The Journey's the Thing…

Well, what a week! My sleeping patterns have been off again-on again so my rhythms are thoroughly jumbled. This just in time for the daylight savings time shift on Sunday! I have been investigating a patch for my Windows XP service pack 2, but the options from Microsoft did not run after I had downloaded them. I guess I’ll just change the time manually…

I recently went into my storage unit at the local storage place. This is where I have stored all of my pre-jail, old apartment, old life, stuff and it felt a bit like opening up a time capsule. It wasn’t memories that I found more than an idea about how I used to live.

I lived like a rat. Most boxes are full of books I don’t need right now, or kitchen stuff, so I didn’t bother. There were other boxes however that were full of small shiny objects and little scraps of paper…old pens, junk, really…I was able to consolidate my storage into one bin and discard a whole lot of old furniture and crap I had been dragging around with me for years. If you want the furniture, it went to ‘Lou’s Relics’, on Rte. 44…

I have dealt with the illegal snow-mobilers. I have re-posted the area where they are trespassing and the sheriff’s department has given them a verbal and written warning to not trespass.

I am planning some still life shots in the next few days, so be on the lookout. There are some themes..

Fruit and flowers
Carpentry
Arts and Sciences

I’ll be interested in hearing what you think…

Johnnyboy

I rarely stick my foot in my mouth like I did last night. During a business meeting one of the younger, more energetic members was disruptive and someone else called him on it. He ignored them, so I opened my big mouth:

“Hey, dipshit!”

That got his attention and he became childish and said, “Well you guys just have your meeting!”, and ran from the room (did I see tears?). It’s actually pretty funny when I think about it…

So I made my amends to him about ten minutes later and told him that I shouldn’t have said it, and I was wrong. He barely shook my hand, couldn’t look me in the eye, and mumbled something about letting bygones-be-bygones. Oh well…In this case I’ll settle for progress because I was less than perfect.

On better news, I just finished my first paper for this semester. It’s a discussion on the role of youth culture in the rise of early fascism in Italy and Germany. It came in at just over 11 pages, and it reads very well. So that’s finished.

Above are two new b/w pictures I have manipulated with Digital Image Pro. I am trying to adjust the contrasts to simulate the tonal qualities of platinum gelatin prints. I think I captured some of the richness. There’ll be more to come!

Johnnyboy