No new blogging due to Obama, princesses, and vulcans.

So the winter Carnival is finally over. It was a good time and the 2008 royal family seems to be perfect for the rehab the carnival needs. It has lost it's flair and lost being a Saint Paul winter carnival. It is a carnival for the public and not to spoil those who sit in an office. But those are politics that will be worked out within the canirval.

With both the 08 Krewe and the 08 Familes being so giving and not worried about making fun of themselves in order to raise spirits... This coming year will be wonderful. I see these groups being almost Klondike Kate like. The life of the party and always willing to put themselves out there to get a good time going.

So will be editing like crazy and hope to have eerything done this week. Though who knows as I have come down with a wicked cold that was almost gone until Saturday hit me and I ended up going without eating most of the day and on my feet all day.

So just as a teaser of what pics are soon to come.

We have pics from my date with Mr. Obama at the Target Center.


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The US Figure Skating Championship at Xcel

The Crowning of a new Queen

Bouncing Girls

And ice and snow sculptings/carvings.

(ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY AND ARE PROPERTY OF GERALD GATZKE 2008)

It's Winter Carnival time!!

I have been pretty busy shooting pre-carnival events with the 2008 Queen of the Snows Candidates. there has been a brunch, and a dinner and this weekend we will see a fashion show featuring these beautiful and classy hopefuls. I will try to keep updates going, but this thing is the last priority to update, so I hope you understand.

I woulld however enjoy sharing a few images from the past two events.

Here is a photo of the past princesses with the Candidates.

Here you can see the amazing brunch served by K & J Catering.

And as you can see, saying goodbye after being a princess for a year can be be difficult.

And to not take up too much space... here is my favorite photo so far.

I hope that if you are in the area you can check out the Carnival this year. I personally do not understand why we will not have the snow sculptures this year and yet still having a few of the other public and private events. I would hope the carnival is putting the public before their private affairs as it is the sculptures that people come to see, not the private parties and events the public does not. I will say that many of the private parties are paid for by door charges and sponsors... I am not saying any public raised money is used for private use. I am saying however that balancing may need to be done to ensure there is always public events covered before planning for limited seating events that in the past have had a huge budget.

Happy New Bear

Um.. Bear and year. They don't rhyme.

Wtf?

This will ruin my 2008.

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It is January 2nd and I am sitting in my cube at my day job. They want us to cross train into other teams and the only thing keep us from taking the other team's calls is a test. My plan is to fail these tests and not have to take someone else's calls and do their work. I would not be so against it if I actually would get paid more for learning someone else's job, but my company is so cheap that the only way you can stay caught up with the cost of living is if you get promoted once a year. Then you might get a 5% raise.

Sorry... had to vent.

Okay. I actually went out on NYE and spent it with my wonderful roller girls. There was only about 13 girls and their friends but it was a great time and I am lucky to have such wonderul people in my life.

We were at a NE Mpls bar well known in the area called Staciu's. I being someone that finds Mpls to be seedy was not too impressed at first, but the bar staff and locals there were great. The staff made sure everyone was safe and was having a good time and the locals enjoyed the company of strangers.

Here are some photos from the night.