This, that, and the other, but mainly photos

I went to the desert yesterday. I like going. My year membership has already more than paid for itself. I want to try and go once a month, and since June ended yesterday and I had not gone yet, I had to go yesterday. I took some nice photos (as seen here). There is always something different in bloom, especially with the start of the rains now.

I also bought a pet saguaro cactus at the desert yesterday. He needs a name. If you have any suggestions, write it in the comments. This is a picture of him so you can see what he looks like.

Friday night I went up to Roosevelt Lake here in Arizona with my ward for a water skiing trip. I didn’t see anyone water ski though. They did wake board and tube. Because I know me and knew that even if I got on a tube, when I flew off it (as everyone did), I would’ve landed in the water hard and wrong and twisted my weak ankle in a way it shouldn’t. So I just rode around in the boat all Saturday morning. But I had a good time. I need to find places where I can see the stars like that more often. I had the perfect tent for camping in an Arizona summer. I left the rain guard off and the whole top half almost was net. What an amazing skylight at night. I took pictures there too (as seen here).

And I’m the sexy personality of the month on Players Anonymous, a Utah theater website I’m a part of. So my photos for that went up today as well. Miriam Latour took the photos and then I did all the Photoshop type stuffs. It was a lot of fun, getting ready for the pictures, taking the pictures, and then playing with the pictures after. The photos are to be seen here.

When I moved in to my apartment, Pizza Hut had a coupon to welcome me to the neighborhood with a free one-topping medium pizza. It expired yesterday, so I had Pizza Hut for dinner last night. Brett and I split it. I provided the food and he provided the movie (The Forgotten). I picked up the pizza and then stopped in at Jamba Juice to get some of those to go with dinner. I walked in and there was nobody there. I looked at the menu, decided what I wanted, and still nobody there. I walked around a bit to see if I could see into the back and get their attention, still nobody. Finally I called out, “Hello?” Only apparently it came out a bit more impatient than I had thought it would, because the two employees came out front and apologized and then gave me my two drinks for free! I was completely willing to pay for them too. But instead I got us both our whole dinner for free. I don’t think I could do that again. Sorry, but no pictures of dinner.42D

Feel free to comment about any of the photos I’ve linked to as well and tell me what a great photographer I am. 🙂