So.... Since my first attempt at a quiz was a disaster I will skip it this week and ponder trying again next week.
Today, I will list things I love about New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
And hopefully I will be able to see and experience these things again. Soon. Well, most of them.
1) Sitting on the bank of the Mississippi eating Toblerone and Muffalettas from Central Grocery.
2) Going to see Romeo & Juliet (the ballet) with Tangerine, spotting the hottest dancers a couple of hours later in the French Quarter and then stalking them around the Quarter for ages before giving up in a fit of giggles.
3) The first time I ever caught a crab in a crab trap down in Montrose (Fairhope), Alabama.
4) Casting the net with the official "Mullet Man" of Fairhope (it IS official, I have the certificate) off various piers; catching lots and lots of mullet for him to smoke and give away.
5) Eating a crawfish po-boy at the Fairgrounds at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
6) Being confronted with a Natchitoches Meat Pie and being powerless against it. Years of vegetarianism out the window. And it was so worth it. Especially when later eating a Muffaletta.
7) Running around the USS Alabama like a demon child with my cousins almost every Easter when we'd go to visit my grandparents.
8) Watching tons of ParrotHeads at the NO Jazz & Heritage Festival acting like awesome dorks while Buffett sang onstage.
9) Sitting right outside the Gospel tent at the Jazz Fest on a Sunday morning with my iced coffee and my beignets listening to the Nevilles - best Church Service in the world.
10) Aw hell, ANYTHING at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
11) Sand crabs on the beach in Gulfport.
12) Purchasing a stuffed crawfish that I later named Cheeto.
13) Riding the streetcar past all the pretty, pretty houses.
14) Eating dinner at the Commander's Palace on prom night with my folks, way before I was old enough to go to Prom. Back before Emeril's name was a household one.
15) Spending Easter Weekend at Nottaway Plantation with my parents and grandparents, during my Gone with the Wind obsession, pretending I was Scarlett O'Hara with flouncy skirts and a billion potential boyfriends. I was about 11, it was a totally acceptable fantasy.
16) Eating black olives and cottage cheese from the Fairhope Yacht Club salad bar and then polishing off a huge steak to please my grandfather.
17) Sitting on the lower level of my cousin's pier house in 'bama while he showed me glow-in-the-dark jelly fish in the water right below us.
18) Riding in a boat with my family down in Alabama and seeing dolphins swimming next to us.
19) Sitting on the porch at my cousins' house. My grandmother had died and we had all gathered together for her memorial at the church. After that we went to my cousins' place and watched the sun set talking about family and my grandmother. And it helped me deal with losing her. Being there and being with my family, remembering her in a place that suited her well.
Friday, September 09, 2005
Dismal Failure
Well, it appears none of you watch Charlie's Angels. I'm disgusted with all of you. And I will be having a mandatory party soon where we will watch about 17 hours of Charlie's Angels episdoes. Be there or feel my wrath.
Answers below. No one wins. You all suck.
1) Which Angel is the only one to star in all five seasons?
Kelly Garrett/Jaclyn Smith (2)
2) In "Night of the Strangler" (episode 3), what did the killer use to strangle his/her vicitms?
Rag Doll (2)
3) From what cities did each Angel come when they joined Charlie's team?
Sabrina - LA
Jill - LA
Kelly - LA
Kris - San Francisco
Tiffany - Boston
Julie - LA (5)
4) Which Angel was Kate Jackson originally set to play?
Kelly Garrett, in the end played by Jaclyn Smith (1)
5) From what profession did each Angel come when they joined Charlie's team?
Sabrina - Police Force
Jill - Police Force
Kelly - Police Force
Kris - Police Academy
Tiffany - Police Academy
Julie - Modeling (5)
6) What profession did Jill chose after leaving Charlie's team?
Professional Race Car Driver (1)
7) How many seasons saw Farrah Fawcett-Majors as one of the three starring angels?
One, she returned for guest starring roles in three episodes each for seasons 3 & 4 (1)
8) Which Angel's boyfriend was played by Tom Selleck?
Kelly Garret (1)
9) What sport did the Angels play in "Angels in the Backfield" (Season 2)?
Football (1)
10) Who was the final actress to be added to the Angel line-up? Extra point for her character's name.
Tanya Roberts/Julie Rogers (2)
11) Between which two seasons was there NOT a change in the Angel line up?
Season 2 & 3 (1)
12) With what other Spelling show did the Angels combine casts for the Season Four premier?
The Love Boat (1)
Answers below. No one wins. You all suck.
1) Which Angel is the only one to star in all five seasons?
Kelly Garrett/Jaclyn Smith (2)
2) In "Night of the Strangler" (episode 3), what did the killer use to strangle his/her vicitms?
Rag Doll (2)
3) From what cities did each Angel come when they joined Charlie's team?
Sabrina - LA
Jill - LA
Kelly - LA
Kris - San Francisco
Tiffany - Boston
Julie - LA (5)
4) Which Angel was Kate Jackson originally set to play?
Kelly Garrett, in the end played by Jaclyn Smith (1)
5) From what profession did each Angel come when they joined Charlie's team?
Sabrina - Police Force
Jill - Police Force
Kelly - Police Force
Kris - Police Academy
Tiffany - Police Academy
Julie - Modeling (5)
6) What profession did Jill chose after leaving Charlie's team?
Professional Race Car Driver (1)
7) How many seasons saw Farrah Fawcett-Majors as one of the three starring angels?
One, she returned for guest starring roles in three episodes each for seasons 3 & 4 (1)
8) Which Angel's boyfriend was played by Tom Selleck?
Kelly Garret (1)
9) What sport did the Angels play in "Angels in the Backfield" (Season 2)?
Football (1)
10) Who was the final actress to be added to the Angel line-up? Extra point for her character's name.
Tanya Roberts/Julie Rogers (2)
11) Between which two seasons was there NOT a change in the Angel line up?
Season 2 & 3 (1)
12) With what other Spelling show did the Angels combine casts for the Season Four premier?
The Love Boat (1)
Thursday, September 08, 2005
More of My Rock Star Life
I am in desperate need of a vacation. So bad. The long weekend was lovely, but not nearly long enough.
I headed to Branford in Connecticut to hang with Pumpkin, Fishboy and Pumpkin's aunt. She has a cute little house right by the beach so most of the weekend was spent walking dogs, sleeping and lazing around the beach with a book. It was great to see all of them and to catch up on sleep and dog time. We also watched Super Size Me which made me grateful that I'm currently working on eating healthier and also made me reconsider ever eating McDonald's fries again. In one of the DVD extras Spurlock puts various Mickey D products in glass canisters to see what happens compared to a standard restaurant burger and fries. Ten Weeks later everything else had molded but the fries. They looked exactly the same as they did when he got them. So disturbing to me. We also watched Monster-In-Law as well, but the less said about that the better. I think I'd rather eat the fries than see that again. And I love Jane Fonda and topless Michael Vartan. So very sad.
The beach was awesome, though. Just laying around talking a little, swimming a little, reading a little and dozing a little was great. We had good weather, lots of sun and one visit by the ice cream man. Monday was the prettiest day and it sucked to have to leave early to head home. It's been a while since I was in Hawai'i for any length of time and I didn't realize how much I missed just laying around in the sunshine with the sound of waves and water birds and people playing around on the beach. I need to get outside more. New York is making me a pasty, doughy, indoors girl and I don't like it.
This week has been pretty busy. Lots going on at work now that the summer is over and we have to get back to being more productive. Which sucks. As I hate my job. Plus lots of friend time. Late dinner at Gravy with Maggie on Tuesday and then a bit of a walk searching for the mythical bus that goes almost straight to her 'hood from mine. Turns out it's not so mythical but it does stop running around 9something at night. But now we know. For the future. Though the bus does scare me a little. I'm so comfortable with the subway now that I've forgotten all I knew of bus etiquette.
Tuesday was also my first dentist visit in about 7 or 8 years. What a way to kick of the day after Labor Day. It was pretty bad and apparently two "quadrants" needed deep cleaning as opposed to the regular kind. Who knows. But it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. And we were all (me, dentist, hygenist and receptionist - VERY friendly dental office) quite pleased that my teeth are pretty good and I have no cavities. Now I just have to decide what I want to do about my wisdom teeth.
Last night Vader came over for pizza, beer and Veronica Mars. I was one of the seven folks who watched and loved it last season and Vader (as well as PimpMama) got into it through reruns this summer. I've been TiVoing a few for her over the summer and kept the season finale on TiVo so we could watch a bunch of them together. Last night was the second to last episode so I had her over to watch that and then the finale. She's hooked and we now have only 20 days until the premiere. Woo.
The rest of the week involves walking (still obsessing over weight & diet), making cupcakes, TiVo catch up and an alumni board meeting. Because I am that exciting. That damn exciting.
I headed to Branford in Connecticut to hang with Pumpkin, Fishboy and Pumpkin's aunt. She has a cute little house right by the beach so most of the weekend was spent walking dogs, sleeping and lazing around the beach with a book. It was great to see all of them and to catch up on sleep and dog time. We also watched Super Size Me which made me grateful that I'm currently working on eating healthier and also made me reconsider ever eating McDonald's fries again. In one of the DVD extras Spurlock puts various Mickey D products in glass canisters to see what happens compared to a standard restaurant burger and fries. Ten Weeks later everything else had molded but the fries. They looked exactly the same as they did when he got them. So disturbing to me. We also watched Monster-In-Law as well, but the less said about that the better. I think I'd rather eat the fries than see that again. And I love Jane Fonda and topless Michael Vartan. So very sad.
The beach was awesome, though. Just laying around talking a little, swimming a little, reading a little and dozing a little was great. We had good weather, lots of sun and one visit by the ice cream man. Monday was the prettiest day and it sucked to have to leave early to head home. It's been a while since I was in Hawai'i for any length of time and I didn't realize how much I missed just laying around in the sunshine with the sound of waves and water birds and people playing around on the beach. I need to get outside more. New York is making me a pasty, doughy, indoors girl and I don't like it.
This week has been pretty busy. Lots going on at work now that the summer is over and we have to get back to being more productive. Which sucks. As I hate my job. Plus lots of friend time. Late dinner at Gravy with Maggie on Tuesday and then a bit of a walk searching for the mythical bus that goes almost straight to her 'hood from mine. Turns out it's not so mythical but it does stop running around 9something at night. But now we know. For the future. Though the bus does scare me a little. I'm so comfortable with the subway now that I've forgotten all I knew of bus etiquette.
Tuesday was also my first dentist visit in about 7 or 8 years. What a way to kick of the day after Labor Day. It was pretty bad and apparently two "quadrants" needed deep cleaning as opposed to the regular kind. Who knows. But it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. And we were all (me, dentist, hygenist and receptionist - VERY friendly dental office) quite pleased that my teeth are pretty good and I have no cavities. Now I just have to decide what I want to do about my wisdom teeth.
Last night Vader came over for pizza, beer and Veronica Mars. I was one of the seven folks who watched and loved it last season and Vader (as well as PimpMama) got into it through reruns this summer. I've been TiVoing a few for her over the summer and kept the season finale on TiVo so we could watch a bunch of them together. Last night was the second to last episode so I had her over to watch that and then the finale. She's hooked and we now have only 20 days until the premiere. Woo.
The rest of the week involves walking (still obsessing over weight & diet), making cupcakes, TiVo catch up and an alumni board meeting. Because I am that exciting. That damn exciting.
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