nola ache

all i want to do is lie by the fly on the mississippi and listen to wwoz. then go hear rebirth play at the maple leaf later in the night. and get beignets. and run along the lagoons and bayou.

one of my teachers, when she found out i was from nola, told me that she went down there to go to jazzfest and was amazed by the humidity. she thought i wasn't looking too well in class, i told her i'd been sick, and she said to make sure i drank enough b/c i'm probably dehydrated. she went on to say that she thinks the humidity is what makes everyone down there so "feeling."

we are so conscious of every pore of our being because there's either water resting on it or coming out of it. so we're a feeling culture. we feel music, food, life. i was like, yes. yes indeed.

i will never take the humidity for granted.

i don't know if listening to tin roof blues will make me feel better or worse. i miss every single thing about nola. including the crappy mall at lakeside.

i even miss metairie.

i want cc's. or pj's.

i want to wrap myself in nola and hibernate for a long while.

god, i want a drink.