Tuesday, April 1, 2008

one thing is certain...






...my mere presence at an airport can influence national weather patterns and airplane mechanics more than any other single variable. long story short, my flight back to arkansas was canceled yesterday, so i'm still in charlotte.

this was a great trip home, though. i got to: play catch with noah (he can throw farther than me, no exaggeration) and eat with jenn, have beers with chris, see sloan's townhouse (he's got big plans), meet chip's girlfriend (shes very cool), meet rob's girlfriend (also super cool), eat fonda's cooking (gain a few pounds, but its worth it) and play pool with pop and rob (and lose). we also had a new addition to the farm family, a stallion was born early saturday morning. also ran into grant lacey (twice), a good friend from many years ago.

aside from all the personal fun, amelia and i got to hit up the southern short course, my favorite of all the photojournalism conferences. where else can you stay up till 3 am quoting bill hicks with michael williamson? great to see so many familiar faces, and so much inspiring work. we also left with a little hardware, she won 1st place in the portrait category, and i got an honorable mention in the multimedia division. we will definitely be back next year!

best to everyone,
d

1 comment:

Andy Shupe said...

Awesome. Congrats. Now come home...