Thursday, August 28, 2008

my most literal labor day weekend yet

so, i got this in my email today...
i think it about sums up my labor day weekend.

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but it's okay... because we're in good hands.... right?? -

Quote from FEMA Director Michael Brown, Aug. 28, 2005:

"FEMA is not going to hesitate at all in this storm. We are not going to sit back and make this a bureaucratic process. We are going to move fast, we are going to move quick, and we are going to do whatever it takes to help disaster victims." -


right.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

switcheroo

new look, new attitude. we're going big baby. i've changed up my links, so check 'em out. also, my photos are now a tad larger, so please excuse the differentiation (ha!- i didn't even have to look up the spelling).

so this sunday the clouds dumped a ton of water down on the good folks of south louisiana. had i not been getting heavily sedated by the lafourche teacher awards banquet, i probably would have also gotten soaked. but luckily, the rain had stopped by the time the awards were all handed out. the banquet wasn't all bad though, they did have a pretty entertaining comedian and some righteous grub. mostly just grilled chicken and shredded cheese for me though. oh, and the three amigos showed up to sing "feliz navidad" which i thought was a little odd. don't worry.. i'll spare you those photos.

here are a few from the flood- near the intersection of tunnel blvd and levron street in houma.

this is my favorite from the day:
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matt shooting in flood waters:
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me in a pirogue with some random dude... he rode me through the neighborhood so i could take some more photos- this was before i got attacked by ants. i had to end up throwing my socks away because i couldn't get rid of those little boogers.
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you can see more of my flood photos on my photo blog here.

i've also updated my website, so if you'd like to take a look, click here.

... aaaand here's one from my gaffers tape moustache fiasco. i couldn't get it to stay on my face. dumb ol' non-sticky "been used 14 times already" gaffers tape. pleh.
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as an added bonus, you can now subscribe to this blog (top right hand column), so no fear.. you can now have emails coming to you everytime i update my blog.. as you can see, is about 5 times a year :)