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gilbert

rebuilding New Orleans, one screw at a time

About Me

I love New Orleans, I've been here for about 7yrs now. I moved here from Pennsylvania. I love animals, and have several reptiles as pets. I do also have a cat(but she acts like a dog). I enjoy cooking, especially on the grill. I also like to chill at home and watch movies, throw darts, or play chess. I love to shoot pool(Markey's in the Bywater has a free table!!), go out to see music, and go out to eat. I started my relationship with New Orleans in the Bywater, then went to the Marigny, then bought a house in the Treme(not an Uptown kinda guy). I still love going to the Bywater though...........This was all before Katrina hit. Since then I've been to Mississippi, South Carolina(twice), and then Pennsylvania, then Virgina, now back to New Orleans..... On yahoo I'm get_nola drop me a message ..

My Interests

Since the hurricane I haven't had much time to do anything except work on my house, and other peoples houses. I love to cook, I love being outside, rollerblading, jogging(not much recently), going to the park and tossin around a frisbee. Animals. I like to go out to see live music. Shooting pool, throwing darts, chess, etc. Oh yeah, I like beer!

I'd like to meet:

Cool people. The more the better.

Music:

Funk, punk, jazz, I don't dig on rap too much, and I can't stand country. I absolutely love brass bands. Obviuosly, Rebirth Brass band is one of the BEST! I've mellowed since moving here, but Sisters of Mercy still get a lot of play, as well as some older Industrial stuff(Skinny Puppy, Leather Strip, KMFDM, etc..) I like lots of stuff from Miles Davis to Morphine to the Ramones, Bowie, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, Peter Murphy, Earth Wind and Fire, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Concrete Blonde, Chili Peppers, Primus, Portishead, just about anything electronic, Dead Can Dance ........................... etc

Movies:

The scarier the better. I really like the ones that are a complete mindf..k.

Television:

Simpsons, Survivor, Simpsons, CSI, and cartoons on Saturday, oh and Simpsons.

Books:

Whatever catches my eye. I don't read a lot. I don't seem to make enough time for it.

Heroes:

Not really.

My Blog

goin back to cali

My grandmother just turned 90! so the fam is having a reunion of sorts in Bakersfield, CA. I leave tomorrow @ 6am! UGH! I get back on Mon, so I won't be gone long. Can't wait to see my family out ther...
Posted by gilbert on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:57:00 PST

my northern peeps!

It was great seeing everyone! I got to surprise my Dad for his b-day, see a whole lot of friends, it rocked! Long trip though! I went from New Orleans to Atlanta to see Casey, whew! We threw down! The...
Posted by gilbert on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:53:00 PST

floors!

yep I have new hard wood floors! Well, at least in the back of the house. All 3 bedrooms and the hallway are done. Now I just hhave to do the 2 big rooms in the front! Yeah! Almost done!!!!
Posted by gilbert on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:08:00 PST

here we go!

Okay! I just ordered the wood for my floors the other day! It should be here around Aug. 31st. I was going to have someone else do the installation because I thought it would be faster. But since I ha...
Posted by gilbert on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:03:00 PST

progress report

Ok folks, well I am getting closer and closer to being done with my house. I am currently ready to install the kitchen floor. After that I only need to sand down a couple rooms, primer the walls, and ...
Posted by gilbert on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:27:00 PST

Tagged

Okay.... so Erica tagged me..... so here it goes....I Have to post 6 weird facts about myself and then tag six people to do the same. I must write their names below and then leave a message in th...
Posted by gilbert on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:59:00 PST

I've been MIA

Okay, so I haven't been around for quite a while, but for good reason. I now have almost half of the sheetrock up in my house. That's right folks, I've insulated, re-framed where neccessary, and now h...
Posted by gilbert on Sun, 28 May 2006 01:53:00 PST

electricity

It has finally happened! It's been since August 29th, but it has finally happened. I can now go inside my house turn on the light switch, and the light actually goes on! I have electricity! I felt lik...
Posted by gilbert on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:17:00 PST

I'm so wired!

Well, partially anway. The electricians, started today! They've wired most of the downstairs, next they finish the downstairs completely and do the room upstairs and all of the ceiling fans. Then they...
Posted by gilbert on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:16:00 PST

Well, it's always somethin'

Well, the electricians may actually start this Friday, or next Monday. HOWEVER...now I have to go back to South Carolina to pick up my animals. My sister is moving back to PA, and can't keep them anym...
Posted by gilbert on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:29:00 PST