Points of Interest: Good Things
13:33 +++(There's not enough pluses.) "The Radiator Burped" has been accepted by Strange, Weird, & Wonderful Magazine! Fall pub. date. 15:49 + No more extra work project stealing my downtime for...
View ArticleDreams Nag Me
Had a stress dream this morning about the photo gig this weekend. I dreamt my camera batteries all died, and I didn't have the right equipment, and I was late and couldn't make it across town in time...
View ArticlePoints of Interest: The Weird, The Dark, and The Hot
13:48 New Aswiebe's Market List (Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror markets) update: ping.fm/wW7gU 14:52 Worried I'll arrive at photo gig all sweaty because of hot day. Ah well. 18:28 Photo gig moved...
View ArticlePoints of Interest: Pictures and Words
10:12 Ah, parenthood! (Red Meat) ping.fm/SKWG9 10:56 Entertaining rantings about why you should fear beavers: ping.fm/1qXXm 11:04 Pinhole camera shot of solstices (APOD): ping.fm/Co3YL.
View ArticlePoints of Interest: Photo Elimination
11:29 After the winnowing, I still have 426 photos, which is too many. Um. Good problem to have?.I guess I didn't need to worry about not having enough good photos after all! Of course, I need to get...
View ArticleSelf-Knowledge is Tricky
I am not sure what it says about me that I1. took photographs of my gross, bloody biking injuries, but2. deleted them because I thought they didn't have a high enough artistic value.
View ArticleSurgery on Monday
x-post Fb/LJ--The knee surgery to replace my ACL is scheduled for this coming Monday, and I can hardly think of anything else. It's worse because I know what to expect this time around (I had the other...
View Article10 Questions to Ask When Taking a Digital Photo
I love Digital Photography School's articles--quite useful in gaining photo techniques. This one is useful enough that I'm posting it for my own reference so that I can work on integrating it into my...
View ArticlePoints of Interest: Jumpstarting Creativity
13:16 + Carrot cake at work. This whole "working in an actual office" thing could be hazardous to the waistline. 15:55 DPS article on jumpstarting photo creativity: bit.ly/dIAJc 16:22 ---Now...
View ArticlePoints of Interest: Kitten Progresses, Everything Else Fails
09:32 --- Do *not* need dreams of dealing with housing contractors, thieves, and raped friends who show up on my doorstep for help, thankyouvmuch! 13:41 +++ Kitten stopped playing, went "Whrrrt?" and...
View Article+/- Foods and Friends and Photographies
+ Brunch of cinnamon-sugar French toast and CSA cantaloupe . Now Earl Gray tea and photo-work. Later, much socializing. Useful article about microstock photography (dps): bit.ly/328oPI.
View ArticleClosing Loops
This Relax Without Feeling Lazy: Kill Open Loops post makes an excellent point, and it brings to the forefront a lot of why I generally feel stressed. I put a lot on myself: writing; photography;...
View ArticleHiding from feral neighbor children. With hot chocolate. (Me, that is, not...
Some days really are mac 'n cheese from a box and green beans from a can days--and that's okay! --The pack of feral neighborhood children is beating bees to death with sticks. In our yard/on the...
View ArticleWhy Can't I Get More Done?
This morning I* ate two meals while reading the internets.* cleaned table-top in preparation for finishing it.* called emergency room billing and gave them our (lacking) insurance information, so they...
View ArticleIf you don't wear name tags, I will invent a name for you.
Loading photos for gig. Displeased by people who 1) put an ancient photo on their bio, and 2) don't wear nametags..
View ArticlePhotographing High School Girls
After a couple of hours taking photos of a girls volleyball team. Phil has excess vacation, so he took time off to assist.Phil: "The girls were more difficult to work with than I expected."Me: "They...
View ArticleMaking Gifts
x-post Fb/LJ--One of my friends was writing about her knitting things for Christmas. Another friend was writing about her experiments in brewing what I can only hope/dread might be Christmas presents.I...
View ArticleI Need Clones
I would like to curl up on the couch with a book today (Green by Jay Lake, specifically) and cuddle with the cats and read, but I have four pressing projects that must be done instead of anything else....
View ArticleHow Long Things Actually Take
As part of my quest to make my life not seem like a never-ending drudge through work and projects that will never truly be finished (that's the problem with being writer, photographer, and...
View ArticleEast African Wildlife Photography
Gorgeous photography of East African wildlife (Scientific American): ping.fm/YJrw4.
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