Um, hi.

I had a late dinner with her tonight. She looked really good. Wow, I think I really, REALLY like her. So much that I'm starting to feel just goofy. It's been a while since I liked someone like this. She's really cool. I really, really like her.

OK, all of a sudden I feel like I'm in junior high school again. I gotta get some sleep.

Just spreading it around.

You are beautiful.

I mean that.

I am not drunk.

Love,
Kennedy

Send good thoughts.

I drove out of New Orleans several hours before they made the announcement that the hurricane was headed for the city. I consider myself lucky.

To all my new friends, Lisa, Khem, Debbie, Striper and Bill, I hope you are all right.

Is this weird?

I can totally relate to the N!ckleback song, "Figured you out."

Seriously, is he even 21?

Tonight was an unintentional wacky, bar-hopping night. I didn't plan it that way, but that's what happened. Regardless, I got a better picture of Striper at Lucky's bar.
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Did they check his I.D.?

This is Stripes. He lives at Lucky's bar in New Orleans. Here he is eating chicken nuggets and drinking milk out of a martini glass. He is cute. I will get a better photo of him tomorrow. 

Me driving through a Louisiana swamp. 

For big dogs.

The 3rd largest fire hydrant in the US is in Beaumont, Texas. I don't know where the other two are, nor do I have the time to drive there. I'd be more impressed if it actually worked as a fire hydrant. 

More bats!

These were over my head! By the way, they don't sound anything like they do in the B@tman movies. They're rather quiet and polite. One even said "good evening." 

Bats!

Bats flying over Austin, Texas 8/21/05. They flew by my hotel! Click photo for a bigger picture. 

It's only appropriate.

I must be in Texas, because last night I almost got run over by a horse. In the middle of the street. Not kidding.

Goin' south

First of all: I LOVE VACATIONS! I should take one every month.

On the plane to Austin, I was seated at the window, and an older gentleman was on the aisle. This was before we took off. We were sitting there, he was on his cell phone (we weren't moving yet), and two very beautiful women got on. He tapped me on the shoulder (still on the phone) and said "We want the blonde to sit next to us!" I smiled and nodded my head.

As I looked out the window, I heard him say "May I speak to (such and such)? Yes, this is Senator (name here)." I thought he was joking at first, but then I heard him say things like "let's wait for the Supreme Court" and "Lieutenant Governor." And I saw his windbreaker had a State Seal and his name, "Senator (so and so)."

Dude, I sat next to a state senator from a large, I-will-not-name state, and he was being all dirty old man! And then I thought, "why is he sitting in coach while that tattooed rock dude gets to sit in first class?"

From Reuters

I don't know what's funnier - the guy wandering around in diapers, or the police's comment at the end of the article...

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Police seek diaper-clad man who pesters women

UK police said Monday they were searching for a man wearing just a diaper, who approaches women late at night and asks: "Are there any baby changing facilities around here?"

Cleveland police in northeast England said the latest incident occurred around 11 p.m. Sunday when he surprised a women walking her dog in a play area in Eaglescliffe, near Middlesbrough.

Police said no one had been assaulted by the man but described his behavior as bizarre and a cause for concern.

"There have been several reports of him having been seen in Eaglescliffe dressed only in a nappy and we are keen to trace him and speak to him," police said.
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"we are keen to trace him and speak to him"? What the hell is that? Are they planning to sit down and have tea at a cafe with him?

OK, check this out...

I live in a studio apartment. A small studio apartment. I don't have much stuff. YET, I manage to lose stuff in my apartment ALL THE TIME. How the hell do you lose something in a studio apartment? That's like losing something in a shoe box!

What I'd like.

Just like the C0ke commercial, I too would like to teach the world to chill. But I'd also like to teach it to give me lots of money. And a hamburger now and then.