Banditos of the Mall Parking Lot

Yesterday, at the Forum shopping center, there was this (presumably) security guard driving around in a golf cart, wearing a red-bandana over his face "bandit" style. His long, wavy black hair whipped out behind him as he cruised around the lot. I saw him several times, each time wearing the bandana. Ah, the freedom of the open parking lot with your trusty golf cart beneath you. YEEEEE HAAAAH!

What the heck is the point? It was not particularly cold yesterday, nor dusty. Nor have there been any major reports of SARS or Mad Parking Lot walker disease in the San Antonio area (that I know of). I kept thinking we should "circle the wagons" cause los banditos were coming.

Randomly Connecting Tangent in 3, 2, 1.......
When I was first in college, I heard a letter written by Flannery O'Connor to a friend of hers where she described a bizarre incident that happened in her home town where the local "clan" dressed up in their robes, drove around in convertible cars, which were decorated with Christmas lights, giving out baskets to the poor. She said something like "I don't make this stuff up." Seeing El Bandito Del Parking Lot made me think of that letter. Maybe it was a gesture of solidarity to Michael Jackson or something. Who the heck knows. Alls I know is-- it was kinda weird.

But what is weirder is this mask I found searching for a picture to describe the above event for you, visually. Check this out. Do you think the model puts that photo in his portfolio of "jobs" in order to go out and get more? All I kept thinking was Zed's Dead, Baby. Zed's Dead.