eyedewstuff

More stuff i have been working on...

2010-11-16T13:58:00.000-08:00

today, as a matter of fact.

Some art i have been working on

2010-11-16T09:56:00.001-08:00

So some of these are a little older, but this is the stuff i have been working on. or am about to restart working on.

More to come!

Music I am listening to...

2010-11-15T10:47:00.000-08:00

This week, i am listening to...

Teenage Dream, sung by Darren Criss, from Glee. i can't help myself, i love this song. The original, by the always amusing Katy Perry, kind of fell below my radar, but i love the gender bending in this version, and the (sort of dreamy in a non-pervy way) Darren Criss has a ridiculously pure voice. i am more then interested to see what they have him sing next.

The Mad Men Theme Song, with a twist. Not sure if there is a single on this one, but the video is a fun watch, and the singer, Allison Williams, is the daughter of Brian Williams, the news anchor. It is two songs mashed up, "A Beautiful Mine" by RJD2 and "Nature Boy", an old standard. According to the video information, this was filmed in one take, no cuts, no lip-syncing or auto-tuning. very impressive.

"All I Want" by Ahn Trio, sung by Susie Suh. I don't know too much about these ladies, other then the musicians are sisters. This song is haunting to me.

I am also currently obsessed with Better Off as 2 and 3 Little Words by Frankmusik, a british electropop musician. Very Pet Shop boys, eighties europop sensibilities.

Ruby Tuesday, Sympathy for the Devil and Gimme Shelter, all by the Rolling Stones. I have been in a Stones mood lately. Weird, right? Especially since I have been listening to Glee songs. Oh well. Anyway, within the last few years I have been getting into some older stuff, and the Stones have quickly become a favorite of mine. I also think that they use some of "Ruby Tuesday" in glee, for sad background piano music. I might be nutty though.

catching up, again, again and photo stuff

2010-11-11T07:36:00.000-08:00

yeah, so clearly need to work on being on top of the blog.

want to start up picture of the day, but need to decide if i want to start now or january. but to get the ball rolling (and to maybe give some other shutterbugs some ideas) i am going to post the list of topics my photo friends from the advisory board and myself came up with for our (sadly) never got off the ground photo contest. We wrote down random words, song titles, books and the like and placed them in a bag to be pulled out and used for a theme in a photograph. here is the bag:

Some of these i did already, but new start and all! Feel free to join in!

(in no order)

Stop coming to my house
False alarm
Breathe me
Crowds

Typography

Texture

"Ratts [sic] of the Capital" (song by Mogwai, i believe)

"Love is in Need of Love Today" Stevie Wonder

"Funny Time of Year" Beth Gibbons

Kicking and Screaming

Single color, full picture

Depression

Closing in

Work/Life balance

Rain

Sound

"Sympathy for the Devil" The Rolling Stones

i wanna be a pie-maker.

2010-10-13T19:04:00.000-07:00

no, really. i think i may have it slightly romanticized due to my love of "Pushing Daisies", but still, i like making pies.

this, like most things i want to do, is a relatively new desire. but i made an apple pie the other day, and had fun doing it. people have asked me why i don't want to be a chef, and it is mostly because i really don't want to HAVE to make food that other people tell me to make.

but a pie-maker has free reign! i also feel like pies are the fun member of the dessert family, you have the freedom to do more experimenting then you would with cakes. the filling is where it is at, my friends!

anyway, one apple pie down, and tomorrow i am making two, maybe three more. i need to get some pie tins.

a picture of my recent pie-venture:

it has stars. like the stars in my eyes and on Wonder Woman's bracelets.

sigh.

Music I am listening to...

2010-10-09T06:52:00.000-07:00

Florence + The Machine, especially the songs "Cosmic Love" and "Kiss With a Fist". Cosmic Love has been in rotation for me since it was used on "So You Think You Can Dance" earlier this year, with it's strong drum beats and Flo's amazingly complex voice. This band (which is actually Florence and a rotation group of musicians, picked for their appropriateness song by song) has been getting a lot of attention lately, primarily because of their song being featured in the commercial (and maybe the movie?) for "Eat, Pray, Love", which you should, by no means, hold against them.

"Dream On" by Robyn: Robyn is someone who has seen a lot of success overseas, but kind of fell flat over here in the states after her first few singles in the 90s. This is a great Europop song, good beat, good lyrics, good singing. Also in this category is "You've Changed" by Sia, the same lady who sang the song for the most amazing tv finale ever, "Breathe Me" for "Six Feet Under" (and about 100 other shows trying to convey some sort of life changing huge event). "You've Changed" is also pure europop, kind of makes you want to get up and boogie a little, if you are into that sort of thing.

I would be lying to you and myself if I didn't include at least one Kelly Clarkson song, so this time it is "All I Ever Wanted" from her latest album. I love Kelly. LOVE KELLY. And am not even remotely ashamed of it. This song has such a catchy hook (is it a hook? I think it is a hook) and just showcases her gritty vocals. Best Idol Winner Ever.

I also have a huge amount of love for Tori Amos, and "Cooling" is a pretty amazing song. This is the live version (I am always a huge fan of live versions of songs) but there is a studio version out there also. I want to learn how to play this on the piano. Shouldn't take long at all, right?

The Kings of Leon's new song "Radioactive" is pretty great, I anxiously waited for it to be released after i saw the video for it a few weeks ago. Love this dude's voice. Also, another catchy hook. I think I need to look up what a hook is.

My "Oldie But Goodie" for this post is Carly Simon's "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be". I have loved Ms. Simon ever since I was a kid, she lived on the cape (Martha's Vineyard), I went to school with her kids, and that voice is amazing. During one of my recent "listen to every song on my iPod" periods, I heard this song and was taken by how beautiful it was. Pretty haunting singing, and I think the thing that I love about the song is the writing. I always listen to lyrics the same way I read poetry, and there are just lines upon lines of great writing in this song.

More will be posted!

Back again!

2010-10-05T07:51:00.000-07:00

Back from the wedding/beach world tour! The wedding of my two good friends was PHENOMENAL, and the reception was by far one of the best times i have had in a while. loved every minute of it! The beach, as always, was a blast, good friends, good food, tons of beach reading. it can all be summed up by the following picture:

His name is Puff and he liked to smoke.

vacation

2010-09-24T11:13:00.000-07:00

heading to a wedding in PA then the Outer Banks, so will post when i can (see, this is why i avoided an announcement) and will finish my tv stuff when i am back! will probably have some pics to post!

FALL TV! part 1

2010-09-22T17:19:00.000-07:00

Fall is one of those equally exciting AND distressing times for me, as there is an influx of new television shows and old returning favorites. I am a person who loves my teevee, and don't feel even slightly guilty about how much effort i put into watching it. With the invention of the DVR my "workload" has significantly improved, although there are still a few messy weeks at the beginning of the season, when i start the arduous task of narrowing down my "must watch" list.

so i thought i would put out there what shows i am watching this year, which new shows i am watching and which shows i may have to give up on...although not any have made that part of the list yet. i also usually relegate some shows to "computer watching" and some of those get bumped to the regular "big teevee" now and then.

So far this season:

Sundays (sort of a full day)

9:00 Rubicon. Bryan and i are totally digging this nerdy sort of spy/intelligence/mystery. I have heard some complaints that it is moving too slow, but so far, the pacing seems right for a steady build up of the overarching mystery. solid acting, great character development.

10:30 The Big C. i LOVE Laura Linney. Always have, always will. and although this has a serious subject matter, i have found each episode to be extremely uplifting so far.

10:00 Weeds. i like the new direction, although was a little surprised it got renewed already for next year. but sticking with it. i need to see how it ends for the Botwins.

coming soon:

9:00 Dexter. i have NO idea how they are going to top last season, but i say that every season, and each one is better then the last. although i can't imagine another season ender like the last one...

Mondays

9:00 The Event. while nothing could ever take the place of "Lost", this show gave me a few tingles here and there this week. I already know some of what is going on, i think, but am still enjoying the direction the first episode went in. and who knew i missed Carrie Weaver as much as i did! Laura Innes has always been sort of an underrated actress in my mind, so i am excited to see her in something regular.

10:00 Hawaii Five-0. so i DVR'ed this without any expectations and LOVED it when i finally got to it today. While i initially tuned in to see Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park, i enjoyed the rest of the cast (Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, who i am more familiar with from the "Ocean's" movies) and especially loved seeing Jean Smart. May get bumped up from DVR status.

10:00 Chase. this one was off my radar but finally, one of the commercials made me think it might be good. it may be my love of kick-ass lady leads (thank you, Lynda Carter) but i watched this live on monday and must say i am interested enough to watch it again. i think i will end up switching this with "H5-0" in the rotation, and catch it the next day or during a dead time during the week. but i found the acting to be decent and loved seeing my favorite "Prison Break" dude in a new show (Sucre, Amaury Nolasco)

Tuesdays

8:00 Glee. whatever. i love this cheesy ass show. all of it. every single little piece of cheddar. love it. and this season, MORE BRITNEY!

9:00 Raising Hope. this one started out not being on the list, but last night made me laugh for some reason, so i will watch a few more times to see how i feel. the big bonus for me? Cloris Leachman. i mean, what what? she was Betty White before Betty White. and i mean that with no disrespect to Betty.

9:30 Running Wilde. another show i am keeping low expectations for, since "Arrested Development" can never be replaced. the first episode had some moments, i will keep watching to see how things turn out, but i worry about the future of this show already (first ep. was retooled and rewritten after the original didn't go over too well, so i would have hoped for more steady laughs). I am hoping to see more funny stuff in the background, which was a big reason i loved "AD". I saw a few things last night. cautiously optimistic.

coming soon:

No Ordinary Family. Seems like a Disney version of "Heroes", but i am a comic geek, so i might like it!

ok, more to come, off to watch Modern Family!

ok, hopefully for reals this time...

2010-09-21T08:19:00.000-07:00

so i am ready to blog again! not sure what i am going to blog about, but a lot of things floating through my head, art, tv, things i hate, things i love and yes, food (most of which i love, just so we are clear). not really going to advertise that this little blog thing has started up again, but hopefully i will start having a good stream of stuff soon, and my peeps can start reading this thing regularly. i MIGHT be looking for another place to put some art pics up, since that was one of the things i was really debating about on this site, but until then, i will probably keep putting some pics up here. let this also serve as a "kick in the ass" to start working on some art.

anyway, here goes, hopefully i stick with it as well as i did the first year!

Oy, again

2009-10-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

need to update this! i am retooling some things, working on getting a photo/art/design site up and keeping this as a blog. i am going through a creative revolution! so keep coming back, stuff will be up soon!

ARTOMATIC pieces

2009-06-06T07:31:00.001-07:00

ok, FINALLY getting around to posting...here are some of the pieces i put up for artomatic:

Here we go!

2009-05-13T12:51:00.000-07:00

alrighty then! i am starting this bad boy up, with only a minor batch of changes, including more traditional "blog" posts, but still, overwhelmingly full of pictures...i have over 400 pics from S. Africa i want to post, which was already narrowed down from 1700, and which will probably be narrowed down some more. the batch of over 400 pics can be seen (mostly unedited) on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58844178@N00/sets/72157618006612505/) but my favorites will be posted here with some commentary and descriptions, and will also be edited a little more (you may notice a pesky hair-like smudge on some of the flickr ones, this may have come about after i had to get a new camera, since some sort of weird voodoo hex broke my original camera...but i should be able to photoshop out the smudge. if not, you will hear me screaming in pain.)

alright, rock on. photos coming soon.

ok, for real...

2009-04-20T06:30:00.000-07:00

so i am heading to south africa in just over 24 hours. i have a TON of pics already i need to go through and post up here, but i PROMISE i will be posting stuff soon! life is busy!!!!!

Argh!

2009-01-30T06:52:00.000-08:00

OK, so really, i am starting this up again. between the weather (when did i become allergic to the cold?) and being busy, i just haven't had time to shoot stuff or edit the stuff i have shot. but i went out and bought a book on photography, so i am reading that and getting some thoughts. i am also going to start up my little grab bag photo of the day thing.

ALSO, now that i am a featured reader on PopCandy, there will be more people stopping by, so i must update!

check me out! JAYTINI is the READER of the DAY!

Whitney is one of my all time favorite bloggers and i get so much pop culture info from her, including awesome bands, great comic book suggestions, movie and tv information...basically all my favorites stuff. so add her to your daily reading list!

YOUNG BABY DEE

2008-12-21T20:10:00.000-08:00

i forgot how cute she used to before she became the little terror she is today (although she has become very sweet again...) (and this one doesn't count, since it is an old picture)

YOUNG BABY DEE

368. ANNA and MRS. TAYLOR

2008-12-21T11:47:00.003-08:00

ANNA and MRS. TAYLOR

366, 367: ANNA and DEX

2008-12-21T11:41:00.003-08:00

ANNA and DEX

ANNA CHASING DEX

363, 364, 365: ANNA UP the STAIRS

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ANNA UP the STAIRS

362. ANNA in the CHAIR

2008-12-21T11:38:00.001-08:00

ANNA in the CHAIR

360, 361: The O-MAN

2008-12-21T11:36:00.003-08:00

The O-MAN EATING POMEGRANITE

The O-MAN

359. CIW, (Purple)

2008-12-19T12:57:00.000-08:00

CIW (Purple)

358. LJ and LILY

2008-12-19T11:01:00.000-08:00

LJ and LILY

so the best thing about working on Christmas In Washington (which shall henceforth be known as CIW) is catching up with old friends and making really great new ones.

LJ is this cuh-RAAAAZY girl who just so happens to ROCK. she lives in Alaska and is BFF's with Sarah Palin. no, not really. but she totally shoots moose from a copter. ok, well, she doesn't do that either. she actually works with disadvantaged youth out in the wilderness (they don't come from the wilderness, she takes them out into the wilderness so that they can learn life skills and how to step up their game, basically).

She and i totally snuck in to get our picture taken with Laura Bush (George was in Iraq that day), who was a very nice lady. we were introduced ("This is JT and LJ") to which she said "JT and LJ? I am LW" which totally struck me as wicked funny. anyway, nice lady.

After the show, LJ horrified the crap out of me (it involved this hot a cappella singing dude and the words "JT" and "you bend over", but i won't go into it) but the thing is, it was absolutely something i would have done had she not beaten me to the punch.

anyway, yeah, the chick rocks.

also in the picture is Lily, who is now 14 years old, which is crazy because i have known her since she was like 6 or something crazy like that. she also rocks. also, i am now officially old.

357. RED CLOTH

2008-12-19T10:57:00.001-08:00

RED CLOTH

356. GOLD CHAIRS

2008-12-19T10:56:00.002-08:00

GOLD CHAIRS

355. The BUILDING MUSEUM

2008-12-19T10:53:00.000-08:00

The BUILDING MUSEUM

The National Building Museum is probably, structurally, one of my favorite museums in the city. every year i work on an event there called Christmas In Washington.

just look at those pillars!

More Tomorrow!

2008-12-12T19:45:00.000-08:00

I have a bunch more pics, but i am wicked tired, so i will post more tomorrow. also, i am trying to figure out exactly how to do this whole photoblog thing next year, and i am going to try and make it more of a weekly picture thing (with at least 7 a week) interspersed with some writing and thoughts and stuff. but we shall see.

rock on!

354. BIRD TRIPTYCH

2008-12-12T19:43:00.000-08:00

In case you didn't know, you can click on these and see a larger version...

The BIRDS

353. LIGHT

2008-12-12T19:41:00.003-08:00

LIGHT

352. DAHLIA and the LIGHTS

2008-12-12T19:39:00.000-08:00

DAHLIA and the LIGHTS

getting back into it!

2008-12-04T19:35:00.000-08:00

sorry, took a little turkey day break. new stuff coming shortly! and now i have a little site visitor thingie down at the bottom, and i can see how many people check out the photos, so it kind of helps me get my ass in gear!

351. SWEET BABY DEE

2008-11-19T19:51:00.000-08:00

SWEET BABY DEE

i feel like i take more pics of dex, so i am trying to compensate.

350. LEAFY GREEN

2008-11-19T18:47:00.001-08:00

349. 'HAWK

2008-11-19T18:43:00.001-08:00

'HAWK

i totally want a mohawk.

348. BABY PROTESTER

2008-11-19T18:42:00.003-08:00

BABY PROTESTER

347. SAY NO TO H8

2008-11-19T18:40:00.000-08:00

SAY NO TO H8

346. DON'T LEGISL8 H8

2008-11-19T18:39:00.001-08:00

DON'T LEGISL8 H8

345. CROWD 4

2008-11-19T18:38:00.001-08:00

CROWD 4

344. JIM and VICTOR

2008-11-17T10:37:00.000-08:00

JIM and VICTOR

343. YES WE CAN, YES WE WILL

2008-11-17T10:35:00.001-08:00

YES WE CAN, YES WE WILL

342. INCLEMENT WEATHER

2008-11-17T10:34:00.001-08:00

INCLEMENT WEATHER

fo' reals, the weather was pretty nasty.

341. MARCH FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

2008-11-17T10:12:00.001-08:00

so let me just state, off the bat, i am not a protest kind of person. i think a lot of them are pretty counter productive, pretty unorganized, and (i swear, i used to be less cynical) i honestly think most people are there for the wrong reasons. almost like they want to protest so they can say they protested, instead of actually having strong feelings behind what they are protesting. i think that a lot of people, after they protest, go home and stop thinking about what it was they just did. and i think this is a fairly recent phenomenon, because i actually think at one point people were really passionate about issues, and when they protested, it didn't stop when they went home. they fully believed in making a change. i just don't think people today have that same passion. i think they feel that if they want something, they can get it just by being loud. and if the change is slow in coming, or doesn't quite fit what they wanted, they pout about it. but that is it.

so, with that said, i went to the "national" protest against proposition 8 (and against it's passing in CA, along with the other ballot measures in other states that passed prohibiting a group of people from getting married or adopting children, which frankly, is the bigger injustice to me). as my friend keeps pointing out, the protest wasn't (or shouldn't have been) about not being able to get married, it was about equal rights, which i can get behind. to be honest, i would be happy if domestic partnerships or civil unions carried the same weight a marriage, in terms of rights and laws. i don't want to get caught up in the words, i think that is a mess that can be solved after the larger issue has been taken care of.

so i dragged myself to the reflecting pool and stood with thousands of people (reports vary between 5000 and 6000, but i can't find solid numbers) and marched with them for miles (seriously, miles) through rain and wind. i will say, it wasn't the worst thing in the world. and as someone who has decided to become a student of humanity, someone who studies people and the things around us by using my lens, it was pretty cool to see the passion in some of the faces.

i would be lying if i said that i still think some people were there to socialize. and when the rain started, there were a lot of people that took off and went home (no real judgement, just observation and confirmation), but the majority of people stayed. the most impactful thing to me was the support of people in their cars, driving around the city, trying to get places. they weren't honking to get people out of their way, they were honking to show support and to give a thumbs up in solidarity. which is a change that i don't think people would have seen in the old days of protesting. so it isn't all bad. people actually do care about things, even if the like to do it from the dry interiors of their cars.

MARCH FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

340. HOUSE of SAND (no fog...)

2008-11-17T10:02:00.001-08:00

HOUSE OF SAND

339. BRY POINTS

2008-11-17T09:59:00.001-08:00

BRY POINTS

bryan's favorite thing in the world is the beach, so i think this is why this is one of my favorite pictures. (although i think bryan secretly wants to be a photogeek like me and marti, and he is probably telling us what we need to be taking a picture of...)

338. HOLE in the ROOF

2008-11-16T18:23:00.001-08:00

HOLE in the ROOF

337. TOWER

2008-11-16T18:22:00.001-08:00

TOWER

336. SIDE of HOUSE

2008-11-16T18:20:00.001-08:00

SIDE

335. STAIRY SCARES

2008-11-16T18:19:00.001-08:00

STAIRY SCARES

(yes, i know that is messed up.)

334. SAND in the DOOR

2008-11-16T18:16:00.005-08:00

SAND

333. BLUE BOX(ES)

2008-11-16T18:13:00.003-08:00

BLUE

BLUE 2

332. ABANDONED ROOF

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ROOF

331. THROUGH the PANE

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THROUGH the PANE

330. PANE

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PANE

329. ABANDONED HOUSE

2008-11-13T19:58:00.001-08:00

this is the first of a bunch of pics i took at an abandoned house at the outer banks. i am sure i have mentioned this before, but i am FASCINATED with abandoned places. they are very creepy/cool. anyway, so we found one on our beach trip and i dragged my friend marti over the fence and into the house. she was TOTALLY FREAKED OUT, even though when we had talked about trying to find cool places to take pics, she was all balls out about going into abandoned houses. her true colors totally came through.

ABANDONED HOUSE

328. RUSTY BOLT

2008-11-13T19:55:00.000-08:00

RUSTY BOLT

doesn't "rusty bolt" sound like it should be an actors name or something?

327. RUST

2008-11-13T19:54:00.000-08:00

RUST

326. KEEP OFF the PIPE

2008-11-04T18:26:00.001-08:00

KEEP OFF the PIPE

325. BIRD on WOOD

2008-11-04T18:24:00.001-08:00

BIRD on WOOD

324. DEER

2008-11-03T19:53:00.000-08:00

DEER in the WOODS

DEER RUNNING AWAY

so i was about five feet away from this deer, after jumping out of the car and tiptoeing up to it, and another car came by and spooked it right as i started to shoot the close up pic...which still came out pretty cool!

323. FEATHER

2008-11-03T19:52:00.001-08:00

FEATHER

this is one of those times that keeping my head down was a bonus.

322. CHIMNEY

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CHIMNEY at the LIGHTHOUSE

321. SEA OAT

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SEA OAT

320. PATH to the LH

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PATH

319. PATH to NOWHERE

2008-11-02T19:13:00.001-08:00

PATH TO NOWHERE

318. the LH again

2008-11-02T19:09:00.000-08:00

LIGHTHOUSE, AGAIN

i actually like this shot better then the other one i took, of the entire lighthouse. compositionally, i think it works better, and i also like that i was able to play around a bit in photoshop and get some nice colors and contrasts in there. the sky especially and i love the yellows that the grass contains.

317. MCC doin' her THANG

2008-11-02T19:06:00.000-08:00

MCC

so i will probably be in trouble for posting this shot, but this is my good friend who has become a CRAZY good photographer. it is awesome having someone to geek out with about photography, and it was VERY cool to have someone at the beach who wanted to go out and snap some cool shots with. so yay!

316. DETAIL on LH

2008-11-02T19:04:00.001-08:00

DETAIL

315. UNDER the LH

2008-11-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

VIEW FROM BELOW

314. LH

2008-11-01T20:23:00.000-07:00

LH2

see, i like this second shot better then the first one, but i thought i would keep the first on in for a comparison.

313. the LIGHTHOUSE

2008-11-01T20:20:00.000-07:00

lighthouses are always pretty creepy/cool to me, and the weather was a little overcast, which again...creepy/cool. which i love, of course.

LIGHTHOUSE

312. the BIRDS

2008-11-01T20:17:00.000-07:00

we actually watched the birds at the beach this year, which is one of my all time favorite movies, because it is just so creepy to think that all these innocent looking creatures we see all the time could just go batshit crazy one day and try to eat us.

the BIRDS

anyway, as is the case every year, there were a lot of birds. i think they were sizing us up.

311. NO SWIMMING, NO SURFING, NO FISHING

2008-11-01T20:14:00.000-07:00

NO SSF

310. RED SURFER, AGAIN

2008-11-01T20:10:00.001-07:00

obviously, my friend and i were totally into watching this dude...

RED SURFER DUDE WALKING OUT OF THE WATER

309. CUTTING IT CLOSE

2008-11-01T15:50:00.000-07:00

CUTTING IT CLOSE

it is amazing how big the waves get, and these guys catch them like 25 feet away from the shore. there were gaggles of surfers this year.

308. STARING AT HOME

2008-11-01T15:48:00.001-07:00

MISSING THE WAVES ALREADY

so this was the dude with the board in the next picture. i dubbed him the aussie, cause he looked australian to me.

307. BOARD

2008-11-01T15:32:00.000-07:00

BOARD

so i was sitting there taking pictures of surfers, as i often do while at the beach, and all of a sudden this board was right next to me. after a few minutes i got a little nervous cause no one was swimming in to get it and that stupid JAWS music started playing in my head. but finally, some dude came in and got it.

306. MORE RED SURFER

2008-11-01T15:28:00.000-07:00

RED SURFER 3

RED SURFER 4

305. RED SURFER

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RED SURFER DUDE 1

RED SURFER DUDE 2

304. COOLEY at the POOL

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COOL COOLEY

our neighbor's dog digs the pool as much as our dogs do.

303. the POOL! with DOGS!

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D and D at the POOL

302. the POOL! at NIGHT!

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POOL LIGHTS

300. the POOL!

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BRYAN DIVES IN

299. JEN and KARINA

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J and K

I'm back!

2008-10-31T07:40:00.000-07:00

took a little break to get some work done (design work) and then go to the outer banks for our yearly trip! and now i have a crap load of photos to post! so get ready for the barrage.

298. DETAIL on FACE

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DETAIL on FACE

297. STUDIOUS

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STUDIOUS

296. RECLINE

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RECLINE

295. THINKING MAN

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THINKING MAN

294. GARFIELD

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JAMES GARFIELD

293. CIVIL WAR

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CIVIL WAR STATUE

bryan and i (and the dogs) walked around dc the other day, and we stopped at this memorial, right off the mall and across from the capitol. obviously i love statues (i like taking pictures of things that aren't alive and trying to bring a little life into them...like making art out of art). i had never really looked at this statue before, but it is pretty cool. especially the horses. but this dude was alright, too.

289, 290, 291, 292: HORSE in the SKY

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HORSE in the SKY

288. MIRROR

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DEX in the MIRROR

287. DEX in the CAR

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DEX in the CAR

286. RORSCHACH

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RORSCHACH

also from comic-con. if you haven't read the Watchmen graphic novel, by the mad genius alan moore, i highly recommend it. it is consistently on "best NOVELS (not just graphic novels, but all novels) of all time" lists. it is the comic book i would recommend to non-comic book readers.

285. BOBA FET

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BOBA FET

i went to comic-con with some friends the other day (shout out to young matt and young jen!) surprisingly, there weren't as many photo ops of crazy people as you would have thought. that and i was blinded by all the comic books. next year, i will be much more prepared.

284. MOON

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MOON and CLOUDS

283. LEEK

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MMM. LEEKS

280, 281, 282: FIRE!

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FIRE!

so this is sort of across the street from the Ceder Lodge (see last post). it was going to be a nice and fancy new hotel. we think the Cedar Lodge may have had something to do with this. all that is left is some cinder blocks from the elevator shaft. it was HUGE! i had the hose ready at our house, just in case, cause those embers were flying everywhere. but no one was hurt (seriously, i think one fireman went to the hospital, but mostly as a precaution).

i really do think one of the ladies of ill repute who make up the clientele at the Cedar Lodge probably got nervous about her business dwindling with the "building up" of the area...you would think she would have been stoked at the influence of business men...

279. OUR VERSION OF THE BATES MOTEL

2008-09-15T09:57:00.000-07:00

CEDER LODGE

all sorts of unmentionable things happen at this place. it is seedy. but i can see the sign from our lawn (if i walk all the way to the edge and look down the road), and i have been kind of wanting to take a pic of it for a while. so the other night, when i had to go to the 7-11, i grabbed my camera and walked from my car (yup, i drove all 45 seconds down the road, i am telling you...seedy) and took a picture. then ran back to my car.

278. LITTLE PEANUT

2008-09-15T09:56:00.001-07:00

LITTLE PEANUT

this little dude was dancing all over the place. such a cute little guy, and SO happy. he was actually dancing around the pipe lady in the previous post.