Just splitting the goodies

None of these will run, but I thought I might post 'em here just so I can say I'm keeping up with my blogs. From the St. Aloysius School's All Saints Day celebration this morning."Yo, how's my halo look? Straight? Cool.""And I was all, 'yo, that Saint Nicholas guy ain't nothing but--' ... crap, he's right behind me, isn't he?"
Can't even go to church these days without somebody sticking a wide angle lense in your face.
Saint Nick's plottin' to nick the priest's communion goblet. Or planning world domination. Either way, kiddo, count me in.

Ahh, good times with the Catholics. Almost as good as that time I put Alka-seltzer under my fingernails and dipped 'em in the holy water. Those guys had no sense of humor.

"Pretend like I'm not here"

That's what I say to kids when I have an assignment around them: "pretend like I'm not here, okay?" Because I don't really want them to look at me, or give me a big smile, or throw up some kind of gang sign ... yeah, that's happened before, damn near killed myself laughing so hard ... And then there are the people who aren't really looking at you, which might run ...

Just a little tidbit

I'll be posting (hopefully) an embedded Soundslides later with more photos later. Unfortunately, I don't have any audio to go with it -- my recorder was dead, and the three closest convenience stores to the gin didn't have any AAA batteries.

Heeeey ...

... hmm, just tossing this up there, but don't I know somebody who went to Marist ...?

Check my other blog (later, they're not up yet and won't be up till much later) for more photos from the Great American Cross Country Festival, yeehaw.

Stolen quiz

Wanted to waste some time this evening, so here's a quiz I stole off a friend's old blog.

ARTIST: Bruce Springsteen

Pick one band/singer/songwriter and use only their song titles to answer the questions as accurately as possible. I tried to avoid any repeats.

Male or Female?
Walk Like A Man

When were you born?
Born in the USA

Describe yourself:
Lost in the Flood

How do you think people feel about you?
Further on Up the Road

Describe where you want to be:
Jungleland

Describe what you want to be:
Lucky Man

Describe what you are now:
Missing

Describe how you live:
Waitin’ on a Sunny Day

Describe how you love:
Seven Angels

Describe your best friend:
My Best Was Never Good Enough

Describe your job:
Blinded by the Light

How has life treated you so far?
Reason to Believe

Describe your family:
Land of Hopes and Dreams

Describe where you see yourself in the future:
Badlands

What would you like to have?
Human Touch

Describe your ex boyfriend / girlfriend:
So Young and In Love

Describe how you feel at the moment:
Trapped

Describe your current location:
Streets of Fire

Describe where you'd rather be:
Back in Your Arms

Your favorite color is:
Silver Palomino

You know:
My Love Will Never Let You Down

What’s the weather like?
Darkness at the Edge of Town

If your life was a television show, what would it be called?
Lonesome Day

What is life to you?
Brilliant Disguise

What is the best advice you have to give?
No Surrender

If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
The Ghost of Tom Joad

Spur'o'el'momento words

I get a dry taste in my mouth
when we talk on the phone
and there's a hollow behind my
eyes when I think about you.
It's sappy bullshit you don't want
to hear, but you were a home
for some part of me that's moving
around the heartlands.
Roaming is lonely, especially in
the ether of romance, so excuse
me if part of me doesn't vibe
right at night when we talk.
It's hard to watch a home
with new owners, when your
memories are still somewhere
in the attic.

Missed opportunity

So I had run of these old but nice lights and umbrellas for a couple days this weekend, and didn't have a willing soul to use them on. Which saddened me. So, my last night away from Birmingham, I used them ... on myself. I apologize for the following self-portraits -- it's mostly just playing with lighting set-ups. Anyway ...

Kinda like this one, aside from my usual goofy face, and that there's an umbrella peeking over my shoulder. And I smelled bad -- needed a shower. So I took one, then continued ...
Did a little bit of PSing with this one -- removed the horns, the tail, et al -- ... really wish I had a back drop ...
Grr. Arrgh. Iz srs.

Yeah, still a little off schedule. Talking. Going to bed.