coolest bandanas ever!

our friend jon, whom you may or may not remember from a previous post, brought these back from sxsw for us. we can't wait to wear them while riding the vespa, where i'm sure we'll get some crazy looks.

iron & wine @ fingerprints

on sunday afternoon, nikki, her brother clay, and I went to fingerprints to see iron & wine perform; it was SO good! this was our second time seeing him perform there as we were at the 2004 show. below are some pics of the autographed poster from yesterday's show and the one from 2004. i also had him sign his first record, the creek drank the cradle, which has the song "lion's mane" that nikki walked down the isle to at our wedding. unfortunately, he didn't perform it, but he did perform our favorite song off of that album, "upward over the mountain," which i recommend you give a listen to by clicking here.

i'm in! well, kinda' sorta'...

i got my letter today saying that i've been accepted as an "alternate" to the sonography program. there were about 90 students who applied and, of that, 22 were "officially" accepted and around 14 were taken in as "alternates." basically, we alternates still take the RADT 60 class this summer with the rest of the accepted students and, as people drop out (either by student's or professor's decision), we move closer to officially being accepted. also, it's important to know that those who are officially accepted on paper are not technically in until they complete the hands-on class this summer and pass it with a C or better. and, from what the head of the department told us at orientation last week, in the past, ALL of the alternates have been given the opportunity to accept or decline the program, which is good news for me. it also means that A LOT of people do not make it in the summer class and that it's quite possible that i'll get in there and decide the program is not for me. only time will tell.

i'm definitely relieved to know that i'm not officially out, but I'm also kind of bummed that i'm not officially accepted (on paper), even with a 3.72 GPA. but, like I said, even if i had been accepted on paper, that still wouldn't mean i was technically accepted.

the journey continues...

you'll always be my boy, blue!

today was a sad, sad day for ol' blue; this morning the plumbers came and took him away. you see, blue got to where he was "running" every 3 to 5 minutes, which was both a waste of water and really loud - as in, we had to close the door at night so we could get to sleep loud. i had made an attempt to find the parts to fix blue myself, only to find out that your local hardware store doesn't actually make parts for a toilet from the 60's anymore...surprise, surprise. so, we told the landlord about the problem and he had a plumber come out who said he'd have to special order the part for it. then, after the landlord talked the situation over with his wife and the contractor, it was decided that the whole toilet should be replaced.

now we have a boring old white toilet like everyone else. don't get me wrong, i'm glad we have a working toilet now, it's just that blue really tied our 1960s bathroom together.

we had some good times blue. you will be missed...

blue: 196? to 2009

toto: 2009 to ????

so, we didn't get quite as much as we had hoped...

but free money is free money, baby!

a few holga pics...

back in christmas of '04, nikki got me a holga camera. i used it quite a bit for a few months, but then kind of forgot about it for a few years. recently, i decided to pull it back out after inspiration from nikki's brother, who was given one this past christmas.

for those not familiar with the holga, it is a very cheaply made camera that has a plastic body and a plastic lens and takes medium format (120) film. medium format film is quite large (and not so cheap), allowing for a lot of detail, which is especially nice if you decide to have enlargements made. when i used to have them developed, i would get them back as 6x6 photos, but now the lab is doing 5x5, which is a bummer as it really messes up the flow of the album i have them in. ah well.

anyway, the below pics were taken using slide film, which was then developed as regular film, a process known as "cross-processing." i'm not exactly sure what makes developing slide film different from regular film, but what i do know is that it makes for some really bright and beautiful colors (and that it's too expensive of a process to have done on a regular basis). with that being said, i hope you enjoy these, as you probably won't see anymore of them anytime soon. oh, and to get the full detail of these pics, you'll need to actually click on them.

the bulldozer that enjoys ruining our lives at 7 am

the marina

whitney, tx. april 2009.

a few pics from our trip...