Category: uncategorized & miscellaneous

Jody Takes 9th at Texas Relays

Here’s Jody running the 10K at the Texas Relays at UT-Austin. Someone stepped on his shoe in the first half lap and he had to stop to pull it back on. Then, at the end, the officials told him he had one lap to go, he gave his all, only to have the coach inform him he had one more to go. Inspite of all that he finished 9th! Check out the one legged runner running behind Jody. Remarkable. See the article here: http://utamavs.cstv.com/sports/m-track/recaps/040606aaa.html

Here is the fellow who won. Look how fast he runs, he’s extra blurry:

The Shins on Austin City Limits

I caught The Shins on Austin City Limits while flipping through the hi-definition channels the other day and was so amazed by the picture that I took a bunch of pictures. My favorites were the ones like this one that caught part of two images during a cross-fade. I love The Shins and their perfect songs sounded impeccible. I was a bit dissapointed with James Mercer’s stage presence, though. He almost never wavered from a furrowed brow, singing out of the side of his mouth. But he writes amazing songs with incredible range and pulled off all the high notes with only a bit of straining.

Hod Rod

I went out on to So. Congress to play for all the Hot Rod people who have rumbled in to Austin this weekend. Made $18 in an hour or so! Above is a picture of my view of the street from where I was playing (in front of Ten Thousand Villiages) when a firetruck pulled up behind the yellow hot rod.
Below is the smoke cloud left by a burnout to my right, down past the Continental Club.


Hod Rod, originally uploaded by everyday j.