i wish all of you the best of luck in your futures. i am at the end of my membership and it's time for me to move on. to all of you that i have met along the way thanks. i hope all the crap gets worked out.
peace out
peace out
Dear America,
I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana.
We have arrived on your doorstep on short notice and we apologize for
that, but we never were much for waiting around for invitations. We're
not much on formalities like that.
And we might be staying around your town for a while, enrolling in
your schools and looking for jobs, so we wanted to tell you a few
things about us. We know you didn't ask for this and neither did we,
so we're just going to have to make the best of it.
First of all, we thank you. For your money, your water, your food,
your prayers, your boats and buses and the men and women of your
National Guards, fire departments, hospitals and everyone else who has
come to our rescue.
We're a fiercely proud and independent people, and we don't cotton
much to outside interference, but we're not ashamed to accept help
when we need it. And right now, we need it.
Just don't get carried away. For instance, once we get around to
fishing again, don't try to tell us what kind of lures work best in
your waters.
We're not going to listen. We're stubborn that way.
You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange
music and eat things you'd probably hire an exterminator to get out of
your yard.
We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too
much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly, we're
suspicious of others who don't.
But we'll try not to judge you while we're in your town.
Everybody loves their home, we know that. But we love South Louisiana
with a ferocity that borders on the pathological. Sometimes we bury
our dead in LSU sweatshirts.
Often we don't make sense. You may wonder why, for instance - if we
could only carry one small bag of belongings with us on our journey to
your state - why in God's name did we bring a pair of shrimp boots?
We can't really explain that. It is what it is.
You've probably heard that many of us stayed behind. As bad as it is,
many of us cannot fathom a life outside of our border, out in that
place we call Elsewhere.
The only way you could understand that is if you have been there, and
so many of you have. So you realize that when you strip away all the
craziness and bars and parades and music and architecture and all that
hooey, really, the best thing about where we come from is us.
We are what made this place a national treasure. We're good people.
And don't be afraid to ask us how to pronounce our names. It happens
all the time.
When you meet us now and you look into our eyes, you will see the
saddest story ever told. Our hearts are broken into a thousand pieces.
But don't pity us. We're gonna make it. We're resilient. After all,
we've been rooting for the Saints for 35 years. That's got to count
for something.
OK, maybe something else you should know is that we make jokes at
inappropriate times.
But what the hell.
And one more thing: In our part of the country, we're used to having
visitors. It's our way of life.
So when all this is over and we move back home, we will repay to you
the hospitality and generosity of spirit you offer to us in this
season of our despair.
That is our promise. That is our faith.
Chris Rose for The Times-Picayune Chris Rose can be reached at
noroses@bellsouth.net.
I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana.
We have arrived on your doorstep on short notice and we apologize for
that, but we never were much for waiting around for invitations. We're
not much on formalities like that.
And we might be staying around your town for a while, enrolling in
your schools and looking for jobs, so we wanted to tell you a few
things about us. We know you didn't ask for this and neither did we,
so we're just going to have to make the best of it.
First of all, we thank you. For your money, your water, your food,
your prayers, your boats and buses and the men and women of your
National Guards, fire departments, hospitals and everyone else who has
come to our rescue.
We're a fiercely proud and independent people, and we don't cotton
much to outside interference, but we're not ashamed to accept help
when we need it. And right now, we need it.
Just don't get carried away. For instance, once we get around to
fishing again, don't try to tell us what kind of lures work best in
your waters.
We're not going to listen. We're stubborn that way.
You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange
music and eat things you'd probably hire an exterminator to get out of
your yard.
We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too
much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly, we're
suspicious of others who don't.
But we'll try not to judge you while we're in your town.
Everybody loves their home, we know that. But we love South Louisiana
with a ferocity that borders on the pathological. Sometimes we bury
our dead in LSU sweatshirts.
Often we don't make sense. You may wonder why, for instance - if we
could only carry one small bag of belongings with us on our journey to
your state - why in God's name did we bring a pair of shrimp boots?
We can't really explain that. It is what it is.
You've probably heard that many of us stayed behind. As bad as it is,
many of us cannot fathom a life outside of our border, out in that
place we call Elsewhere.
The only way you could understand that is if you have been there, and
so many of you have. So you realize that when you strip away all the
craziness and bars and parades and music and architecture and all that
hooey, really, the best thing about where we come from is us.
We are what made this place a national treasure. We're good people.
And don't be afraid to ask us how to pronounce our names. It happens
all the time.
When you meet us now and you look into our eyes, you will see the
saddest story ever told. Our hearts are broken into a thousand pieces.
But don't pity us. We're gonna make it. We're resilient. After all,
we've been rooting for the Saints for 35 years. That's got to count
for something.
OK, maybe something else you should know is that we make jokes at
inappropriate times.
But what the hell.
And one more thing: In our part of the country, we're used to having
visitors. It's our way of life.
So when all this is over and we move back home, we will repay to you
the hospitality and generosity of spirit you offer to us in this
season of our despair.
That is our promise. That is our faith.
Chris Rose for The Times-Picayune Chris Rose can be reached at
noroses@bellsouth.net.
i am going on a rant for a while.
first of all an entire region of the united states has been completely destroyed and some very heartless people on this site are showing little compassion for the people effected by this trajedy. granted many people have showed their love and support for those effected and for that i thank you. i understand that not that many people have died but a little bit of understanding and some tact is necessary. it jist pisses me off that just because shit happens in the south people are not as concerned. WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!!! so for all of you that you think this applies to i'll go get you a spoon and you can eat my ass. many of my friends and family have lost their entire communities and they were luckly to leave with their lives (i have not heard from some of them and i only hope for the best). looters are another thing that is pissing me off and they are just the lowest form of scum in the world. i could understand if you are getting food or water or diapers or something like that. but i really don't understand how 20 damn pairs of shoes are going to help insure your survival unless you can life on nike shox. i hope they all get caught and thrown in jail and i hope they are treated like the slime that they are. that is all for now
and just because i didn't feel like posting this in the threads because people who can't respect other peoples opinions. yes i am going to help i am going to help with the relief effort
i will donate money water batteries i have a guy at work that i am going to get to donate toys.
first of all an entire region of the united states has been completely destroyed and some very heartless people on this site are showing little compassion for the people effected by this trajedy. granted many people have showed their love and support for those effected and for that i thank you. i understand that not that many people have died but a little bit of understanding and some tact is necessary. it jist pisses me off that just because shit happens in the south people are not as concerned. WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!!! so for all of you that you think this applies to i'll go get you a spoon and you can eat my ass. many of my friends and family have lost their entire communities and they were luckly to leave with their lives (i have not heard from some of them and i only hope for the best). looters are another thing that is pissing me off and they are just the lowest form of scum in the world. i could understand if you are getting food or water or diapers or something like that. but i really don't understand how 20 damn pairs of shoes are going to help insure your survival unless you can life on nike shox. i hope they all get caught and thrown in jail and i hope they are treated like the slime that they are. that is all for now
and just because i didn't feel like posting this in the threads because people who can't respect other peoples opinions. yes i am going to help i am going to help with the relief effort
i will donate money water batteries i have a guy at work that i am going to get to donate toys.
i am going on a rant for a while.
first of all an entire region of the united states has been completely destroyed and some very heartless people on this site are showing little compassion for the people effected by this trajedy. granted many people have showed their love and support for those effected and for that i thank you. i understand that not that many people have died but a little bit of understanding and some tact is necessary. it jist pisses me off that just because shit happens in the south people are not as concerned. WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!!! so for all of you that you think this applies to i'll go get you a spoon and you can eat my ass. many of my friends and family have lost their entire communities and they were luckly to leave with their lives (i have not heard from some of them and i only hope for the best). looters are another thing that is pissing me off and they are just the lowest form of scum in the world. i could understand if you are getting food or water or diapers or something like that. but i really don't understand how 20 damn pairs of shoes are going to help insure your survival unless you can life on nike shox. i hope they all get caught and thrown in jail and i hope they are treated like the slime that they are. that is all for now
first of all an entire region of the united states has been completely destroyed and some very heartless people on this site are showing little compassion for the people effected by this trajedy. granted many people have showed their love and support for those effected and for that i thank you. i understand that not that many people have died but a little bit of understanding and some tact is necessary. it jist pisses me off that just because shit happens in the south people are not as concerned. WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!!! so for all of you that you think this applies to i'll go get you a spoon and you can eat my ass. many of my friends and family have lost their entire communities and they were luckly to leave with their lives (i have not heard from some of them and i only hope for the best). looters are another thing that is pissing me off and they are just the lowest form of scum in the world. i could understand if you are getting food or water or diapers or something like that. but i really don't understand how 20 damn pairs of shoes are going to help insure your survival unless you can life on nike shox. i hope they all get caught and thrown in jail and i hope they are treated like the slime that they are. that is all for now
well i know it has been a while since i have updated but i have been pretty busy.
i moved into my new apartment and that has been keeping me busy.
i started my job and have been kickin ass at that.
grad school starts in 2 weeks and i am super excited about that.
i just found out that i will be going to phx arizona for my grandparents 50th in march or april of next year. which is awesome
i started working out again.
i have full health benifits again. that kicks major ass.
i saw the dan band a few weeks ago and they were alght and i missed el pus the following week which sucks a big one.
that is all for now
i moved into my new apartment and that has been keeping me busy.
i started my job and have been kickin ass at that.
grad school starts in 2 weeks and i am super excited about that.
i just found out that i will be going to phx arizona for my grandparents 50th in march or april of next year. which is awesome
i started working out again.
i have full health benifits again. that kicks major ass.
i saw the dan band a few weeks ago and they were alght and i missed el pus the following week which sucks a big one.
that is all for now
well i know it has been a while since i have updated but i have been pretty busy.
i moved into my new apartment and that has been keeping me busy.
i started my job and have been kickin ass at that.
grad school starts in 2 weeks and i am super excited about that.
i just found out that i will be going to phx arizona for my grandparents 50th in march or april of next year. which is awesome
i started working out again.
i have been talking to a few women lately which is good.
i have full health benifits again. that kicks major ass.
i saw the dan band a few weeks ago and they were alght and i missed el pus the following week which sucks a big one.
that is all for now
i moved into my new apartment and that has been keeping me busy.
i started my job and have been kickin ass at that.
grad school starts in 2 weeks and i am super excited about that.
i just found out that i will be going to phx arizona for my grandparents 50th in march or april of next year. which is awesome
i started working out again.
i have been talking to a few women lately which is good.
i have full health benifits again. that kicks major ass.
i saw the dan band a few weeks ago and they were alght and i missed el pus the following week which sucks a big one.
that is all for now
who got a mutha effin job today? Bobby
who got to quit their crap ass pizza delivery job today? Bobby
who found a pretty damn good apartment half way in between school and work? Bobby
who is going to lafayette tomorrow for a celebration? Bobby
who is happier than a pig in shit? Bobby
who do you all wanna be like when you grow up? Bobby
who's house? bob's house
who got to quit their crap ass pizza delivery job today? Bobby
who found a pretty damn good apartment half way in between school and work? Bobby
who is going to lafayette tomorrow for a celebration? Bobby
who is happier than a pig in shit? Bobby
who do you all wanna be like when you grow up? Bobby
who's house? bob's house
So check it out a few weeks ago i drove for over 4 hours to go to an open casting call for the Real World in Houston. I got there at 4:30 am (the thing didn't start until 10:00 am) so I stood in line for 5 and a half hours and watched (with an exception of a few) the popular cuture cookie cutter spew out these pretty highlighted pressed assholes one after another. They all sat there and talked about their favorite music (simple plan and such 
) It was scary everyone looked the exact same. So i wait in line for all this time I fill out my application and in groups of seven or so we go into this room with a casting director and we do introductions where everyone is like my name is blahh and i'm 18 and i can do 100 pull-ups or i can beatbox or my favorite i'm down to do anything with anyone at any time no matter what. what a bunch of shit. anyway the casting director asks a question to the whole group. our's was what do you consider cheating? and then she sat back as the feeding frenzy for attention began. people were going back and forth about what is cheating and how women are crazy and how men are pigs and so on and so forth. at the end of the "conversation" i gave a thoughout response and cited situations and relationships from my life and the conversation stopped cold (i think i strung too many words together for them to compute) anyway the casting director then asked besides yourself who do you feel "deserves" to be on the mext season of the real world out of the group? I swear to god I saw it coming almost everyone pointed to this loudmouthed asshat and when they were asked why did you choose him the responses were as follows "he is a good dancer" "he can beat box mad crazy" "he is good looking" i was dumbfounded. that was the end of the casting call and i being from polite society went to shake the casting directors hand and she told me that she dosen't shake hands. WTF who dosen't shake hands what a cunt.
So just to recap i drove for over 4 hours and stood in line for over five hours to go to a 7 min. circle jerk. Ohh i almost forgot when the casting people first let us into the bar that the casting call was at I deemed it proper to get a scotch and water (actually 2 they were kinda weak).
so to re-recap over 9 hours for 2 drinks and a circle jerk.
) It was scary everyone looked the exact same. So i wait in line for all this time I fill out my application and in groups of seven or so we go into this room with a casting director and we do introductions where everyone is like my name is blahh and i'm 18 and i can do 100 pull-ups or i can beatbox or my favorite i'm down to do anything with anyone at any time no matter what. what a bunch of shit. anyway the casting director asks a question to the whole group. our's was what do you consider cheating? and then she sat back as the feeding frenzy for attention began. people were going back and forth about what is cheating and how women are crazy and how men are pigs and so on and so forth. at the end of the "conversation" i gave a thoughout response and cited situations and relationships from my life and the conversation stopped cold (i think i strung too many words together for them to compute) anyway the casting director then asked besides yourself who do you feel "deserves" to be on the mext season of the real world out of the group? I swear to god I saw it coming almost everyone pointed to this loudmouthed asshat and when they were asked why did you choose him the responses were as follows "he is a good dancer" "he can beat box mad crazy" "he is good looking" i was dumbfounded. that was the end of the casting call and i being from polite society went to shake the casting directors hand and she told me that she dosen't shake hands. WTF who dosen't shake hands what a cunt. So just to recap i drove for over 4 hours and stood in line for over five hours to go to a 7 min. circle jerk. Ohh i almost forgot when the casting people first let us into the bar that the casting call was at I deemed it proper to get a scotch and water (actually 2 they were kinda weak).
so to re-recap over 9 hours for 2 drinks and a circle jerk.
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