early lubbock texts

A few things I read in my first week in Lubbock:

On the back of a Keystone Light can, lifted from the 18-pack I purchased at 7/11 and tried to spread out during my ten days at the Stadium Motel, which featured one light, and advertised a "kitchenette," which was a mini-refrigerator with a microwave on top in the corner. This went with the wood paneling and two photos of a faded white path, identical except one of them had a card about Jesus stuck in the top left-corner:

"SMOOTH MOMENTS

SMOOTH: A HOT TUB

SMOOTHER: A HOT TUB IN THE BACK OF YOUR LIMO"

From The front page headlines from the first Lubbock Avalanche-Journal I purchased from that same 7/11, organized in order of prominence on the page: "Potts wins Tech QB starting job," "Space no issue for city graveyards," "An Inspiration: English teacher at Frenship Middle School begins her 40th year today," "Football team of 1976 succeeded without boasting"

An article titled "Masked Raider One of the Coolest Mascots in College Football" was published in the student paper the same day. It was actually an AP story. On the page, the image of the rider looked as though it was charging into a Fuddrucker's advertisement.

"9) The Masked Rider, Texas Tech. Maybe the only mascot in the country that can be described as swashbuckling. And since 1974, many of the Masked Riders have been women, so points for being progressive. From the panel: 'Overshadowed in the Big 12 by Ralphie the Buffalo and Bevo, the Masked Rider makes a far more dramatic appearance atop the thundering black gelding than either massive animal does.'"

first blog entry

I have decided to keep a blog about moving to and living in Lubbock, Texas.

Mainly, I want to keep some record of what Lubbock felt like when it was new, and freaking me out in one way or another every day, in case I start getting used to it, as I've started to do. So, if I keep this up for more than a day, it will probably consist of various found texts, such as the title of this blog, which I saw on a T-shirt yesterday. Also quick images and vignettes probably. Then again I am not always good at restraint and I imagine if I keep it up it will also become a slate for my small-minded rants that I’ll later regret, just like having livejournal when I was 16, except now there’s a chance I’ll be drunk while ranting.