speaking of cornhole...

 ...i forgot to tell you about it!

by now i'm sure you've studied the photos on facebook carefully, but here are a few anecdotes to help you feel like you were there, jic you weren't.

firstly, beeun metz traveled all the way from tennessee. we got got warmed up and stretched our livers the night before at benny's burritos. here he is with a world famous bulldog.

 tournament day was a beaut'. just ask marley!

 we really needed our grill master...

 action shot! (please note: american flag, left. cornhole cup, right)


TOMS : the official shoe of the 3rd annual cornhole tournament. we all have matching foot-tan-lines to show for it!

this is definitely my fave photo of the day. sideline ladies!

it was a hard fought battle all day, and peanut butter jelly time came out on top.

we wrapped up with closing ceremonies: spraying champagne (or in this case, bud light), waving the american flag, drinking from the cornhole cup, and doin' the ol' softshoe to 'dixieland delight'.

and no bhp party would be complete without a living room dance party.

in closing, we had just a great time. thanks to everyone who came. and thanks to g.animalz, mer, and nscience for the photos! see y'all at the 4th annual in a couple a months!

wondering why i wasn't at the cornhole tournament?

you had better. i like knowing i was missed. anyway, as i was saying, i was in birmingham AL for my high school bff's wedding. you might know of birmingham for the terrible segregation riots they had there in the 60's. quaint. anyway, again, there were tornadoes, i crashed another wedding reception, saw some friends from college, drank lots of firefly sweet tea vodka (starla, it was the bride's choice cocktail at the wedding) did not get that drunk on it not surprisingly, and...

went to the botanical gardens with my mom. saw lots of these.

the wedding was here.

the bride looked like this. she was real tired of having her picture taken.

the wedding cake looked like this.


there was a red tub in the house.

went up to the top of red mountain.

vulcan was up there. roman god of the forge.

check out that butt.

THE END

and while i'm at it...

another AL original, standard deluxe, printing posters for shows in auburn and other such things from the town of waverly, population 180. i have a copy of this one:

jicydak : graphic design

i was in AL this past weekend for a wedding, and it got me a little homesick. here are some things my trip got me thinking about. one of my favorite printer, amos kennedy of gordo AL. i first heard about him through his work with the rural studio at auburn. you can purchase one of his prints for only 15 doll hairs. don't mind if i do!

i don't like people playin wit my plates.

my freind (that's so) raven took this pitcha down in auburn.

Pavilions

Archdaily has posted some photos of the Shanghai Expo Pavilions. Some are coolish (the UK's is the only one that turned out great). My favorite is above - Romania's - because it looks like a squat green SunSphere.

hey condi, where did you go?

i was watching oprah about the two wes moores, and condoleezza rice was mentioned. that got me thinking about how i had such a crush on her when she was secretary of state and i wondered where she ended up.

turns out that she is the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and professor of political science at Stanford University. you go gurl.

hungry eyes

i would murder one of you for a shake shack burger or some ditch dogs. i mean it. if you had a hotdog covered in macaroni and cheese and i had a gun i would shoot your face off and take your food. fer relz.

some videoz

t.i. - i'm back
yay! missed you!


hot chip - i feel better
creepy!


bowerbirds - northern lights
not new, but pretty!

you set me for pm. that's on you!

backwardz wednesdayz

remember?

the fly girls?

jicydak

a big ol' oil rig off the coast of louisiana exploded, caught fire, and sank last week, killing like 11 people.

also, they can't turn off the faucet on the sea floor, and it is just pouring crude oil into the gulf of mexico.

now, they're thinking about setting fire to the oil to save the shoreline. that would be so crazy!