Realm of the Wombat

Apparently I had been driving by this one rather frequently to and from campus. I think it belongs to a band or something based on the names listed on the back (not pictured). The graffiti is among the most “wall like” that I’ve seen.

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Normally I don’t like to talk about summer softball up here, but I’d just like to vent for a moment. Last year, we were mocked for having a sponsor pay for our jerseys. This year, we haven’t acquired any uniforms yet, but four other teams have. However, we’re still described as the “Evil Empire.” As much as I dislike being compared to the Yankees, I guess it means that everyone knows we’re the team to beat. And that’s fine with me.

Melissa and I happened upon this one walking over to the Albany Waterfront Park, which has some strange art in its own right. The decoration here is rather mundane, but it’s not often that a Volkswagen is customized like this.

This was the first “Berkeley Car” that I had my camera available for. Jim Dandy and I were at a garage sale across the street (you can see it in the background there), and since I probably wasn’t going to be in this area ever again, I decided I had to grab a shot of this beauty. Incidently, I bought a copy of Mysterys of Pittsburgh at the garage sale for 50 cents, so it was a solid score all around. While it’s basic theme is just hippy-graffiti, it’s one of my favorites.

I had my eye on this book for almost a year, and when I finally broke down and bought it, I was not disappointed. The book intertwines the stories of the 1893 World’s Expo and a serial killer working more effciently than the Expo’s planning commission. This is definitely a case of truth being stranger than fiction.

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