Day 20 (Fri., June 18)

Caption: Carlon Anderson, 14, of Dallas makes a dunk attempt during a Juneteenth celebration at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Dallas.

Wow, my sports photography bias got in the way again. I went to shoot a Juneteenth celebration at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and I came back with the above photo. It shows that even when the event has nothing to do with sports, good old Julio will try to make it a sports photo. So, you are probably wondering what Juneteenth is. Especially if you are from my home town back in Calif. Juneteenth is the celebration of June 19, 1865, when Texas finally freed its slaves. I had never heard of such thing, but it's a major thing for African-Americans and other races of color here in Texas. They had many activities, like performers, game booths, food, and health check ups at this event. But the basketball hoop competition among children caught my attention and I came back to the office with the above photo. I am not sure if this photo lies under making an unordinary photo from an ordinary assignment, but I know Al Dia managing editor, Alfredo Carbajal, liked it. Today was a cool day. I got to the office and opened up the Dallas Morning News and on page two of the Metro section I saw my photo from yesterday on there. That photo ran front page of Al Dia and on page 2 of the DMN, what a great way to start the day. Tonight I hung out with some of the other interns. We went to a bar in Greenville and it was fun, well after they finally brought my drink. I can't believe they took 10 minutes to bring my drink while they took two minutes to bring the drinks of everyone else. People who know me, know that I love giving way big tips even when the service is normal. So, it was a very hard decision to not give a tip to this rude and mean waitress. I should have left at least a dollar, and ordered more stuff being that we spent about two hours there. But she was just too mean and I had to make a statement.

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