What are your perceptions of each state?

[pianogirl04]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I haven't been in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, either. I've heard all kinds of stories, and usually make me more hesitant. I don't really see the whole point in Mardi Gras, anyway. I'm not that interested in getting totally wasted and acting stupid, while being surrounded by many, many other people who are doing the same thing, but that's me. New Orleans is kind of creepy, but I like it; as long as someone's with me I can take it. This is off-topic, but doesn't the Aquarium in New Orleans rock? I just love aquariums. Few people seem to get as passionate as I do about them. Few people who are over the age of eight.

Hillary

Mardi Gras scares me. It's like an extension of Christmas, one more reason to party. New Orleans is cool as long as I'm in a group. I went last year with my debate team and we went to the Riverwalk and the Aquarium -- I hadn't been there since I was 9 and my gosh, things have changed!! There's so much more there now than there used to be... frogs and petting a sea urchin, among other things... there's so much there now that I can't remember what all of it is. I must say the jellyfish was my ultimate favorite -- and the penguins, of course. I was walking around with three of my teammates, we were all seniors, and for two hours I was eight again, absolutely mesmerized. Over jellyfish. I've still got a pass to the zoo and the aquarium that doesn't expire until August of next year -- I wonder how hard it would be to talk my mom into a road trip... she's wanted to take a tour of a cemetary for a long time now, I'm not so sure I could handle that -- with my luck, I'd get possessed or something