My Life Archive

At Angles for my Birthday, 1995


I moved to Oklahoma City in the summer of 1993, and spent most of my “coming out” years at Angles on 39th Street.  Angles was (at the time) the coolest dance club in OKC, with DJ Checkerz (Michael Chechoratti(sp?)) at the helm most nights.  Checkerz got most of his music from Oaklawn Records, formerly at [...]

ATU Marching Blast From the Past


I’ve recently been doing a little cleaning up of boxes from my college years at Arkansas Tech University and ran across some marching layout/designs from 1991-1992.  For all you band geeks out there, this may be a little bit of cool.
Unknown Show, 1991-1992
Here’s a show from before our director made the switch to computer-based show [...]

Halloween Came Early This Year


Cedar Springs’ Halloween street party was this past weekend, and friends Jeremy and Tician came down from OKC to join the party.  A great time was had by all, even though Ticia lost her cell phone and her ID.
Since all my friends that are waiting with bated breath can now see the photos.  See the [...]

Black Tie: A Formal Engagement


When our friend Jeff invited us to the Black Tie Dinner, I had heard about it but didn’t know much.  I kind of expected a dinner with a bunch of guys in tuxedos.  What I didn’t realize is that the Black Tie raises over $1 million dollars a year for North Texas charities.  This year, [...]

Blue Devils take 2009 DCI Championship


Well, we made it back from Indianapolis, and had a great time.  While the Blue Devils have never been my favorite corps, I was impressed with their show this year titled “1930″.  They performed an encore after the event and we came down to get a closer view (pictured).
Check out the entire series.
Current Mood: Happy

Off to Indianapolis


We’re off to Indianapolis for the Drum Corps Internationl World Championships tomorrow.  It’s are annual “thang”, and I’ll get to try out my new camera this year.  Out of the 12 corps that perform, I usually take 200 or so pics that I’ll share here and on flickr.
This will be our 7th year, and [...]

Finally, I’m a Man


Do those noisy-ass Harleys always drive me nuts. Every time I hear one, I wonder what those guys are trying to prove… Maybe the same thing those balding middle-aged guys driving V12 Mercedes convertibles are trying to prove…
Well I bought a Harley. A V-Rod to be more specific. It’s a new generation [...]

Halloween on Cedar Springs


Halloween is one of the biggest parties of the year on Cedar Springs in Dallas. We’ve been the last thee years, but haven’t dressed up. The last two years, I kept thinking I should bring my camera and get some shots of all the amazing costumes.
So this year I decided to take my [...]

Tiny Houses I Want


Wired.com has posted a series of photos of small modular houses sure to please the eco-friendly minded. But more than just environmentally conscious, these houses have a certain Zen that I want when I think about building a vacation house. I mean, how much more escapist can you be in a house sitting [...]

It’s Christmas, Why Not?


I’m getting a little bored with my old K2 based theme.  I just upgraded to Wordpress 2.blah blah blah and decided to take the opportunity to try out a canned theme.  It’s kinda fun, so I think I’ll keep it until after the Holidays.
And then no more excuses… i have to design/implement that idea that’s [...]