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Louisiana Diary: August 2006
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Thursday, August 31, 2006. October 11, 2005. My first day on the job. Assigned to an ERV with L.B., driver. None of the folks I came down here with will be on the truck. Hope I do well, We’re going to Fat City, someplace in or near Metarie. No one can tell me much about it. Woke up at 5:00 am, got into the bathroom and cleaned up before the rush. Slept okay- -probably not as well as the night before last, but only because I was so dead tired back then. What was Fat City like? Too tired to go on. Mayb...
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Louisiana Diary: October 2006
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Sunday, October 29, 2006. October 26, 2005. J just came in briefly and I told her I want to go into NOLA for my last run tomorrow. Send me someplace good , I told her. This way I’ll avoid being stuck on some pointless 2nd run on a Bravo ERV and risk possibly returning at an ungodly hour. Earlier there was a birthday celebration for R., who came down with me. He was in tears. It was very sweet. Screw you, Nagin. We made our own plan. To live growing numb to the ugliness; to expect mud, cracked earth, endl...
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Louisiana Diary: September 2006
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Thursday, September 14, 2006. October 21, 2005. I spoke to MH person M. this am for over an hour in her car. It was a good hour. I explained all my concerns about the shelter and went over all the kvetches I’ve been making to others. Then explained that my concern is that I hate myself when I start talking like that- -that I’d promised myself to remain aloof from all dramas, intrigues, and politics while here. I can make it. Life in a shelter is:. A constant search for privacy. Eating the food doled out ...