--CC Film Society's newest event, Coastalthon 2009, is coming up Feb. 6.
www.coastalthon.com
--Reel Simple's Casting Call
go to www.corpuschristifilmsociety.com for more info
Reel Simple Productions is casting local talent for a national commercial
spot. ALL ages, ALL ethnicities, ALL types welcome. Bring your friends,
family and neighbors. The more the merrier.
You must be available to come to a location TBD in the CC area for no more than one hour at a time, any time during the four shooting days, January 12-15. You will be asked to sign an image release in order to appear in the ad.
Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
All interested parties must attend the casting call at the offices of Reel
Simple Productions.
Date: Sunday January 4th
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Reel Simple Productions
3833 S. Staples Ste N215
Corpus Christi, TX
Need directions? Visit us online at http://www.reelsimple.com/aboutus/#contact
Daniel Garza
Reel Simple Productions
980-1375
549-8594
--J Mullins, KEYS Producer, is leaving CC! Why?
--Dist. 2 and Incumbent John Marez announces candidacy and appears on show
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Sexy 2009!
ANOTHER PARIS VIDEO SCANDAL!
LINDSEY BACK IN REHAB!
BRITNEY GOES NUTS…AGAIN!
Can we have an honest moment? Headlines like these are like a horrible car accident. Even though we know that it’s useless junk, we simply can’t look away. Every week at the grocery store and every day on afternoon television we just can’t deny that tiny surge of adrenaline that comes from knowing who’s in rehab or who has cellulite. We watch American Idol and hate ourselves for it…but keep right on watching. It’s a countrywide epidemic: we just seem to live for the latest juicy nugget from Us Magazine, perezhilton.com and Entertainment Tonight. ‘Serious’ and ‘valid’ media outlets aren’t above taking the sleazy, tabloid ride either. Tom Cruise gets wacky on Oprah’s couch and it’s playing hourly on CNN Headline News.
Smoking Bans and Decrepit Coliseums? Who cares? We want to know where Brangelina is this week, and, if in some blissful utopia, we could see a photo of Brangelina together with TomKat, our lives would finally be worth living. These are the headlines that Americans care about.
The tipping point for me—when I decided to investigate this nationwide phenomenon at a local level— was last year’s People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive issue (Matt Damon ‘won’ last year by the way...his precedessor for 2009? Hugh Jackman). As a student of what Corpus Christi is all about, I immediately asked myself, “Where do Corpus Christians turn for a local celebrity fix? Who are the people that always turn heads when they walk into a room (even if there are not paparazzi hiding in the plants to get a candid shot of them)?” In short, “WHO ARE CORPUS CHRISTI’S SEXIEST PEOPLE?”
Using the show and internet-based voting, I set out on a two month journey to find the answers to these questions realizing I was on the right track when I immediately received over 100 nominees. I quickly learned that even here in the Sparkling City by the Sea, we’re not immune to the instant celebrity provided by reality shows and tabloid exposes: everyone wants to be a celebrity. People nominated themselves. People asked friends to nominate them without taking the nomination request off the bottom of the email. People sent in Glamour Shots from 1997. I knew then it was going to be a very crazy ride.
In addition to sexy, though, I was curious about celebrity so I used a simple criterion for all nominees: Would most people know them by name or face if they were in this contest? If so, they were indeed a ‘celebrity’ and could advance into the contest.
According to the online voters and nominators, there are tons of local Britney Spears and George Clooneys and they all began to fit into general, broad categories. Leading the pack were our local news reporters and anchors, which makes sense since they are true television figures that we choose to bring into our homes day after day. Joe Gazin vs. Lee Sausley vs. Eric Von Wade. Bianca Castro vs. Crystal George vs. Katia Uriarte. Sure you trust them to bring you the latest local news, but had you ever asked yourself: which is sexiest? If you could cozy up to Katia Uriarte or Barbi Leo in the KIII newsroom, which would you pick?
Our locally-based elected officials also scored big. I didn’t realize people went to city council meetings to gaze into the eyes of Mike Hummell, John Marez and Mike McCutcheon (all nominated). Both of our State Representatives were nominated. Can Juan Garcia and Solomon Ortiz, Jr., effectively introduce legislation to their fellow representatives when their audience is swooning from their picture-perfect hairstyles?
Prominent local business leaders also took center stage including Freddie Records VP Freddie Martinez, Jr., House of Rock co-owner Casey Lain, and Carol Scott, Co-owner (owner?) of Kailo Communications.
It took five rounds of American Idol-style weekly eliminations to parse the field from 70 to the top 3 finalists. There were ties. There were upsets. There were twists and surprises. There were newsroom catfights across the city, but 7000+ votes later with 30,000 website visits we have a very thorough and democratically-produced answer. I don’t know if the paparazzi will begin huddling in Barbi Leo’s landscaping hoping to snap a photo of her taking out the trash or if we’ll see an FYI headline someday that says ERIC VON WADE PLASTIC SURGERY SHOCKER, but it’s comforting to know that we don’t have to rely on Hollywood for local Hollywood-caliber celebrity and great looks.
For the full story go to keysweekendmagazine.com
2008's Winners:
SEXIEST MAN - RUBEN BONILLA
SEXIEST WOMAN - BARBI LEO
SEXIEST ANCHORMAN - ERIC VON WADE, KZTV
SEXIEST WEATHERMAN - DAVE MAZZA, KZTV
SEXIEST WEATHERWOMAN - NADIA TORRES, KORO
SEXIEST MOUSTACHE - ANGEL COVARRUBIAS, KORO
SEXIEST CITY COUNCILMAN - MIKE HUMMELL
SEXIEST SPORTSCASTER - SEAN HOREJS, KRIS
SEXIEST RAY - NICK LINDBERG
SEXIEST HOOK - TWIST! NOT A PLAYER! MANAGEMENT! JJ GOTTSCH
SEXIEST REPORTER - LAUREN WILLIAMSON, KRIS
SEXIEST DISC JOCKEY - GINO FLORES, Z95
SEXIEST LOCAL MUSICIAN - MATT HOLE, MATT HOLE AND THE HOT ROD GANG
LINDSEY BACK IN REHAB!
BRITNEY GOES NUTS…AGAIN!
Can we have an honest moment? Headlines like these are like a horrible car accident. Even though we know that it’s useless junk, we simply can’t look away. Every week at the grocery store and every day on afternoon television we just can’t deny that tiny surge of adrenaline that comes from knowing who’s in rehab or who has cellulite. We watch American Idol and hate ourselves for it…but keep right on watching. It’s a countrywide epidemic: we just seem to live for the latest juicy nugget from Us Magazine, perezhilton.com and Entertainment Tonight. ‘Serious’ and ‘valid’ media outlets aren’t above taking the sleazy, tabloid ride either. Tom Cruise gets wacky on Oprah’s couch and it’s playing hourly on CNN Headline News.
Smoking Bans and Decrepit Coliseums? Who cares? We want to know where Brangelina is this week, and, if in some blissful utopia, we could see a photo of Brangelina together with TomKat, our lives would finally be worth living. These are the headlines that Americans care about.
The tipping point for me—when I decided to investigate this nationwide phenomenon at a local level— was last year’s People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive issue (Matt Damon ‘won’ last year by the way...his precedessor for 2009? Hugh Jackman). As a student of what Corpus Christi is all about, I immediately asked myself, “Where do Corpus Christians turn for a local celebrity fix? Who are the people that always turn heads when they walk into a room (even if there are not paparazzi hiding in the plants to get a candid shot of them)?” In short, “WHO ARE CORPUS CHRISTI’S SEXIEST PEOPLE?”
Using the show and internet-based voting, I set out on a two month journey to find the answers to these questions realizing I was on the right track when I immediately received over 100 nominees. I quickly learned that even here in the Sparkling City by the Sea, we’re not immune to the instant celebrity provided by reality shows and tabloid exposes: everyone wants to be a celebrity. People nominated themselves. People asked friends to nominate them without taking the nomination request off the bottom of the email. People sent in Glamour Shots from 1997. I knew then it was going to be a very crazy ride.
In addition to sexy, though, I was curious about celebrity so I used a simple criterion for all nominees: Would most people know them by name or face if they were in this contest? If so, they were indeed a ‘celebrity’ and could advance into the contest.
According to the online voters and nominators, there are tons of local Britney Spears and George Clooneys and they all began to fit into general, broad categories. Leading the pack were our local news reporters and anchors, which makes sense since they are true television figures that we choose to bring into our homes day after day. Joe Gazin vs. Lee Sausley vs. Eric Von Wade. Bianca Castro vs. Crystal George vs. Katia Uriarte. Sure you trust them to bring you the latest local news, but had you ever asked yourself: which is sexiest? If you could cozy up to Katia Uriarte or Barbi Leo in the KIII newsroom, which would you pick?
Our locally-based elected officials also scored big. I didn’t realize people went to city council meetings to gaze into the eyes of Mike Hummell, John Marez and Mike McCutcheon (all nominated). Both of our State Representatives were nominated. Can Juan Garcia and Solomon Ortiz, Jr., effectively introduce legislation to their fellow representatives when their audience is swooning from their picture-perfect hairstyles?
Prominent local business leaders also took center stage including Freddie Records VP Freddie Martinez, Jr., House of Rock co-owner Casey Lain, and Carol Scott, Co-owner (owner?) of Kailo Communications.
It took five rounds of American Idol-style weekly eliminations to parse the field from 70 to the top 3 finalists. There were ties. There were upsets. There were twists and surprises. There were newsroom catfights across the city, but 7000+ votes later with 30,000 website visits we have a very thorough and democratically-produced answer. I don’t know if the paparazzi will begin huddling in Barbi Leo’s landscaping hoping to snap a photo of her taking out the trash or if we’ll see an FYI headline someday that says ERIC VON WADE PLASTIC SURGERY SHOCKER, but it’s comforting to know that we don’t have to rely on Hollywood for local Hollywood-caliber celebrity and great looks.
For the full story go to keysweekendmagazine.com
2008's Winners:
SEXIEST MAN - RUBEN BONILLA
SEXIEST WOMAN - BARBI LEO
SEXIEST ANCHORMAN - ERIC VON WADE, KZTV
SEXIEST WEATHERMAN - DAVE MAZZA, KZTV
SEXIEST WEATHERWOMAN - NADIA TORRES, KORO
SEXIEST MOUSTACHE - ANGEL COVARRUBIAS, KORO
SEXIEST CITY COUNCILMAN - MIKE HUMMELL
SEXIEST SPORTSCASTER - SEAN HOREJS, KRIS
SEXIEST RAY - NICK LINDBERG
SEXIEST HOOK - TWIST! NOT A PLAYER! MANAGEMENT! JJ GOTTSCH
SEXIEST REPORTER - LAUREN WILLIAMSON, KRIS
SEXIEST DISC JOCKEY - GINO FLORES, Z95
SEXIEST LOCAL MUSICIAN - MATT HOLE, MATT HOLE AND THE HOT ROD GANG
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
WE'RE MAD AS HELL AND....YOU KNOW THE REST - THE STATE OF CC
An email exchange yielded the following email from me. It may not be succinctly worded but there's nuggets of truth in there.
This morning a friend sent out a few emails with an underlying theme of frustration about the state of CC. They all went out to people about my age (36) give or take a few years. I believe there's a reason he sent this out to this age group. I believe that we as a city have an age issue, the issue being we (30somethings or very close to it) are underrepresented. There's an argument about whether we're underrepresented because there aren't very many of us or that if we as an age group choose to not take a seat at the table, but I believe that this demographic hole will be the death of our city if SOMETHING doesn't happen.
Two Fridays ago I was with a friend when the Whataburger story officially broke. My friend and I are both optimists, both cheerleaders for the city. Bryan Smith's resignation was a day old and now here's Whataburger....and we both kind of looked at each other and said, "Man...CC is really going down the tubes right now." I hated that I was saying that. If you know me at all, you know I'm one of those never-say-anything-negative guys: keep the positive spin up; keep a smile on your face. I hate to let the pessimism sneak out and know many of the politically-inclined will never say a negative word, but I feel that there's an undercurrent among people our age just like yours, "I just can't take it anymore." I believe that people our age are tired (to the point of actually doing something about it) of talk-without-action and the sunshine-y posturing from our leaders.
It is an organizational truth that without innovation, every organization dies. Organizations begin, grow, crest, plateau and decline. This is true of any organization: a friendship, a church, a non-profit, a business, a city. The only prevention of this trend is a purposeful injection of innovation: New innovative products. New branding. New experiences in a relationship. New development and attractions. New, younger, talented players to a baseball team. Fill in the blank as it applies to the organizations you're involved in. If you haven't been growing it's time for PURPOSEFULLY EXECUTED INNOVATION. It can be succinctly boiled down to the adage: If you're not growing, you're shrinking. A step further: If you're shrinking, you're dying. If a business isn't growing, it's dying. If a city isn't growing, it's dying. Is CC growing? (Never mind the follow up "in relation to other Texas cities" because then we're really scr*wed)
Recently, two of CC's five high schools downgraded from 5A to 4A. These classifications are based on attendance in relation to other schools in the state. This is problematic on two fronts: Our numbers of high schoolers are shrinking, and the threshold to remain a 5A school is rising. In other words, school classifications take into account that other Texas cities are growing. Grow with the state or be 'demoted'. Texas (or at least the metropolitan areas) is growing up around us. Is CC a 4A city? I hope not, but fear that's where we're headed. If we're not growing, we're shrinking. If we're shrinking, we're dying.
The powers that be seem to want CC to remain a sleepy, seaside village which does nothing for our age group. I believe that our leaders, God love them for trying, don't know what to do (or how to do what they know needs to be done). People our age have been introduced to so much more that is out there through accessible travel and a constant stream of information and would like to see it grow. I contend that the sleepy seaside burg is a recipe for death. If you're not growing, you're shrinking.
But the most frustrating part is the lack of a clear answer to the question, "So what do we do about it?"
Often times we're sold a magic bullet:
Get a Landry's
Get a Toyota
Get a resort
Keep Whataburger
Those are all great, high concepts, and individually they would have been great booms for the economy. But what about the big picture? What IS the big picture? Is the big picture ONE event (a resort, for example) that triggers other events (as an example on a smaller scale: Whataburger Field begat Brewsters Street, other upcoming development in the area, and an upcoming Justin Timberlake film set in CC to be seen by millions)? The 'one event concept' is dangerous bc the event planned may not be big enough: redoing the bayfront is essential, but not going to bring in the tourists 'they' say it will.
Is the big picture a clear plan that we execute? We've seen 100 plans before and they seem to fizzle out through ineffective leadership or the plan itself not being so great after all.
We can see that CC needs so much, but how do we as individuals make it happen (outside of our voting in the next council/mayoral race)?
I believe that the future of CC, if it is to succeed, will come from new, innovative thought from a new generation of leaders. I believe that our city election ballots need more people under 40 on them. It is up to a new generation--our generation--of leaders to stand up and lead. We must. I believe that the answers to our city's issues lie within our age group even when I, for one, readily admit that I don't know the answers.
I dub us CC's 'Generation Next' and I challenge us to band together as a bloc to demand excellence from here on out. I challenge us to support one another's causes, events and elections.
I look forward to some interesting conversations.
Joe Hilliard
Age: 36
This morning a friend sent out a few emails with an underlying theme of frustration about the state of CC. They all went out to people about my age (36) give or take a few years. I believe there's a reason he sent this out to this age group. I believe that we as a city have an age issue, the issue being we (30somethings or very close to it) are underrepresented. There's an argument about whether we're underrepresented because there aren't very many of us or that if we as an age group choose to not take a seat at the table, but I believe that this demographic hole will be the death of our city if SOMETHING doesn't happen.
Two Fridays ago I was with a friend when the Whataburger story officially broke. My friend and I are both optimists, both cheerleaders for the city. Bryan Smith's resignation was a day old and now here's Whataburger....and we both kind of looked at each other and said, "Man...CC is really going down the tubes right now." I hated that I was saying that. If you know me at all, you know I'm one of those never-say-anything-negative guys: keep the positive spin up; keep a smile on your face. I hate to let the pessimism sneak out and know many of the politically-inclined will never say a negative word, but I feel that there's an undercurrent among people our age just like yours, "I just can't take it anymore." I believe that people our age are tired (to the point of actually doing something about it) of talk-without-action and the sunshine-y posturing from our leaders.
It is an organizational truth that without innovation, every organization dies. Organizations begin, grow, crest, plateau and decline. This is true of any organization: a friendship, a church, a non-profit, a business, a city. The only prevention of this trend is a purposeful injection of innovation: New innovative products. New branding. New experiences in a relationship. New development and attractions. New, younger, talented players to a baseball team. Fill in the blank as it applies to the organizations you're involved in. If you haven't been growing it's time for PURPOSEFULLY EXECUTED INNOVATION. It can be succinctly boiled down to the adage: If you're not growing, you're shrinking. A step further: If you're shrinking, you're dying. If a business isn't growing, it's dying. If a city isn't growing, it's dying. Is CC growing? (Never mind the follow up "in relation to other Texas cities" because then we're really scr*wed)
Recently, two of CC's five high schools downgraded from 5A to 4A. These classifications are based on attendance in relation to other schools in the state. This is problematic on two fronts: Our numbers of high schoolers are shrinking, and the threshold to remain a 5A school is rising. In other words, school classifications take into account that other Texas cities are growing. Grow with the state or be 'demoted'. Texas (or at least the metropolitan areas) is growing up around us. Is CC a 4A city? I hope not, but fear that's where we're headed. If we're not growing, we're shrinking. If we're shrinking, we're dying.
The powers that be seem to want CC to remain a sleepy, seaside village which does nothing for our age group. I believe that our leaders, God love them for trying, don't know what to do (or how to do what they know needs to be done). People our age have been introduced to so much more that is out there through accessible travel and a constant stream of information and would like to see it grow. I contend that the sleepy seaside burg is a recipe for death. If you're not growing, you're shrinking.
But the most frustrating part is the lack of a clear answer to the question, "So what do we do about it?"
Often times we're sold a magic bullet:
Get a Landry's
Get a Toyota
Get a resort
Keep Whataburger
Those are all great, high concepts, and individually they would have been great booms for the economy. But what about the big picture? What IS the big picture? Is the big picture ONE event (a resort, for example) that triggers other events (as an example on a smaller scale: Whataburger Field begat Brewsters Street, other upcoming development in the area, and an upcoming Justin Timberlake film set in CC to be seen by millions)? The 'one event concept' is dangerous bc the event planned may not be big enough: redoing the bayfront is essential, but not going to bring in the tourists 'they' say it will.
Is the big picture a clear plan that we execute? We've seen 100 plans before and they seem to fizzle out through ineffective leadership or the plan itself not being so great after all.
We can see that CC needs so much, but how do we as individuals make it happen (outside of our voting in the next council/mayoral race)?
I believe that the future of CC, if it is to succeed, will come from new, innovative thought from a new generation of leaders. I believe that our city election ballots need more people under 40 on them. It is up to a new generation--our generation--of leaders to stand up and lead. We must. I believe that the answers to our city's issues lie within our age group even when I, for one, readily admit that I don't know the answers.
I dub us CC's 'Generation Next' and I challenge us to band together as a bloc to demand excellence from here on out. I challenge us to support one another's causes, events and elections.
I look forward to some interesting conversations.
Joe Hilliard
Age: 36
Saturday, November 1, 2008
PA Workshop NEXT WEEKEND info
If you're interested sign up fast....it will fill up.
sign up here:
http://www.swamp.org/workshops.html
scroll down to the CC entry
More info about it here:
http://governor.state.tx.us/film/resources/workforce_training_program\
then click PA workshop.
See you there.
sign up here:
http://www.swamp.org/workshops.html
scroll down to the CC entry
More info about it here:
http://governor.state.tx.us/film/resources/workforce_training_program\
then click PA workshop.
See you there.
You Know You're From Corpus Christi If...
You're From Corpus Christi If...
1. You call it "Corpus."
2. Flour Bluff, Robstown, GP, Mathis, Beeville, Rockport, and Calallen are considered "out of town."
3. You think that Selena being from Corpus is a big deal.
4. You remember hurricanes fondly.
5. Most big concert for you were some dude or band from the 1980's playing at Concrete Street.
6. You get excited if a new restaurant opens in town, even if it's IHOP.
7. Going for a cruise means driving down Ocean Drive.
8. You know what a #1 or a #7 is at What-A-Burger.
9. Landry's and Joe's Crabshack are considered upscale restaurants.
10. You camp out with your family on Leopard Street for four days for the Buc Days parade.
11. There's a difference between the HEB's.
12. You know what HEB stands for (and laugh).
13. You claim you want to leave, but you never do.
14. You have What-A-Burger and Taqueria Jalisco on speed dial.
15. You've lost your keys, your money, and your virginity at the beach.
16. You grew up watching Joe Gazin and Dale Nelson.
17. You secretly love it but will die denying this fact.
18. "Meeting a celebrity" means standing in line at HEB next to a local anchorman.
19. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a camper on SPID.
20. "Vacation" means driving to South Padre.
21. Your work or classes are canceled because of "dangerous" 30 degree weather.
22. You think of the major food groups as beans, tortillas, and beer.
23. When it rains, it's the talk of the town for days.
24. When it snows, it's a national disaster (and sold on EBay).
25. During the summer, the car trunk doubles as an oven for your groceries.
26. You consider Corpus a metropolis.
27. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but require six pages for high school football.
28. You've had to switch from Heat to A/C in the same day.
29. You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and picante.
30. You find 95 degrees "a little warm" and 60 degrees downright freezing.
31. You think the only seasons are hot, damn hot, and winter.
32. You know if another person is from out of town the second he or she walks in the door.
33."Overachievers" go to A&M or UT-Austin. The rest must choose from A&M-CC or Del Mar.
34. You've had several friends move off and move back within a couple of months.
35. The Shrimporee, Bayfest, and the Livestock Show are the major social events for the whole year.
36. You know which one of our malls is the "good one" (although they’re both pathetic).
37. You have been to the Lexington and the Texas State Aquarium more times than you can count because out of town family was visiting.
38. You were sad when all of the Burger Kings closed down.
39. You know what high school Farrah Fawcett graduated from (Ray High School).
40. You know where part of the movie Pearl Harbor was filmed. (Movie star hotties, Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, spent some quality time on the USS Lex.) You may have even snapped a picture or ten.
41. There's a group called From Corpus Christi With No Kids and you know why. (We're in the county with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the ENTIRE country.) See #15
42. The illiteracy rate in your county was the second highest in the NATION.
43. As a result of #42, your school did not have a nursery for the teachers’ kids, but it probably had on for the students' children.
44. You know what Corpus Christi means in Latin. (Yeah, we're from The Body of Christ.)
45. For A&M students, when responding to the question - "What college do you go to?", you have to say Texas A&M IN College Station or Corpus.
46. You remember when Red Line on SPID closed down and became a drive thru Mexican restaurant.
47. You are just as likely to catch a rat at Cole Park as a fish. Yeah, it happened; you have to be careful with those cast nets.
48. You tell anyone that mentions Desperate Housewives that you grew up in the same town as Eva Longoria even if you did not live there at the same time as her.
49. Your idea of club hopping is going back and forth between Stingers and Dicks.
1. You call it "Corpus."
2. Flour Bluff, Robstown, GP, Mathis, Beeville, Rockport, and Calallen are considered "out of town."
3. You think that Selena being from Corpus is a big deal.
4. You remember hurricanes fondly.
5. Most big concert for you were some dude or band from the 1980's playing at Concrete Street.
6. You get excited if a new restaurant opens in town, even if it's IHOP.
7. Going for a cruise means driving down Ocean Drive.
8. You know what a #1 or a #7 is at What-A-Burger.
9. Landry's and Joe's Crabshack are considered upscale restaurants.
10. You camp out with your family on Leopard Street for four days for the Buc Days parade.
11. There's a difference between the HEB's.
12. You know what HEB stands for (and laugh).
13. You claim you want to leave, but you never do.
14. You have What-A-Burger and Taqueria Jalisco on speed dial.
15. You've lost your keys, your money, and your virginity at the beach.
16. You grew up watching Joe Gazin and Dale Nelson.
17. You secretly love it but will die denying this fact.
18. "Meeting a celebrity" means standing in line at HEB next to a local anchorman.
19. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a camper on SPID.
20. "Vacation" means driving to South Padre.
21. Your work or classes are canceled because of "dangerous" 30 degree weather.
22. You think of the major food groups as beans, tortillas, and beer.
23. When it rains, it's the talk of the town for days.
24. When it snows, it's a national disaster (and sold on EBay).
25. During the summer, the car trunk doubles as an oven for your groceries.
26. You consider Corpus a metropolis.
27. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but require six pages for high school football.
28. You've had to switch from Heat to A/C in the same day.
29. You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and picante.
30. You find 95 degrees "a little warm" and 60 degrees downright freezing.
31. You think the only seasons are hot, damn hot, and winter.
32. You know if another person is from out of town the second he or she walks in the door.
33."Overachievers" go to A&M or UT-Austin. The rest must choose from A&M-CC or Del Mar.
34. You've had several friends move off and move back within a couple of months.
35. The Shrimporee, Bayfest, and the Livestock Show are the major social events for the whole year.
36. You know which one of our malls is the "good one" (although they’re both pathetic).
37. You have been to the Lexington and the Texas State Aquarium more times than you can count because out of town family was visiting.
38. You were sad when all of the Burger Kings closed down.
39. You know what high school Farrah Fawcett graduated from (Ray High School).
40. You know where part of the movie Pearl Harbor was filmed. (Movie star hotties, Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, spent some quality time on the USS Lex.) You may have even snapped a picture or ten.
41. There's a group called From Corpus Christi With No Kids and you know why. (We're in the county with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the ENTIRE country.) See #15
42. The illiteracy rate in your county was the second highest in the NATION.
43. As a result of #42, your school did not have a nursery for the teachers’ kids, but it probably had on for the students' children.
44. You know what Corpus Christi means in Latin. (Yeah, we're from The Body of Christ.)
45. For A&M students, when responding to the question - "What college do you go to?", you have to say Texas A&M IN College Station or Corpus.
46. You remember when Red Line on SPID closed down and became a drive thru Mexican restaurant.
47. You are just as likely to catch a rat at Cole Park as a fish. Yeah, it happened; you have to be careful with those cast nets.
48. You tell anyone that mentions Desperate Housewives that you grew up in the same town as Eva Longoria even if you did not live there at the same time as her.
49. Your idea of club hopping is going back and forth between Stingers and Dicks.
CC's Sexiest Man and Woman 2009 - How to (preliminary)
The KEYS Weekend Magazine with Joe Hilliard's CC's Sexiest People contest will occur during January 2009.
There will be two categories: celebrities and 'normal people'.
To nominate your candidate in either category send an email to joe@keysweekendmagazine.com with your name, your candidate's name, a message about why they deserve to win (25 words or less), and a tasteful photo of them in jpg format, their email address. They will have to accept the nomination so we must be able to contact them via email.
All candidates must have lived in Corpus Christi (not Robstown, Port A, etc.) for 2 years or more.
The photos must be tasteful. Sexy, for the purposes of this contest, does not mean pornographic. The picture will be put on the website.
Good luck
There will be two categories: celebrities and 'normal people'.
To nominate your candidate in either category send an email to joe@keysweekendmagazine.com with your name, your candidate's name, a message about why they deserve to win (25 words or less), and a tasteful photo of them in jpg format, their email address. They will have to accept the nomination so we must be able to contact them via email.
All candidates must have lived in Corpus Christi (not Robstown, Port A, etc.) for 2 years or more.
The photos must be tasteful. Sexy, for the purposes of this contest, does not mean pornographic. The picture will be put on the website.
Good luck
Saturday, October 11, 2008
FIVE STEPS TO BEING A PERFECT CC CITIZEN
1. Get a Favorite Local Band
2. Get a Project
Many of you are emailing yelling, "Get on the stick, Hilliard, and write these two out!!!" (note the three(!) exclamation points. Relax. In due time.
Here's #3 though. These are initial thoughts with a more refining pass to come in the near future. (I hear you now: "Yeah Yeah Yeah...action, not words, please.")
#3 is thus:
Demand Excellence.
Two words with amazing power. Corpus Christi--and again this may be indicative of any communtity--is a remarkably passive city. Read the caller.com blogs--any article will prove the point--for proof. Everything is everyone else's fault and all anyone can think to do is complain.
Too often we say that this organization or that council member or this ethnic group or that part of town or this large company or that restaurant or this bad driver or that red tape or this school district that graffiti gang or this downtown landowner--pick your favorite villain--is responsible for this apathy or that inaction or the this reason why the city doesn't grow or that reason that our youth are leaving and not coming back or keeping my favorite band from coming to town or these types of movies don't come to CC or those types of jobs don't exist here or that city park's grass is too high or this school doesn't meet my child's needs or that ferris wheel is not worth millions dollars on our tax rolls..blah...blah....blah.
What are you DOING?!!
Demand EXCELLENCE. Note, I didn't say complain about the lack of excellence. This step moves you from complaining to demanding. It may sound like a subtle difference, but it couldn't be more different. This requires you to become a face...a voice...a real player.
When you are dissatisfied with your meal at a restaurant do you complain to your tablemates, but eat it anyway? Or do you ask for the manager? What happens when you ask for the manager? Typically you get results, no? You get your entree cooked the way you want it? Maybe a free dessert? Gone should be the days when anyone eats their crappy food in silence, complaining only to their family.
Your family wants to see you act. They are tired of hearing you complain. And the beauty of Corpus Christi is that there is room at the table for your activism. Don't like what city council is doing? DON'T COMPLAIN! Go to a meeting and talk. Learn the process. Demand Excellence. Didn't work? Go to every meeting. Get everyone you know to go every meeting. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and you should squeak the loudest.
Don't like...what? let's pick a gripe...the state of our downtown? Learn the issue. Who is really at blame? Find them. Demand excellence. Go to their offices with 100 of your closest friends.
Our city needs to quit complaining and start demanding.
More soon.
2. Get a Project
Many of you are emailing yelling, "Get on the stick, Hilliard, and write these two out!!!" (note the three(!) exclamation points. Relax. In due time.
Here's #3 though. These are initial thoughts with a more refining pass to come in the near future. (I hear you now: "Yeah Yeah Yeah...action, not words, please.")
#3 is thus:
Demand Excellence.
Two words with amazing power. Corpus Christi--and again this may be indicative of any communtity--is a remarkably passive city. Read the caller.com blogs--any article will prove the point--for proof. Everything is everyone else's fault and all anyone can think to do is complain.
Too often we say that this organization or that council member or this ethnic group or that part of town or this large company or that restaurant or this bad driver or that red tape or this school district that graffiti gang or this downtown landowner--pick your favorite villain--is responsible for this apathy or that inaction or the this reason why the city doesn't grow or that reason that our youth are leaving and not coming back or keeping my favorite band from coming to town or these types of movies don't come to CC or those types of jobs don't exist here or that city park's grass is too high or this school doesn't meet my child's needs or that ferris wheel is not worth millions dollars on our tax rolls..blah...blah....blah.
What are you DOING?!!
Demand EXCELLENCE. Note, I didn't say complain about the lack of excellence. This step moves you from complaining to demanding. It may sound like a subtle difference, but it couldn't be more different. This requires you to become a face...a voice...a real player.
When you are dissatisfied with your meal at a restaurant do you complain to your tablemates, but eat it anyway? Or do you ask for the manager? What happens when you ask for the manager? Typically you get results, no? You get your entree cooked the way you want it? Maybe a free dessert? Gone should be the days when anyone eats their crappy food in silence, complaining only to their family.
Your family wants to see you act. They are tired of hearing you complain. And the beauty of Corpus Christi is that there is room at the table for your activism. Don't like what city council is doing? DON'T COMPLAIN! Go to a meeting and talk. Learn the process. Demand Excellence. Didn't work? Go to every meeting. Get everyone you know to go every meeting. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and you should squeak the loudest.
Don't like...what? let's pick a gripe...the state of our downtown? Learn the issue. Who is really at blame? Find them. Demand excellence. Go to their offices with 100 of your closest friends.
Our city needs to quit complaining and start demanding.
More soon.
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