Negligence and debauchery

Yes, I've neglected my blog the past few days. I've been busy. Sue me.

But I've really wanted to post a shout-out to a few of my friends who came to town for a weekend of Mardi Gras festivities. They made the drive down from Chi-town Friday after work to partake in the Soulard Mardi Gras.

After waiting thru several overcrowded trains, we finally made it down to see the tail end of the Grand Parade on Saturday morning. The rest of the day consisted of drinking beer, eating spicy food, drinking hurricanes, peoplewatching, drinking more beer, walking thru crowds of happy-drunk partiers, drinking more hurricanes, and waiting in line for the bathroom. Well, with all that drinking what else would you expect? But we saw our fair share of flashers of both genders, plenty o' folks less-than-sober-but-not-quite-sloshed, and goofily-dressed adults toting children around on their shoulders.

We hopped the train home, carried in some Chinese food, and fell asleep in the middle of a round of Trivial Pursuit, all this around 7:00 in the evening. Rounded the nite off with a short spell at a biz/cas style bar and a trip to the casino.

So after a sleepless weekend, my buds went home in time for Super Bowl pregame shows, K went back to her clinical, and I damn-near passed out during the game that nite.

Ah, great fun. If I find work in the 'Lou, I will certainly make Soulard an annual tradition.