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Leeandra Nolting

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Birthday: July 08

Title: Assistant Guru (not to be confused with Assistant to the Guru)

Bio: Proud native Hoosier who’s settled permanently in New Orleans. Teach English. Live in an old whorehouse with three very talkative and sexually-confused birds and one very talkative bird that isn’t sexually confused at all but just wants what s/he wants, which is pretty much everything and everybody. They appear quite frequently in my writing. Former bedpan wrangler, radio announcer, preschool teacher, and freshman comp. instructor. Once accidentally picked out A Clockwork Orange for a make-out movie. Have a very rational appreciation for the works of Flannery O’Connor and the television show The X-Files and an irrational fear of Meg Ryan. All my friends are drunks.

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MARCH 8, 2011 8:35PM

Rate: 13 Flag

In the streets of my neighborhood today. I'm towards the end, dressed as Janis Joplin.

(The music is Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint, "Hey Las Bas Boogie" off the album "Alligator Alley." I make no money from this video, but you all should go out and buy their music.)

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ha, loved teh BP oil spill grass skirts. will try to watch the whole vid a bit later, it kept freezing on me even though I've got a wicked fast connection...

bbd

March 08, 2011 08:43 PM

there you are, girl!! hope you're having some fabulous good times today in that jumping janis getup. that's a very happy smile on your pretty face, lee.

femme forte

March 08, 2011 08:50 PM

Happy! Happy!

Brian B

March 08, 2011 09:07 PM

I saw you! Nice Janis!

bbd

March 08, 2011 09:15 PM

Haha! Great stuff!

cheshyre grin

March 08, 2011 09:58 PM

Cool! Great Mardi Gras spirit.
I watched the other videos too ...

Scarlett Sumac

March 08, 2011 10:02 PM

Fats Domino for Fat Tuesday.
RATED

littlewillie

March 09, 2011 12:27 AM

Dear Leeandra, love the annual taste of Mardi Gras! N'Awlins sure knows how to throw a great party. Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez!
rated with a string of green, gold and purple beads

Shiral

March 09, 2011 12:47 AM

All the costume needs is a half-pint of Southern Comfort, which is a heavy price to pay for verisimilitude.

Con Chapman

March 09, 2011 09:57 AM

Uh, Con, I had one in my purse and was drinking it straight up beginning at 8 am. You can buy SoCo in plastic bottles, which made me street-legal. (You can drink openly in New Orleans, just no glass bottles in the French Quarter.) Normally, my choice is Jack Daniel's, but I wanted to be accurate.

The folks I was with can vouch for this.

Leeandra Nolting

March 09, 2011 10:20 AM

Great video! I saw a lot of those same folks yesterday in the Quarter - I've got pics of some of them up in my Mardi Gras post over on my blog. Happy Mardi Gras!