may08 056, originally uploaded by candice quates.

We ran into the owner of this car while I was taking pictures of it.
Said he, "It's a great little car when it starts!" Swooshy.

I would post about Tomato but I don't want to post before Clay about
his own car. Those of you I have on my flickr friends' page can see
pictures of it, though.

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Meet my compressor and sandblasting rig.

Yes, I know I suck at spraypainting. Hello primer.

On the other hand, I do not suck at bondo and sanding.

Little bit better on the paint here.

Done! Goodbye ugly hole in roof!

Next major rust project: taking the ugly cowling off the
hood. And of course, all the much smaller rust holes in
the roof of her.

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Some people wander the garden district and take pictures
of houses. I take pictures of cars. More here.
A little digging tells me it is likely around 1950.

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we come from france!, originally uploaded by candice quates.

Found some little 'ballerines' while searching for a pair
of sandals. They called out "Candice, we are your shoes,
take us home!'

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army men at the gates, originally uploaded by candice quates.

I think someone bought some souvenirs at the D-day
museum and went a little crazy with it. They are on a
bunch of doors and gates in the Warehouse District.

testing flickr post!

music: Air: Premiers Symptomes

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This keyboard was not yet two years old, and I had worn
off a bunch of key labels using all the time. My dad tried
to use it the other day and freaked out trying to look
at the keys. "Wait, where's the M key? You type on it
instead." Worn-away count: E, C, S, G, M, N, K, L.
B and D were on the brink.

It got sent home to IBM, as I had spilled coffee in it
last week, and returned all new and shiny. Also seems to
be more clicky than the last one.

Time to see how long the letters last on the new one.

music: Claude Debussy: Prelude, Pour le piano

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I swear, the corner of Magazine and Seventh is blessed
by the weird car fairy. This is a 1955 DeSoto Fireflite
Coronado. Catty-corner from the Porsche 356 some time
back. Other things pop up there as well.

I have a few more things after my laptop gets fixed.
It had an incident with some coffee early in the morning
a couple of days ago and has to go home to IBM now.

music: Daft Punk: One more time

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Spent a bunch of time this afternoon sitting on the
river drinking Abita and watching boats go by while
overhearing the music at French Quarter Fest. Got
one of the elusive duck poboys (think roast beef
poboy but made with duck instead) that I kept missing
last year.

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It's this kind of bullshit that drove so many of us to leave
the church in the first place. It's as if the church
forgot that it needs to help their believers to keep faith.

Aside for the locals, we are intending to make an
appearance to pay respects to Ashley tomorrow. I don't
know how long I can stay, but we shall see.

Back to trying to get myself caught up with the grind.

music: Morcheeba.

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How I spent my Sunday afternoon. Primed it afterwards,
and next round is rebuilding that hole.

music: Beth Orton: Paris Train

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Really good descriptions, tables of what to do with all
the different cuts of steak, how to cook a fresh ham,
lamb, veal, the works. I've tried a couple of things
out of it so far, and have a lot of other stuff bookmarked.

The Complete Meat Cookbook. Sample it on google books,
or check out amazon.

music: Slowdive: When the sun hits

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J'anita's is very good and we have been eating there a
lot lately. Try the best fish sammich ever, which is made
with redfish and lots of other great stuff. (Bacon!)

The google-maps-on-my-phone-with-location-finding-and-traffic
thing is so completely awesome and is saving me headaches
deciding which way to get home from the end of the Causeway.

Cooking Mama is super-addictive, japanese, and so cute!
It's all Damon's fault for suggesting it over on twitter.

One last thing, why was the Pothole Killer in the local
St. Patrick's parade? Other than that we see him in the Irish
Channel all the time?

music: mario music in my head, it will not leave...

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Now, little fiat convertibles you do still see, but I don't
think I've ever seen a little fiat car like this on our
city streets. It is about as adorable as this mini.

More pictures of the fiat are here.

music: Air Conditioner!
(Oh, and I bought a Dirty Coast air conditioner shirt, too.)

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music: silence. tired. sleepy.

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Damned UPS sounds just like my alarm clock. Power was out
for over an hour, too. Hello Entergy, how are y'all.

music: "New" Super Mario Bros.

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