Alright Alright... I'll post something.

I know it's been a while since I last posted. And here are my list of excuses.

1. I've been working a bunch lately and when I get home after a long day, the last thing I want to do is stare at a computer some more.
2. When I did feel like looking at a computer and posting a blog, our Internet was down. Our provider is undergoing "changes" which means our Internet sometimes doesn't work. But these "changes" have taken over a month so it's really starting to suck.
3. I'm just plain lazy

Now then, let me give you guys a quick rundown of what I've done the past few weeks.

It's mostly been A LOT of work. Spring sports are in full swing, Houma hosted a Harley-Davidson festival, I started a new painting that will take me a while to finish, I've spent quite a few evenings over at Misty's enjoying pizza rolls and whatever activity Taylor is interested in that night, Good Friday crawfish, and I'm sure a bunch of other stuff that I can't remember right now.

I shot a track meet a few weeks ago. In the middle of the meet, they have an event called the "Fat Man Relays" It's when the shot-put and discuss throwers compete in a 4x100 meter relay. And the winning team gets a dozen doughnuts. It doesn't count towards the overall standings of the meet, but it is sure fun to watch the fat guys run 100 yard sprints. Anyway, I got this photo during that race. It doesn't say "fat man relay" but I still thought it was pretty funny.



I did something on Saturday I haven't done in quite a while... paint Easter eggs. Misty, Taylor and I painted about 7 dozen eggs on Saturday night. It was great. Misty picked up some specialty egg painting kit things and what started as your traditional "dipping the eggs into the colors" turned into Taylor splashing the liquid dye all over the table, floor and shirt, and Misty and I using paint brushes to paint our eggs. It was great. Here's a shot of one of my favorite eggs. I discovered an easy way to put some dead looking trees on the egg. Pretty cool I thought. I think Misty came away with the best decorated egg with her swamp scene. But I'll let her show that one off.




Then of course, the Easter bunny paid a visit to Misty and Taylor. Items of interest to Taylor included new ear rings, paint brushes and a chocolate cross. Items of to me included bubbles, jelly beans and Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs.



But before we painted the eggs on Saturday, I hooked myself up with an Easter Present of my own. We went to Sam's Club and picked up a huge bucket of Cheese Balls, a million rolls of toilet paper, a 32-inch flat screen TV, about 3,000 ounces of Gatorade and 5 boxes of Mac and Cheese.

So, on Sunday, we made a nice dent in the bucket of cheese balls and set up my new TV in my room.



Points of interest in this photo.

1. The TV (duh)
2. The Family Guy Bobble head dolls on top of the TV
3. My Guitar Hero guitar
4. My 1985 KC Royals World Series Champions trash can (under TV behind the shelf thing)
5. My comfy office chair I'm sitting in right now.
6. The vacuumed carpet
7. My Kansas State "Growl Towel" and the New Orleans Hornets Equivalent (both currently serving as dust covers for my Printer in the back corner)
8. My last box of Samoas Girl Scout Cookies
   

A big thanks to Misty for helping me clean this section of my room. (there's a reason you're only seeing this corner). I've got a BUNCH of space in my room, but I've taken zero advantage of this space. I moved into this room in July 2005. When I moved in, I just got everything into the room as quick as possible. I didn't think about where things should go, I just put things where they fit. At the time I told myself "Self, I'll just organize all of this later, I'll have plenty of time." Yea, never got around to doing anything.

So Misty went through my little closet, moved some things around and freed up a bunch of space. So a big round of applause for Misty.

I think that pretty much brings everybody up to date with me. If you'd like to see some of my work from the past few weeks, check out some of my recent photo galleries. Oh, and while your there, check out Misty's gallery from something she shot on Friday.