Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Sometimes I just set myself up for disappointment
So I really need to put this runaway train brain of mine to good use. I have an outlet. My photography. I really really enjoy this hobby and it really do provide a good outlet for me. But I really need to put some of my crazy ideas to action. (damn I used really a lot in that last couple of sentences). Anyways, I have been procrastinating on setting up a mini photo studio to do some close quarters shotting for a while now. I have been procrastinating on some other ideas for a while now. I need to stop the procrastinating!
Anyways. I also need to start getting MORE sleep. I haven't been sleeping the greatest lately. When I don't sleep, I get depressed, paranoid and grouchy. Can't have me being grouchy. I am such a bear when I am grouchy. Oh the other things are bad too :)
So to that end....
Good Night!
(P.S. If the Karma bank people are reading this...I would like to make a withdrawal)
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Almost 2 months since my last post!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just need to write, get my thoughts out. Rather than letting them rattle around in my skull causing brain damage :(
I have been thinking that I am going to do one of two things. First is rearrange this page so it is more of a photoblog format. I have trouble finding the words for my feelings and my thoughts. That is part of the reason for infrequent posts. Another reason for the infrequent post is sometimes I am second guessing myself. Like who really wants to hear my thoughts. But I have to remember that I am writing this more for myself than anyone else. Do I really care if someone is reading this? Well, a little bit. It would be nice to know someone is reading this and I am not invisible like I feel sometimes.
A friend just recently posted a desire of her's. I agree with it so much. Why is it the good people (I like to think of myself as a good person anyways). But why is it the nice guys or the good people seem to have such a hard time finding happiness? When she described her desire, it made me realize that I deserve better. And to answer her question, No I don't think it is too much to ask for.
Oops got side tracked :) Typical. Anyways the second thing I was thinking, keep this as a word blog and start another that is photoblog. I feel that I can express myself much better through pictures. So maybe that is what I will do.
But it will have to wait. Camera club meeting tomorrow night. Start of a new season. I am so looking forward to this season. It is going to be busy, but a ton of fun.
Ok, enough babbling tonight.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Learning new stuff is so much fun.
On this past Thursday I attended a workshop for basic lighting and portrait model shooting. I hadn't realized how much fun this could be. One of the guys in the camera club has set up a basic studio in his house and has offered to teach the members of the camera club about lighting and portraiture. In these workshops, we hire a model or two and spend a few hours learning and shooting.
I went into this not knowing what to expect. Two fabulous models were lined up. One with quite a bit of experience and the other with less experience. Both were great. This is definitely something I want to learn more about.
Anyways, cutting this short for now. Check out my results of the models on my flickr page and let me know what you think.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Eventful night
What a night. I had to make a dash from work early today because Sarah had a car accident. Well, Sarah didn't have the accident, because obviously she doesn't drive :) But she was in the car that hit another. Everyone is fine. A bit shaken up and bruised but doing well none the less.
But there is that time from when you get the phone call to when you actually get to your kids that you are worried crazy like. Even though you are told on the phone that everyone is ok, it is just something that you have to see for yourself.
Like I said, everyone is fine and I am just happy for that. I don't blame anyone for the accident, sometimes these things happen. But as we are sitting in the Assesment room in the hospital emerg. I could hear the passenger from the other car. What a Drama Queen. You would think that she was missing limbs the way she was going on. Geez, lady, that's what insurance is for. To fix or replace your broken vehicle. But I figure she was more frantic because of shock. But oh well. Shit happens and life goes on. If there is anything that I have learned, is that if everyone is ok, then really there isn't that much to worry about.
Fortunately, when I needed a laugh, today's Questionable Content, gave me exactly that. Faye's comment on the 3rd panel had me in stitches :)
That's it for tonight. Happy that everyone is ok.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Happy Belated Birthday, Canada! EH!
I know, I'm a day late. Didn't feel like writing last night.
This long weekend is basically over for me now. With my job I get the American holidays and have to work the Canadian ones. For the most part that works to my advantage, since I get paid time and a half for the Canadian holiday and get the American holiday off with pay.
Canada Day for me this year has basically been a non-event. On Saturday, Sarah and I headed into Port Credit for the Canada Day festivities. I had heard that they were going to have a cake cutting ceremony (holy aliteriation, Batman). This was suppose to happen at 12 noon. I say suppose to because when we got down there, it turned out that the paper had printed the information incorrectly. They weren't cutting the cake until 4pm. We were a full 4 hours early! Instead we wandered around Port Credit for a while. I got some nice pictures around the village.
In the afternoon, the Parental Units were borrowing my daughter to take her to a BBQ Pool Party. I wasn't planning on joining them, but since all my friend's had other plans, I figured it would be better than sitting around doing nothing. All I'll say about the pool party is that Sarah had a GREAT time.
Everyone, I hope you guys enjoy your day off tomorrow. And I really mean that, not being my usual Sarcastic self :) Hopefully on Tuesday, I can get caught up on a huge backlog of photos. I hadn't realized how far behind I had fallen.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Grrr
So, I haven't written anything for months, then I start again and its like an addiction. I am away from the computer for one night having withdrawals of "Oh, I should write that thought" and of course when I actually get to the computer its, "Gee, what was that thought". Writing it down on paper would have been way too easy :)
I answer the doorbell tonight and what do I find but 2 Rogers guys solicating. They start by saying they want to save me money. They ask if we have cable, internet, cell phones and a home phone. I say yes I do. The guy looks surprised and asks "All with Rogers?" I tell him no. You never asked that. At that point he gets a little frazzled. I don't think he was expecting a smart ass :). Well, he continues on about how I can save money with Roger's deals. So I ask a simple question. "Rogers knows what I have, why can't they just give me the best deal that is possible?" A reasonable question if you ask me. Again, I don't think he expected questions. He gives a line about Rogers needing my authorization to do that. Ok, fine, Roger's knows my phone number, call me and tell me :). Again, he really isn't liking my reasonablilty. He continues. Telling me that Rogers will send me a cheque for 300 bucks. Ok, do so. Eventually, I tell him "Cut to the chase, what's the deal?" He doesn't like that either. He gives up and walks away and says have a good night. 0-0 WHAT!!!! I'll admit, I give telemarketers and door to door salesmen a hard time, but I hadn't even taken the gloves off yet. So as he is walking away I say "I guess this is what Rogers call customer services?" And he say "I guess this is what Rogers calls customers!" Holy Shit, he is sassing me back. What a jerk :) Oh well, I guess I had it coming, sort of. Now I will have to call Rogers and see how I can get them to give me 300 bucks :) and of course mention to them the crappy door to door salesmen they send around.
Ok that's it for now. Talk to you later.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Blah
I fortunately only get low grade migraines, but that is enough that when you grab the cell phone or the night light is enough light to cause immense pain.
Today's I was able to sleep off and by lunch it was just a constant headache. This afternoon actually turned out to be quite productive. That is once I was medicated :)
I organized how I store my images. My system was not working greatly and made backups a real pain in the butt. No I have them seperated by month, and then further filed by a directory for either the day or if it was a special event, it is listed by date and special event. Then further in each directory there is a subdirectory that the unedited originals are store. Then when I edit the pictures or convert them for printing or posting or whatever they go in the parent, but the original is never touched beyond loading it.
Then at the end of the month all I need to do is back up that directory for the month and I am good to go.
It may seem a little (lot?) anal but I am so paranoid about either losing my images or wrecking my originals. This system will help to prevent both of those fears from coming to light. It all leads back to keeping it simple then it won't screw up.
