October 2008
WatchMolly & Miles
Photography Phun
Last weekend centered around photography for me. Saturday morning I created a set of fun exposures as we bounced around garage sales in Effingham. I enjoyed shooting on my own terms and being able to play with the cheap toys. Then Beth called her cousin to see if we could visit her and her newborn son Miles. She mentioned me taking photos and said something involving me shooting them. I realized...
A Pain
Getting car insurance down here is going to be a pain. The car isn’t in my name yet. I’ll have to make multiple trips to the DMV. Then I need to get my car’s emissions checked. Bleck.
September 2008
Griffin Technology: Simplifi →
I’ve wanted a dock & card reader.
Two students killed in I-57 collision →
Now I know what we had to wait on Friday evening. :(
WatchHilary, Mom, Beth & I cruised the Effingham garage sales in the later part of Saturday morning looking for baby stuff. Well, Mom & Hilary were looking for baby stuff. I was taking photos of fun things and Beth joined up with us later. I bought a Troll for $0.25. I’ve named him Trolly (Troll - ee) and he is my new best friend. Beth says he can’t sleep with us. :(
RAW
I’ve been shooting RAW files with my D40 for months but I haven’t been able to appreciate the benefits as much. This weekend I shot a lot with my 50mm, manual lens which left me with many over or under exposed photos. This will be my turning point.
An Urban Farmer Is Rewarded for His Dream -... →
There is a Panera Cinnamon Crunch bagel in my tummy.
Darius Rucker - Forever Road
I shoot a Lazarus
Last night I pulled out my camera from it closet hiding spot and turned it on to find a blank screen. I was amazed my battery was dead and immediately put it in the charger. Late last night I retrieved the battery, put it back into the camera and flipped it on before I put it in the bag but the screen was still black. So I executed a series of troubleshooting steps, searched the Internet, and...
226. Never ask about another person's grades or...
I hated all the nosy assholes that asked about grades in school. Actually I hated the teachers that announced those grades even more.
WatchCollegeHumor: Head of Skate
Important Announcement
I’m suspended work at my desk as I attend to the crisis that is my empty water bottle. I hope you will join in my quest.
McCain Asks To Postpone Friday Debate Until All...
YouTube: Wario Land →
Hurricane Cuisine - NYTimes.com →
Lacking electricity, people in and around the city raced to eat the contents of millions of refrigerators and freezers before food spoiled. And with grocery stores closed the first few days after the storm and poorly provisioned when they finally reopened, neighbors pooled resources to create inventive and even epicurean meals.
howisobamadoing.com →
howismccaindoing.com →
Excited To
See extended family at the Sunday reunion
Sample the army of pies I know will be there
Measure the baby bump
Take many photos
Crushed or Cubed?
I freeze up when I have to work with someone directing me from over the shoulder. I’m not nervous, I just forget how to use da comprooder.
Beth Meyer is still in my phone’s address book.
From the Dead
Recently there has been a couple possibilities of people that are no longer in my life jumping back in after I have formed ill opinions of said person. I’ve moved on and don’t want back. I don’t care if that is selfish.
Polk
I ran up, down, and around the huge hill that the state capitol sits on. The views weren’t as good as I assumed they were but I enjoyed seeing a different perspective of West End & Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park. I also ran past James K. Polk’s tomb. He was the 11th Governor of Tennessee & 11th President of USA if you forgot. I didn’t think about life in 1845 for...
“I thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is...”
– Tina Fey, accepting one of three Emmys she won last night.
What was the #1 Song on the day you were born? →
1/17/1984: “Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes
WatchMeredith Vieira called out McCain for criticizing large severance packages and having an economic advisor, Carly Fiorina the former HP CEO who was fired and walked away with 45 million “golden parachute” while 20,000 employees were laid off. He claimed he didn’t know anything about her package. How can he not know when I knew from casually watching “the news?”
WatchSarah Palin, master of non-improvisation
What are you blogging about?
As Beth has been increasing her blogging frequency, I have had to ask what she is typing about when I hear keys being pecked from across the room. God forbid we talk about the same topic!