Like many of you, this is my favorite time of year! I love Christmas time. I want to wish a very special Merry Christmas to the world and I hope 2009 will be even better than 2008. This year has been good for everyone in the country. Black people finally got a black President, and White people finally got O.J.!

Through the years one thing I’ve always loved doing is singing out in front of crowds. In the military, it was going out with Branson, Rannell, Paul… with DJ Ray Ray spinning at “Rocker’s”!! By the way, Ray Ray is in San Antonio at his bar called “Tequila Del Rey”. Look him up! These days it’s been from runnin’ with Ole Russ to Doin’ the Dux rocker style with Jimmy. As of late, the number is singing the RockIt with J.B. and, if we are lucky, Nina Bina whose gorgeous voice never fails at turning heads! Literally! Oh, the adventures we crazy kids get into at THAT place!!

I was asked and accepted the frontman honors for a local funk-rock band called “Knee Deep”! (And for you mom, a frontman is the band’s lead vocalist! I love you!) We are practicing now. I don’t want to say too much now, but I’ll say we will be gigging in about a month!

I will also say that if I have to sing in front of another cruise ship, I am gonna freak!! just kidding. James Brown is a fun part to play, twice…

Last night I thought it would be pretty cool to go out and see if I can get some good shots of the moon. We had a really clear sky and the cresent was bright. This shot came out better than I’d hoped. It was really cold out, so I wasn’t out for too long! Turns out, Venus and Jupiter are in a pretty close proximity to eachother and are clearly visible. Maybe tonight I will try to get them as well…

Technical Specs:
Nikon D80 DSLR
Nikkor 300mm Manual TelePhoto

ISO 500
Focal Length: 450mm (Nikon 1.5x crop factor)
Aperture: f/11
Shutter: 1/100
Center-Weight
Remote Trigger
Tripod Mounted