New Orleans or Bust

[and_chocolate]

It was almost the latter....

The rental car company assured me that they opened at five a.m. and could get me to my six a.m. flight no problem. They lied. They didn't even open up until 5:15 this morning, and then by 5:30 it was too late for United to get my checked luggage on my flight, so I had to rebook to the seven a.m. flight, which got me into New Orleans 2-1/2 hours later than my original plan.

On the plus side, I'm in New Orleans!

I'm sitting in the hotel room, smoking a cigarette and trying to figure out what to do for dinner and where to catch part of the Bacchus parade. The end of the parade route is about a block from me, but not visible from my window, so I'll have to go downstairs. I've also got a flask of rum, courtesy of my con roommates, so I'm pretty much set with drink and lung cancer and everything!

Oh, and on the connection from Denver to New Orleans? I finished Stop, Rewind, (re)Play! Woo hoo! Now to send it to laylah_r for beta....

Comments

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

I so wish I were there...hope you're having a blast!!!

[and_chocolate]

So far. Though I'm a little nervous about wandering around on my own. Met a couple of lovely gay boys (my assumption, nothing was ever said that confirmed it; one had kidnapped the other without telling him where they were going, just telling him to pack for a trip) on the van ride from the airport to my hotel, but they're at a different hotel....

On the plus side, I finally got things set up so I could access my email from the laptop. Yay!

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[cathexys.livejournal.com]

just go and enjoy the parade :-) and if you want the gayer part of bourbon stay towards the back (i.e. away from canal)...but you probably already knew that.

i feel so totally guilty!! and will be working on my paper all night long as punishment :-)

now go have fun!!!!

[and_chocolate]

No need for guilt. (I'm envisioning you ironing your fingers; damn Rowling anyway. *g*)

I'm going to wander around the riverfront and see what I can find tomorrow, then I'm going to pamper myself in the afternoon and get ready for the party. I kind of feel like Cinderella, you know? Getting ready for the ball.... *g*

[vegetariansushi.livejournal.com]

I'm so very pleased for you that you get/got to go. And so very, very jealous. That said, get out there, slut it up, and enjoy yourself for all us poor saps who couldn't go.

ps in case you didn't see the post, i got the lij!box and you're the GREATEST EVER IN THE WORLD and i serious eat you. thank you so so much.

Also, whee! Go you with the being productive on the plane!

[and_chocolate]

I missed the post, so thanks for letting me know. (I haven't had time to keep up with my f-list since this trip began on Thursday.) I'm glad you are enjoying it. *g*

Oh, and I haven't had a chance to look at the story you sent, but I will. I'm just a teeny tiny bit preoccupied at the moment.

*suspects she will never sleep again*

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[vegetariansushi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it occured to me after I posted that you'd be busy with all the "!11!!!!!!!11!!!!!!ONEONEELEVEN!!" and probably couldn't really be arsed to be reading Live Journal. Not, youknow, that I blame you.

Do not even worry about the story - I think that I actually put a warning on it that if you never get around to it, that's fine. Mardi Gras with Elijah is far more interesting and entertaining than even the best stories, I should think.

Seriously, I'm so so jealousglad for you. Will you build a shrine to the beads, do you think?

*slips drink money* Go have fun, babes.

[and_chocolate]

Will you build a shrine to the beads, do you think?

There are just too many "my precious" jokes to make to that. I think I'll refrain entirely, though. *g*

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[vegetariansushi.livejournal.com]

You know, that hadn't even come into my head yet. You're a twisted person, hon. I like that about you.

[and_chocolate]

You're a twisted person, hon. I like that about you.

Twisted is good. *g*

[laylah.livejournal.com]

Hope you're having a good time, and I can't wait to see the fic :)

As of tomorrow, of course, I'm off on adventures of my own, but I will try to get to it as fast as possible.

*keeping my fingers crossed for you to have great adventures*

[and_chocolate]

I emailed it to you earler. No rush at all. I'm just glad to finally get it done. It's 17,600-ish words.

I'm already having great adventures. I wore my new black cleavage shirt, which may have been lost on him in the dark and the crowd, but I felt sexy in it, so that's all good. I feel so...Moulin Rouge, wandering around in the decadent city with a clove cigarette in one purple-fingernailed hand, wearing sexy clothing and with my hair and makeup punked. All I need now is a lovely glass of absinthe. *g* I may never go home!

*sin likes playing dress-up and pretend*

[libitina]

YAY! Have fun and let lose.

[and_chocolate]

Absolutely!

I'm already all with the drinking and the smoking and the swearing and the showing off my body. All I really need to do now is to either be turned by Lestat or...well, I'm not going to jinx the other by talking about it. *eg*