you can't really wrap yr head around what happened during katrina until you see it for yourself. we were lucky enough to have a runnner yesterday that was totally willing to drive us around to view some of the flood damage. our gracious host lost her home during the flood and still had such a positive outlook and faith in a higher power that it was truly inspiring. thank you jessica..
i'm embarrassed for our country that we have this tragedy in our own backyard and we continue to distract ourselves with reality t.v. and american idols. it would have been different if it had been homes in beverly hills that ended up looking like this.
if you look on the wall behind ryan's "blue steel" you can see the flood line is around the 8' mark. imagine that shit in hollywood...
but it wasn't all gloom and doom. we had an amazing show and the crowd went crazy when we dedicated blurry to the flood victims and they sang the chorus so loud i could barely hear my guitar. afterward we went to the french quarter and laughed at the amateur drinkers. ended up at a strip bar where a very talkative employee would not leave me alone. apparently she has been with her boyfriend since she was 12 when he took her virginity and they used to live together and now they don't and he would be so mad if he knew she was dancing. here is the look of someone that wants to chew his arm off:
oh and btw: new favorite band: nada surf. god, they are so good it hurts.
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