I got new glasses.  I know you may be somewhat suprised that I wear glasses at all, because I usually wear contacts, but I've had some sort of vision correction since the third grade.  Anyhow, I have an eye infection and so I'll need to wear the glasses for a bit.  Since I didn't OWN any glasses, I had to go buy some.  It's always fun to buy an item that affects your personal appearace when you can't see well.  I highly recommend that.

I was a bit miffed, because I was going to try to go to the place in Austin where Jette got her groovy new specs, but I couldn't see to drive very well, and that would have been really stupid.  I ended up with an okay pair, nothing special, but stylish nonetheless.  I could do a lot worse, and have.  I have bought my last three pairs of glasses under duress, ie, when I had an eye infection and HAD TO HAVE them NOW.  You really end up with wacky glasses that way.

The salesgirl saw me coming, too.  I told her up front that I was only buying these as a backup for contacts and I didn't need the fancy-dancy lenses and frames and please point me to the glasses for fat people that don't  cost much and please hurry because I can't see and I want to go home and take a nap since I'm off work early.

Of course, I ended up with upgraded lenses and mid-level frames and spent about 50% more than I wanted to.  But they let me into the lab to watch them grind my lenses down and I got to see all the lens-grinding-equipment-y stuff, so that's kinda cool.  All and all, very neat stuff.

I'm very lazy tonight and don't feel like uploading a photo of me in my new glasses, so you'll have to wait.  So sad for you.

Yesterday was a slow news day in San Antonio, and it showed because eight minuites into the broadcast, Channel Four showed a wedding, live on TV from somebody's living room.  It was among the most hilarious things I've seen on TV in a long, long time.

Apparently, the Justice of the Peace didn't show up for the wedding, so they called the newsdesk to ask for help.  Somebody at the newsdesk must have seen this as the opportunity for comic gold, and arranged a prominent minister to marry them live on TV.

You can watch it by going here.  If you never, ever click a link I put on here, you should click this one.  I'm not even kidding.  Pure comic gold.

I was talking to my mother when they were getting married: "Oh my God, look at the white trash getting married on televison."

"Tim!  You are sometimes such a snob.  They look like a lovely couple!"

"Mom, they have sad clown pictures on their walls and there are children running around in the background in t-shirts and jeans!"

"That may be their best clothing.  Not everyone has as many clothes as you do!"

"Shhh.  The wedding's over, and they're going to interview the Happy couple!"

"Did he REALLY say the doctor pulled two of the wrong teeth?  Sandwich platter woes at Wal-Mart?!  Okay, Tim, you were right.  They are white trash.  And very funny."

Damn right.

That was probably the funniest thing I've ever seen. I have made jokes about people having their wedding catered by Wal-mart and then they went and did exactly that. It's too bad the happy couple is probably divorced by now. You just have to know that is the living room of a doublewide.

Hi Tim,

I'm working on a telelvision show and I thought you might be able to answer some questions about Austin. Is there an email address where I can email you privately?

Thank you!

Greetings,

We are putting together a one-hour prime time reality show about Wild Weddings in America. I was curious if you might know of anyone planning something from 12/13/03 to 01/10/04 that might be interested in letting us feature their weddings on our show? We pay the couples $5,000.00 for participating. Its going to be alot of fun. Feel free to forward or call us if you have any questions. Thanks for checking this out.

Sincerely,

Michael Webster
323-960-8078

michaelw@septemberfilmsusa.com