Picture

This is one of three pictures I took while in Texas.  I also have one of Lexie and I at the bus stop and another of a bird near some giant fish.  I feel as though my evolution of picture-taking over the years is somehow significant.  As a young child I went through a phase of taking pictures of pretty things.  I had a lot of pictures of scenery and nature.  Those were a waste of film.  When I was in high school I took tons of pictures of friends, and especially with friends.  I think I was trying to accumulate evidence that I really did have friends, something that was hard for me to believe at the time.  That stage extended into college.  Then I moved into a phase of wanting to preserve memories, and I wanted to take pictures that had a distinct flavor or character.  I also went through a phase somewhere in which I wanted to take professional-type photos and tried to do artsy shots.  Those ended up being a waste of memory card space.  My most recent phase has been the paparazzi-to-my-nieces-and-nephew stage.  I actively resisted the urge to act on this one while in Texas.  I didn't want Jeff to judge me.  It was mighty tempting though.

My current phase seems eclectic, and I haven't been able to pick up a solid theme yet.  This picture plays a similar role to a vacation postcard by saying, "Hey look, I'm in Texas and this is Texan-looking".  It is also influenced by my "I did my hair this day and look alright and want people to know that I can look respectable" mentality.   I still am trying to figure out why I took the picture of the bird and fish.