I graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso, December 2005. It's obvious that I'm the one in the middle since I'm the only one looking up and in focus. We're filing into the auditorium at the start of the ceremony here.
This is me in my parents' home in Odessa, TX. There's me and my friend Audra and her two-year-old son, Connor. We've been friends since highschool.
This is Halloween 2005. I dressed as my favorite childhood cartoon character, Rainbow Brite. Rainbow Brite, in case you're not an 80s child, was...well, from the 1980s. Rainbow Brite is the best, most awesome cartoon ever! And other 80s cartoons are back for a new generation including My Little Pony, Thundercats, Ninja Turtles, and Strawberry Shortcake. But it makes me very mad to see that Strawberry chick everywhere in new dolls and DVDs and not Rainbow Brite. Where's her due?? She gives the world color!! The small photo is me in 1985 dressed as RB. My mom made it by hand. She always made me and my brother our costumes. She rules.
This picture was in a time capsule my first grade teacher had everyone in class make for themselves because she knew that we were going to be the high school graduating class of 2000. And in that time capsule, was an original My Little Pony. This is me at age 7. Aren't I the cutest in that little dress? According to the back of the photo, my mom wrote that this is March 15, 1989 and I'm receiving the Citizen of the Month award.
I spent my second semester of college on the Disney college program. I spent the spring semester in Orlando and worked in EPCOT. And I know the photo here isn't of EPCOT but of the Magic Kingdom. My EPCOT pictures weren't as good as this one. It was THE college experience for me because I didn't really do much of anything in El Paso. It was the best 5 months. I got to go into any park whenever I wanted while I worked there, for free of course! I still stay in contact with a guy I dated then, he's now a friend.
This is him. Name's Jimmy. And he had those glasses before they became all popular.
This is the Boardwalk hotel and casino in Las Vegas. It's the casino we stayed in the last time my family went to Las Vegas. We went for my brother's 21st birthday. When we went for my 21st, we stayed at the Excailbur hotel and casino. The Boardwalk is a great place to stay. It's smaller cuz it's an older casino and you can't get lost amid the slots on the casino floor. Not like the Luxor. But sadly, I hear news that it's gonna be torn down to make way for those time share hotel thingys. Which if you ask me is utterly stupid. This casino is directly on the strip. A casino belongs on the strip. Not time share condos. It's ridiculous.
This is the Excalibur hotel and casino.
This is my brother, Dustin, and I. We stopped for a Kodak moment at the Venetian hotel and casino.
My mom and I went to see the Tom Jones concert at the MGM Grand. Unlike the poster, Tom had a beard when we saw him. My brother and dad went to see the Follies show at the Tropicana.
My dad, me, and my brother in front of the Bellagio fountain show. My dad carries that old ratty camera bag everywhere. Photography is his hobby and he takes pictures with several different cameras on vacation. The one hanging from the neck strap is a camera that takes 3-D photos.
And thus concludes the show and tell. Hope you enjoyed it. I will no doubt start posting photos from now on. But not like this. It'll prolly just be one or two photos a posting from now on. Anyway, I think this personalizes my blog a lot more. And that was my goal. Goal achieved!
