All I heard from people before I got here was how awful Shreveport is, how depressing and hot and boring it was and how I would hate it.
I have been here two days so far, and I totally disagree. Shreveport is a fun fucking city.
You should see the sporting goods stores. I have spent so much time in places like Chicago and New York and LA, I forgot what sporting goods stores in the south are like. Rows of guns, palettes of ammunition, aisles of compound bows, wrist rockets, airsoft guns, paintball guns, tannerite, hundreds of knives, everything you could ever want if your goal is to hunt, shoot, kill, maim, destroy, or just generally cause mayhem. Jeff, Nils and I spent at least two hours at that place, and are going back tomorrow to test a bunch of bows and other cool things. I have a feeling bowhunting the neighborhood squirrels will be one of the Assistant vs. Assistant contests.
For dinner, we went to one of those barbecue places you only find in the south. A roll of paper towels on every table, an industrial wash sink right out in the open, and you buy everything by the pound. We had two pounds of crawfish, two pounds of ribs, a pound of alligator, a pound of catfish, and all kinds of hush puppies, baked beans, fries and texas toast. $50 for all of it. We had a great steak dinner last night for $300, and it's debatable which meal was better.
Last night we went out drinking at a bunch of bars, and the people could not have been any nicer. There were plenty of good looking girls, and a few that were flat out smoking hot. There are a ton of bars here, some of them are really cool, and the bars stay open till 6am. Seriously--what the fuck else could you ask for in a town besides nice people, lots of bars open late, and hot girls? Los Angeles has NOTHING on Shreveport in terms of bar scene (well, if you actually care about drinking and don't just go to bars to do blow in the bathroom and pretend you're important).
Oh yeah--THERE ARE CASINOS HERE. Nice ones. You might not be able to tell this about me, but I like to gamble.
Make no mistake about it: I would never want to live here permanently. I get the feeling that it would get small quick, and the pace of life here is just too slow for me. And the place really is kinda run down. But as a place to visit and shoot a movie, so far I really like Shreveport.
Fuck everyone who shits on this place. If you can't have fun here, you just suck as a person.
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