Yep. I admit it. I can be clueless.

Last night I was perusing the Nola Live Journal community when I ran upon a commenter mentioning that she/he had read a piece about a certain blogger in the Times-Picayune. Whereupon I asked said blogger whaaaaaa?????

Turns out my friend and fellow blogger Yatpundit was interviewed for the featured story about Nola streetcar history in the Living section of the paper on Tuesday. He’s the author of “New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line” and is considered the city’s most knowledgeable historian of streetcar history. You can read this verrry interesting story here. It’s a great story, great interview and great photo and it underscores another reason why we love living in New Orleans!. Uh huh!

Yes, I was clueless about this - mainly because I rarely read the paper anymore - but I”m also peeved. I talk to Mr.Streetcar practically every day and he never once mentioned this or I would most certainly have blogged it before now. Well, I’m sure someone in the Nola blogosphere posted it….I just don’t read the blogs like I used to so I must have missed it.

Which brings me to the second part of my title. Attitude Adjustment.
I said I don’t read the paper or the blogs like I used to and that’s because my work has been consuming me. I have allowed that to happen. Lots of changes and a heavier load has made me decidedly un-serene. I have, in fact, developed an “attitude”. I’ve thrown temper tantrums. I’ve silently screamed “FYYFF!” I’ve announced that I’ve reached a stage in my life where I won’t put up with bullsh*t and I’m gonna tell it like it is. I’ve been negative, upset, blunt, over-reactive and overwhelmed and I’m tired of it. I’ve been like Screamin’ Millie:

Millie McDeevit screamed a scream,
So loud it made her eyebrows steam.
She screamed so loud her jawbone broke,
Her tongue caught fire, her nostrils smoked,
Her eyeballs boiled and then they popped out,
Her ears flew north, her nose went south,
Over the hillside, ‘cross the stream,
Into the skies it chased the scream.
And that’s what happened to Millie McDeevit,
(At least I hope all you screamers believe it).
~~Screamin’ Millie by Shel Silverstein

Yep, that’s how I’ve been feeling lately.
After a particularly stressful event today I went outside to think and I came to this conclusion: only I can make myself miserable. Only I can allow a situation that’s out of my control drive me crazy. And only I can change my attitude. And so I will.

So I’m thinking about a plan of action to reach this goal and I would appreciate any suggestions.

First baby step: enjoyed a trumpet solo of “Do You Know What It Means” on Steppin’ Out played by Clive Wilson. Just beautiful.

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