Reznjun

i missed mardi gras again this year so i am jamming out to some cajun tunes. it used to be a big thing with me to be able to go to new orlean to see the big celebration. i finally made it down there one year. that was when i was still in my alky days. it was just one big party. you really dont have to go anywhere for that. after i had been down there it wasnt such a big deal. i followed the parades and collected alot of cheap beads. i coulda bought manhattan with them.

i guess mardi gras kinda started out as some kind of religious thing. during lent people would give up something.  so on fat tuesday, they would fill up on the things they would do without during the 40 days leading up to easter. after a few years it just became a reason to party. i remember back when i went to a parochial boarding school. we were forced to observe all the religious holidays. so during lent we had to give something up as a sacrifice. we were just poor indian kids. we didnt have money to buy anything anyway. so we would write down things like giving up pop and candy on the slips of paper we had to turn in to the nuns. it was kinda easy to follow that.

the other day i went to get a newspaper since there was no mail because of a holiday. i put my 75 cents in the machine to get a paper. i noticed a sign on the machine that admonished me to take only one paper. it said i was being watched. so i looked around to see who was watching me. i didnt notice anyone. it must be cause some rip off papers or something. so they use a guilt trip to keep people in line.

i was waiting to watch ku on tv the other night. they had a game that went into overtime. so they stayed with the game. i couldnt care less about the teams from back east. they kept the game on the one being played. so i missed part of the ku game. that happens alot. i dont know why they cant switch to the ku game for this area. everyone here wants to watch the game of local interest. the announcers always bad mouth ku anyway. they think the good teams come from back east. wait til march and april. ku will show them who the best team is.

yesterday someone brought me two fresh buffalo hides. at first i didnt want to mess with them. but i know how hard it is to get buffalo hides so i took them. i just bought two hand drum frames and have a 49 drum frame that belongs to my nephew. so i will get to those hides when i can. i am still making roaches. working on the hides will give me something different to work on. it is hard work to do especially since it is still cold. i have sorted hair all winter long. i now have enough hair sorted to make over 10 roaches to go with the 5 i already finished. i have 4 hand drums done.now i will have roaches and hand drums ready when pow wow season gets here. i probably will have a stand somewhere.

i thought my hearing was going bad after i came back from oklahoma. i played so many slots during that trip i could still hear the ringing. there is nothing wrong with my hearing. gotta stay out of the sinos. and get busy with my artwork.