blogging: September 2005 Archives

Last night while I was falling asleep, I was thinking about the entry I wrote entitled "Priorities". About how I regretted the things I said in it, and how I probably need to delete it.

I woke up this morning and I think I hurt the feelings of a bunch of good friends.

It's gone now.

Brett, Hiromi, Melanie...I did not have you in mind when I wrote that.

I understand different people react to tragedy differently. After 9/11, I used to drive my friend Mark crazy because I refused to discuss politics with him...he wanted to hear the same old political harangues from me over beers and my heart just wouldn't let me.

All of you who have been posting here...I appreciate how you've helped me through this. I think I had other people in mind when I wrote that, other people who seem totally disengaged from this, and fuck, they didn't read that post anyway.

Again, I'm sorry.

Take care.

After years of swapping emails and blog comments, and me stealing all his best recipes, I finally talked to Chuck Taggart of The Gumbo Pages on the phone tonight. We've both had good reports about loved ones in the past few hours, so it was nice to hear his voice and exchange news. "Hey, bra!" Nice to hear somebody tawk rite.

Right now he's tearing it up on KCSN with a lot of New Orleans music. "They All Axe For You" was playing while I was on hold.

Listen to it here.

While we mourn, we need to hang on to the New Orleans that is a celebration of life. New Orleans as it always was, and always will be.

And motherfuck that rat-bastard Dennis Hastert.

New Orleans will rise again.