recent random randomness...

The past few days I've been blessed by being able to visit with friends.

I tried for like a whole minute to figure a clever way to organize these photos into a cohesive narrative with a message and a theme, but...um.... I'm just too lazy.

Sorry.

Instead, here's a photo dump of badly taken cell phone photos.
Enjoy!

Anyway, I was fortunate enough to spend the 4th with the ever-charming Mr. Peenee and the completely wonderful Diane. Delightful!

First up are these books found by kismet on Independence Night. They were nestled in a pile of  strays left on some poor soul's stoop (no doubt being evicted for inability to pay her rent)  Finally... at last.... I'll now know what to do with my life.

At Goodwill, Diane's legendary thrift store mojo led me to this.  Some sort of handmade snow dowager.  Is there anything sadder than a widowed snow-woman?

Aaaand, why yes, apparently there is something sadder.

Yesterday, one of my best friends, Michael, unexpectedly came into town.  Naturally, we went record shopping. He bought some.  I did not. Frankly, I don't have the energy to be dropping needles on records.  It's all too exhausting.  I did, however, snap a few pictures.

I found these two in the "beautiful manly hair sings" section.  

Speaking of " beautiful manly hair sings"

Afterward,  we had a drink at the newly renovated St. Roch Market, which seems to have been turned into a very yuppie food court, but that's not necessarily a criticism. 

I had something called the "Mary Pickford".  Because, I mean, of course I did.  Michael had the manlier (ha!) drink (some sort of mongrel margarita with black pepper and salt around the rim)

We took a walk to the newly opened Crescent Park, which seemed like less a "park" than a really nice open air space.  This is a view from the walkway to it

And here's a view of the city from the "park"

Just. Wrong.

(recently seen items that actually exist)

Bible Origami: in case your regular origami is a tad too Satanic

Electric Gravy Boat Warmer: for the countless times you've wished you had an electric gravy boat warmer

Dog Hair: for "the fashion conscious hound"

Mexican gnomes: for the multicultural lawn display

Fair and Handsome skin lightener: for that big job interview

Cotton Candy Yogurt: like a circus.... of yogurt!

Guy Fieri Chip Clips: to shut this stupid douche's fat mouth up clip your chips!

Velveeta Ranch Salad Dressing: to accurately simulate vomit in cute practical jokes

Lawn Jockey: to decorate your lawn after you've used Fair and Handsome

random mardi gras randomness

My little front door. 

at the Bal d'Amour on Valentines day

chalkboard at a parade route restaurant

a guillotine marching group at the Krewe of Nyx

Shrimp and Grits float parked in front of us for what seemed like hours in the freezing cold

Cute king on the telephone pole in Riverbend

Still life with my costume.

So it's a miserable freezing rainy day here this Mardi Gras.  Damn you, global warming!   Despite a valiant attempt on my part to get to Mr. Peenee in his posh underground lair in the French Quarter, I failed.  ahem The parking gods were not with me. I'm not sure I'd have been able to get through his phalanx of houseboys, anyway.....but I was hoping to try.  My white stockings were soaked in the attempt. I looked like a drowned ostrich.  Alas.

But there's always next year, right?  Meanwhile, Happy Mardi Gras y'all!

queer things recently seen, randomly organized

What can they mean?

A while back, (at a friend's birthday party) in an empty, yet-to be renovated old house I noticed this on one of the walls.
Apparently it was like this (carefully rolled up dollar jammed in small hole in the wall under Jesus sticker) when they bought the place, and they'd left it thus. 

A little fairy palace on the curb uptown. I'm still looking for the fairies.

A teepee on the bayou.....which appeared and disappeared over night.

A message over the city...

A fiberglass elephant in front of me on the highway.....