wrapped up nicely in a handbasket....where are we going?

i think that this pretty much sums up how i feel about the state of our government, media and the culture of celebrity in our country right now. thank you, decemberists for putting it into words and a song for me.

Sixteen military wives
Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes
Staring at the natural tan
of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands
Seventeen company men
Out of which only twelve will make it back again
Sergeant sends a letter to five
Military wives, whose tears drip down through ten little eyes

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can, and America can't say no
And America does, if America says it's so
It's so!

And the anchorperson on TV goes...
La de da de da

Fifteen celebrity minds
Leading their fifteen sordid wretched checkered lives
Will they find the solution in time
Using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds?

Eighteen academy chairs
Out of which only seven really even care
Doling out the garland to five
Celebrity minds, they're humbly taken by surprise

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can, and America can't say no
And America does, if America says it's so
It's so!

And the anchorperson on TV goes...
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da

Fourteen cannibal kings
Wondering blithely what the dinner bell will bring
Fifteen celebrity minds
Served on a leafy bed OF sixteen military wives

Cheer them on to their rivals
Cause America can, and America can't say no
And America does, if America says it's so
It's so!

And the anchorperson on TV goes...
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da-dedadeda-de de dadede-daaaaa

i love the smell of new blogs in the morning

hurray! new blog!

with months of prompting from meeg and vague mentions by other people i have finally decided to start a new blog. for all of you wondering about the fate of the other blog, the one i've had since before nola was k-ville, i am sorry to tell you that that one has fallen between the cracks. it is there for all of you who would like to remember the good ol' days when we only joked about the city being washed away and the word katrinaville would have made no sense.
a few things you should know about my new blog:
1) don't expect me to use caps. it's not going to happen. comment and complain all you like, you aren't going to change my mind on this one.
2) i'm not going to be posting everyday but you might get multiple posts in one day. it should all even out in the end. i know you need your fix but you're just going to have to stay calm.
3) don't think that it's always going to make sense. i reserve the right to ramble.
4) i also reserve the right to spell things incorrectly. maybe i even did it on purpose to make a point...you decide.
5) i don't really like rules so i'm not going to conform to anything (except for the no caps thing. i just can't be bothered).
i must confess that i don't have much to say at this moment. my home computer is acting up so i'm afraid that there won't be photos and such until i've gotten all of that sorted out. until then you're just going to have to deal with plain ol' posts (and the next one won't be as lame as this one, i swear). it's time to pack up and go home so that's going to have to be it for today. stay cool.

book i'm reading right now: sophie's world by jostein gaarder
last song i listened to: we both go down together by the decemberists
minutes until i'm supposed to leave work: 2
minutes until i'm actually going to get out of here: probably something like 20
storms in the gulf: 1 (tropical storm erin-- headed towards texas)
storms in the atlantic: 1 (tropical storm dean-- headed god only knows where)
weather today: hot and sunny, only a cloud or two in sight. 92 degrees but it feels like it's about 114 with the heat index.
days until my birthday: 12 (not including today or my bd itself)