Here I am in all my glory, strutting my stuff and making personal mascot history. I was dismissed and passed over as possible mascot material on account of being "too tall" for the suit. You can decide what you think. The horse head does seem to kind of hover above the shoulders...but man, I had some sweet moves.
The inserted text is courtesy of Kyle N., who took the picture while covering the OU/K-State volleyball game (and mascot tryouts).
The volleyball in the picture hit me, though I had no idea it did. The horse head is amazingly debilitating. The nostrils are the eye holes and offer a poor to hazardous view of the world. At one point (so I'm told--I was totally unaware of it) while walking the sidelines, I ran into a player who was serving. Whoops.
All in all some good times for sure, depite my harrowing dismissal. How many people can say they've been in the suit? I practically walked on the moon in mascoting terms. One giant leap for equine kind...
Monday, October 31, 2005
moment of fame
t-bones
An archive photo of the 2003 trombone section of "The Greatest Band in the Land" at the Sugar Bowl. Hopes of a championship ran high amongst people in this photo (myself included), but only hours after this photo was captured, we fell prey to the damned Tigers in what was basically a home game for them.
You'll notice that we are all bare-footed in the photo. The anal Sugar Bowl honchos thought we would tear up the field if we rehearsed with shoes on. So, 320 people marched about bare-footed or in socks on the field where 300 pound men wearing cleats later rooted, ripped and otherwise abused the delicate turf. Makes about as much sense as the BCS.
Kind of weird to think about what all happened in the Superdome as of recently. It might never look like it does in this picture again.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
cribs
Chuck and Keely's apartment building in downtown KC. They live in the apartment on the corner of the third story, just below the one with the lights on.
yummy
Keely explains Chuck's fear of posed pictures following a wonderful meal at Chipotle. I went up to Kansas City for the weekend for a journalism conference and had a nice evening with Keely and The Moose on Thursday.
ace
Me riding in Kyle's truck around KC with two other people (a total of 4 in a tiny pickup cab). I'm sitting on the lap of one person and it was more comfortable just to put my head out the window Ace Ventura style rather than crunch it against the windshield. Really safe, I know...
marks
After putting my head out the window for an extended time, I noticed I got some fashionable marks from the window weather stripping.
sighting
Me and Kyle spotted this sweet mullet in a photo session during the conference. Nothing like the flowing locks worn with complimentary flannel.
Thuper
We almost walked in this "alternative venue" bar in the Kansas City downtown. There were guys going in there dressed in revealing halloween costumes.
Less than a block later, some guy tried to sell us some of marijuana.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
release
Carson follows through, firmly planting his hand against Aunt Dinah's rearend. This pleased brother Aaron (whom Carson is looking at) greatly.
Choco Chip Cook
Nephew No. 1, Carson, enjoys some delictable cookies made by Aunt Dinah. My bro, family in tow, made a surprise visit to Norman for the weekend. How nice.
OU vs. Bama '03
Here's a shot from the archives back during my Pride days.
This was a good game. OU prevailed 20-13 over the Tide. Coincidentally, Mr. Sam Negus was at this game, though it would be seven months before he and Laura met. Small world, no. Or small South anyway.
killer
Tried and true, real American hero right here. Sorry about the resolution, it's a camera phone shot.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
slam
Latimer gets a little too physical with an OU assistant coach during his celebration after a big OU play. Or, perhaps THE only big OU play. The ZERO big OU plays theory is debatable as well. (Student Media)
"There will be much suffering in Gilder..."
A couple shots from my OU/Texas coverage. What a game it was. I was rained on, got my face sunburned off, and endured a crushing loss while viewing it all at a close proximity from the sidelines.
(Student Media)
air ball
You can't deny the amazingness of this one. If you know what's going on in this photo you get a prize, cause I have no idea.
(Student Media)
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
plagued
"They tried to attack me. It was all I could do to get my family away, so I threw them some bread."
~ant attack victim
healthy alternatives
My new silicon diet. Once you dispel those microchip misnomers, it goes down smooth and easy.
CAT-5
The Golden Hurricane ladies and gentlemen, as seen on the TU campus homecoming weekend.
It looks a lot like a human with a funny head to me.
Nerd HQ
Here's a look inside the media room at Owen Stadium. I was a runner for the Oklahoman photographers during the K-State game.
Basically a runner is a croney who takes spent memory cards from the photographers on the field and brings them to the media room where the photo editor downloads them for processing.
Not too glamorous, but fun in it's own right. I got to go on the sidelines...
$$$$$$$
About $100,000 worth of photography equipment here, folks. All of this stuff belongs to the Oklahoman photographers who shot the K-State game. Drool...One of those big gray telephoto lenses will set you back about $8,000.
Note: this is the equipment for 4 Oklahoman photographers. They have 14 on staff, all similarly equipped. That's a good bit of cash.
workin' it
Mr. Ingram on the exercise bike during the K-State game. Just for the record, I did not take this photo, cause everyone knows, you aren't supposed to take pictures behind the bench. *nudge nudge*
contact
Someone backed into Laura's car while it was parked out in front of my and J-do's house. I drove it ONE day and it parked for ONE day in front of the house. Unfortunately, that's all it took, and the front quarter panel was toast. Wheat toast, with butter.
shady
Here is the house across the street. Presumably, the person who backed into Laura's car was from this house.
Odd things happen at this house. The people don't go to work, and there are random late-night visitors who stay there for 5 minutes and leave.
There is even a sign on their front window that reads NO LOITERING. I mean really, how shady is that?
