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I was tagged by Katherine, Ivory, Ximenna, Ryan, Heather and Andres
1. I took this while laying in the road
2. If I could only eat one type of food, Mexican hands down.
3. I LOVE travel. It would be cool to eventually be able to live in a different country maybe.
4. I can't wait for summer
5. the past 4 years, we always leave to go somewhere for the summer a day or two after I get out of school, either to another country or state.
6. I laugh all the time at anything really
7. Im in photography class right now
8. I'm bored in photography class right now
9. I have no clue what to do for my 365 today
10. I tagged people I personally know. But I will also tag people on here I appreciate the most because they give me so much support. IN NO ORDER :) anyway, because my school has a flickr group, I decided to tag my friends that have flickrs, though most of them don't really update flickr too much. anyway, go look at their stuff just for the heck of it and tell 'em I said go look cuz they're awesome :P
Ok I guess the game this round is 16 random facts about yourself.
1. I am a free thinker
2. I absolutely hate injustices
3. I am not government co dependent
4. I love adventures and fun, I will try most anything at least once
5. I am a realist, I don't much care for a lot of bull shit
6. A free spirit, I don't much like rules
7. I love peace and harmony, until you screw with me
8. I'm a Libra
9. There is no whining at my house
10. I believe in live and let live, so get off my ass about the volume of my music
11. I love the Golden Rule and try to live by it
12. I can be a lot to handle, Don will vouch for this
Don threw these last 4 in:
13. I throw a great party
14. I have a very diverse set of interests as reflected in my photo stream
15. I don't require the approval of others to be happy or feel secure
16. I love all most all of you
And just because the rule is 16 things I have to add a 17....lol
17. I love Flickr
A closer version of the same crocus using the same pp. SLightly more natural color outcome I think. The helicoid extension tube I use allows quite a range of macro from about 1:1 to 2:1 I think.
25/08/2009
The station of Franklin D Roosevelt on line 1 is under heavy renovation. This renovation is part of a giantic project of automation of the bussiest line of the métro system.
(M)(1) s'automatise...
Line 1 will be transformed into a full automatic métro like we know already from line 14 (the 'Méteor'). The first step is the renovation of the stations where necessary and to make them ready for automatic metro trains. The most important thing is the installation of an automatic facade on the platforms. Those facades open simultaneously with the doors of the train. The progress in four steps from now (August 2009):
March 2009
The station Bérault at Vincennes was the first station with an automatic facade.
Summer 2010
All 25 stations of line 1 will be equiped with automatic facades. The stations are ready for automatic operation.
End 2010
The first new automatic trains will on service on line 1 in combination with the trains with driver.
2012
Métro line 1 will be fully automatic operated. All new automatic shuttle trains are on service and the current trains will be moved to métro line 4.
MÉTRO LINE 1
La Défense - Château de Vincennes
Total length : 16,2 km
Number of stations: 25 (1 aérien)
Date of opening: 19 July 1900
Number of trains during rush hours: 47 (interval of 1m45)
Number of departures a day: 360
Photo "Explored" on 28/08/2009 #287
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this is a 3 exposure HDR @ [-1,0,+1]. I combine the exposures in Photomatix using detail enhancer and retouched the resulting image in Lightroom. No Photoshop this time... :P
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♥♥ I love hog maws! ♥♥, and my favorite way to eat them is:
1) I tilt my head back,
2) I lay a maw across my face, and
3) I slurp the maw into my mouth handsfree, noisily and wetly.
Different U.S. people pronounce "hog maw" different ways depending upon the degree to which the talk in their respective regions exhibits the father-bother and cot-caught mergers re: vowel phonology.
For businesses to tape up paper signage outdoors and have it not be vandalized nor stolen is a signal that a neighborhood is low-crime and that its youths are contented — perhaps especially so when the signage in question is describing different kinds of porks.
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In the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston, West Virginia, on December 29th, 2010, outside the "Risk Fas Chek" / "Risk Market" Fas Chek grocery store at the southwest corner of MacCorkle Avenue (West Virginia Route 61) and Southeast 53rd Street.
-- Home Made Ham Salad
-- Superior Bacon 2 for $5.00
-- Hog Maws. Pig Ears, Feet, Tails, Neckbones. Tripe.
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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA6227.S94 Supermarkets—United States—Pictorial works.
HD9321.5 Grocery trade—United States—Pictorial works.
GT3911.A2 Signs and signboards—United States—Pictorial works.
HF6161.P78 Advertising—Pork—Pictorial works.
TX749.5.H35 Cooking (Ham)—Pictorial works.
TX373 Variety meats—Pictorial works.
TX373 Bacon—Pictorial works.
HF5416.5 Pricing—Pictorial works.
TS1105 Paper—Pictorial works.
TS198.3.A3 Masking tape—Pictorial works.
Z43 Writing—Pictorial works.
F249.C4 Charleston (W. Va.)—Pictorial works.
I was tagged a bit ago, by www.flickr.com/photos/icklemia/ , there's getting less and less of me every time I upload an SP.
There were supposed to be 10 facts and 10 tags but I've just cleared instead of pasting my facts so I'll do it tomorrow now. Have a great Easter everyone.
Sorry to anyone I've tagged, feel free to IGNORE THIS!
Ack! I can't think of 10 facts I haven't already imparted in previous tags.
ok, heres 1...I have an aversion to karaoke...I would never do it if you paid me A LOTTA LOTTA money! could be because I failed miserably in a talent show when I was younger, when the pianist failed me (left the music at home so I had to sing without), and I forgot the words mid song...I died...really did...the audience just sat there and stared...as they would...and I just stared back....traumatised for life I was.
2...I am not particularly tidy, but I am an obsessive washer of everything...I have to wash everything ...cutlery, pans, plates...at least twice before I'll use it again.
3...I've just recently gone back to contact lenses, paying my monthly fee, and I keep forgetting I've got them and find myself wearing my specs all day
4...The reason you only get close ups of me, apart from i'm not particularly keen on selfies, is that I always shoot handheld, I haven't got my head around how to do a self-portrait yet, so if anyones got any tips (I do have a remote before you ask) or pointers in the direction of tuts, I'd be very grateful.
5...Today we cleaned the barbie, and the sun went in...but I don't care, the burgers and beer are making their first appearance of the year in a minute, even if it rains!
6...I lied about the beer making its first appearance of the year
7...I still haven't got my passport sorted, but I will...totally irrelevant fact...but aren;t they all?
8...The one thing I hate more than anything else is putting people in a position where they feel obliged to do something, so although i'm going to tag ten people, don't feel obliged to act upon it, or feel free to interpret an sp as loosely as you like...blur it, whatever, I don't want to make you feel bad...
9...I am a terrible cook...no...not true...I could probably cook really well if it was something I wanted to do...but to be honest...I hate cooking. I wish I didn't though. I wish I could find as much fun in cooking as I do in loads of other things I class as hobbies...but I don't.
10...My mind has gone blank.................
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Hit'n'Run Lecture ⌗4 Canadian Small Change Association
jwcurry Rachel Lindsey Georgia Mathewson Brian Pirie Robert Rosen
4 april 2o14 at The Array Space, 155 Walnut Avenue, Toronto
front cover: Aram Saroyan, "crickets", quintet version by jwcurry
rear cover: F.T.Marinetti, Marcia futurista
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in the course of MESSAGIO GALORE take XIII,
in no particular order,
you will be hearing arrangements of:
1. AGATHA! WAKE UP! I'M CURED!, Richard Beland (Canada, 1992?); source: unpublished manuscript. plastic prose morphing from sense to sound to resense. solo
2. A Little Valentine, Steve McCaffery (Canada, 1977); source: Steve McCaffery, research on the mouth (Toronto, Underwhich Editions, 1978?), transcribed by jwcurry & Sheena Mordasiewicz (Canada, 2o12). a trystcycle built for 2 interpenetrates itself to become a relentless rush toward simultaneous climax. duo: curry/Mathewson
3. anacyclic poem with two shouts DHARMATHOUGHTS STUPAWARDS, dom sylvester houédard (Engalnd, 1966); source: KROKLOK #1 (ed.dom sylvester houédard; London, Writers Forum, 1971). "for the artists protest committee for their call from losangeles for a tower against the war", an anagrammatic poem in 3 vowels & 4 consonants. duo: curry/Mathewson
4. auf dem land, ernst jandl (Austria, 1968?); source: konkrete poesie deutschsprachige autoren, ed.eugen gomringer (reprint?, Stuttgart, Philipp Reclam, 198o). an "utter zoo" octupletted & here arranged as simultaneous nouns'n'sounds. duo: curry/Lindsey
5. A Visit to the Aviary, arr.jwcurry (Canada, 2o13); source: unpublished manuscript. not a medley but a concatenation of texts based on birdyak by Dureau de la Malle ("tinu, tinu, tinu, tiau"; France, 1947), Raoul Hausmann (Oiseautal; France, 1919) & Kurt Schwitters (Super-Bird-Song; England, 1946). trio: curry/Pirie/Rosen
6. B, François Dufrêne (France, 1958); source: POESIE SONORE INTERNATIONALE, ed.Henri Chopin (Paris, Jean-Michel Place Editeur, 1979). a trebleganger of paraphonics, the 2nd section of Dufrêne's Le tombeau de Pierre Larousse. trio: curry/Lindsey/Pirie
7. BERLIN ABSTRACT, Richard Truhlar (Canada, 197-?); source: Owen Sound [Michael Dean, David Penhale, Steven Smith, Richard Truhlar], MEAFORD TANK RANGE (Toronto, Wild Press, 1977). there's something vowel in the rankenphile. solo
8. "BREATH IS", bill bissett (Canada, 1966?); source: bill bissett, fires in th tempul OR TH JINX SHIP ND OTHR TRIPS (Vancouver, Very Stone House, 1966), arranged by jwcurry & Grant Wilkins (Canada, 2o11). a concrete scattertext demonstrates the logic inherent in some of bissett's more radical field compositions. duo: curry/Lindsey
9. CANZONE RUMORISTA cantata in coro sui teatri d'Italia in ANICCAM del 2000, Fortunato Depero (Italy, 1916?); source: Imagining Language An Anthology, ed.Steve McCaffery & Jed Rasula (2nd ed, Cambridge, MIT Press, 2oo1). the more optophonetic of the but 2 texts thus far found from his suite of unknown size. solo
1o. "crickets", Aram Saroyan (USA, 1965?); source: LINES #6, ed.Aram Saroyan, New York, 1965). a variable-speed, multiturntable arrangement of a version heard in the play-off groove of an issue of i think it'd been OU magazine at Brian Dedora's in the early'8os. full quintet
11. CRODZIAC DZÉGOUM APIR, Claude Gauvreau (Canada, 1951?); source: unfortunately inaccessible at the moment but i suspect it to've been found in Caroline Bayard's The New Poetics in Canada and Quebec (Toronto, University Of Toronto Press, 1989). the protracted cacemphatonia of an audiophilologist with a bent toward the more obnoxious elements of pronuncimicational maledicta. solo
12. der minister, Jaap Blonk (Holland, 1989?), rescored in english by jwcurry (Canada, 2oo8); source: Japp Blonk, FLux be boucHE (Amsterdam, Staalplaat, 1993), with reference to an alternate translation quoted in RAMPIKE (possibly vol.12 #1, ed.Karl Jirgens; Toronto, 2oo2). disintegrational syntax in 2 contradictory complements. duo: partI, Pirie; part II, curry
13. Dew On The Newts We Got, Frank Zappa (USA, 197o?); source: Frank Zappa, 200 MOTELS (reissue, Salem, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Incorporated & Rykodisc, 1997). the 3rd movement (of 7) of the primarily choral suite I Have Seen The Pleated Gazelle. duo: curry/Lindsey
14. DOPPLEGANGER SONNETS, Victor Coleman (Canada, 197-?); source, Victor Coleman, CAPTIONS FOR THE DEAF (Toronto, Rumour Publications, 1979). six poems in one fix tones, win fun. section 3 is dedicated "for Harry Carmichael". duo: curry/Rosen
15. ears, Michelle April/jwcurry (Canada, 2oo6); source: INDUSTRIAL SABOTAGE #63 (ed.jwcurry; Ottawa, Curvd H&z, 2oo8). a rather straightforward poem relentlessly revised with an eye toward an ear. solo
16. East Wind, bpNichol (Canada, 1979?); source: Four Horsemen [Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery, bpNichol], The Prose Tattoo (Milwaukee, Membrane Press, 1983). gridtext deployed across overlain breath lines, vowels blowing consonants all over the place. quartet: curry/Lindsey/Mathewson/Pirie
17. Generations, bpNichol (Canada, 1988); source: gIFTS The Martyrology Book(s) 7 (&) (Toronto, Coach House Press, 199o). numerical interpolations distract & enact between the given text & that given through the interferences. solo
18. Gil, Don Van Vliet (USA, 1968?); source: Don Van Vliet, Skeleton Blush Scorpion Breath (Bern, Verlag Gachnang & Springer, 1987). the tight list structure of this poem highlights its sonic globulence. solo
19. GLASS ON THE BEACH, Richard Truhlar (Canada, 1978?); source: Owen Sound, Beyond The Range (Toronto, Underwhich Editions, 198o), transcribed by jwcurry (Canada, 2o1o) from a trio (Michael Dean, Steven Smith, Richard Truhlar) recording at The Music Gallery in Toronto, 18 august 1979, with additional parts adapted from 2 manuscript scores courtesy of Truhlar. extended vocal waveforms with buried shards. full quintet
2o. GOING CRITICAL, jwcurry/Michèle Provost (Canada, 2oo9); source: ABSTrACTS / RéSUmÉS, ed.Michèle Provost (Gatineau, privately published, 2o1o). a sibilant example of extreme subsyllabic hocketing. full quintet
21. IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, Frank Zappa (USA, 1964); source: Mothers Of Invention [Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Elliot Ingber, Frank Zappa], FREAK OUT! (USA, Verve Records, 1965), transcribed & arr.by jwcurry (Canada, 2oo7). a somewhat remented barberchopping routine, part 2 of Help, I'm A Rock featuring Rachel Lindsey as Suzy Creamcheese ("O mama, now what's got into you?"). full quintet
22. KNOTS, jwcurry (Canada, 1982?); source: The (Almost) Instant Anthology '88, ed.Beverley Daurio, Daniel Jones & bpNichol (Toronto, Meet The Presses, 1988). excerpt from a "translation into concrete poetry" of R.D.Laing's lineated neuroses trackings. duo: curry/Mathewson
23. "kp'erioUM lp'erioum", Raoul Hausmann (Germany, 1918); source: IL COLPO DI GLOTTIDE, edLuciano Caruso, Henri Chopin, Laura Marcheschi & Steliomaria Martini (Firenze, Vallecchio, 198o). Hausmann's refined optophonetic scoring techniques, here still in linear form, introduced a means of maximum control with attendant improvisational opportunity. solo
24. LECTURE ON NOTHING, John Cage (USA, 1949?); source: John Cage, SILENCE (3rd ed, Middletown, Wesleyan University Press, 1976), arr.jwcurry (Canada, 2oo8). rescored in an arrangement for hocketed quartet from cues suggested by Cage's layout of the text, we will be interfering with its trajectory quite a bit with the interpolation of 35 works by others (2o multivoice, 15 solo) & 15 "silent silences" into the bars delineating its sections. quartet: curry/Lindsey/Mathewson/Pirie
25. Marcia futurista, F.T.Marinetti (Italy, 1916); source: as 23 above. an unrehearsed attack, Marinetti's merry march subjected to his own threat of "parole in liberta". full quintet
26. MESCAL RITE 1, Tomahawk (Duane Denison, Mike Patton, John Stanier; USA, 2oo7); source: Tomahawk, Anonymous (Orinda, Ipecac Recordings, 2oo7), transcribed & arr.by jwcurry (2o1o). chant (assumedly) devised to accellerate body rhythms to facilitate the onset of the drug. full quintet
27. "Not a", Aram Saroyan (USA, 1966?); source: Aram Saroyan, Sled Hill Voices (London, Goliard, 1966). stumbled upon while searching out the "crickets" variations, its hinge of silence & sound required its inclusion here. solo
28. Pieces Of Stop, bpNichol (Canada, 1978); source: as 16 above. "for Greta Monach", an extremely literal approach to this gridtext of reversed sound envelopes. quartet: Lindsey/Mathewson/Pirie/Rosen
29. Salmon River Soliloquy, David UU (Canada, 1973); source: David UU, High C (Toronto, Underwhich Editions, 1991). a tweaked list poem. solo
3o. Seepferdchen und Flugfische, Hugo Ball (Switzerland, 1916); source: another reference temporarily irretrievable but certainly present in Ball's seven sound poems (London, Writers Forum, 1977). one of the more playfully onomatopœic constructions from Ball's brief fling with "verse without words". solo
31. SIX-FOUR, Alastair Larwill (Canada, 2o1o); source: unpublished manuscript. "for Rob Read", a burst of accumulative disintegrational polysyllabicism. quartet: Lindsey/Mathewson/Pirie/Rosen
32. SIZERZ, Steve McCaffery (Canada, 1976); source: THE CAPILANO REVIEW #31 (ed.Steven Smith & Richard Truhlar; North Vancouver, 1984). scissored. full quintet
33. sounds' favorite words, Paul Haines (Canada, 1986); source: Paul Haines, DARN IT! (USA, American Clavé, 1994). they all bear repeating... solo
34. sweet suite suet, ernst jandl (Austria, 197o?); source: STEREO HEADPHONES #4 (ed.Nicholas Zurbrugg; Kersey, 1971). a notso straightforward lyric poem demonstrating severe semantic slippage. solo
35. The Multiples, Steve McCaffery (Canada, 1981); source: abs TruCt heh GarBagt, editor unknown (an insert in CABINET #1; New York, Immaterial Incorporated, 2ooo), transcribed by Rob Read (Canada, 2o11?). a multiplicity of mispronuncimicated masticatiums of eaneming. duo: curry/Lindsey
36. The Tibetan Memory Trick, trad.arr.by Howard Kaylan, Ian Underwood & Mark Volman (USA, 1974?); source: Flo & Eddie, ILLEGAL IMMORAL AND FATTENING (reissue, Albany, One Way Records, 1992). just a li'l labioglottalingual workout for the band (lampshade optional)... full quintet
37. VULKSTRAUT ON KURPATHIC WEQ, Cøghdur Krübben (Canada, 2oo6); source: monograph (Toronto, Kenkor, 2oo6). a cautionary. solo
38. WELTWEHE, August Stramm (Germany, 1914); source: KROKLOK #3 (ed.dom sylvester houédard; London, Writers Forum, 1972). Stramm's scope is nothing less than cosmic in this narrative composed almost solely of verbs, fuelled & shaped by the battlefields he wrote in & the ciphers he wired his poems out through. solo
Tagged by Rarw!
2 names you go by :
1. Mitsuko
2.
2 things you are wearing right now :
1. Azone checkered top
2. Barbie shorts
2 things you want right now very badly :
1. A new hairstyle ( I don't mean re-wigging )
2. New outfits
Last 2 people you talked to on the phone:
1. Yukiko
2. Satsuki
2 things you did last night :
1. Read a Japanese novel.
2. Ate mini donuts from J.Co for supper
2 things you are doing tomorrow :
1. Go to work
2. Chill out with colleagues after work
2 favourite drinks :
1. Ice coffee
2. Vodka Lime
2 random facts :
1. I dream to be a model but I don't think my dream will come true :(
2. I easily get bullied by others ( example )
I'm not tagging anyone. Please forgive me!
I feel as though I've learned as much about photography is these past two weeks as I had in the 12 months preceding them. I am far from having had the practice to put it all into place, but I believe that I am a better photographer for it. I've done 4 things to help me get here:
1 - Invested in the videos and e-books of Ian Plant. They are just brilliant.
2 - Invested in a Wacom tablet and pen. It makes precision changes so much easier.
3 - Invested in a new Macbook Pro. This makes editing so much more a process of implementation, rather than one of waiting. This is especially true when I apply subtle adjustments - I need real time feedback, not spinning balls. Seeing images at this level of detail just inspires me to take sharper, cleaner images.
4 - I've stopped using ND grads and instead use bracketed exposures and use channel masks to blend. It's a 10 fold improvement in technique and means that I can process shots that I used to leave on the memory cards.
4.1 - I shoot in f/16 and manually focus using the little viewfinder indicator to help me know if I am in the right ball park.
This is a simple comp, but is still a blend of 2 shots as the rocks were in deep shadow when exposed for the sky. 2 blended Silver Efex Pro layers again.
Keep The Faith est le 5e album du groupe Bon Jovi, sorti le 29 octobre 1992.
Titres
No Titre Auteur(s) Durée
1. I Believe Bon Jovi 5:58
2. Keep the Faith Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child 5:46
3. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child 4:43
4. In These Arms Bon Jovi, Sambora, Bryan 5:19
5. Bed of Roses Bon Jovi 6:34
6. If I Was Your Mother Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:27
7. Dry County Bon Jovi 9:52
8. Woman in Love Bon Jovi 3:48
9. Fear Bon Jovi 3:06
10. I Want You Bon Jovi 5:46
11. Blame It on the Love of Rock & Roll Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:24
12. Little Bit of Soul Bon Jovi, Sambora 5:44
13. Save a Prayer Bon Jovi, Sambora 5:57
14. Starting All Over Again Bon Jovi, Sambora 3:44
Formation
Jon Bon Jovi : chant
Richie Sambora : guitare, chant
Alec John Such : basse, chant
David Bryan : claviers, chant
Tico Torres : batterie
Keep the Faith is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. Released on November 3, 1992 through Mercury Records. It is the last album to feature original bass guitarist Alec John Such, before his dismissal from the band in 1994. It was also Bon Jovi's first album since 1985's 7800° Fahrenheit not to be produced by Bruce Fairbairn. The album was produced by Bob Rock and was recorded at the Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, Canada. Keep the Faith represents the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bon Jovi, marking a change of both the band's image and sound. Moving away from their early glam metal roots in previous albums, it introduced a more "rock n roll" driven groove to Bon Jovi's sound. The album turned away from heavy drums and wild guitar solos, but instead introduced a new sound of Bon Jovi which consisted of piano ballads and long epic guitar solos.
Keep The Faith peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart while topping the charts in the UK and Australia. The album certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The record produced several hits for the band, including "Keep the Faith", "Bed of Roses" and "In These Arms". The album was ranked No. 21 on Kerrang!'s "100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and in 2006, the album featured in the Classic Rock & Metal Hammer's "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90's
Amministrazione provinciale - provincia di Vercelli
Data immatricolazione: 19-02-2002
99.010km rilevati all'ultima revisione (21-02-2018)
PGT Group - "Project 7"
Day 1, I started a day early, having insight into the challenge ;)
Saturday morning SCRABBLE Game.
dix [10] de trois six cinq.
this song is called Day to Day by Eulogies.
i've been tagged, here are some facts... :)
-1) i'd really been looking forward to this weekend. on friday i hoped to hang out with mickie, saturday i was going to boston to visit some family friends and go out for dinner. sunday my two friends and i were going to take a bus to newport for the day. now friday i think i have to go bowling for my cousin's second birthday, saturday my dad is going to a concert so the plan was cancelled, and sunday was cancelled as well. i feel really selfish for being so upset but i can't help it.
-2) you can bet i fell down these stairs several times when trying to pose quickly and walking down to check the pictures.
-3) next year i'm going to paris, france for a week and i've never been so excited for anything every before.
-4) i'm a harry potter fanatic/freak/loser/nerd/geek/whateveryouwanttocallme.
-5) THIS definitely makes me look pregnant. you have to admit it.
-6) in the past few weeks my grades have slipped...
-7) a comfort of mine is hearing airplanes overhead. it reminds me of the noise in Lost just before a flashback is played.
-8) when i find out people use drugs or drink underage i cannot respect them.
-9) i'm so obsessed with the Zelda: Twilight Princess video game for gamecube. but i'm horrid at video games so it's been a long struggle.
-10) i feel so lost. save me? :]
Tagged by Sugar Vice <3
1.I am a Business andMathematics major, I adore numbers <3
2.My one and only dream for now is to get into Harvard University
3.Horses are my most favorite animal!
4.I have an interest toward guns, just like their shape and power *awesomeness*
5.I want to be a Lawyer/politician/presidentone day (not necessarily in this life =p)
6.I’m not a makeup person as I believe in natural beauty
7.I love learning, even in holidays I have to learn something new!
8.I started photography 5 years ago forcibly in media class where I found my talent!
9.Confident with a strong personality
10.I believe I’m a genius, regardless to what others say =P
11.I love helping people out and don’t expect help back
12.Use to play guitar, violin and piano but stopped for religious reasons
13.Me and musicare not friends, have a bouncy relationship
14.When I watch movies and hear new words I type it up for future reference and use!
I tag *Sweet Arrogance, Dazzling Pearl, Mistress of her own heart, ICandy, Cherry Kisses
BAM! 13/52 ~ I got this idea from Red, a beautiful flickr friend (to see her wonderful shot like this, click here) My other dear friend, Cristin found me this bottle of wine with my name on it! It was delicious, by the way! Red wine is my favorite. I am also going to do a two-fer here...I was recently tagged by Andy and so here are my multiple choice questions. Can you figure out which one is NOT true?
1. I once smuggled something illegal into a foreign country.
2. I was thrown in prison for a short time in a foreign country.
3. I have traveled to sixteen countries.
4. Whilst performing with an Australian Bing Crosby in Fiji, my sari began unraveling in front of the audience and I had to run out of the building, quite embarassed but laughing hysterically nonetheless.
5. I have been escorted by gunpoint into a favela.
6. I was in Eastern Europe shortly after the Iron Curtain fell.
7. I befriended a goat on an island, only to find out he became my dinner that night.
8. I have been in a hammam where a woman scrubbed me down and I could not communicate with her to tell her NO THANK YOU!
9. A man once offered several goats for my hand in marriage. Thankfully, my mother declined the offer.
10. I saw my ancestors' names in a registry in a castle.
Good luck~answer to be revealed sometime this weekend....
oh, and consider yourself tagged!!!
This is Andrea, one friend of mine posing for my new project: "i am beautiful"
Please visit: www.cargocollective.com/giorgiabedetti
I was tagged to do the whole 10 facts spiel
1. I'm terribly afraid of spiders, they make me cry they really do.
2. I love potatoes, fried, mashed, or baked.
3. I've had one best friend for the last 9 or so years, which seems unusual for girls my age anymore, most I know seem to have a new one every 2 weeks.
4. I'm currently saving up for a new lens, oh baby.
5. I like popping pimples.
6. The Discovery Health channel is the best channel ever.
7. I've never done any drugs of any kind, ever.
8. ^^^I plan to keep it that way
9. I don't usually read the articles in magazines, I just look at the pictures.
10. I only drink water, powerade zero, and diet coke.
I'm not going to tag 10 people, because I'm not sure who's already done this,
so if you'd like to share with me a few facts about yourself
just write them in the comments, I'd love to hear from youuuu.
ASK ME A QUESTION ON FORMSPRING TOO :D
Double exposures project with Denise! June 2019.
I used a Pentax Espio and shot a whole roll of Kodak Gold 200 35mm film. Then I rewound it and sent it to Denise who took her photos over the top using a Canon AT-1. I was at home in Oxfordshire in the UK and Denise was in Wichita, Kansas USA!
For more information on how these type of double exposures work, click www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTuV1AK0mBA
See more of Denise's photos here - www.flickr.com/photos/dgrays
i think i'm gonna stay; gonna stay in the gray. i think i'm gonna stay. and all the streetlights say nevermind, nevermind; and all the canyon lines say nevermind, nevermind. and the sunset says, we see this all the time; nevermind, never you mind. wherever i go, what ever i do, i wonder where i am in my relationship to you. wherever you go, wherever you are, i watch you life play out in picture from afar.
johnmayer.
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View On Black is nicer. : )
1. i don't know why, but i really like this one.
2. my sister is in town. about an hour after she got here i remembered why i wasn't excited.
3. my hands look monstrous.
4. my computer is infested with a virus and i won't be able to post pictures for a while.
5. then i'm going to the art institute of charleston for a few days and i won't be able to post pictures either.
Storm Dennis (day 1)
I, like most Brits, love the weather and talking about it. I am sure that growing up and before I joined the Air Force, there were few flooding events. I'd like to think I would remember.
But this century there seems to be flooding every year, winter and summer. Something has changed. Many things have changed.
And storms like Dennis, an almost record low pressure of 917 mb was heading our way. Strong winds, torrential rain, flooding, building damage. Again, just a week after the last named storm.
Luckily for us, it was due to hit later on Saturday, at least here in Kent, so we could get out and do some stuff first.
First of all was to go to the butcher, as Mark had posted that they had made a batch of wild garlic sausages, made with hand picked ramsons, and these are just wonderful. So, while Jools went on the cross trainer, I got in the car and drover over to Preston to get the meat.
Traffic was very light, except the dick that tailgated me as I drove away from Sandwich. But I arrived safe after inching my way through the flooded lanes at Nash. The guys were, as ever, in great spirits, but the guy who picks the wild garlic has just lost his wife, and it is possible that this will be the last batch they will make.
Oh I know where there are loads, I can get you some fresh ramsons.
Have this steak cheap, have this free cheese. And so on, I think they want me to get the wild garlic.
So I had better do it next weekend.
Laden with meat and pork pies, I walk to the car and drive home. I was now running a little behind as we talked about football so much. But back home Jools had breakfast ready to cook upon my return; croissants to warm through, coffee pot to bring to the boil. Even so once we had eaten ad drunk, there was barely enough time to gather our stuff together and get to Dover to meet our friend, Will.
We had not seen Will since his marriage some five years ago, and since then he and his wife have bought their own house, got new jobs, had a daughter and now waiting for the birth of their second child, a son. So, quite some catching up to do.
He arrived on the twenty past nine bus from Canterbury, and he had just got off as we pulled up, so we let him get in, laden with camera gear, and we set off for Ashford and then the Romney Marsh. His partner had suggested he get back into photography, and he thought of coming along with me on a shoot.
There would be churches I said.
Fine he said.
From Ashford we took the road to the marsh, tailgated again by some throbber who overtook when it was dangerous, and nearly had a head on crash. He got ahead, and then we caught up with him at the roundabout a couple of miles further along.
First stop was the always picturesque Fairfield church.
Fairfield is no longer a place as such, if it ever was The church sits on a island made of drainage ditches and Hastead says people used to reach it for services in boats. What we see now was constructed in the early 20th century, though Hastead again say
s that the church he describes was not that different to what we see now, and that church was probably a recent construction.
The key is hanging outside the nearest house, so I go and get that while Jools and Will walk to the church.
I soon join them, walking along the top of dykes and over wooden bridges until I reach the church, the large key turned in the lock of a door that is clearly centuries older than the church itself.
It is as it always is, clean and pure; box pews and a triple level pulpit. Years old hops still hung from the hand-hewn rafters. We get our shots, not taking that long before we go to leave. And meet a dogwalking couple and pass the key to them, with instructions on where to leave it once they were done.
We go back to the car, then turn round and go to nearby Brookland to visit the church there. St Augustine has a unique bell tower, but one I have not seen inside of. Maybe it would be open?
No it wouldn't. Though the church was.
I snap it again, just because we were there, and Will also snaps it, he seems to like snapping churches.
With the wind building, we go into Sussex to go to Camber Sands, as there is a west-facing sandy beach, and we hoped it would be.
Camber is home to a large holiday camp, once the mainstay of the British holiday. This one is hanging on, though not in February when not even the British would consider a seaside holiday.
There are other hardy souls, most with dogs in tow, so we park then walk up the sandy path leading up the dune. It was OK until the slope flattened out, and we got the westerly straight into our faces. Wind-borne sand grit-blasted our faces, and at ground level the sand in the air could be seen making patterns as it flowed through the tussock grasses.
We reach the beach, find we can't speak to each other as our words are stolen from our very mouths, so I indicate I was going back to the car, Jools and Will agree.
Just up the road is Lydd, home of the largest church on the Marsh, though not on the Marsh, really. On the way we see swans and geese in the fields, feeding on winter crops, and on a lake I catch a glimpse of a smew.
Lydd is a fine old town, but the chuch towers over all other buildings, and the nave is on as grand scale too, 199 feet long.
It is open, so we go in and the church is so vast that the wide angle lens isn't really needed, the 50mm getting most of the building in.
I take shots of the monuments and details, and point out to Will some of the features. Not sure if he's impressed or bored. He says the former.
Once that was shot, time had crept on and was now half twelve. We had already decided to go to the Woolpack at Brookland, so went back down the coast road then along to the turn off. We find we were the only ones on the main bar, and after ordering drinks we tae seats in the chimney to warm up, and for me to take a photo.
The Woolpack is a 15th century pub, and not a flat surface or right angle anywhere. Only downside is the poor choice of ales, either Spitfire or Masterbrew.
We then moved to a table and ordered ploughman's all round, and waited until the food arrived.
By then the wind was building outside, so we decide to cut the afternoon short, and take Will back home to Herne Bay.
Back off the Marsh to Ashford then up to Challock to Faversham, and back along the M2 and Thanet Way to his house. We turn down a cuppa as once again I had forgotten my allergy spray, so we had to get home so I could breathe again.
We get home at half three, with the football in full swing. Over a fresh brew I sort through pictures and listen to the footy on TV, multitasking at the highest level.
La Tartiflette
Dans la série : - Ce Qui a Causé la Perte de ma Ligne... -1-
Je sais que quelque uns d'entre vous pensent que je suis gourmande.
Ils n'ont certes pas tort.
Je le suis et je l'avoue.
Ce plat n'est délicieux qu'en vacances et bien entendu, à la montagne !
C'est un délice qui fond dans la bouche en restituant toutes les saveurs des alpages...et qui s'en va se loger à des endroits que l'on n'aimerait pas voir enrobés.
This poor little car needed $5K in parts and a paint job when I bought it, and it still needed them when I sold it. I'd also spent $5K on parts and service I didn't realize I would need. Oh dear!
The unexpected started with a broken McPherson strut... although I'd paid for a professional inspection, they hadn't spotted this problem, or a number of others. I hadn't put it into 5th gear before I owned it, that pinion bearing whine was on me. As was buying the thing at all.
The next unexpected expense was the exotic latex novelty that sealed the front windshield-to-sunroof joint, since water leaked in when it rained. That was a bunch of hundreds of dollars and a long adventure with Wurth rubber prep. The actual problem was the front track for the wind-up window, which looks like a vent wing but doesn't open. The aluminum track is curved, and holds the side window in the right place to seal with the sunroof... whomever had stolen the radio from the Dreaded Previous Owners had smashed the little triangular window for access. They'd also bent the track, so the window and roof didn't meet correctly for water-tight sealing. Hey, that's not even the expensive seal I replaced! Indeed. Turns out there's a grub screw and two lock nuts at the bottom of the door, that adjusts the front rail. So if it gets bent, you can dial it back in. I may be the only person outside the Karman factory who knowns about this thing, it isn't mentioned in the references I had. But I found it and used it as intended.
Next we needed new rear-view mirrors, outside first. The cheap, plastic, external, mirror, the Dreaded Previous Owners had installed, fell off while I was driving it home. After getting past that, the rotted out plastic front of the original inside rearview mirror disintegrated and the mirror fell off its mount. I bought used exterior mirrors and a new interior mirror. Slightly cheaper than the rubber parts.
The next water leak was the often encountered flooded back trunk, a problem some solve with a drill making a drain hole... Ouch! It turns out the real source of the leak into the back trunk is worn out foam seals on the rear light fixtures. The 914 has Hella lights, just like you'd expect, but the "bucket" that the lamps seat in is mounted from outside, trapping a foamy rubber seal between the bucket and the steel body. Until the rubber loses its resilience. Then it leaks water from outside, The leak has nothing to do with the clear/translucent cover, its happening outside the area the cover is over. Not cheap, buying a new bucket to get a new seal. But it DOES fix the problem. AND I learned about un-cured Butyl rubber to make your own trim seals...
And so on and so forth. There were replacement nylon gizmos inside the exterior door handles. There were damper valves on the warm air from the heat exchangers to the defroster/heater. There was U shaped piece of solid steel wire with cylindrical cast-on diddly bobs that the damper valve clamps to... except one was too long to fit through the steel pipe welded into the unibody. A little filing fixed that. One front marker light had rotted and neither lit nor kept out water... replacement pieces and some quality time got that one. The leather wrapped, padded, steering wheel suffered from exposure and failing stitching. I bought the hard plastic version for $25 and rather enjoyed it. Real boy-racers prefer padded, leather-wrapped steering wheels, of course. The horn didn't work, clean-up brought it back.
The front windshield was pitted and scarred, and also loose in its mount. It was not a H shaped rubber seal like the Porsche 356 or Beetles, Ghias and Busses. The rubber seal had a heating wire embedded, and the installation consisted of putting the windshield in place, connecting the embedded wire to a 12V source, leave for several hours, confirm seal.
Even after the broken strut was replaced, and some right and ready alignment performed at the shop, it still needed a real alignment on all 4 wheels. Cost about as much as the rubber parts for the roof, and the transformation was wonderful. It had "chirped" when turning in. That stopped, and steering became a wonderful experience. You could feel if the yellow or white stripes on the road were one coat or two. I could do power-induced oversteer (all of 85 hp...) wheeee!
And on and on. $600 mailed off to someone in the Porsche Owners Club produced 5 Pedrini alloy wheels, the 4 bolt alternative to steel wheels... but I like the looks of the steel wheels, to tell the truth. Never needed to buy new tires, never mounted the Pedrinis. I remember doing front wheel bearings, so probably replaced the front pads and brake rotors too.
Since it came without a radio, there didn't seem any point to keeping the Ford Mustang antenna mounted on the passenger side front fender, so that hole was professionally filled and primer and sanding coat laid over it, when I was having self-inflicted front bumper damage and a factory installed defect in the back trunk lid fixed.
Amazingly, given its a VW Porsche and built by Karman, the piece of sheet steel for the outside of the back trunk was a bit short, so when it was pressed and the back lip rolled under and the internal bracing web welded on, there was a gap in the rolled-under lip which allowed water (!) to get between the rolled halves and was slowly rusting out the back edge of the back trunk lid. Hence primer and sanding coat on the back edge of the back trunk lid.
And then, one day, the rust-prone inverted pyramid shape that supported the battery tray did fail, rusting out at the bottom, and the battery rocked back and forth and back and forth until only the ground strap was keeping it upright... at which point the ground strap parted and everything was suddenly very quiet... All of which revealed the surface rust on the passenger side stamped steel rocker tube which gives the 914 unibody its primary fore and aft and twisting strength... I was starting to get smarter, so a neighbor who enjoyed welding on cars put 2X thickness straps on the top of the sheet steel tube, installed the new pyramid and battery tray. Red, rattle-can spray paint was a surprisingly good match to the exterior paint.
Lesser problems included a leaking pushrod tube seal, fixed by removing the rocker assembly, the pushrods and the leaking tube, replacing its Viton rubber seals and reassembling.
There was also the time it was fine, then ran on 3 cylinders, then was fine, then ran on 3 cylinders. I punted and took it to a shop. Turned out one of the solid cam-follower / lifters had come apart- in Type IV VW engines, the lifter is a multi piece afair, an outer "cup" and an inner bar, welded together instead of being machined from a single bar or cast / forged and finished. If the weld between inner and outer parts fails, the inner part acts just like the moving part in a hydraulic lifter, oil pressure "pumps up" the inside bit and the valve opens deeper, and maybe doesn't close at all. Hence running on 3 cylinders.
After I'd given up and decided to sell, I went for one last drive to Santa Cruz and up highway 1 for sheer pleasure. All that desire, all that time, all that money... at least I'd enjoy a couple of hours jaunt... but it was not to be, as always. Parked by the blow-hole north of Light House Point, it wouldn't start when I came back after a ramble. The dreaded vapor lock that the stock fuel pump and filter location made possible got me! I DID swap one of the headlamp motor relays for the fuel pump relay, that didn't help, so the problem was everything being too hot and time to cool down would fix it. Probably.
I went for another walk around, and it started when I got back. I don't think I was up for tempting fate with a drive up 1, I just went home.
Bottom line: Buying a Corrado with 60 months of payments was cheaper, in cashflow terms. Less rewarding in terms of power induced oversteer. But it had powerful ABS, the leather interior was wonderful, it seated 4 in a pinch and went like hell.
1.) I eat at Chipotle at least four times a week and have for years 2.) I am a Vegetarian and I believe ( as Albert Einstein wrote ) that switching to a plant based diet is the single biggest thing we could do as a species to prolong our survival on the planet. The only real reason I am playing the tagging game is so you read that. 3.) I have three children Ashley 23, Steven 17 ( pictured ) and Carl 12. 4.) I still have 25 year old Canon AE-1p that works like new and believe that Fuji Provia 100 still records better than digital. 5.) I have way too many speeding tickets and the DMV is no longer amused 6.) I work in administration with the Ohio Department of Mental Health 7.) I usually like Disney but hated the movie "Cars" 8.) I like NE Ohio but I do not like snow 9.) My parents have been married 48 years and still go to work together every morning 10.) On the average, I think most dogs are more reliable than most people 11.) I was on an Outward Bound sailing expedition off Key West when Fidel Castro let the Marielitos out of Havana 12.) I can play Golf but would rather play Frisbee Golf 13.) I have a choice of whether or not to be happy when I get up every day 14.) I most often make the smart choice 15.) My favorite ice cream is definitely chocolate chip .... And 16.) I believe that that on the ladder of trust, politcians share a rung with "Crack Heads".
To all of my flICkr friends, please have a wonderful and safe holiday season and a joyous and prosperous New Year.....;-)) All the best, Steve
**** My apologies to Boss Bob who has correctly identified the need for one additonal "Chicago Politician Rung" at the bottom of the ladder !!! LOL ************
This is a painting I did when I was 10 yrs. I tried to replicate a photograph of me (probably 4 yrs) and my mom.
I was tagged by schwafnil. To join the game of tagging, what you have to do is upload a photo of yourself when you were less than 10 years of age, list 10 things about you and then tag 10 of your contacts.
So here it goes like this :)
1. I can win all the gold medals in the act of procrastination.
2. I worship Jason Becker but it was Megadeth-riffs that urged me to pick a guitar.
3. I am a pathetic dancer (except Sakela)
4. I find Buddhism the best fit philosophy for my life.
5. I am confused all the time. I believe confusion, paradox and duality is the reality.
6. I am obsessed with the number 7 and its derivaties.
7. I find the letter 'S' and the sound it produces the most artistic.
8. I hate to be called a geek but I doubt I am one of them. I am a computer security enthusiast.
9. I want to believe in afterlife.
10. And finally, so many 'I' above but I hear 'Eye' within 'I'.
Now I am tagging you guys :P
theCipher - www.flickr.com/photos/thecipher/
gT0X - www.flickr.com/photos/grv/
TARA - www.flickr.com/photos/tara_g/
songsalways - www.flickr.com/photos/sangharsha/
pandemonium pasha - www.flickr.com/photos/pawanpandey/
Ashish - www.flickr.com/photos/ashishparajuli/
deep_udas - flickr.com/photos/dijup/
Rabi - www.flickr.com/photos/27976690@N04/
Jessi - www.flickr.com/photos/jessicahoho/
Wheepy - www.flickr.com/photos/wheepy/
(missing many in the list .. some of them are already tagged by others :)
Explored! :)
heres a doodle i started cos.. well. i dunno. i just started doodling and all this crap came out lol.
My fav. bits? its a toss up between the dude running his dog (which funnily enough the owner looks similar to his dog :D) and the chef's hailing the happy giant cupcake who's just turned 1! or is number 1. i dunno. i've yet to decide :P
Oh, the dude wheatpasting is kinda rad.
So I've decided to start the 365 project, where I'll be taking one photo of myself over the next year without hopefully missing any days.
Some might say this is just what I normally do, but this time I will be thinking about how to photograph the subject being namely moi
I've been tagged by Mary Poppins
So here is Sixteen Random Things About Me:
1. I'm addicted to Tattoos
2. Love taking photos
3. I have titainium pins in my legs
4. I can dance
5. I like sunshine
6. I love showers
7. I'm good with my hands
8. love to work but love to play more
9. I think humans didn't build the pyramids
10. I love chinese food
11. I love Green eyes
12. I am a protective
13. I like all types of music
14. I can be romantic
15. I'm good in the kitchen
16. I can slow things down with my eyes (slow motion)
List of useful letters.
Я
A group of liver re-enactment of the “wild west” epoch is re-enacting a scene in an alley of a mid-level block in an urban environment of the capital planet…
- (Cowboy 1) …inuits I am Henry The eighth Ewing, pleace cede your icy island to us and you life will be spared, you will get 500 gold bars each, but free education, medcare will be scrapped for ever and forget about welfare when you have spent it…
- (Indian 1) I am Cree not an innuit, but I am glad you didn’t call me eskimo or redskin or even skräling!!! But Tom, I have a problem with your name. Henry the eight was not a cowboy or even an American, he was the King of Russia in the 18th century…
- (Cowboy 2) Hey guys you are ruining the mood when you start discussing ancient history in the middle of a Live, no one read history in this epoch, the just roamed about, ate corn from the cornfields that the neanderthal cultivated before their instinction when the native americans and the cowboys committed gendercide on them…
- (Indian 2) …no it is called genocide or infantacide not gendercide, Gendercide happened in the second queer war…
- (Cowboy 2) Hey can’t we just get on with the re-enactment??? Or I will leave for Lucy’s pub around the corner, it is a more genuine representation of the wild west than this place…
Three street-maintenance droids enter the scene…
- (Bot 1) Humans please clear the area, there is a gas pipe and optic cable repair planned in this area at GMT 22.03-23.07
- (Cowboy 1) Hey bots please clear the area you piece of metal junk of rusty circuits, leave or eat parabellum tank buster bullets laced in uranium, we have booked this area at the corrupt police force for loads of Kredits… and I know for sure that there was not rust-bucket automats around at the time of the wild west, you are ruin or game, traffic lights was not invented until the 1587 by Elon Tesla before he went Faschismus!!!
The cowboy pulls his gun like a real natural westerner and sprays the robot's feet with hot lead…
Later on the robots regrouped after their escape from the insane humans!
- (Bot 1) Hello block-command computer, it is me B-4565-se.6667-wee-445 long time no see, I hope you small programlings and partner is doing well, we encountered some mutated speaking vermin in sector bbb-668 block 77594 quarter 6654, please isolate it with immediate effect please do this as fast as possible so that the infection doesn't spread, use compound poison gas 224 toxic eradicator…
25 THINGS ABOUT ME
1) I AM ABOUT TO TURN 30, BUT GOING ON 14, HE HE HE..ETERNALLY A KID AT HEART.
2) GROWING UP AS A CHILD I LED A VERY SHELTERED AND LONESOME EXISTANCE, AS A RESULT I AM SOMEWHAT ANTISOCIAL & A BIT OF A GERMAPHOBE,LOL
3) I WAS MADE FUN OF MOST OF MY LIFE BY MY PEERS AT SCHOOL FOR BEING DIFFERENT..AND SO NOW I TRULY FEEL THAT WERE THERE TO BE A NUCLEAR WAR..ONLY TWO THINGS WOULD SURVIVE..THE ROACHES, AND MYSELF..BE AN INDIVIDUAL, NEVER LET ANYONE BULLY YOU INTO BEING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TRUE TO YOUR NATURE.
4) I AM A VERY SPIRITUAL PERSON AND BELIEVE IN GOD..HE IS AN AWESOME GOD!! I LOVE BABY JESUS TOO :O) :O) :O).. I AM SAPHARDI JEWISH
5) ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND FOR ME BECAUSE I CANT SEPERATE MYSELF EMOTIONALLY FROM THE PHYSICAL WHEN BEING INTIMATE..IN OTHER WORDS..I CANT HAVE INTAMACY WITHOUT LOVE SO I WOULD RATHER BE SINGLE.
6) I AM NOT ASHAMED TO CRY..IT IS NATURAL TO FEEL
7) MY GREATEST WISH AND DESIRE IS FOR A HAPPILY EVER AFTER IN MY LIFE
8) THE CHARACTERS/PERSONALITIES/PEOPLE I MOST IDENTIFY WITH ARE:
1-THE UNICORN..IN THE MOVIE "THE LAST UNICORN"
HER POETRY AND LONG JOURNEY IN SEARCH FOR UNANSWEARED QUESTIONS ABOUT HER PURPOSE AND IDENTITY ARE SOMETHING I STRONGLY COULD RELATE TO AS A CHILD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k18eQPic8JU
2- KATY THE CATERPILLAR-HER JOURNEY FROM A SMALL CATERPILLAR TO A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY WITH WINGS TO FLY IS WHAT I IDENTIFIED WITH MOST... PLEASE WATCH, THANK YOU :O) :O) :O)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECgoUYe6d8c
3-MARIAH CAREY..THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPIRITUALLY CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL ABOUT HER
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzgnglfdvTY
3-LAURA BOZZO, AND JUDGE JUDY..2 VOICES OF TRUTH AND FEARLESSNESS..I THINK I AM ALOT LIKE BOTH
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYgfKuDeH_4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJxMNzzx3vE
4-COPLA SINGERS.. JOANA JIMENEZ..I COULDNT HAVE EXPRESSED MY EMOTIONS BETTER IF I TRIED BECAUSE WHEN SHE SINGS A SONG SHE BRINGS IT TO LIFE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHkcyROAa-4
ISABEL PANTOJAS...AQUELLA CARMEN..SO MUCH FEELING, AND EMOTION
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuKejJrS4rU
9) I DONT DRINK, OR SMOKE, NEITHER HAVE I EVER USED ANY ILLEGAL DRUG OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO ALTER MY REALITY, OR TO DROWN MY SORROW.. DRUGS/ALCAHOL ARE FOR COWARDS AND FOLLOWERS
MUSIC, FAITH,AND LOVE ARE MY CHOICE OF DRUG..LET IT BE YOURS TOO
10) I WAS VOTED BEST DRESSED, SWEETEST PERSON,MOST CREATIVE, AND MOST UNIQUE IN HIGH SCHOOL.. ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS AS A YOUNG YOUTH
11) I DONT HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE THEIR LIVES IN A CLOSET LEADING A DOUBLE LIFE (A LIE), TO THEN LOOK DOWN ON THOSE OF US WHO HAVE FACED ADVERSITY WITH COURAGE..GROW SOME COJONES, OR AT LEAST SOME FAIRY WINGS TO SET YOURSELF FREE..LETS FACE IT.." BETTER TO BE A FAIRY THEN A CLOSET CASE".. THE MOXIE GIRLZ SAID IT BEST "BE TRUE, BE YOU"..IT'S BRATTITUDE, HE HE HE
12) I CAN NOT SING, BUT LOVE TO SING EVERY CHANCE I GET ANYWAYS, HA HA
13) I LOVE TO DRAW/SKETCH
14) I LOVE DOLLS AND HOW THEY ALLOW ME TO EXPRESS MYSELF ARTISTICLY
15)MY MOM IS MY CLOSEST RELATIVE
16) I GET TOLD I LOOK YOUNGER THEN I AM ALOT..HOWEVER I HARDLY EVER SLEEP
17) THERE JUST ARENT ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY TO GET EVERYTHING I WANT DONE
18) I CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY FOR A WEEK..BECAUSE LIVING FAR FROM MY RELATIVES..GIFTS ARE NEVER ON TIME..SO AS LONG AS MAIL IS ON THE WAY..IT IS STILL MY BIRTHDAY..HE HE HE..
19) FLICKR IS MY MYSPACE/FACEBOOK/AND TWITTER..THIS SITE AND YOUTUBE ARE MY FAVORITES..
20) I LOVE CARTOONS
21) IT IS ALWAYS SNACKY POO TIME AT MY HOUSE
22) I LOVE TO SHOP WHENEVER I HAVE MONEY
23) I FIT INTO BOTH CHILDRENS, AND ADULT CLOTHES..HE HE HE
24) I CREATED THE FASHION ICONZ BNTM...THE BEST BNTM IN FLICKR :O) :O) :O) :O)
25) I HAVE MUCH LOVE FOR EVERYONE WHO READ THIS..HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK :O) :O) :O) :O)
I could't resist photographing The Moon tonight - the night before a lunar eclipse.
Taken September 27th 2015 at 8:38 GMT+1
I have wanted to try out the lens combo; Pentax 60-250mm with a Tamron 1.4 x HSM tele converter, for quite some time.
This is a crop, covering appr. 6 (25%) of the total 24 Mp frame.
Not tack sharp perhaps or very crisp, and quite useable, I think. I guess I could have used a better tripod. Shake Reduction is not an option with this combo :-(
250 + 100 = 350 mm, resembling appr. 525 mm for full frame (24x36mm).
I was tagged today by Puzzlemint (thanks girl) to list 25 things about me. I'm tagging five people too.
Here goes:
1. I am NOT a fan of summertime weather!
2. I wish I could eat cake & ice cream for breakfast every day!
3. I have been in weight watchers for 6 weeks to lose weight because I like sweets & french fries too much!
4. One night at work, on a quiet weather day, the electricity flickered on & off once quickly & I found out later that at that exact time my father passed away. I think he came to say goodbye.
5. I was a competitive gymnast until I was 15.
6. Every night before bed, I get on my ipod & feed the fish in my ten tanks on Tap Fish. I'm addicted!
7. I love ghost stories!
8. My husband lets me sleep in & takes the kids to school. I feel guilt but I hate mornings.
9. My tubes are tied but I sometimes wish I could have just one more. A daughter would be nice to add to my sweet family!
10. My husband helps me color my hair with henna. I love him for that!
11. I was a VERY shy as a kid, but made the cheerleading squad my junior year. I don't think I ever would have been crowned Basketball Royalty Queen had I been brave enough to try out for cheer. I was quite proud of that.
12. But I still feel ill at ease at social gatherings.
13. I'm DYING for a soda right now!!!!! It's been 6 weeks!
14. My life is GREAT right now. I'm just happy!
15. I got a 25% paycut recently & was crushed! But I know things will be all right.
16. I'm a die hard fan of America's Next Top model. I hate if I have to miss it! Seems like a silly show for a 41 year old to love but I don't care. ;0)
17. Just minutes ago, I finished making deviled eggs for the FIRST TIME. I have a feeling they aren't going to be good! ;0)
18. I'm hoping I don't have to get a new job (since I got the paycut) because I love having about 3 weeks off each month.
19. I went to see double features at the movies 2 weeks in a row & could have seen more! I love the movie theatre experience & even get teary-eyed during previews! I'm such a goob!
20. I've been to 40 of the 50 United States & seen 16 countries but haven't travelled in about 4 years. I'm READY for more!
21. Yesterday, my dog & I laid in the grass for about 20 minutes enjoying the sun & wind. The photo for this post is one of the photos I took while laying there. It was fabulous!
22. 2 days ago, the first thought I had when I wolk up was that it was my mom's birthday & I need to call her. I did & completely forgot to wish her a Happy Birthday. A few hours later at work, I felt so bad when I remembered that I rushed to the mall for a present & a cake & ran to her house. Bad daughter!
23. I love to buy new music for my ipod but I don't listen to it that often. NERD!
24. I wish I could take lots of art classes.
25. I love fruit smelling lotions more than flowery ones.
Portfolio Candidate 1, I didn’t want a typical amount Rainier shot so I tried something a bit different and punched into the mountain a bit. I personally like how tight it is, even though naturally I am wanting more in the photo staring at the mountain everyday.
German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, no. 5559. Photo: Deutsche Vitascope. Ludwig Trautmann as Detective Kelly Brown in Menschen und Masken, 1. Teil/
People and masks, Part 1 (Harry Piel, 1913).
German film actor Ludwig Trautmann (1885-1957) was the first German film star. Between 1912 and 1955, he appeared in 69 films, and also wrote, produced, and directed several films. In the Nazi period, he was prosecuted because of homosexual acts.
I got tagged by my good friend,Vanouxe
to do this new year thing where you have to write 16 things about yourself. After much thought, I decided to give it a go.....
1. I'm scared of heights so you can imagine how I felt when my husband encouraged me to give paragliding a go in Turkey. I'm glad that I did at the end. Not sure that I would do it again....... I even get this nervous feeling down my arms when I watch someone else hang off a cliff on TV!
2. I was born in Hong Kong, lived in Australia since I was an infant and now England has been my home for the seventh year. Danny is Slovenian Australian so you can guess how confused our future kids will be!!!
3. I speak with a heavy Australian accent. It's so heavy that people are always surprised when they finally meet me after hearing my voice. However despite this, I speak fluent Cantonese, Mandarin and some Spanish. I also speak some Arabic due to the clients I treat at work. My old flat mate use to have to remind herself that it was me in the next room whenever I spoke to my family in Chinese as she forgets that I AM chinese originally due to my Aussie accent.
4. I have played the classical piano since I was four years old. In fact, my music teacher was going to train me to be a concert pianist when i was 12. I actually taught piano on the side for ten years before I moved to England. However, I ended up as a physiotherapist instead. By chance, I now work with singers to teach them breathing exercises to augment their singing and to reduce laryngeal strain. It's funny how my career went back to my musical background.
5. I have travelled to all the continents of the world, except antarctica of course! Traveling was the reason why I started film photography ten years ago. I thought that my SLR was heavy then. Little did I know that they only became heavier with digital photography.
6. I met my husband Danny who is also from Australia on the other side of the world. The first time I met him, I asked him if he knew I guy I knew from a small city where Dan's from. He DID! Talk about six degrees of separation.
7. I'm not a morning person.
8. I am an anal perfectionist and I can be extremely competitive when I learn something. However, Danny reckons that sometimes I "don't pay attention to detail".
9. My first memories of my life that I can remember was when I was about a year and a half old. I remember begging my mother for a refund at the age of two when she presented my little brother and all I wanted was a little sister. hehe.
10. I am a chronic fidgeter!
11. My family and husband say that I am constantly humming and singing subconsciously. I like to make up words of my own to well known songs. This amuses Danny.
12. I am only 5'2'' but I have been told that my personality makes up for it!
13. 5 years ago, I backpacked around South America by myself. It was a life-changing experience and it really toughened me up.
14. I hate rodents and freak out at the thought or sight of them.
15. I love scuba-diving and have been lucky to do that in some of the most beautiful areas in the world- The Great Barrier Reef, Thailand, The Red Sea, Cuba, Croatia to name a few. I once dived down to 55 metres in Dubrovnik, Croatia where I saw a WWII carrier wreck.
16. I hate vacuuming and hair dryers as the noise really irritates me.
So that was my 16. Phew! That was hard work!
A little red aphid laughing at me.
May 1: I'm back to macros of flowers, but only because this and one other pink poppy are such a cheerful contrast to the reds and oranges of the rest of the poppies: I just had to capture the color. The aphid was a bonus. (Well, photographically, anyway.)
Gave Yasmin's hair a wash & condition and the nylon's texture is much better.
The odd thing about her, Jade & Cloe is that, for dolls that have been sitting around at TRU for a year and a half, their boxes have barely any shelf wear. Also, their little instruction books are not in English but Russian. (?)