Recap of October

As of November 7, I began counting down the month until exams start--and that date also marked the end of my social life. In honor of that, I thought I'd share some pics to commemorate the fun that was had before:

First of all, in mid-October, the law school had a formal (a law school prom), which was . . . interesting, had a wonderful time with Fl. & St., pictured here. The next day, the Ogden Museum had an auction and Gala where E and I got all dressed up to represent. Definitely a busy weekend but had a great time:

And then there was Halloween in New Orleans: I don't think the pictures make much sense unless you know the following:

1.) E went to Wal-Mart at 8 PM on Halloween and bought his costume, for children ages 6-8.

2.) He cut the costume in half and consequently, periodically throughout the night, I had to help him pull up his pants--not that unlike an actual 6 year-old.

3.) I went as Kim Kardashian (another interesting decision at 8 pm on the night of Halloween), who is dating the Saints' Reggie Bush. I may or may not have had some extra cushioning . . .(you can click on the pictures to make them bigger).

So, that's the report--and I'm afraid there won't be much coming from me until around 6 pm on December 17th. I will need any prayers/caffeine you want to send my way.

(Because I'm worried about litigious people as a result of law school: Gala photo taken by Cheryl Gerber). Shamelessly stole the rest from SH of Houston and FH of Chicago.

A truly shameless delay...

but, yet again, I promise to be better at updating as my summer adventures begin. Here's a quick pictorial recap of the semester:

we had some first-time visitors to New Orleans (and hopefully not last, despite travel problems):

Watching 'the game':

and afterwards....

I celebrated my 25th birthday with a surprise party (thanks to E) and, as you can see from this video, didn't handle the surprise all that well--I'm cowering in the corner, that's why you can't see me. It took a long time for me to recover:

Some first class procrastination occurred:

And, somehow, finished the first year of law school--although, grades haven't come out yet, so maybe I shouldn't say that yet: http://lawyerist.com/moving-past-bad-law-school-grades/.

Either way, I could now join this group if I wanted to (which I don't): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=35297479020

So, that's the brief update. I'll try to post from Italy and London--V.

Beginning to appreciate NOLA again...

I have slowly begun to recover from the first semester of law school, a recovery that was hampered by the fact that Tulane started a week earlier than any other law school in the country. As a consequence, I am 3 weeks into school without any motivation or interest in learning more. Hopefully, I'll get so scared soon that I'll start making myself go to the library, although I have a feeling that will be even harder now that the forecast says it will be 70 degrees for the next....10 months? I hope to enjoy it before the humidity arrives.

There really isn't that much to report: E's busy volunteering for various people and starts interning for an architect soon. As stated above, I am dodging schoolwork. We are going to have the opportunity to show off the city when several people come down to visit us soon. With the combination of Mardi Gras season and the Saints (if they keep doing as well as they are doing--which they will), they are in for a good show: lots of excitement and more public drunkenness than ever seen before (and yes, for those who experienced it, more than Foxfield).

I do, however, have some pictures from the night after my last final (thanks to one S. Tooter) which I think fairly captures the sentiment of the night and please note, there are no pictures from the rest of the evening, which continued into the next day when E and I caught a 6 AM flight. It wasn't pretty.

Quickly followed by:

and we're back...

Hey folks, glad to see all of our loyal readers back with us after our first ever 'eandvinthebigeasyholidaytimesabattical.' After a much needed (and well deserved, I might add) break from the blogalaxy, we return to offer insights and intrigue from the lives of two people just trying to make their way in the rough and tumble world of the Crescent City.

I'll fill you in on where I stand and hopefully V, law school schedule permiting, will chime in with her own mad-cap, zany adventures. I guess we can recap where we last left everyone:

• I had just finished another chapter on what is becoming quite an illustrious movie career with a staring role in Hillary Duff Presents, Hillary Duff in The Business of Falling in Love. I also appreciate the support for any of you watching the Golden Globes last night, there was talk of the movie carrying the "Best Drama" Category but looks like we didn't make the cut for this year's awards, I'm hearing sweep in 2010!
• I survived the emotional and physical strain that was DesCours 2009. When I was told that my position during the architecturally themed festival was going to be "relaxed" and "chill" and "people will probably buy you a lot of drinks after", I had no idea what in reality I was getting myself into. I'm currently trying to track down some photos but let me give you a bit of a teaser as to how the week long festival went: It finished with a second line parade where we get a brass band to walk through the french quarter and everyone comes out and dances and its a great time, very New Orleans. Well, yours truly had the brilliant idea to rig up a rolling bar during the parade that would consist of 3 quarter kegs and a ice-chest kegerator-thing, all stacked high on a cart, that some poor shmuck would have to drag for the duration of the hour and a-half long parade. Brilliant idea right? Yeah, unless, of course, you are that poor shmuck. Needless to say I ended up sweating through my pants, undershirt, button down and sweater and also got appropriately drunk, since I tried to "lighten the load" by tasting my own wares, so to speak. All in all, not a bad time.

As for what is happening in the near future, we have some exciting things to look forward to as New Orleans gears up for Mardi Gras Season:

• 37 of our closest friends from Washington are coming down to visit right before Mardi Gras, in what is shaping up to be quite a weekend. Needless to say, if anyone has a spare air mattress they could lend us, it would be appreciated. Apparently there is also some bad, mid-atlantic regional beef going down between G of Baltimore and C of Richmond, who hopefully can duke it out over "who can eat the most po-boys in a 36 hour period", or "who could get the closest to falling in the ol'Miss, but not actually fall in, during a 36 hour period". Just some thoughts.
• Next week's playoff game for the black-and-gold. For those of you who don't live around here, damn do people love them some good Saints football. Whole city is crazy about it, which, you know, is pretty cool seeing as how I've been a Saints fan my whole life (I'm sticking to it). I managed to catch last Sunday's game at a bar on Esplanade which borders the French Quarter and was packed with a local, more than touristy crowd. This place had the brilliant idea of giving the whole bar a free shot everytime the Saints scored. After a couple of buckets of PBR, followed by the Saints racking up three scores in the first quarter, it was a long afternoon (kick-off was 3:30pm local time) and an E bedtime of about 9pm. The place ran out of liquor (at least the type they wanted to give out for free) and we ended the game by slugging down a couple rounds of strawberry flavored something.

That is most of what's going on, there is still the whole E needs to find a job issue, and V just realized Law School grading is anonymous and it really doesn't matter if you go to class or not, but who wants to hear about that?

Not Sure How She Found It

Somehow, through the help of some friends in our nation's capital, V managed to track down the following footage. Rest assured, I only had one drink that night, Officer.

The video was not doctored in any way, the soundtrack is original, as well as the lightning quick speed with which I repel the oncoming Saltines. Also, if any questions why V ended up with me, well, I guess I just look good in a little green hat.

Another Gem from E's Past...

Before you go around thinking E's all cool and stuff because he's going to be 'Business Man # 47,' let me ask just one question:

Where did that Little Green Hat go?

Also,many of you may be wondering: 'is there a video that accompanies this picture?' I'm working on it.

More of an update from this weekend once I get pictures...

Wait, He Already Has an IMDB Page?

As some of you may know by now, there is an answer to this riddle: What do you get when E still hasn't found a job and the rent check is due soon? Yes that's right, he gets cast as an extra in a Hillary Duff, made for ABC Family TV movie.

Now, I know what most of you are thinking, but E, weren't you already some sort of big shot movie guy? I mean, I'm downloading A Plot to Kill Hitler circa 1990 as we speak (true!).

Anyway, long and the short of it, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I will find myself in: http://www.hilarynews.com/2009/08/10/hilary-duff-cast-in-the-business-of-falling-in-love/ playing some sort of schmoozing wall street type. Just noticed though, it's the same director from 10 Things I Hate About You, so that'll be great. Here is a photo from the extra's audition (ad said men in dark suits, they get real specific with the extras):

I was picturing some sort of zany, Andy Millman (anyone?) type set up.  Nope, just some depressing warehouse in a bad part of the city where you do not want to be walking around in a suit late at night.