Pictures from Thanksgiving

This year, Mom, Dad and I took a different route for Thanksgiving. Nick went on a rock climbing trip to Moab, UT over the break (he's stuck in CO because of bad weather as I write this), and all of our other family and friends were going to be out of town too, so we decided to have Thanksgiving at Elk Moutain and Saratoga, WY. We finished up the trip by cutting down Christmas trees at Fox Park, WY.

If you click on a picture in the slide show, it will take you to my Picassa site and you can see bigger versions of the pictures.



Also, here are some pictures of my roommate Cassi and I during our Christmas decorating fun. I am really proud of our tree.

Only two more weeks of school!

Laramie loves Obama

So with the election just passed, I must take the opportunity to tell a bit about Laramie's affection for Obama. He came to UW during his primary campaigning to quite a big crowd. My roommate Casi and I went and were pretty impressed. We were also really interested in the camera angles used, how the crowd was directed, and the overall energy of a political ralley. Casi and I are not superly politically active, so we were just there to observe and see what all the hooplah was about. Obama's a dynamic speaker.

The funny thing is that a band, called OK Go, was performing that night in Laramie (they're the guys that had the treadmill music video) I think the only reason they came to our rural town was because they love Obama so much. They even postponed the hour of their concert so they could go to his rally. Then, throughout their concert, they totally campaigned for Obama. It was a really wild experience. Here's the video they posted about their Obama love:



"Organic." Interesting...

As I stood in line for two hours before the rally, I was actually interviewed for the Cheyenne newspaper. It was perhaps the dumbest quote of my life. All the other quotes were about political issues, yada yada, and all I was quoted saying was that I thought it was cool that Ok Go postponed their concert so we could go to the rally and their concert. I looked for the quote in their archives, but couldn't find it. Maybe that's better; I would be embarrassed for you to read it.

Laramie and Jackson Hole were the only two counties in Wyoming that voted blue. College student's and professors love Obama, and everyone in Jackson is from California. I confess that Nick and I voted for him too. Frankly, I was just excited that we voted. That is a rare occassion for the Brazzale kids.

I'll write about our political ambivelance another time. I have an entire theory.

Uncle John Brazzale in the NY Times!

I got this email at work today about an article about Cheyenne in the NY Times. I started reading it and realized that my uncle John Brazzale is quoted in it, and there's a picture of him! And then I found out that everyone knew before me...

Hot Stuff.