Me

I suck at this. It’s been 3 weeks since my last blog.

I think this city might be the death of me. I’ve gone out drinking 3 times in the past week, which really isn’t that crazy, but the bars don’t close so each time I end up staying out till like 3 or 4 in the morning. If the bar won’t tell me to go home, why should I? I went out on Tuesday with my roommate Tony. He bought all my drinks as a late birthday present. Overall, a good night, except for losing the key to my bike lock. Then I went out on Thursday to a bar with no air conditioning! It was torture. I also went out last night. I started the night with a shot of Bacardi Gold at my house with my friend Melissa and then proceeded to chug gin and tonics all night at the bar. To make a long story short, I ended up crying on my front porch and talking to my mom at 4 in the morning. And this is why New Orleans might be the death of me.

Another reason might be if I get myself shot. I was walking to work the other day when I passed a parked car. Not realizing there were people in the car, I looked inside after hearing music playing. Apparently I looked a little too long, and three young boys were not too happy about it. They demanded to know what I was looking at and of course I answer, “I’m looking at you”. Terrible decision. It’s sad because I was really just trying to check them out, thought they might be cute. So my response provokes one of the boys to get out of the car asking if I want to fight. I continue walking and shaking my head. Another terrible decision was to continue walking down the same street. They pass me later on yelling profanities out the window. The funny part is I was eating a banana as they drove past.

There isn’t too much going on in the job search world. I do have an interview tomorrow morning for an assistant teaching job for this new program. It’s a group interview so there will be 2 others and then a panel of interviewers. I think this is a really dumb concept, mainly because the thought of it puts my anxiety at an all time high. Other than this I haven’t heard back from any other jobs and I haven’t really been applying anywhere. It’s almost as if I don’t care anymore. Its like, whatever, I’ll find something eventually but until then I’ll just do what I have to do. Not a great mentality, but it’s certainly where I’m finding myself.

Hmmm….New Orleans. Definitely where I want to be right now. Someone seriously needs to visit me ASAP. Then they can realize that this is where they want to be right now as well.

Life

Hi! I just got an angry text from my sister telling me I need to write another blog, so here I am. It’s been over a month since my last blog so I’ll try to remember some interesting stuff that has happened.

I found the first cockroach in my house. I’m assuming I will find more as the summer goes along and it gets even hotter. It was in the bathroom downstairs and it wasn’t as big as the ones I normally see, but you know when you find 1, there are hundreds where it came from. Sccarrrryy. Anyway, I’m deathly afraid of cockroaches. I see them at work all the time and they are huge and they move so fast! These girls at work were telling me how they crawl up your pants and run up your leg really fast until they get to your thigh and can’t fit anymore. There are also flying ones that might just land on my head one day. I am so paranoid about these things happening because it’s going to be super embarrassing when I flip the fuck out in public. I tried to get really close to one at work because I thought it would make me less creeped out, but NO they have these things sticking off their legs and it made it a hundred times worse! I don’t care about the murders and the torturous heat; it’s the roaches that might push me out of this city. In the future, I want to start putting pictures on this blog. That way you guys can see one of these beautiful roaches for yourself!

Speaking of murders, a 16 year old boy died from one gun shot to the head on the steps of a church the other day. I read the New Orleans crime news religiously. I also look for those that got killed and those that did the killing on myspace. I know this might be borderline creepy, but I guess it just makes it more real to me. It allows me to have a picture of those wanted in case they walk in front of my house and it also allows me to better acknowledge a young life lost. It is so sad that the majority of these murders are mostly men under the age of 25. They don’t realize how dumb this street life mentality is until it’s too late.

I’m going home in less than a week, and I’m super pumped. Although things down here are definitely getting more comfortable and normal, I’m so home sick! I actually feel like I might be building a social life! Matt, Monica’s friend from Capital One, moved down here about a month ago and it’s definitely been nice knowing I have someone I can call if I ever feel like going out. Also, the other day after work I went out with some of the girls from Reginelli’s and it felt so comfortable. We had some drinks, talked about girl stuff, it was nice. Yesterday I went to a kickball game. I guess it’s made of numerous restaurants in the area and they all play each other every Sunday. Well, our team is called the Pieholes. We bought daiquiris on the way. After the game, everyone heads to one of the bars that sponsors the games and plays beer pong and what not. It was definitely a good time.

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got for now. I’ll try to write there more frequently.