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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Loiusiana sucks ass

Believe me, I put some thought into the above statement. Perhaps I judge a bit too harshly by lumping in the ENTIRE state, but I will go so far as to say that Northern Louisiana sucks ass.
The weather here is horrible. It's either hot and wet, cold and wet, or cold an dry (rare). Never just "pleasant". People here are rude. Now I'm talking service people in general here. They would rather talk to each other, or a friend on the phone rather than helping a customer. Note that WalMart no longer has the "did your salesperson greet you pleasantly today?" question on the electronic pad. People drive like crap down here. Enough said.
Everything molds (back to weather, above) and rusts. I get deathly ill EVERY time I come down here. I'm convinced it's the climate.
The whole place feels like a ghetto, and this is coming from someone who lives in Gardiner for crying out loud. There may be antebellum homes and mardi gras, but it just is not worth the bother. Raze the whole state and drill for the oil. Smells like swamp and petroleum here anyway.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Louisiana xmas break, 2009

As is typical, nothing is ever boring at sister's house.
Only took me 2 and a half days to drive the 1800 miles down - though I was pretty worn out after doing it all by myself. It will be nice to have Mitch with me on the trip north to share the load. Hunter Eddie settled into life (aka the softest spot in the house) like he never left. Gotta wonder what's going on in his mind.
Mitch and I have gotten time to hang out which is really cool, but Tuck man is still in school until the day before xmas. Aims is working a lot as well, so it's just me and the boys until the evenings.
I've fixed one computer up for TJ and am working on a second at the moment, as well as moving a ton of crap around the house, so staying very busy.
Chilly down herre, but nothing like up north for sure.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Quite probably the shittiest week ever

Joy and fun for the holiday season.
No luck hunting.
The GIS server was (still is?) down this week, then I got roaring stomach cramps Wednesday - thought it was food poisoning so i threw out all the leftovers in the fridge. By day 2 sure I have the stomach flu. Day 3 and I'm finally feeling a bit better. Sleeping a lot.
Still SO much work to do.
Supposed to be leaving for the deep south next weekend, but have no idea how I'm going to get everything done before then.
What a week.