Texas-shaped things

I’ve been meaning to write a blog post about this ever since I noticed the Texas-shaped thing phenomenon here in San Antonio. As a new resident of Texas, I wasn’t aware that many household items and other common things come in two forms: the normally shaped version and the obviously improved Texas-shaped version.

It seems that Texans are intensely proud of their state — apparently, even the shape of it. I’ve lived in several states, but I’ve never been in a place where the people seem so intensely interested in the geometry of the geography.

Below are some examples of Texas-shaped items I’ve seen since I started living here in San Antonio (slideshow):

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I guess I should get back to blogging…

Well, it’s been almost a year since I last posted to this blog.  Quite a few interesting things have happened since then.  I moved from Seoul, Republic of Korea to San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.  Let me tell you, there is quite a difference between the two places.

I have also started a daily (or almost daily) video blog using my iPhone.  It is called Slade’s 365 iPhone Video Project and you can find it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/sladewalters.

Basically, I post a silly video every day using only the built in camera on my iPhone and the iPhone iMovie app.  I’ve posted a few interesting videos IMHO, but lots of pretty dumb ones.  When I look back over the past 234 video posts, I realize how much I’ve actually done in such a short time.  Life is amazing.  I can’t wait to look back at these videos in 20 or 30 years with my kids and grandkids.  I’m sure there will be lots of clothing and haircut jokes.

I think I’m going to look back over the videos I have posted so far and post some behind-the-scenes comments here, so that in the future I can remember what I was thinking about and doing in more detail.

Speaking of the differences between Seoul and San Antonio, here are some photos I took in both places.  Maybe you’ll see the contrast too.

The Alamo in downtown San Antonio, Texas

Gyeongbokgung - Gyeongbok Palace in downtown Seoul, Republic of Korea