Apparently, I rock.

(I bet you thought I was posting lyrics two days in a row. Nyah. )

Easter was fun. Amanda & I went to her parents' place in West Monroe for the weekend. We left Thursday night, and I got to play photographer Friday morning at Biedenhorn Gardens in Monroe. Camelias & tulips were in bloom as the gardens were open for Easter pictures. Those of you who may have linked here otherwise (Yes, BZPower, I advertise my blog on other websites.) should see photographs loaded soon. (Perhaps later this evening: I need to find a way to reduce the file size, or email them to someone who can.)

Mind you, it wasn't just flowers and scenery I photographed. The main focus was actually Amanda's two nieces: Mikayla & Ally. (Yes, the same two girls that one nearly severed the other's finger back in September. Ally's perfectly fine now, thanks for asking.) Mikayla had the journeyman's full-tooth smile going, but Ally's expressions sometimes were absolutely adorable, even for a 3-year-old.

The photos themselves came out pretty well. Denis, one of the guys at work in Kenner, got to review them and pointed out where the auto-focus focused at the wrong depth a few times, but did hit it right some other times. To quote, "Imagine that: a Canon working." (Denis is a freelance photographer, and his camera standards are very high.)

We also got to play on Amanda's sister & brother-in-law's Wii. Another quote from over the weekend: "You thought you were buying a game system. Oh, but no; you bought a gym." Wii Sports notwithstanding, I got to play a little Guitar Hero III. According to Todd, I'm pretty good for a first-timer. Well, after having been booed off the stage because someone didn't tell me that you have to "strum" the center switch AND "finger" the buttons on the frets.

Anyway, we left Sunday, and I talked Amanda into a detour down US 61 (known in Louisiana as "Airline Highway", because Louis Armstrong International Airport (MSY) and Baton Rouge Metro Airpark (BTR) are incidentally connected by the highway). Our destination was a country store in Lorman, MS. If you've watched Feasting on Asphalt II: The River Run, you would have heard Alton Brown comment that this place had the best fried chicken in the state of Mississippi (if not the face of the planet).

Well, we can't attest to that statement: we arrived 75 minutes late for dinner. Too much Wii, it would appear.

Softball team is going to try for our first win of the '08 season on Friday night. Also, plans are bouncing around as to what's going to happen BIONICLE-wise at BrickFair 2008. Stay tuned.

-KIE