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by Lauren LaBorde
on Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:50 AM
I did not buy any Christmas gifts since the world was ending today. But I'm started to think I may need a plan B — James Perry (@JamesHPerry) December 21, 2012
... and I feel fine. Because the world was never actually going to end, guys. Other things that happened this week, besides the "Mayan apocalypse" not being a real thing: locals got ready for Christmas, the NRA was insane, the Saints beat the Cowboys and Orleans Parish School Board president Thomas Robichaux spoiled Gossip Girl.
Go ahead and open your presents (it's a bunch of tweets; I'm really broke this year) on Christmas Eve — you've been good boys and girls this year.
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by Lauren LaBorde
on Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM
I am very disturbed by the massacre in Connecticut and the way some of uscovered it... especially interviewing helpless children. — norman robinson (@normanrobinson1) December 15, 2012
With sexy Santas and Jackson Square carolers, it's obvious Christmas is around the corner (although the weather is unseasonably warm). But Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. is just a horrible, sad thing that weighs heavy on the mind during the holidays. Hug your friends and family extra hard!
In other, less terrible news: the Acro-Cats come to town, Bobby Jindal has something to say about birth control, and the Saints get a win.
So, it's official: We're the New Orleans Pelicans — not the New Orleans Bounce, New Orleans Jazz, the New Orleans Only-in-New Orleans Fleur de Lis Go-Cups, or whatever was your team name of choice. Are you happy with the name change? Are you in, as they say? Also this week: Grammy nomination announcements, local elections, sexy Santas and Steven Tyler.
Eggs...that's cute. Lol. — Courtney Roby (@robyslyfe) November 29, 2012
While many — even dive bars — begin to get in the holiday spirit, it seems others are asking to get coal in their stockings this year. From the lovely folks in Atlanta who greeted our Saints in a very mature, adult-like way before their match against the Falcons on Thursday, to local media makers who engaged in a full-on Twitter cat fight (a group tweakout, if you will), the naughty list is growing before our eyes. Also this week: Comic Con, a really dumb moment courtesy of a New Orleans ambulance driver and Jon Vilma entertains us, as always.
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by Lauren LaBorde
on Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:24 PM
The holidays have just officially started; I take that to mean I can put off plans for healthier living til after Mardi Gras. Or Jazz Fest. — Alison Fensterstock (@AlisonF_NOLA) November 22, 2012
We're back to the real world, which is sadly filled with food that isn't casseroles and pie and people who aren't giant inflatable cartoon characters or Rockettes. Ease on back into the working week with tweets about Black Friday, mass texts, how shitty our airport is, Bobby Jindal 2.0 and more. Plus, some lagniappe tweets from last week that I saved during Y@ Speak's first birthday celebration.
Between watching football and watching more football, this week we managed to elect a new president and make other important decisions! Good job, guys. If the election didn't go your way, you likely were comforted by the Saints' two wins. That the Saints are a good football team sometimes is something on which we can all agree.
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by Lauren LaBorde
on Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:55 AM
FORWARD…UPWARD…SIDEWAYS … DIAGONAL… CIRCULAR…all of these would be better than REALITY for this President. — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) November 3, 2012
This Halloween week, New Orleans Twitter was treated to a variety of treats: amusing dispatches from trick-or-treating and the Frenchmen Street experience, deep thoughts from Norman Robinson, and an apparently drunk or really, really excited person on Bobby Jindal's Twitter feed Friday night. But is someone playing a trick on us with this Sean Payton news? Also this week: Hurricane Sandy tweets, Steve Gleason's mohawk, and people get worked up about LSU/Bama game.
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by Lauren LaBorde
on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Down here we call it hunkering. Up there they say soda. — skooks (@skooks) October 28, 2012
As our friends in the Northeast began their hunkering down with the onset of Hurricane Sandy, this week we watched the final presidential debates, struggled with what to do with the bunnies we won at the Voodoo Experience, and watched the Saints lose pitifully.
Also, a message from Y@ Speak: I mined the various Voodoo hashtags for roundup-worthy tweets, which is like looking for an earring in a giant Dumpster. One thing I kept seeing were really horrible Instagram shots from Voodoo sets: a faraway shot of a blue light ("Neil Young!"), a stage obscured by hundreds of waving arms ("Skrillex!"), a pixellated zoomed-in shot of Jack White bathed in a filter that makes him look like an X-ray. Friends, it's really hard to get decent shots of bands at music festivals/concerts in general (although it's certainly possible), so instead of worrying about that, maybe just enjoy the show? People will believe that you are a human with friends who goes out and does things without your Instagram documentation of it.
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by Lauren LaBorde
on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:56 AM
I met Hugh Hefner this summer, and he has binders full of women apparently.Is that what Romney was trying to imply? — Zack Kopplin (@ZackKopplin) October 17, 2012
You want tweets? I got binders full of 'em. Tweets about the second presidential debate, the Tulane University shooter that actually never existed, the fire in Treme and the Saints' win. Also in the tweets this week, things to avoid: the new Chipotle in Elmwood (at least for a few weeks), Magazine Street today and Curren$y, if you see him in baggage claim.
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by Lauren LaBorde
on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:02 PM
PLEASE let boiled H2O cool before drinking. If water tastes flat, pour in a clean bottle and shake. If it still tastes flat, add to bourbon. — Mark Moseley (@moseleylensnola) October 9, 2012
New Orleans residents say we live in the Third World while using Twitter to complain about the boil water advisory issued last week (hey, the Saints didn't play this week, so I guess everyone needed something to yell about). Also this week: it's Biden versus Ryan in the veep debate, changes in the Voodoo Experience lineup, and a dude skydives from space.
