| Finally a new update... |
[Jun. 17th, 2006|07:37 pm] |
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Well lets see here it has been quite a long time since i have updated my livejournal. Well here is a brief rundown of my life as of now. I have moved back to NYC, I am working at the new Apple store on 5th Ave. I am getting ready to finish my last year of school at Pratt in the fall. Besides from that nothing to much new and exciting going on, i have been working on a TV show with my friend Billy called ADHD TV here is the website: http://www.adhdworldtv.com i have also been taking lots of photos and they are located at http://www.randomnightout.com anyway thats about all i can think of right now. i will try to update this more often, but then again i always say that. |
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| I am back in NYC... |
[Mar. 22nd, 2006|06:36 pm] |
I know i haven't updated in a while but i am back in NYC and nothing to exciting is going on right now so i will update at another time when i have more to say.
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| Moto SLVR |
[Feb. 9th, 2006|05:14 pm] |
Hey, i know i haven't updated in quite a long time, but here is some new stuff about me. a quick rundown from what has been missed since my last update. the new year came and went with me getting quite drunk and the trailer being closed down because of permit issues. after that i went to NYC for a while then from there i had to go to that trail in portland oregon. that was scary but ending up being fine. after that i went to colorado adn went skiing. that was alot of fun. from there i came back to new orleans where i currently reside. Scott will be moving down here to work construction for a while so it will be fun to hang out with him. also mardi gras is coming up so that should be a good time too. i bought a new cell phone the motorola SLVR it is quite awsome! i even added it to my webpage, check it out at nickmcglynn.com i will be coming back to new york in march to register for fall classes at pratt and to visit. ok well that is a basic update of my life as of current. i'll keep ya posted.
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[Nov. 5th, 2005|07:45 pm] |
Ok well here is the scoop for the last couple days. I will begin with Halloween. I was great. I was a FEMA check and as posted before are the photos. I think that given the circumstance New Orleans had a awesome Halloween. There were bands and parades everywhere and some really great FEMA themed costumes. We sold out the food in the café in only 2 hours. Last couple of days have been same old. I have been working for Alexis doing construction again and evenings in the trailer chatting and selling stuff. Here is something exciting, Prince Charles came to town yesterday and I got to see him. It was a spur of the moment thing so I only had my camera phone to take a photo but here is the picture.  oh yeah heres something, so that whole thing that happed to me in Portland with the robbery by the murderer guy, is still haunting me. The guy apparently wants a trail and that means I have to fly back to Portland and go to trail. I think the DA will pay for my plane ticket but I am still nervous. I really need to talk to a lawyer, if anyone has any suggestions on what to do in this situation please let me know. Well I guess that’s all for now, more later. |
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[Oct. 20th, 2005|10:02 pm] |
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Hey well latest updates from the New Orleans front. I was just thinking back and I forgot to mention a few weeks about the dog story, so here it is. We were driving around New Orleans a few weeks ago and we were on this busy street. On the side of the road was this dog, I think it was a pit bull and he was running down the street with something in his mouth, it was flopping and swalking, it was a chicken! A live chicken. The dog has just caught it. Apparently it was a domesticated dog at one point and now it is fighting for survival by catching wild chickens. It was very humorous; I wish I had the camera. So new news is the vintage café is moving along smoothly so far. We tried a fried chicken night yesterday which was more then we could bargain for. The line for the chicken was way to long and we couldn’t cook it fast enough before people would buy it out. Overall thought we made what we make in a full night in only 2 hours. We got a Sam’s club membership so now we can get things in bulk like 50-gallon bag of sugar. Other news is that we will be in the newspaper, a local paper wants to do an article about us and they said that hopefully it would help us to get a proper business going in a real location. This morning we got a sketchy note scribbled on a flyer that said someone was going “drop a dime” on us and be prepared to be shut down. We don’t know whether to worry or not, but we keep going on until they do shut us down. Personally I don’t think that any of those offices that you report things like this are even open and if they are I would think that some guy coming in and saying “there is this trailer in the French quarter selling baked goods can you please shut them down” is going to be a top priority. Anyway I am in the trailer now and business is starting to get busy so I will update more later. Tata |
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[Oct. 15th, 2005|07:57 pm] |
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Hey all, sorry I haven’t updated in a while, there is a lot to tell. Well new Orleans is slowly getting back to normal. Things are reopening and the bars are hopping. They even extended the curfew until 2:00, which is still too early for the night owls of New Orleans. As I mentioned before Donna, Alix and I have started a business. We are selling baked good out of our trailer parked in front of our apartment. Donna and Alix cook the goodies upstairs and I sell them out front in the trailer. Everyone loves it. We call it the “vintage café” because of the vintage trailer. Almost everyone who walks past us buys something. We sell cakes, quiche, cookies, cupcakes, coffee, focaccia, etc. business is well. If you want to check out some photos of it here they are: http://photos.yahoo.com/vintagecafenola every night we make a little more money, we past breaking even two days ago and it is all profit now. Now this isn’t the only venture in which I have been making money, I got a job doing demolition for $25 an hour with full insurance coverage. Man the things that I have seen doing that job is wild! Today we ripped out this house that had six feet of water in it. These people were the biggest packrats ever! More then me even! When we had finished gutting the house there was a pile 10 feet high and about 50 feet across of just stuff that they had in the house that was destroyed. There was even a dead dog in the bathroom that had drowned. But surprisingly they had a fish in a fish tank that was still alive that we saved. The smells were nauseating and 3 of the other workers threw up from the stink. Another interesting thing was the house next store had the attic window kicked out and a rope made of sheets tied together dangling down to the roof of a truck where I can only assume people escaped into a passing boat. The job is tough but interesting and the money is good, then in the evening I relax in the trailer and chat with the locals at the café window. Well more as it comes. |
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| BACK IN THE BIG EASY |
[Oct. 9th, 2005|08:23 pm] |
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So yesterday was a crazy day! First of all we are back in New Orleans finally. We came home to the apt. being a complete disaster! John the guy downstairs had ruined everything. He had like 5 street rat people living in our apt with 6 animals. We had 5 chaired ruined because the dogs chewed them all up. We had the sofa permanently stained by throw up and the place was just filthy. The bed sheets were black from body dirt. I met some of these people and we had to force them to shower. They were dirty people. Anyway then on top of all this john broke the lock down and broke into our apartment a few hours before we got back to “clean up” but he didn’t do anything and now the lock is broken. For the last two days Donna and Alix have been cleaning up the whole apartment and it is starting to look worlds better. Oh I forgot to mention that they also used all of our dishes and pots, now these aren’t cheep, the pots alone are $30 a piece and the dishes are like $25 a piece. They used them and took the used items and sealed the min trash bags and threw them in the courtyard. I took the presser washer to them yesterday and tried to clean them. There was he most foul of foulness in those bags, cockroaches, tons of maggots and eggs, mold on top of mold on op of mold. It was awful. Anyway so things are getting back to normal the place is getting clean and we are slowing putting things back in order. We have the truck and the trailer parked right in front of our apt. I had this great idea that since not many coffee shops and stuff are open in the quarter while we have the trailer out front we should sell coffee and donuts and stuff from the trailer. Donna also makes the best cupcakes so they can even sell those also. It will be called “vintage café” I made a shelf for the trailer window and everything. I also have finally started working again. My landlord got us all jobs. Donna and alix are working at bead and gift shops on Bourbon Street. And believe it or not the business is booming! Apparently this was FEMA workers bring your family to work weekend. So there were tons of tourist wife’s and fema people wandering around. And they are loaded! The government gave every worker credit cards. So next time you pay taxes just know that your tax paying dollars are going to fema workers to buy beads on Bourbon Street. Anyway there shift is from 5 – midnight. I have been doing construction with my landlord Steve. We went to this property that he has that was very damaged. There was 5 feet of water in the house. We are putting tarps up over broken windows and stuff like that. It is good money and something to do. But tiring still. Luckily it is finally getting cooler out here. The weather is amazing. Now for the interesting stuff. We drove around the different neighborhoods and you wouldn’t believe what I saw. There are boats everywhere first of all, in the oddest places, on porches, in yards, on the highway, on sidewalks next to stores, everywhere. Then ting is that they are still good boats. Well some of them are. I wish I had a boat trailer I would just wheel one off. I want a boat. The funniest thing I have seen so far is this. We were driving alone a big busy road and on the side I see this pit-bull running with something in his mouth. It was a chicken! I live chicken flopping and swalking. It was soo funny. He was running and looking back like this is my chicken! It was so funny! Something third world almost. It must have been a domesticated dog then now is wild and has to fight and catch wild food for survival. It was very funny I am disappointed I didn’t have the camera. But that is just the beginning of the tings I have seen. Parking lots full of refrigerators. Like thousands of them. Also parking lots full of dead swamped cars! Piles about 5 stories high of debris of every kind. Just wild. Anyway I will post some photos online when I get them uploaded from the camera. Today I made the trailer window into a café. There is a self and a window that opens it is very cool, I will also try and take some photos of that. Ok well that’s all for now. Tata. |
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[Oct. 4th, 2005|03:32 pm] |
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Well the time has come. Tomorrow is the day we return to our home in New Orleans. We purchased an extra freezer and tonight w will be stocking up on plenty of frozen foods. I believe there are a few grocery stores open in the French quarter but not many and not fully stocked. So just to be prepared we are bringing lots of water and a months worth of food. I have heard that gas electricity and water are all turned back on. I do not know if there will be Internet available but if there is I will keep posting hopefully with some photos also. I also need to figure out how to upload some QuickTime mepgs onto my website because I realized my new camera takes fine video and I will try to record some of the devastation and post it online. I also got a e-mail from Paul Mecurio the comedian to update his web page again. So that is about the extent of the web jobs I have done in a while. As far as work, there will be tons of it when we get to NOLA. Well that’s all for now I suppose, updates as they come. |
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| sickness, jobs and gps..oh my! |
[Sep. 30th, 2005|10:50 am] |
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Violently ill, is the only way to explain how I felt the other night. I have no idea what it was, it could have just been a 24-hour virus, or it might have been food poisoning. The day before I got sick I had taken a very long walk for the whole day and I hadn’t eaten at thing the whole day either. Then in the evening when I got home I went to chilis and had a bacon cheeseburger. This I believe was the root of my problem. So I have decided to go easy on the food. I was very sick and I missed out on two days of my life because of it. But I am better now. It is the last day we will be spending in the holiday inn express this morning. We are going to a friends house for the weekend which will be nice because her dad is a chef and we they have tons of great cooking stuff so we will be eating some nice home cooked good and healthy meals for the next two days. Then on Sunday we have a choice. We can either go back to New Orleans, or wait a few more days and then go back around Wednesday or Thursday. Our friend Eddie will be back on Tuesday, so I was thinking it would be good to wait until he got back and have him tell us exactly what we will need. We will have to bring enough water for use in cooking, drinking and bathing for the next few weeks. I think we will be purchasing about 20 five-gallon jugs of water and bringing that with us. That is just for water, we will also be stocking up on food, and fuel. At least parking won’t be an issue. My parents keep calling me and complaining about the disease in the air, if I survived the stench of tires and skunks in New York after nine eleven then I believe I will be ok in New Orleans. I have been updated on my shots and I should be good. We are going to get the cats to the vet today for there shots also. I was offered a few jobs, besides the jobs my landlord offered me; I have an opportunity to do some demolition for $25 an hour. We got a call from our friend Josh who has been in Slidell for about 3 weeks now and he has already made over $20,000 doing demolition. He makes on average about $800 a day in labor. That is pretty impressive, I am going to try and get a gig like that eventually but I have to start somewhere. My old boss Alexis wants me to start again right away but that will depend on how much he can pay me. Some more news is that my new GPS has finally arrived, and all I can say is, it is awesome! Very awesome. Down to the littlest feature like in the evening the color scheme changes to darker colors and in the daytime it is brighter. Also it has so many new and great features it is just amazing, and I haven’t even begun to figure it all out. I recommend it to anyone interested in purchasing a device like this. I also got some rechargeable batteries for it and they work very well. Lets see I think today we will be doing some shopping and begin to stock up on some needed items. Oh did I mention the car is finally fixed, $400 later. So far we have spent almost $1000 just in fixing the damm car and that isn’t even including the monthly car payment. For some reason we just can’t get in touch with them to discuss the situation. Well anyway that is all for now. I am sure I left something out if I did I will try and fill it in later. Tata. |
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[Sep. 27th, 2005|04:38 pm] |
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Oh what exciting news! Rejoice rejoice, I am able to return. But if course it isn’t that simple for us. No nothing can simply work out properly that would be too obvious. Let me explain. First of all I got a call from my landlord today and he said that the electricity is back on in our New Orleans apartment. There is also running water and gas. The water isn’t drinkable but you can boil to cook and bathe in it apparently. But with the electricity on the A/C can run nicely and it will be pleasant. He also told us that some of the local shops are reopening. He told me last time we talked that all of his employees would not be returning to New Orleans. So he also has offered us jobs. I am not sure what the jobs are yet but both Donna and I are able to work in one of his and his family’s many stores doing something. So that is good we are able to go back to new Orleans finally and also are given jobs right off the bat. But more good news, don’t worry I will get to the bad news soon. The good news is that FEMA has put another $2350 in my bank! That is quite exciting. So that is a total of $4350 from the government. Now that is quite good indeed. But alas we are still stuck in oxford. Why is that you ask, well because the damm stupid car broke again. Something electrical they say and they aren’t able to even get started on repairing it until Thursday. So basically we are stuck here for a minimum of three more days. Maybe by the weekend we can get going back home but who knows. Supposedly the cars warranty will cover the problem but who knows. So because of the car I am stuck in boring town USA. Well hopefully that problem will be fixed soon and we will be on our way back to New Orleans and try to start picking up the pieces again. At least we can be thankful our house is still standing. So I have some money in my pocket until I can get working again and hopefully the job I am offered will be a good one, if not I am sure there will be plenty of opportunities available when I get down there. Ok well more as it comes. Ta ta for now. |
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[Sep. 25th, 2005|05:32 pm] |
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Ok well another weekend almost over, and still no sign of when we will be able to head back to New Orleans. There was a football game in the town I am staying and all the hotels were booked solid so we had to stay in the trailer at a friend’s house for the weekend. It wasn’t bad except for last night. The hurricane brought winds and rains of a furious nature to the area. I woke up to a wet pillow because the window above my head in the trailer leaked. We are back at the holiday inn now and it is very relaxing. Just in time for a new family guy and curb your enthusiasm tonight. We are in the hotel for a week and will have to move out this weekend again. This time not for a football game but for a more ironic reason. There is a relief benefit concert happening in the town so people who are coming for that have booked rooms and we have to leave. Apparently music and football are more important then actual displaced people. Hopefully there will be word on when we can go back soon. I am getting tired of this town and of this forced vacation. I am looking forward to getting back home and working again. Ok well that’s all for now. |
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[Sep. 22nd, 2005|11:37 pm] |
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Well here is the newest news. I have added an updates button to my web page; right now it is just loading up my journal because I have been posting my latest updates on here. i finally got my FEMA money. $2000 of the taxpayers money, I am living off it now. i bought the new Garmin eTrex Vista C GPS. That is very exciting. Other then that we are still here in Oxford Mississippi. We have to move out of the hotel for the weekend because there is a football game in this town and apparently football is more important then homeless hurricane victims. So we will be in the trailer until Sunday and then we will go back to a hotel. Maybe we will try the Hampton inn this time. We will be moving just in time for a new family guy. Ok well more as it comes. |
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[Sep. 20th, 2005|08:22 am] |
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Déjà vu all over again, well not quite, but possibly. They are re-evacuating people from new Orleans. Sigh, when will they get their act together! Anyway we have moved from the days inn to the holiday inn express, and boy what a difference. We gave up the nasty swimming pool for free Wi-Fi Internet. A better swap in my opinion. This place is a lot nicer, the room is a suite and very comfortable. I have heard from Alexis who is in New Orleans right now that the French quarter is locked down. He has two generators and tons of food and water, but he is running out of fuel. He was going to bribe a cop but I think they won’t do it. He says there is still looting but this time from cops and contractors. What a mess. I have no idea how long I will be here in Mississippi. I have completely memorized the Wal-Mart here and there is nothing new to see. I had to return the generator because it was not powerful enough to run the trailer. There is a more expensive one that will work but I have to wait until my FEMA check comes in before I will be able to purchase it. I also got a call from my landlord in New Orleans and he is begging us to come back, thinking we might bail. But we told him we were coming back. All this employees left for good and he has a bunch of shops property’s and spas that he will need workers at. He already offered us a bunch of jobs if we wanted and said he would work with us on rent until we got back on our feet. That was very nice of him. The cats have to stay in the trailer in this new hotel but that is sort of good because smalls doesn’t wake me up by jumping on my head in the middle of the night. Ok well I don’t know what else to say right now so I am sign off. |
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| latest info... |
[Sep. 16th, 2005|01:56 pm] |
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Ok well here is the newest update. I am still awaiting my FEMA money. I applied and such but it hasn’t gotten to me yet. Donna received hers but mine says the claim is still pending. Hopefully that will go through soon. I haven’t been able to get in touch with the car payment people so hopefully they won’t take our car away, which would just be a bummer. Anyway I went to the Red Cross and they gave me a $660 Wal-Mart card. That was pretty cool everything we bought was tax free also. So we went shopping and got a bunch of things including a generator for the trailer and I got a Nikon five mega pixel digital camera. I am looking forward to going back to New Orleans when it reopens, as far as now the Red Cross has also put us up in a hotel for 2 weeks here in oxford Mississippi. So when our stay ends here at the hotel then we will go back home. I think they are going to let people back in around the 26th. At that point I will be taking my new camera and my bike all over the place and documenting everything. Anyway that’s pretty much all that’s new. Just playing it day by day. |
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