"Tony Did What!?"

He got married, that's what! It only took 30 years but I think he found a keeper. Now granted, I've only met Jennifer once, but she seems alright. It was at the 2007 July 4th pool party, and now we can never have that again, because my aunt Susie went and sold their house! How can they be so selfish and inconsiderate!? Don't they care what I want? Sometimes I get the feeling people could care less what is important to me. Maybe I'm just being stupid. Here's some good pix:


Pastor Tom: "Okay you guys, let's have a good game out there today...and not just for today, but for a lifetime! Which in Hollywood is what, five, six years?"
Tony: "Um, Uncle Tom, can we stay a little more positive here?"
Jennifer: "Marriage is not a game!"


Jennifer: "First one to chug five glasses wins!"
Tony: "YOU'RE ON!!!"

Hey, how come I wasn't in the wedding party? I thought I was a friend...hmm...guess not as close as I thought. Truth is, Tony and I used to hang out a lot when I was younger...say, 19 or so...he'd come over a lot or I'd go to his house. Little Ceasar's had their $5 pizzas and we'd get two and go to CD Warehouse...and then, like all people at some point, we grew apart. Actually, I'm not as close to my mom's side of the family as I used to be. I always got the feeling they would talk about me, like I got on their nerves or something. Probably just me being silly.

After the wedding I went and replaced the battery in my car. How do you know your battery needs to be changed? Well, sure, there are the clear signs, like it won't take a jump or hold a charge. But there was also this powdery blue residue all over the terminals and connectors that eventually ate away at the connectors, so I had to buy some of those too. At least I learned a little something about how to take care of a battery a little better.

That night we dropped the kids off with Branda and Jerramy and went to: the Ranger Game!! Here are some decent shots:


These are the world-famous dots running the last lap of their race. The first two are on the JumboTron but they come out for the last lap. This has always been a fan favourite.


The Kiss-Cam!! Every couple featured is always the same. The husband is off looking at something else and the wife or girlfriend has to alert them to kiss so they'll be on the screen. A wife's work is never done it seems. They would have featured me and Cari except the cameraman passed out from lack of oxygen from being so high up. (The seats were extremely high up but they were through Cari's work for $10 each, so it's hard to be upset.)


They won! They actually won 3-0! They're like 1-9 in their last 10 games but we were at the 1! Here they are lining up and celebrating mediocrity at its' finest.


Fireworks! It was a heck of a show! What's even cooler is they shut down all the lights so as to create a mood as to say "Hey...it's dark...how about that..."


Here we are shooting down a 747 that mistakenly crossed Texas Ranger airspace during the fireworks show. What people don't know is that fireworks are also deadly weapons of mass destruction. Hey, maybe we need those in Iraq. But that airplane had no business flying overhead. We did the right thing...right?

I won Employee Of The Month again for July! Which means another $20 WalMart gift card! And a balloon...oooh. And I just got my nameplate for my cubicle so now people know my name and what year I was hired. Sure, it says 2008 now...actually it will say that always right? But in six years it will be a little more impressive. Why six years? 'Cuz then I will be fully vested in my 401K contributions! What does that mean? I have no idea. I think it means I can withdraw from it with no penalties. Nothing wrong with that.

I really enjoy weddings. And no, not just for the free food. Although that is a plus. Just seeing two people know deep down that they really can't do any better then the one they're with is pretty impressive.