blacksundae

It sucks being in limbo. I don’t know what condition my apartment is in; my job status; the condition of my family’s homes. More than anything, I don’t know where a huge chunk of my friends are.

Not a post of substance. Just worried. If anyone hears anything about the status of Uptown, around Claiborne and Carrollton, give me a heads up. Algiers as well, so I can set my mother’s mind at ease.

It was only a matter of time before we got slammed by a big honkin’ storm. I’m in Katy, Texas with my mother right now. I hope all you New Orleans readers are reading this from someplace not New Orleans.

I spent last night alternating between watching storm coverage and The Terminal on HBO. They complemented each other nicely. The Terminal is not a great movie — mildly cute, but not great — but there’s an appropriate feeling of helpless limbo and homelessness.

I left with the only two possessions I care about (my computer and my copy of the Oxford English Dictionary), abandoning my pack rat den of books and movies and trinkets. I have no idea what will be left of that. I also have no idea what will be left of the New Orleans film industry. Even if New Orleans comes out of this okay, will anyone want to shoot here again?

Eh.

Shit.

What was kind of nice was seeing that walking parade go down Oak St. a few hours before I fled. I remember thinking that, even if New Orleans is wiped off the map completely — even if it’s reduced to a lake of toxic sludge — it went out with a bunch of scantily-clad locals playing music in the street. Fucking A.

I’ve posted some of my old poems as “Pages.” You’ll find them, appropriately, under the word “Pages” to the right. Click away. They’ll be joined soon by some non-verse-type pages (prose, essays, et cetera).

I don’t normally go for these online quiz-type things, but this seemed interesting. Take a gander. Besides, it was worth it just to see how incredibly neurotic I am!

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Overview: This post is a community experiment with two broad purposes. The first is to create publicly accessible data about bloggers’ personalities, which may have sociological value in addition to being just plain fun. The second is to track the propagation of this meme through blogspace. Full details and explanation can be found on the original posting: http://pixnaps.blogspot.com/2005/06/meme-worth-spreading.html

Instructions (to join in the experiment):

1) Take the IPIP-NEO personality test and the Political Compass quiz, if you have not done so already.

2) Copy to the clipboard that section of this post that is between the double lines, and paste it into your blog editor. (Blogger users may wish to use ‘compose’ mode to preserve formatting and hyperlinks. Otherwise, be sure to add hyperlinks as necessary.)

3) Replace the answers in the “survey” section below with your own.

4) Add your blog information to the “track list”, in the form: “Linked title - URL - optional GUID”.

5) Any additional comments should go outside of the double lines, including the (optional) nomination of bloggers you wish to pass this experimental meme on to.

6) Post it to your blog!

Survey:

Age: 24
Gender: Male
Location: New Orleans, LA USA
Religion: None
Occupation: Filmmaker
Began blogging (dd/mm/yy): 04/17/02

Political Compass results
Left/Right: -5.13
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97

IPIP-NEO results

EXTRAVERSION: 74
Friendliness 58
Gregariousness 77
Assertiveness 70
Activity Level 52
Excitement-Seeking 73
Cheerfulness 72

AGREEABLENESS: 63
Trust 42
Morality 48
Altruism 63
Co-operation 66
Modesty 52
Sympathy 78

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS: 2
Self-Efficacy 17
Orderliness 0
Dutifulness 39
Achievement-Striving 28
Self-Discipline 0
Cautiousness 24

NEUROTICISM: 84
Anxiety 96
Anger 61
Depression 84
Self-Consciousness 55
Immoderation 77
Vulnerability 82

OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE: 90
Imagination 94
Artistic Interests 73
Emotionality 63
Adventurousness 81
Intellect 29
Liberalism 98

Track List:
1. Philosophy, et cetera - pixnaps.blogspot.com - pixnaps97a2
2. blacksundae - blacksundae.shannonhubbell.com - blacksundae616
2. (add your entry here)

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