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Really, Bellingham? The gas prices are OUR fault? You do know that "Blame Canada" wasn't a suggestion but merely a song, right?
For the most part today was enjoyable. I woke up with Tess, Early obviously, and hung around until Mom got home. We went bathing suit shopping, to ice cream, and then on a walk.
For some reason though, I've felt emotionally on the rocks. I looked at some facebook pictures of a friend I shouldn't have. I feel like that started it, Since I've felt down. I'm trying to figure out what might pull me out of the haze. I tried going on a walk with Tess, up to the playground. It worked to some degree, but now I'm alone in my room again and trying to decide If I should take evasive action or not. Once I get to this point in my mood, I always feel like I have such a hard time pulling myself out of it. I feel like I'm on the side of Mt. Everest and I can tell a MASSIVE snowstorm is coming my way, so I've got to get out of there. Fast.
This is an intense picture, For many reasons. I debated for a day or so if I was going to include it in the set of pictures I planned to use for my 365, but I feel as though I've uploaded worse.
Actually, I'm just blaming the silly BST changes, because that seems to be the most suitable thing to blame right now.
But in all honesty, my sleeping patterns haven't been too great lately. And the amount of power naps I've been having too, aren't helping!
Then there's the whole napping in the most random places ever! I fell asleep yesterday at church, on the church-sofa after worship practice--after all the other guys had left. How crazy is that?! And then dozing off whilst waiting for photos to finish uploading etc... It's absurd. Or falling asleep whilst waiting for the kettle?!
In actual fact my sleeping patterns have been absurd for the past 2 weeks: that is, the week before the conference, and then during the conference (it didn't help waking up at early-o-clock, then staying up til 2.30 on the last evening to hang out with my youth kids, having a laugh.) And not to mention all the crazy exhausting labour before and at the conference! Then there's napping at crazy-times of the day. Then there's the crazy amount of stuff left to be done. And work!
So then it didn't help when I found out last night at work that the clocks would have to go forward. A precious hour less! I had to wake up extra early this morning, just to get to church for worship practice :(
Anyway. Let's just hope as this week progresses on, the routine goes back to normal, my sleeping pattern will go back to normal too. I've missed normality. I also hope this week will be a good week too. For a change. Crazy crazy times indeed.
Blame TURB**, Nobility*, Contraption, Toksik, ColeMarie and Raven Bell* for most of mine. Tindy's MARVELous suit courtesy of AbellaVan
*Find these at Neo Japan's current event
**Engine Room
medium: digital capture
a photographic interpretation of Carol Lewis's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Yen Ngoc Phan
ASHBURN, Va. -- It would be wrong to blame Monday’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins. It would not be wrong to think he could have done more to help them win.
This wasn’t about stats: Cousins’ numbers were solid as he posted a 101.4 passer rating. But that also shows how unreliable that statistic can be, because it suggests a terrific game. That wasn’t the case as it does not factor in some missed chances.
But also keep in mind that Cousins led two scoring drives at the end of the half and the game for 10 of their 16 points. He completed nine-of-12 passes on third downs, converting five into firsts (they had five third downs where they needed at least 10 yards). Cousins didn't lift the play of others and played a rather pedestrian game, but the main issue offensively remains the running game.
Here’s a little look at his game overall:
Throw I liked: The completion to Pierre Garcon on third-and-14. For starters, the line gave him time to throw against a three-man rush. Cousins looked middle, right, middle, left and back to the middle where he saw Garcon break over the middle for a first-down catch. The throw was a little behind Garcon, but give Cousins credit for hanging in the pocket and finding him. Also liked the 23-yard gain to Garcon when Cousins hit him in stride; well-designed play cleared out the middle. There were a couple bad throws in the game, sometimes with poor footwork. But other times he kept plays alive, sliding outside or scrambling with his eyes still downfield.
Throw I almost liked: This one looked a little dangerous initially, but I credit Dallas cornerback Mo Claiborne for a good play. But Cousins nearly connected with Reed down the left seam. It was a very tight window and Reed got his hands on the ball. But Claiborne, aligned to the outside with Matt Jones in his area, cheated a little to the inside paying more attention to Reed. With Reed a favorite target, perhaps in that situation it might have been better to have a different receiving option alongside Reed, just to keep Claiborne from paying more attention to the tight end. He’s the one who knocked the ball loose.
Missed chance: This one had to bug Cousins and the coaches. On a third-and-7 in the fourth quarter, Jackson had a half-step on cornerback Brandon Carr with no safety over the top. Not sure why, but Cousins seemed to look there, but did not make the throw, instead dumping to the right for Chris Thompson and a two-yard gain, setting up a missed field goal. For those wanting more downfield throws, the Redskins did go deep on two other occasions, both incomplete, to Garcon and Jackson. Both were in one-on-one situations to the outside, and both were missed by less than a yard.
Second chance: Cousins, of course, did go back to Jackson with a perfect ball for the 28-yard touchdown. It wasn’t the same play; this time Jackson ran a go route from the No. 2 receiver position (the middle of three wideouts on the right side).Jackson released to the outside and, with the safety aligned on the left hash (where the ball had been placed), there was no help.
Missed chance, part 11: On a first-and-10 in the second quarter, Jamison Crowder was in the slot to the left. His man blitzed, leaving him solo with the safety. Crowder gains leverage and a shot was there, but Cousins threw to Jackson on that side for seven yards. They still got a field goal, but Crowder had a step.
Against tendencies: The Redskins gained 20 yards on a bootleg pass to Crowder, thanks in part to breaking tendency. They had Tom Compton at tight end and Ryan Grant at receiver. In the past two games, that has meant run on 12 of their 15 plays (and 18 out of 27 for the season), according to ESPN Stats & Information. That’s one reason both safeties were within eight yards before the snap (dropping to a single-high look afterward). Two linebackers ran with Reed as he crossed to his left, leaving a gap for Crowder, against man coverage, on the bootleg. Earlier in the half, the Redskins threw with both Grant and Compton in the game on a bootleg to the left, hitting Reed for 16 yards.
Not sure about: A third-and-17 in the first half on which Cousins looked at Reed the whole way and then threw incomplete on an out route. If Reed had caught the ball, he would have been tackled well short of a first down. On the other side, Garcon ran a deep-in and was open at the 32-yard line for a first down. Now, I don’t know if Garcon should have been part of the progression or not (not every receiver is on every play; there were three targets to the left). If not, against this coverage they might want to add him or at least peek his way.
Red Weasel Media RWM was there to capture the Monday Night Football MNF magic.
I was busy in the kitchen doing the dishes when I noticed a movement in the back garden. It was a blue tit (Blåmes), landing on a tree branch. It sat there for a while trying it's best to make me toss out some bread crumbs. Instead I fetched the camera.
The assignment was to do something organic/pastoral. I went through a couple of other ideas before settling on these seed pods that I'd picked up during a walk in PD. I liked that they were dead and empty but still beautiful, richly colored and attached to each other. I wanted to paint them so that they filled the canvas, and I wanted to see if I could make the composition work even though it was top-heavy.
I lost count of how many times I would paint the pods, not like the result, wipe it off and start over. Here's a clue -- this is only the second painting I've completed for this class. The benefit of the wiping-off process was that it left several layers of residual paint, giving the pods a wonderful depth of color.
It was hard to move back to oils. I tended to over-blend and end up with mud. It was hard to do organic shapes and not make them look either too random or too planned. It was hard to see the dark shades and distinguish between burnt sienna + alizarin crimson and burnt sienna + carmine. I wouldn't be able to tell the difference until I got it onto the canvas -- and then I'd swear viciously and reach for the wiping rag. I swore a lot during this painting. I cried a lot. I heard "you suck" in my head a lot.
I heard an innocent remark that my instructor made -- she told me "don't forget to think about the negative space" -- which is a perfectly reasonable instructorly piece of advice. It just happened to come at exactly the wrong time for me. It was like saying "don't forget to think about the sharks" to someone who'd just learned to swim. So every time I tried to paint the positive space, I'd be trying to think about the negative space. Messed me up.
I couldn't get the lighting right. It didn't help that I've worked on this painting in four different settings with four different light sources. As a result some parts are too far forward and some are too far back.
I'm not happy with the composition. In my last two art classes the instructors have been big fans of heavy cropping. I think I would have liked this better if I'd done it the way I wanted... complete pods enclosed by the frame but just touching the edges, creating some tension but not chopped off.
One thing I wanted to do, and succeeded, was to experiment with blurred/sharp edges -- having things merge into the background. I thought this would be consistent with the whole death/life theme.
The cream background is more varied than it appears here. It works.
This painting has fought me for six weeks. There are parts of it that I like, and parts where I'm bitterly disappointed. It was hard to call it quits this afternoon. It was hard to say "this is as good as it's ever going to get." It was hard to give up and accept that I'd reached the end of my skills and talent, for today.
Please say something nice about this painting. If you need assistance, here are some suggestions:
The colors are very deep and rich.
The shadows in the pod on the right are nicely done.
Good line variation.
This must have been hard to paint.
And super extra bonus points for this one:
Honestly, if you hadn't mentioned vaginas and sperm, I never would have noticed.
Ras finally cracked up and took me with him, not happy about it.
POSE: PNP - Forever By Me
Expressions by anypose hud.
A new Motive Power Industries GO Transit MP40PH-3C built in Boise follows a UP SD9043MAC into Proviso on the way to the Great White North and a career hauling hosers back and forth in Ontario.
A few years ago I built a stack of LEGO bricks in a scale of 1:1, 3:1 and 6:1 as a study of scale. Bruno and Beth later provided an addition in the form of Modulex bricks. This was a welcome addition on the small end of the spectrum. The collection didn't take up much space for display or involve much cost. That all changed when Nathan shared news of the stackable storage bricks:
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My willpower lasted about 5 minutes, then I knew I had to add the new large bricks. Now the collection takes up lots more space and represents a significant investment.
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