Another Puking Girl Photo!

We were at a gas station to start our Corpus trip and I lucked into my second chance at a picture of a girl vomiting.
Since it was a Sunday morning, and judging by her clothes, my guess is that they were on their way home from a hard-partying weekend at the coast.

Moderation, girls.
There's more cameras than ever out there, waiting to catch this stuff.
I could have shot mpeg video and had this special moment up on YouTube.


Here's my first pukegirl post: Blowing Chunks

A Lovely Beach Wedding

Spotted this while walking down the looong ramp after touring The USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier in Corpus Christi Bay.

No-Frills Beach Wedding #7™
1: Preacher
2: Bride & Groom
3: Father of the bride/best man/maid of honor/flower girl/ring bearer--The seagull really stepped up and saved our asses today
4: Photographer--I had a few shots of him and his gear and decided to cut him some slack. He was doing a good job despite the crappy location on the bay instead of a real beach, and the overcast crappiness of the light. His off-camera flash rig told me that he's one of the good guys and doesn't need me poking fun at him needlessly just to make my 2.75 readers laugh (probably not laugh).

Anyway, I hope the happy couple enjoys many weeks of wedded bliss.
They're off to a good start.




Here's the real joke: Me sounding like a wedding snob. Being happy is the most important thing, and wasting money on overpriced ceremonial trappings for no good reason strikes me as a little nutty. This couple is perhaps at the end of the spartan side of my personal scale but I applaud their frugal approach that still manages to encompass the words and meanings and essentials of the marriage ritual, with few distractions. Wish them luck with me?

NBA Playoffs

With the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals battling the Utah Jazz for a chance to play in the Finals, basketball is on everyone's minds right now.
During the games the whole city quiets down since everyone is parked in front of a TV.

The other day, a basketball even brought traffic to a standstill.
We watched it roll all the way around a busy intersection, crossing 16 lanes before ending up safely by the curb.
Nobody wanted to hit the ball for fear of jinxing our team's chances.
We have a lot of respect for the game, and we're trying to win our fourth Championship Trophy in eight years.

Here's the three we already have, snapped after a game a few months ago with my phonecamera.

Firebird: All Jacked-Up

A real shame what happened to this Firebird, isn't it?
The structure of the hood is still there, but the skin is gone!
Ouch

Keep an eye on the modern art people in your city.
I have a feeling a work entitled 'Firebird Emblem On Warped Steel' is already hanging in a gallery somewhere, priced $20 higher than the entire repair will cost.