Here's Hoping!

Well, it's that time of year again, where Josh and I apply for Butt-Numb-a-Thon, which is a 24-hour film festival held in Austin, TX. This is also, coincidentally, where my sister #2 (of 4) lives with her family. For the past two years, Josh and I have applied and been accepted to BNAT, but so many people apply (approx. 2,000 for 200 seats), it's kind of a nerve-wracking experience getting our applications in and waiting around for the results.

This year, the theme of BNAT is "BNAT 1138" in reference to the movie "THX 1138" starring Robert Duvall and because the guy who started it (Harry Knowles from Aintitcool.com) is turning 38. So for our applications, Josh and I had to submit head shots of us without hair (the characters in "THX 1138" are bald). It was an event that took a week of procrastinating and an hour of photoshop, but here are the results:

Josh thinks BNAT 1138 will be fun. . .
and frightening!


I, like in most pictures, mostly look inconvenienced

It's been radio silence for the ShepAlders on this blog, I realize, but not because we haven't been doing anything! In fact, we've been doing too many things, so I'm not even sure where to begin. In the future, you can (hopefully) expect posts about our various travels, including DC, Philly, eastern Idaho, Anaheim, San Diego, and (coming in December) Austin!

UPDATE: We made it in to BNAT 1138!!! From a pool of more than 6000 applications, we were one of the 188 lucky people selected to attend. We're so excited and can't wait to go back to Austin. For a couple of die-hard film geeks like us, it's truly one of the coolest experiences out there. Now the training for a 24-hour movie marathon begins! Trust me... it's harder than you think it would be... like sitting through 6-8 double features, or watching the entire six-film Star Wars saga twice in one day. So awesome.