Boats and Floats (I can rhyme!)

For Thanksgiving, I headed down to San Antonio to watch the annual boat caroling/boat parade. Man, I seriously love the riverwalk. I seriously did not love the fact that the city was charging just to go down to it for the parade. We seriously have to pay to watch a parade in a public space that's already banking from heavily sponsored floats (I saw Santa pop up out of the ceiling of the Raddison Hotel float...)? It actually wound up being for the better, since nearly all the spectators opted to watch from the bridges above, and I wound up looking for more original things to photograph.

P.S. The thought of San Antonio always makes me laugh because I had a friend in elementary school who would never fail to yell, in all seriousness, "REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!" as she led the charge to grab the first round of dodge balls from the center line. I had some seriously awesome childhood friends.

Belly Flop Fun!

Ok, so I laughed really hard the first time I saw this. And even harder the second time. And by the 5th time (yes, I was on a laughing roll, I suppose) I had one of my ever-so-effervescent epiphanies. I seriously feel like this cat right now. Well, pause while he's in mid air. I haven't hit the floor yet... but my point being that I've worked up a lot of nerve and I'm going for it (finishing school, getting my foot on the first step of the career ladder [note within a note: I hate the "career ladder" analogy, but this whole post is my own analogy for something... I can only have so many analogy-epiphanies a day, so give me a break] etc.) and I know that I'm trying so hard for something that I'm pretty sure I'm not going to reach ALL my goals. But I like being ambitious. And I'm still going to find the whole experience entertaining, even when I hit the floor. Oh, and there's that giddy little adrenaline rush mid-air.



Also, I think this about the 8th time I've seen this now. And it's still funny.

Dusty wine

I toured Llano Estacado Winery not too long ago. It's the largest "premium" winery in Texas, and although I still have only a vague idea of what that actually means, I was expecting it to be much more... industrial? It was a very laid back atmosphere, and I couldn't help but appreciate this wine glass, sitting outside on some equipment, just collecting dust carried by the West Texas wind. Maybe it's because I've had to deal with one too many dust storms, but I found the reminder of the ever-present West Texas dust juxaposed to the romanticism of the distant vineyards humorous.

Seaweed: its for more than throwing!

So when I went to the beach for an (awesome!) on-the-beach wedding, what did I do? Naturally, I took more pictures, thus adding to my already long to-do list. But this is work that doesn't feel like work, so I'm cool with it.

I dare you to tell me this isn't the most attractive mound of washed up seaweed you've ever seen. What's that? You don't really notice that kind of thing when you're soaking up the sun on a clear, summer day with nothing but endless water and sand sprinkled with scantily clad eye candy? How awkward of me.

I usually make it a point to avoid shots of tree branches. Its usually just really amateur-looking, but in my defense, this was really more of a shot of the sky (and proof that I was an HOUR early for a 7:30 A.M. final last fall). The leaves were slightly damp and picking up some of the orange from the sky. Any whooo, I just ran across it and thought I would post something pretty, just because.

Unicorn: The Other White Meat

I wish this had happened while I was taking my mass communications law class. I'm sure my professor, an ex DA with a great sense of humor, could have used this as an example multiple times.

It's tough to pick out my favorite quote from this article, but I'm going to have to go with "an excellent source of sparkles."

Check out the story, which I found on the Lubbock Avalanche Journal's site, by clicking here.

Also, I googled "fat unicorn" for images a few days ago (don't ask) and it's amazing how many relevant image results I found. Try it if you wish.

...Did that building just move?

Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE awesome guerilla marketing? Samsung got it right with this one! Imagine walking down the street and seeing this. (If the video seems a bit slow at first, just wait until about half a minute into it, it gets way better from there.)