I Got You the Best Christmas Present Ever

ME!

Every year on Christmas, Danny plays a Christmas prank on his dad.  Generally, this is his way of waking David up.  This year, we decided to wrap Danny in Spiderman paper, and cover him in bows.  Danny stood outside of the door yelling, "COME ON!  I got you the best Christmas present ever!!".  He also kicked the door a bunch of times, because his dad had locked it.

When David finally opened the door, Danny screamed out, "ME!".  Best Christmas present ever!

David then unwrapped him to find... Danny wearing a sweater vest!  How festive.

Austin, Texas, USA

What Holiday Is It?

I posted about a month ago on the day after Halloween about the bizarre weather.  We had snow for Halloween.  It was nuts.  The holiday seemed to be all mixed up.  However, that was the work of Mother Nature, not the work of people.  People didn't go and dump snow on the ground outside.  People are, though, dumping Christmas ribbons, lanterns, decorations and the like on stuff.  Already.

Every year, people complain that the "holiday cheer" starts to be spread earlier and earlier, and I think they are right.  I took these photographs in Bryant Park this past Thursday, a full week before Thanksgiving.  The ice skating rink and Christmas market are set up, and open for business.  It's nuts.  Pumpkins decorate the park, and so do pinecones and bows.  So... has Thanksgiving become Christmagiving?  Are we skipping over the turkey and the gravy?  Don't get me wrong- I love the winter holiday season.  I celebrate Christmas, and it's one of my favourite parts of the year.  But, it is hilarious to see the mix of seasons decorating one place, to me.

The first photograph is actually from a store window in Grand Central Station, but I thought it summarized my point pretty clearly. Thus, it was included.

And, to sum it up...

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

These Kids Are so much Hipper than Me

Please, may I introduce two members of that counterculture that isn't organized enough to be, nor wants to be a counterculture- the hipsters.  These two are particularly good.  They border on scenester just because what they are doing is so poppy/ Japanese.  The backpack, let me start with the backpack.  Woah.  That person with it on is a guy, and he looked to be about twenty years old, and he's rockin the miniature, cutesy stuffed animal backpack.  That's.  Awesome.  I wish I had the courage to pull off something that eccentric, but I don't.  Maybe that's for the better, but he just looks so fun!  The girl looks a little bit like  a Lady Gaga wannabe.  These two were just hanging out one cloudy August day at South Street Seaport.  I didn't talk to them.  They walked around the area in circles- I don't know if they were intentionally trying to get people to notice that they were much cooler than everyone else.  It was working.  Check out the girl in the yellow in the top photograph.

Now they just have to whip out their American Spirits and a PBR and they are good to go.

I am nowhere near that cool.

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

As the Seasons Change

Here's my personal modeling contribution to the photographs taken in that little clearing in Austin that cloudy August day.  

My feet.

I don't normally take pictures of my feet... that's a total lie.  I take photographs of my own feet all of the time.  I take pictures of myself in mirrors by holding out the camera too.  But, usually, these pictures suck and are nowhere near being considered to be put on this blog.  Yeah.  Bad.  And oddly egotistical.  

Yet, here I go posting some pics of my own feet.  

It's because it's themed, kiddos...

(And by that I mean I felt like posting some self-portraits)

Summer

Fall

The second photograph was taken at Barton Springs.  More on that to come :)

Austin, Texas, USA