a few things i remember from saturday...
talking with rick carlson about how the new beetle community is blurring the line between custom car, car show display, and art car. the displays are now so elaborate that they really do border on art projects. a case in point: a sundown orange convertible in which the back seat had been turned into a "Finding Nemo" diorama. ok, not exactly making an artistic statement but this was waaaaay beyond what you'd see at a normal car show.
listening to people make comments about my car without realizing the owner was standing there. a lot of folks recognize my car from the license plate now, and already know about the web cams.
talking to the reporter from autoweek about how we "anthropomorphize" our cars in the new beetle community, and him telling me that folks in other car communities don't tend to use words like anthropomorphize. oh, btw, i might be quoted in an article in autoweek. the reporter told me that he tends to procrastinate so it might be a while before it shows up. also, they got a really good shot of spacepod in the parade while taping for their "speedvision" show so he could be on tv, too!
not crying all day! who-hoo! guess i got it out of my system on friday. i didn't even really feel sad.
taking the final web cam photo after the parade with some of my all-time favorite beetle people. that was really nice and i'm glad i did something special to recognize it.
Just got back from the alien party at the zoo (which is really more like a park with peacocks that walk across the parking lot). Howie was finally inducted into the Hall of Fame! YAY!!
I got a great video of Howie accepting his award which I will post to the site.
Off to the pool party!
Many thanks to the folks who helped me make the final web cam shots special.
From left to right...
Christiane Meister, Steve Meister, Steve Carrabis, Kevin Buchanan, Stephanie, Dan LaMee, lisa linn, John Steele, BJ Keifer, Ollie, Stephanie Koutek, Cameron Talley, Karen Talley.
You probably couldn't read the little signs i was holding up... they said, "THANKS FOR WATCHING."
Straight from the Head Alien-- I've got the complete list of car show winners including the Convertible classes (which were not announced at the show). Congratulations to all of our trophy winners!
1998 Stock 1. Mark and Linda Gilson 2. 3. 1998 Modified Stock 1. Anna Ochitkov 2. Cameron Talley 3. Stephanie Koutek 1998 Custom 1. Randy Carlson 2. Carrie Haze 3. Earl McCutcheon 1999 Stock 1. Robert Zane 2. Luke Hall 3. 1999 Modified Stock 1. Dylan Neely 2. Jacob Shirley 3. Judy Carter 1999 Custom 1. Tina Ferrill 2. Mitch Perry 3. Jerry O'Hara 2000 Stock 1. Clarissa Gonzales 2. June La Vernway 3. Shawn Maybray 2000 Modified Stock 1. Mary Lopez 2. Ray Townsend 3. Coleen Stanton 2000 Custom 1. Jason Leyba 2. Dusty Silvester 3. Sue Isley 2001 Stock 1. Susan Gentry 2. Eric Thomasson 3. Shawn Henline 2001 Modified Stock 1. Cindy Pollard 2. William Goetschius 3. 2001 Custom 1. Jennifer Russell 2. Quinton and Phyllis Brown 3. Tiffany Skalberg 2002 Stock 1. Bob Buechsenstein 2. Earl halmon 3. Becky Neely 2002 Modified Stock 1. Ed Wilder 2. Felipe Dominguez 3. Frank Stastny 2002 Custom 1. Antoine DeHon 2. Chris Williams 3. Glen Mason and Pugsley 2003 Stock 1. Hselley Burkett 2. Doug D'Josey 3. Tammy Pauletich 2003 Modified Stock 1. Rhonda Murray 2. Keith Boss 3. Julie Duran 2003 Custom 1. Susan Hester 2. Jumpin' Joe 3. 2004 Stock 1. Dan Green 2. 3. 2004 Modified Stock 1. Kevin Buchanan 2. 3. 2004 Custom 1. 2. 3. Stock Convertible (All Years) 1. Dede O'Daniel 2. Angie Townsend 3. Tom and Judy Lloyd Modified Stock Convertible (All Years) 1. Steve Dumas 2. Michael Levy 3. Edward Fitzgerald Custom Convertible (All Years) 1. Frank Perricone 2. Benjamin Novida 3. Beth Tichenor Best Bud Vase Carolyn Fleet Best Exterior Graphics Tina Ward Best Alien Theme Jaquelene Stastny Furthest Driven Brenda Sheets Best Toy Display Jerry O'Hara Alien's Choice Frank Perricone Best of Show Jason Leyba
I'm sure all you folks at home can hardly get enough of all the R2K stuff Lisa and allpods has given you so far, but if by chance you can't, there's one more place you can go. I've uploaded all the pictures I've taken to my photo gallery site! Check them out!
We are in Roswell! whee!
Today, Dan and i are leaving for the convention center at 8am MT, and should start webcasting shortly thereafter.
we're not quite sure yet how we're going to handle the awards ceremony. in the past, i've gotten all the names of the winners up as it was happening; this year, i'll need to be breaking down my booth during the ceremony so we probably can't do that.. but we'll see.
we plan to keep the web cam running through the parade (which we'll hopefully get to participate in), and do a final web cam shot in the parking lot after the parade. however, i was so exhausted last night that i didn't tell people about the web cam shot so i'm not sure who will be there for it. i can try to tell folks today. it will also be competeing with a photo op in the parking lot for all trophy winners.
despite being exhausted to the point of tears last night (i guess being sad about spacepod's final bug glow didn't help), i woke up at 5am this morning, which is not a good thing. hopefully i'll get some time to crash after the final cam photo. this isn't the state i'd choose to be in for this day, and i can tell i'm going to be sad about a lot of things.
The Bug Glow/ Skywatch Party is over now and I'm back in the hotel room for a few minutes. I basically wanted to report that Dean Jones is now in Roswell and actually spoke to several of the bug owners, including Steve and Christiane! I even shook his hand! I got some really good pictures that I'll upload with the rest of them tonight or tomorrow. Easily the worst part of the night though was losing my Jimmy Buffett Air Margaritaville hat. :( The windows were open and I guess it just flew out. It's very sad because that was pretty much my favorite hat! Then again, at least it wasn't the "Red Hat". :-/
