Haines His Way

I have to say I feel the media, by way of information they were given, seriously underestimated the numbers of people who were left in the city when Katrina hit.

They were evacuating as early as last Friday...and by most accounts I heard, only a few thousands stayed behind for "whatever" reason.

Now, of course, it's clear tens of thousands not only stayed behind but possessed no means of escaping.  Whether it was a lack of vehicle, or lack of money (and with that, nowhere to go), they stayed behind hoping that what little they had would be spared and that they could continue their lives.

Many of them probably work for hourly wages...dependent upon tourist trade and hotels and restaurants...and have large families.  

I fear many large cities would find huge chunks of their populations would be left behind in event of evacuations because those people simply don't know where they would go and possess no resources to survive anywhere but where they know best.

I'm appalled, disgusted, disheartened and brokenhearted by all of it.

The horrible thing about this is that a great deal of people went exactly where they were told to go--the Superdome, which has become a deathtrap and a mourge.  This kind of thing is not supposed to happen in America.

The following is something my mom sent me.  I think it's funny and fun.  I've already worked out the "silly names" for several of you, but you each should take a moment or two and work yours out for the fun of it.

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Sometimes when you have a stressful day or week, you need some silliness to break up the day. And, if we are honest, we have a lot more stressful days than not.
 
Follow the instructions to find your new name
 
 The following is excerpted from a children's book, “Captain Underpants and  the  Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants“, by Dave Pilkey, in which the evil Professor forces everyone to assume new names.

1. Use the third letter of your first name to determine your new first name:

  a = snickle
  b = doombah
  c = goober
  d = cheesey
  e = crusty
  f = greasy
  g = dumbo
  h = farcus
  i = dorky
  j = doofus
  k = funky
  l = boobie
  m = sleezy
  n = sloopy
  o = fluffy
  p = stinky
  q = slimy
  r = dorfus
  s = snooty
  t = tootsie
  u = dipsy
  v = sneezy
  w = liver
  x = skippy
  y = dinky
  z = zippy

2. Use the second letter of your last name to determine the first half of  your new last name:

  a = dippin
  b = feather
  c = batty
  d = burger
  e = chicken
  f = barffy
  g = lizard
  h = waffle
  i = farkle
  j = monkey
  k = flippin
  l = fricken
  m = bubble
  n = rhino
  o = potty
  p = hamster
  q = buckle
  r = gizzard
  s = lickin
  t = snickle
  u = chuckle
  v = pickle
  w = hubble
  x = dingle
  y = gorilla
  z = girdle

3. Use the third letter of your last name to determine the second half of your new last name:

  a = butt
  b = boob
  c = face
  d = nose
  e = hump
  f = breath
  g = pants
  h = shorts
  i = lips
  j = honker
  k = head
  l = tush
  m = chunks
  n = dunkin
  o = brains
  p = biscuits
  q = toes
  r = doodle
  s = fanny
  t = sniffer
  u = sprinkles
  v = frack
  w = squirt
  x = humperdinck
  y = hiney
  z = juice


For example, mine is "Sloopy Chuckletush."

Do you have the nerve to find your silly name and post it here?  How about you, "Dipsy FarkleChunks"?  Or you, ""Tootsie PottySprinkles"?  
 
(Remember that children laugh an average of 146 times a day; adults laugh an average of 4 times a day.)

The following is something my mom sent me.  I think it's funny and fun.  I've already worked out the "silly names" for several of you, but you each should take a moment or two and work yours out for the fun of it.

You can call me Fluffy Pottysprinkles!

tonight i watched one and a half dvds: FRANCIS OF ASSISI starring Bradford Dillman, then BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON directed by Franco Zeffirelli.  I tuned out of BSSM only because I knew that if I heard Donovan croon one more tune I would have to throw something at the teevee.

What is truly disgusting is that we didn't get the alternate version of the film as shown in Europe with the beautiful score by Riz Ortolani and only a couple of songs by Donovan, neither of which were sung by him.  The movie resonates in its intended form, but the forced "pop" score deprives the film of the beauty and power its director intended.

Maybe I could've taken a chorus of The Hurdy Gurdy man . . .NOT!

(Remember that children laugh an average of 146 times a day; adults laugh an average of 4 times a day.)


I guess they know things we forgot to remember! Or maybe that's the difference between childhood and adulthood! Who knows?

Jennifer was a total bitch to Rachel.  

Ummmm...BB6's Jennifer IS a total bitch.  Rachel was just handy.

Snooty Farklechunks.

...And just when I was about to ask who the heck was "Sloopy Pottyface"..

Well, it's bedtime for Snooty.  I'm recording some demos from 1:00-5:00 tomorrow, and then it's right to Penn Station from there.  But I'll need to pack in the morning, and take care of a few errands before leaving town.  So...

Goodnight.

OH!!!  I just figured out who Dipsy is!

Hmm....

Caitlynne has heard the song and "really, really likes it."  I guess we'll all talk about it next week.

Poor Jason!

He's Snooty GizzardButt!

Sloopy GizzardLips here, currently waiting for Cheesey FrickenButt to get home from rehearsal.  

Goober Dippendoodle here!