where am I now?

upside down

and I can't stop it now

it can't stop me now

ooooooh

I... I won't cry

- Avril Lavigne, Alice

The middle finger on my right hand is literally kinked out of place. When I hold my hand at rest and the other fingers naturally bend slightly towards my palm, my middle finger is sort of hyper-extended backwards. It's sick. And it's all from editing nonstop all day. I'm a glutton for punishment. And I'm absolutely fascinated by this finger thing. It doesn't feel good, let me tell you.

Three more days...tick tock, tick tock!

Musically Challenged: Avril Lavigne - Alice

Amy why? So young and a whole life in front of you!

I am sure there is one more angel in heaven!

Thanks Clifford

for your wonderful texture!

"Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011 was an English singer-songwriter, known for her powerful contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of various musical genres including R&B, soul, and jazz. She received extensive publicity over her substance abuse and mental health issues. Winehouse died on 23 July 2011; police have described the cause of her death as "unexplained."

Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made Winehouse the first British singer to win five Grammys, including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. On 14 February 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album. She won the Ivor Novello Award three times, one in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically) for "Stronger Than Me", one in 2007 for Best Contemporary Song for "Rehab", and one in 2008 for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Love Is a Losing Game", among other prestigious distinctions. The album was the third biggest seller of the 2000s in the United Kingdom

Winehouse had been credited as being an influence in the rise in popularity of female musicians and soul music, and also revitalising British music. Winehouse's distinctive style has been the muse for fashion designers such as Karl Lagerfeld. The singer's problems with drug and alcohol abuse, as well as self-destructive behaviour, were regular tabloid news from 2007 until her death. She and her former husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were plagued by legal troubles that left him serving prison time. In 2008, Winehouse faced a series of health complications that threatened both her career and her life"

WikipediA Juli 23th 2011.

I couldn't choose between these 3 photo's, so I'm putting them all on my stream.

I think there's a motorcycle-chick pushing to come out of me, so why not let it do so for my photo's until I got my motordriving licence?

Inspired by TOWT - Alter Ego

This one is also for Musically Challenged - Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard (Love him!)

~Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice

You'll make it now~

And go ahead the gun is loaded and the bullets are for free.

Climbed up on the roof of the house for this one. SOOC, quick and easy :-)

It's my short Friday only 4 hours of work! My friend with the boat is out of town so he asked me to take some of his clients out and teach them how to wakesurf, how could I say no?? It's a tough life, but someone has to do it ;-)

TGIF Everyone, hope you all have a sweet weekend :-)

Musically Challenged

Stabilo - Everybody

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Some of my music production books.

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I don't get many things right the first time

In fact, I am told that a lot

Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls

Brought me here

The luckiest

- Ben Folds, The Luckiest

Today is our first wedding anniversary. This was one of the songs that we danced to during our reception - not our first dance, but one that I made the DJ put on the list of "must plays" because for years I'd been dreaming of dancing with my husband to this song on the night of our wedding.

He doesn't often agree to help me with my photos, but seeing as it's our anniversary, he's been pretty agreeable today so I thought I'd seize my opportunity. :) We went over to my folks' house and ate the top tier of our wedding cake too. Well, not all of it, but a slice. So good. It was fun to see it again too. My mom has had it safely stored away in her freezer since our wedding. Delicious and a fun tradition.

In case you were wondering, the song we danced to for our first dance was Dream a Little Dream, and the other absolute "must play" that we danced to was Better Man by James Morrison. Quite possibly my three favorite love songs of all time.

Musically Challenged: Ben Folds - The Luckiest

Musically Challenged

Breakeven - The Script

Happy Low Key Lame Ass Thursday :-)

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Backing up Andrea, this musically-talented Friend will assist in securing area on the board! Link to Album.

I FINALLY GOT EXPLORED!!! WOOHOOOOO!

Black backdrop , with two phottix DGS150 flash heads (and softboxes) 1 infront of subjects to the left at eye level, the second behind subjects facing outwards towards backbround and hair, high an pointing down. SB600 on camera flashing straight at subjects.

Edited slightly using photoshop! a slight skin blur , no colour enhancements at all! Have noticed though that the music sheets are upside down!!! must have been from when Elin & Llyr were chucking their music in the air on their fun shoot :)

f/10.0 - ISO 200 - 1/125 Nikon 35mm F1.8

It's another Low Key Lame Ass Thursday! This is also another Copy Cat shot, but I wanted a Low Key version so it's a little different then the original. The original is in the comments as well as a color version of mine.

Musically Challenged

Adele - Make You Feel My Love

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i love this city so fiercely. this is exactly where i want to be. for always.

making fun of Los Angeles will probably always be the trendy thing to do. but i am ever grateful for being able to see both the good and the bad of this town and knowing that the former vastly outweighs the latter.

i grew up here. in San Marino, a little suburb outside of Los Angeles. it was an idyllic little town with generations and generations spanning back through the years. i couldn't have asked for a better childhood or better hometown.

i lived in Brentwood for a time, just a few doors down from where O.J. murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. one night as my date was walking me home, i noticed cars doing the inevitable slow down looky-loo thing as they drove past on Bundy Drive. a few would stop completely and crane their necks trying to see past the gates. i held an impromptu tour pointing out different aspects of the double murder site (though i think i was heavily embellishing since it shocked the tourists making it that much more inappropriate fun for me!).

i moved to Brooklyn for a while in the summer of 2002 and while i enjoy so much about NYC, LA is my home and i was itching to get back to everything and everyone i loved. aside from that brief stint, Hollywood has been my home for a decade now.

if i start talking about every way in which i love this place i'd never stop. and since i already used up my overly verbose description quota yesterday, i'll just end here.

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for Musically Challenged: "No One's Gonna Love You" by Band of Horses. i love Band of Horses. a lot. a lot.

she's inside me like a

- "Blue Hotel", by Ryan Adams

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i think there might be some other mysterious algorithm at play here. the more busy i am and the less time i have to mess around on Flickr, the more photos i shoot.

you know how you feel when you realize you've left your cell behind on the kitchen counter at home? even if you don't need it, even if maybe you get zero reception wherever you're headed, it feels a bit like a phantom limb.

or maybe you don't feel any anxiety when without a phone and i just have issues. that's entirely possible, i assure you!

but that's that's the best way i can describe how i feel without my camera tucked into my purse. even if just going to the pharmacy or running some other equally mundane errand.

the first step is admitting you are powerless over your addiction. at least that's what they tell me.

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for Brad's list this week in Musically Challenged this week. great fucking song.

Created for The Hypothetical Awards' 4th Annual, Musically-Themed challenge..."Album Cover Design!"

The stunning and critically acclaimed debut album by Amoricide, Overdosed and D.O.A. left many wondering if Jeff Scott Baines and the boys could live up to the hype with the release of their sophomore effort. The first single released, Raining On My Parade broke only the smallest of sales records, stalling at #19 on Billboard's Top100. In an odd turn of fate, a relatively unknown Canadian musician, Jazlyn Shaw recorded a version of Shouldn't You Marry Him...Dumb Ass! which went totally viral on You Tube, bringing attention to her, as well as Amoricide. Months later, with record sales skyrocketing, Amoricide launched a world-wide, ten month tour...with Jazlyn as their opener...does it get any better than that?

This is what Amoricide would sound like: 'Paris in Flames' - Thursday

Amoricide's Scorched Earth Policy (Back cover) Here

Jazlyn Shaw's (Amoricide cover) of Shouldn't You Marry Him...Dumb Ass! Here

Explore Aug 1, 2012 #170

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“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” by Mahatma Gandhi

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“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.” by Mahatma Gandhi

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“In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.” by Vincent van Gogh

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“Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.” by Deepak Chopra

If you asked me to give you a song that described my life as I see it this would be the one. When I started this challenge this was the song I couldn't wait to do.

I'm posting early due to the fact that next week is my birthday week...I have not idea what's in store for me this year..

A special thanks to my friends for help here. This is what I pictured in my head. (Lots of photoshop but I got it! :)

Song is: Love Story by Taylor Swift

We were both young when I first saw you

I close my eyes

And the flashback starts

I'm standing there

On a balcony of summer air

See the lights,

See the party, the ball gowns

I see you make your way through the crowd

You say hello

Little did I know

That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles

And my daddy said stay away from Juliet

And I was crying on the staircase

Begging you please don't go, and I said:

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

It's a love story baby just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you

We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew

So close your eyes

Escape this town for a little while

Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter

And my daddy said stay away from Juliet

But you were everything to me

I was begging you please don't go and I said:

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel

This love is difficult, but it's real,

Don't be afraid

We'll make it out of this mess

It's a love story baby just say yes

I got tired of waiting

Wondering if you were ever coming around

My faith in you was fading

When I met you on the outskirts of town I said:

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone

I keep waiting for you but you never come

Is this in my head, I don't know what to think

He knealt to the ground and pulled out a ring

And said:

Marry me Juliet you'll never have to be alone

I love you and that's all I really know

I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress

It's a love story baby just say yes

Filter~Take a Picture

Awake on my airplane

Awake on my airplane

My skin is bare

My skin is theirs

Awake on my airplane

Awake on my airplane

My skin is bare

My skin is theirs

I feel like a newborn

And I feel like a newborn

Awake on my airplane

Awake on my airplane

I feel so real

Chorus:

Could you take my picture?

Cuz I wont remember

Could you take my picture?

Cuz I wont remember

Could you take my picture?

Cuz I wont remember

Could you take my picture?

Cuz I wont remember

Yeah

I dont believe in

I dont believe in

In your sanctity

You privacy

I dont believe in

I dont believe in

Sanctity

A hypocrisy

Could everyone agree that

No one should be left alone

Could everyoone agree that

They should not be left alone yeah

And I feel like a newborn

And I feel like a newborn

Kicking and screaming

Chorus

Hey dad what do you think about your son now

Ah hey dad what do you think about your son now

- The Offspring, You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

Had a pretty good day at work despite the fact that I was fall-down exhausted all day. I think this weekend's festivities have finally caught up with me. Totally worth it.

This shot is for one of the weekly challenge song selections in Musically Challenged, picked by pikespice this week. I actually really like a bunch of the songs he picked. I love when that happens. :)

365 Days (self portraits): Day 245

Musically Challenged: The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

The Damn Truth have never aspired to be anything other than what they are, and they come by it naturally. Musically, they exist at the point at which band members’ abilities and interests intersect, “And the pieces just kind of fall where they fall,” says Tom. The very first piece fell into place when Lee-la and Tom met butt-naked at a hippie gathering. Lee-la was singing CSNY's "Almost Cut My Hair" and Tom immediately pulled out his guitar and they jammed all night. "And we never really stopped." adds Tom.

The Damn Truth - I WANT YOU (Live)

thedamntruthtube Published on Nov 18, 2012

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTLhs6v4FXU

!!WATCH IN HD - PLAY LOUD !!!!

I Want You (He's a Lightweight)

Recorded Live at Cabaret du Mile-End, Montreal

October 1st, 2012

Filmed by Costa Kalafatidis and Ryley Mahoney

Edited by The Damn Truth

Mixed by Freq Shop

I WANT YOU is off of our debut album "Dear in the Headlights" available internationally on October 2, 2012

295/365

"Baby I'll be your soldier.

Gladly, I'll do your bidding

Just a taste of what you're holding, for just a taste you could own me...me.

Save your sermons for someone thats afraid to love.

I'll be right here, lying in the hands of God.

Here it comes, dialing into me.

Now the floor is the ceiling.

If you never flew why would you, cut the wings off a butterfly? Fly.

Save your sermons for someone that's afraid to love.

You knew what I feel, then you couldn't be so sure.

I'll be right here lying in the hands of God.

If you feel angels in your hand, tear drops of joy runs down your face, you will rise.

Fillin' me up, now drain me

Skin begins to grow back slowly,

faster until I'm choking.

Really should call my mother, mother.

Save your sermons for someone that's afraid to love.

If you knew what I feel, then you couldn't be so sure.

I'll be right here lying in the hands of God.

I am in love with nothing less.

Tear drops of joy runs off my face,

I will rise for someone that's afraid to love.

If you knew what I feel, then you couldn't be so sure.

I'll be right here lying in the hands of God.

Now the floor is the ceiling.

If you never flew, why would you?

If you never flew, why would you? You.

Why would you?"

Awesome Dave Matthews song, I could have tributed it in so many other ways, but this photo resonates with the line "if you never flew why would you..."

Musically Challenged this week...what an amazing Dave song...

Last thing I remember I was running for the door

I had to find the passage back to the place I was before

"Relax," said the night man, "We are programmed to receive

You can check out any time you like but you can never leave"

- The Eagles "Hotel California"

Happy Thursday Everyone!

I challenged myself today to use my 365-SP for both the Musically Challenged group and Our Daily Challenge. So, here it is!

I absolutely over-processed this, I know it, but for some reason I couldn't help myself. I felt that it needed a slightly gritty feel, and for that I lost a lot of the focus in the eyelashes. Oh well. :)

Musically Challenged: Squeaky is about to have her Baby Week!

Week 70: January 30-February 5

2.3.11

Our Daily Challenge: Glimpse

Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts

For TOTW - Musically Inspired

This is like the opposite of how I feel lol. I do love the music video and had a different idea in mind for this, but I couldn't do it with my lack of cs4. But, it turned out alright still I think. I want to do another song inspired shot this week before the challenge is over, but It will be hard with what I want to do lol. I'll try tomorrow anyway, and just hope it works out.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

I ain't often right

but I've never been wrong

It seldom turns out the way

it does in the song

Once in a while

you get shown the light

in the strangest of places

if you look at it right

- The Grateful Dead, Scarlet Begonias

Got a really good phone call today. Keeping my fingers crossed that it leads to something even better. We could use some good news right about now.

I originally processed this in color, but on a whim tried a b&w conversion and I think I like this better. Anyway, it's my submission for this week's emulation challenge in My Face is My Canvas.

Musically Challenged: The Greatful Dead - Scarlet Begonias

My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Week 104

Oh, won't you please forgive me?

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it's my week in Musically Challenged (aka Best Group Ever). my week, my song selections.

i had a tough time deciding on only 10. i tried to strike a balance between lesser-known artists that could do with some brand new ears, some well loved songs that most would know or know of, as well as choosing songs that had lyrics that weren't too ambiguous and therefore hard to pair with a photo.

as is the case with the song for this shot.

my hands-down favorite of The Libertines is "Can't Stand Me Now". however it didn't offer up as much in terms of varied lyrics, so i left it on the cutting room floor.

the photo above (and below) was from a few months back, taken in Griffith Park in LA. i am dead smitten with carousels and i watched this one for hours on a lazy Sunday at the beginning of summer.

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"Music When the Lights Go Out," by The Libertines

And with her my heart had disappeared...

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

all the better to see you with

ok, so the sky isn't black, exactly. it's actually sort of cerulean, which is my favorite color. the cerulean comes courtesy of Lightroom. however, the original (in comments) wouldn't have been entirely black either since i had it on a bit of long exposure.

this is Downtown Los Angeles, at night, seen from atop the parking structure at The Grove in Hollywood. i am smitten with nighttime cityscapes, particularly skylines. all sorts, too. the skylines don't have to be as iconic as New York City, nor does it have to have loads of massive skyscrapers to be all imposing and dramatic. i like them all. there's always a view from one angle or another that can make any skyline look magical, i've found.

ps, in the foreground is part of a baseball park. i was straightening the crooked horizon when i realized that in order to do so i'd be cutting off the Awesome Little Man down in the bottom left corner. and i'll take Awesome Little Men over straight horizons any day.

and finally, this is for one of pimpexposure's weekly song selections in Musically Challenged. love this song lots and lots.

"The Sky is Broken," by Moby

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see the storm broken

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Feelin' Love

You make me feel like I want to be dumb blonde

In a centerfold, the girl next door.

And I would open the door and I'd be all wet

With my tits soaking through this tiny little t-shirt

That I'm wearing and you would open the door

And tie me up to the bed.

You make me feel love~~~~~~~~~~~~Paula Cole

For this weeks Musically Challenged

- Lily Allen, Smile

**Explored**

First of all, thank you to everyone who took the time to write such heartfelt comments yesterday. You guys are very sweet and I feel very lucky to have so many voices of reason ready to jump in when I need it.

I'm not gonna say my issues are magically fixed, because of course they aren't. Wouldn't life be fabulous if that was the way it worked? But today was a pretty damn good day for me, and I'm feeling much happier and just generally positive. I got a handful of new matters to work on at work, including one that was previously being handled by another attorney, but was removed from him and given to me because my boss feels better with it in my hands. Which makes me feel pretty good. So I'm busier, which means I'm earning more money, which solves one of my major sources of anxiety right now. I also got my first paycheck from the new job today. Thank god! Funny how uplifting that can be.

Anyway, I'm in a good mood. I figured I'd express that as best I could in my shot today. I hope the rest of you had a great Thursday too. Big, virtual hugs all around.

365 Days (self portraits): Day 233

Musically Challenged: Lily Allen - Smile

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are regarded as the most influential band of all time. They were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways; the band later explored music styles ranging from ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.

Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle".

By early 1964, the Beatles were international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market and breaking numerous sales records. They soon made their film debut with A Hard Day's Night (1964). From 1965 onwards, they produced records of greater complexity, including the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), and enjoyed further commercial success with The Beatles (also known as "the White Album", 1968) and Abbey Road (1969). In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band's legacy. After the group's break-up in 1970, all four members enjoyed success as solo artists. Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001. McCartney and Starr remain musically active.

The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of over 800 million units worldwide.[4] They are the best-selling act in the US, with certified sales of 183 million units. They hold the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart, most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and most singles sold in the UK. The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and all four main members were inducted individually between 1994 and 2015. In 2008, the group topped Billboard's list of the all-time most successful artists on the Billboard Hot 100. The band received seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. Time magazine named them among the 20th century's 100 most important people.

I wanted to mess around with another night into day type photo last night. Since it was a full moon and crystal clear(damn cold though only 38) I knew there would be plenty of light.

This was taken at 7:46, the sun had set around 5:30. The only light sources for this was the full moon, the ambient light of the city behind me, and a small candle I was holding to illuminate me.

I think it's cool that when it's dark out we see mostly in B&W, but if you give your camera enough time to collect the light, it still sees in color.

30 sec. exposure, f/11, ISO 500.

Happy Low Key Lame Ass Thursday! Yeah, I am calling it low key.....come on, the only light source was a fricken candle ;-)

Musically Challenged

Never heard this cover before, but I like it: Simple Man - Deftones

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if there was a better way to go then it would find me

i can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me

be kind to me, or treat me mean

i'll make the most of it, i'm an extraordinary machine

- fiona apple, extraordinary machine

I've been feeling utterly uninspired in the selfie department lately. Luckily, that inspiration has just shifted over to my client shoots. It's not gone. Hopefully on this road trip, I'll manage to get some interesting stuff going on again. I can't imagine I'll be lacking in inspiration. Energy, maybe, but not inspiration. ;)

Musically Challenged: Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

I lay down, I cant sleep

My mind drums on repeat

I stare at the ceiling from my side

I reach out you're right there

But you're lost in the details

I wait for the end of a long night

- Dashboard Confessional Blame it on the Changes

I had big plans for today, but I barely slept last night so everything got put on the back burner. Hello, Monday. You suck.

Have a planning meeting tomorrow morning for my Ann Arbor Art Fair dealio. Pretty excited to check out the shop where we'll be showcasing our work so I can make some final decisions in terms of size and format of my prints. If anyone has any strong opinions as far as what you think I should be displaying on the walls for this thing and haven't sent me a message yet, now's the time. I'll most likely be ordering up my prints and supplies this week.

And hey, total nonsequitor, but is anyone else watching Game of Thrones on HBO? I almost threw up at the end of last night's episode because I was so upset! I started reading the book, but I'm not caught up to current yet in terms of where the series is at on tv. I need to get some serious reading done so I don't get taken by surprise again. Ugh.

Musically Challenged: Dashboard Confessional - Blame it on the Changes

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"Like a Star," by Corrine Bailey Rae, one of the weeks songs in Musically Challenged.

so, i had heaps of things to say, or rather, write, but i'm at a spectacular loss as to what they were.

right, then.

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*wait. PS? either i'm positively mental or ...

neither is of much importance, but either i'm suffering from delusions or there's a glitch in the Matrix.

For the group Musically Challenged, Alibubba put up a list of 10 songs, of which The Dynamo of Volition by Jason Mraz best fit this photo.

A captured this puppy a few days ago during my travels of San Francisco. I was walking along a sidewalk and spotted some random graffiti hidden in the weeds. I hiked down through the shrubbery and caught a hiding place. It was way on top of a massive hill and on the other side were townhouses (as seen).

I thought the graffiti against the rich urban dwelling with the wires was neato. Someone was actually peeping out. Can you see them?

Jason Mraz : The Dynamo of Volition

I got the dynamo of volition the po-po-position automatic transmission with low-ow emissions. I'm a brand new addition to the old edition with the love unconditional.

Ain't no reason we should be in a fight no demolition get to vote, get to say what you like procreation compositions already written by itself. Singin' heck is for the people not believin' in gosh.

Thank you „Musically Inspired Artworks (Second Life)" for the group cover! 💕

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This song speaks out to me lyrically and musically, talking about how close we always are to something incredible and beautiful. Where we see the darkness, there may be so very much beauty and light just on the other side of that door…

“We may be one day in a lifetime

One name in a bloodline

One word in a love song

Sung into oblivion

One deed shy of greatness

One G short of weightless

Torn apart with heavy hearts

Still we believe…”

Song: True Illusion

Album: The Lost Mile

Theme: 30 Vertical Degrees

Year Eleven Of My 365 Project

Day 275 Year 3

Musically Challenged

Baby, It's Cold Outside! -- Dean Martin and Martina McBride

Sorta another copy cat photo, but I went my own way with it :-)

Musically Challenged

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

HBCCT

(24 of 52)²

Vacation Starts Now!! Later Folks :-)