm tolerant until someone pushes me past my limits and then...all bets are off and I'm over it.

So...fair warning llama, you're about to be gone. Calm down and deep breaths. Make it work.