Dear lord Jesus, it's Mardi Gras already!?
This has to be the earliest it's been in a hundred years. A week earlier and it would have been in January, for chrissake! That would be too rude. I'm sure there's a Catholic rule somewheres that says No to Madi Gras in January. If there's not there should be.
OH-MY-GOD! Super Bowl, Super Tuesday, Mardi Gras -- all that energy focused at the same time on the same week-end! I may short circuit. Except. Except I don't give a fuck about the Super Bowl.
Nor do I care that much about Super Tuesday. I've already voted. Voted for John Edwards, yes I did, but then, the s.o.b. dropped out. That leaves me Mardi Gras.
For the fun of it, here's a collection of my Mardi Gras personnas over the years.
This was 1977. What you can't see in this picture is my broken heart. I had just been dumped by a lover, and dumped for the most shallow of reasons. Sugahs, I hurted something fierce. [Note from editor: The subject of this photograph would like it known that this was not an "outfit." This is what he wore when he worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Project in 1976. Obviously jr didn't think 29 was too old to be cute.]
This is obviously better times. I've always had a thing for Hawaiian shirts, purple, beads and cowboy hats.
This is Mardi Gras 1991.
Oh, I've got lots more. This is just where we start.
Holy Crap! That last one!
Of course, I mean that in the nicest possible way.
Posted by: KathyR | February 02, 2008 at 09:09 AM
I am seriously in love with Hawaiian shirts and cowboy hats.
You look like a sane Don Imus, and I mean that in the most loving way, darlin'.
:)
Posted by: andante | February 03, 2008 at 03:35 AM
Wait, is it that time of year already??? These things are hard to keep track of when you are trudging through a foot of snow. Happy Fat Tuesday, Houston!
Posted by: Peter | February 04, 2008 at 07:19 PM
And I like them all, each and every one!
Posted by: brenda | February 05, 2008 at 06:15 AM
This year's Mardi Gras will be forever remembered by me as the first time I ever withessed horizontal rain.
I would have taken photos but my camera wasn't up to 100 mph rain.
Posted by: Kathy | February 07, 2008 at 11:28 PM