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Alonso optimistic face-season in 2016 (Photo: AFP)
SURREY – McLaren-Honda, Fernando Alonso, achieve results so disappointing this season. Nevertheless, the results of this season does not make Alonso lose optimism to welcome the Formula One (F1) next season.
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And so February draws to a close and we go leaping into March (I am optimistic). There's been a shift this month due to my confinement so a lot of still life with a few selfies creeping in...hopefully more to come as I do enjoy them !!
2. Ivy 033-365-2013,
3. British Chrysanthemum - 034-365-2013,
5. Seeing Double 036-365-2013,
6. Exercise books 037-365-2013,
11. Signs of life 042-365-2013,
13. Fallen sweeties 044-365-2013,
14. Jar of Hearts 045-365-2013,
15. Mum 046-365-2013,
16. Book of hearts 047-365-2013,
17. Pills 048-365-2013,
18. Recouperating 049-365-2013,
19. An old blackberry 050-365-2013,
20. Buttons 051-365-2013,
21. Bottons Diptych 051-365-2013,
22. Kiwi 053-365-2013,
23. Pages 054-365-2013,
25. Lines 056-365-2013,
26. Joe and Giles 057-365-2013,
27. Head in my hands 058-365-2013,
28. A is for Apple 059-365-2013
Thanks for all the continued support from my fellow flickerers all view, comments + critiques, faves and get well wishes really have kept me going this month....Thank you all *smiles*
Traveling from Silalahi village to Tongging along the western shore of Lake Toba.
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It’s been a nice day so far. The sun’s been out and I was in it quite early this morning, surprised that daylight hit town on Valentine’s Day even by 7.30am, which gave me that optimistic spring vibe I occasionally get at this time of the year.
This is the first lengthy post I’ve done on Flickr since the Smartphone Era and the first post I’ve written for about a year or two on a computer keyboard (it does make a difference, believe it or not). I’ve missed doing these posts, though I haven’t missed some of the people and places I came across during the time I was doing them. The Smartphone Era was a fascinating time in many ways, though, and I ought to knock out a post about that sometime, but not now. It’s enough to say that I’ve emerged from that, with, after vowing to stick to one device, more gadgets than I could hope for. In fact, I’ve got so many devices now that I’ve run out of options to go on a shopping spree for. Maybe clothes next. Spring, innit.
Now I’m out of that era, though, things have settled down on a number of fronts. Earlier, I sat at my desk, loving the feeling of being able to do that and not having any pressing need to be anywhere else, after not having had a stable roof over my head for too long, and wondered why I ever spent so much time at a coffee shop, such as the one I did, for what must have been 3 or 4 years (with only a year’s break when I did a course at uni). That said, it wasn’t time entirely wasted (for example, the Smartphone Era), but once I learned everything about the area and I completed most of the bumpy ride of a gradual return to proper consciousness (long story), while I was getting a heap of crazy shit off a few locals, it would’ve felt wrong to remain in a place that’d served its purpose, however unplanned that purpose was.
Yesterday, I was released from having been under a couple of sections of the Mental Health Act since 27 October last year, following a meeting where a few positive things were agreed, not least that I’m going to get support for what I’ve been telling the medics for some time has been the central issue, but only time will really tell on that one. I’m also chasing up the incidents which eventually led to me being arrested and detained, which just about summed up how my life’s been in Kidderminster for quite some time. Aside from all that, though, the main thing is that the vibe’s suddenly different and the degree of pissedoffness I had about those events (including the lead-up to them) has lessened.
Thinking about life in Kidderminster, though, I’ve been wondering more about eventually upping sticks and throwing myself into something elsewhere in the years ahead. The ideal would be London, on some sort of funded course, then maybe staying there or moving on to another country to sample a different way of life. It’d be interesting to go back to The Smoke after having lived there in my early 30s, missing its vibe ever since. As for beyond that, though, I’ll have to do my homework.
On the social media front, I’ve been daydreaming and thinking that I need to get to a city and get some people interested in some sort of physical resource (with an online presence) since, from my experience of Birmingham, this seems to be something that’s really lacking (in the ways I’m thinking about it, anyway). It’s the only thing I think could stand a chance of tackling the issues I’d like to see addressed, but that’s something that needs a lot more thought and looking into. I may be wrong, though, and it may result in nothing, but if so, the research and thinking I need to do can easily be transferred to something else.
As for using social media, at the moment I’m finding it a bit flat, feeling like a bit of a dispossessed character, having lost his former home. Facebook, which for a good few years did it for me, no longer does. It’s changed. I have, too, and I’m looking for something else, while that network now seems to be more for piping through content from other feeds. In the short-term, the bumpy ride, then, has taken a toll, but experience tells me that these effects won’t last long, during which time I’ll have to think about a new online home, whether that’s something with a vibe like Facebook had in the early days or something completely fresh.
Looking out of my window at the enclosure represented by Clent Hills, I know that anything I want to learn, explore and do is futile in my current physical environment. What I learned during the Smartphone Era taught me that, and subsequent events around my sectioning have confirmed it. Kidderminster’s not going to change and I don’t intend to adapt to it, partly because that would stifle the type of thinking and activities I like to do (the alternative: ‘Re-electing President Kennedy’ www.flickr.com/photos/jaseanton/7711450442/in/photostream). So, between now and my leaving, I won’t have any regular spot to go to as often as I like to do that.
But, thinking beyond the enclosure to maybe The Smoke, maybe some other city, and having the experience to know that, if I can sort summat interesting somewhere in the years ahead, life could become a lot more interesting and challenging, I’m quite chilled about taking my time and getting by until then.
An optimistic assumption of the buildings worth, and if they're storing anything valuable inside, I'd suggest they move it! A slightly run down building beside The Trent and Mesey Canal, Longport.
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Trying to bloom even though the brownish yellow of the foliage in the background signals that Fall is moving on.
As for my interpretation of the theme, I've been a little Valentine's Day challenged in the past (but I'm always optimistic for the future), so hearts and cupids weren't in my plans. But as I pondered the theme, several things came to mind. The first, my grandparents. My Mom's folks were married for decades and going dancing was one of their favorite activities. In fact, that's where they met my Dad's dad and his wife (Grammie Augsburg), who had a wonderful second marriage that lasted 40+ years—both were widowed young and remarried young. They all went dancing at various venues throughout the Chicagoland and surrounding rural (now suburban) areas. When I danced with Grampa Augsburg in my 20s, he'd always tell me I was trying to lead (surprise). So a few years ago, in an attempt to make new friends upon my relocation to Milwaukee, I started taking swing dance lessons. For five years, I've been learning and practicing my East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop moves. I've made some great new friends AND learned to follow and let my partner lead (Grampa would be so proud!). So my love story project has two meanings for me. It expresses my love of dancing and it also honors the love that I have for my grandparents and the fact that they encouraged me to dance. When I'm on the dance floor, I can almost imagine them smiling down on me.
The added benefit of this particular garment is that the dress has a little twirl to it, which is very important when you're dancing, but it's still "office appropriate". Right now, I only have the band and a few couples on the dance floor, but I'm thinking about adding the dancers all the way around the back of the skirt as well. Since the freezer-paper stencils are reusable (as you'll see below), this should be a quick update.
Want to take a spin around the floor and try to create something like this of your own? Here's how.
STUFF YOU NEED
•Garment (My dress was too long, so I saved the part I cut off and used it to audition paint colors and types.)
•Fabric paint (I used Jacquard Lumiere, pewter)
•Paint brush
•Freezer paper
•Patterns (I used clip art from a Dover book)
•Iron, ironing surface, press cloth
•Cutting surface and craft knife (X-Acto)
•Transfer paper and pencil
•Cardboard
HERE'S HOW:
1. Size your patterns to fit your garment. My dance couples are three different sizes, and one is flipped horizontally. Prewash your garment as indicated on the care label, paying attention to any instructions from the paint manufacturer.
2. Layer the following things from bottom to top: freezer paper wax-side down, transfer paper chalk-side down, pattern. Use a pencil to trace around the pattern.
3. Using the craft knife, cut the image out of the freezer paper, creating a stencil.
4. Place the freezer-paper stencil wax-side down on the garment. Use an iron to temporarily attach the freezer paper to the fabric. (Really, this works. Just use a heat appropriate for the fabric.) Note: I'm reusing one in the photo, which is why there's already paint around the edges.
5. Place cardboard under the to-be-stenciled area. Use a paint brush to apply paint within the stencil area. Brush in from the edges so you don't get paint under the edge of the stencil. Note: Mine was a pretty dense knit fabric, so it didn't bleed through, but if your garment is thin, place wax paper over the cardboard under your garment so the cardboard doesn't stick to the fabric.
6. Peel the freezer paper off. You don't want to let it get very dry before you do this, because the paint can stick along the edges of the stencil. But I'd let it dry a little so you don't run the risk of smudging.
7. Let dry and heat-set the paint according to manufacturer's directions.
120 miles per hour?
I doubt it... and even if it could I don't think I'd be brave enough to trust the drum brakes!
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ODC2. Father.
As you can tell my dad is one for the art of fishing, I say fishing... when the weather is right of course! So down in his natural habitat, my dad. Being the original source of my Photography, I am grateful for all the tips and hints and telling me how useless some of the photos I take are, certainly my toughest critic! But also my most supportive. Happy Wednesday everyone.
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OPTIMISTIC SHOW and BENEFIT SALE for Ras Terms
OPTIMIST
Optimist grew up in Oakland California and started doing graffiti at an early age.
Inspired by the dozens of graffiti legends painting in Oakland in the 90's, he couldn't help but become addicted to Graffiti. After visiting the SF MOMA during a Gerhard Richter exhibit in 2002 he decided to try his hand at painting with a brush instead of a spray paint can in an attempt to mimic the skills of Richter. This led to another addiction to painting.
Optimist went to University of California Berkley and received a degree in Conceptual Information Arts and painting in 2005. After Graduation he rented out a small studio in San Francisco and began painting, blending photo realism and collage and techniques learned from graffiti into his own unique style. He spent most of the day painting in the studio working on new ideas and visual metaphors for his fine art and at night painting freight trains or the city streets in an attempt to keep a balance between the two.
In 2007 he moved to Taipei Taiwan.
The move to Taipei was a self experiment in an attempt to see what kind of effects moving to a completely new and strange environment would have on his Art and self expression. This new body of work is the result of that experiment, and intense collage of images and statements describing the ever changing landscape of Taipei as well as the social and economic metamorphosis that is taking place. Optimist's paintings depict the shift that is occurring in Taipei because of the influence of capitolism and materialism of the western world.
In 2009 he moved back to Oakland and continues to make art daily and graffiti nightly.
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Cautiously Optimistic, but ready for disappointment at any moment.
This was from a shoot I did on 2-11-09 for an FGR Flight of the Conchords.
"It's my birthday, 2003
Waitin' for a call from my family
They forgot about me"
I find it hilarious.
YES IT IS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY MAY 30th.
And no I am not lacking for calls or emails or well wishes.
Without a full life story, a part of me is the little girl who is not quite certain that I'll be remembered. But my big girl makes fun of it.
My daughter's wedding and my birthday in one week! Yowzers. What an amazing week and year it's been!
After nearly three decades in government, Bob Tuohy, the chief operating officer emeritus of Advanced Technologies International—a consortium management firm—is bullish on the benefits that the consortium model brings to acquisition.
The majority of B.C. Economic Forecast Council members predict B.C. real GDP growth will slightly outperform the Canadian average in 2013, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the council.
Learn more: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/11/economists-cautiously-opti...
Although he couldn't managed to catch a single fish for hours but I was wondering about his optimism, his passion and his compassion and finally the patience the thing which is less common in human beings nowadays
The day begins... Full of confidence and optimism. I can do this!
"100 Faces Of A Writer" is photographic documentation of the emotions the writing process has invoked in me. Please, have a good laugh at my expense. I sure did. :)
"An optimist is the human personification of spring."
Susan J. Bissonette
"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring."
Bern Williams
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Her strength and faith has made her a grateful and optimistic woman, even in the midst of disaster. Her hard work has yielded results and she is able to send her two children to school with the light-meals business she is now developing.
Hema br Sembiring Pelawi is able to start and build her light-meals business after being trained by the ILO through its Mt. Sinabung Recovery Support Programme (SIRERUP).
For further information about the ILO's activities under the Sinabung Project, please visit: www.ilo.org/jakarta/whatwedo/projects/WCMS_347795/lang--e...
Copyright: ILO/G. Lingga (2017)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US
One morning I woke up and decided to make a fun video telling the World about me and my art... And here it is!!!!
This is my first ever short movie! I have just purchased a Nikon D5100 camera for it. Yay! It was such fun to create! I hope you will have fun time watching it! :)
I have a YouTube channel now: www.youtube.com/user/oksancia
Read more on my blog!
we went out to my favorite chineese food place for dinner tonight, this was my fortune..haha i was a bit insulted, but it was funny
The majority of B.C. Economic Forecast Council members predict B.C. real GDP growth will slightly outperform the Canadian average in 2013, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the council.
Learn more: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/11/economists-cautiously-opti...
The Sheep Fire started near Sheep Canyon Road near Lytle Creek at about 2:11 pm on Saturday October 3, 2009. It is currently burning near the top of Lone Pine Canyon near Wrightwood, CA. The fire is about 1/4 mile from Hwy 2 and homes in the area. Firefighters are cautiously optimistic at this time about keeping the fire from burning into Wrightwood.
©Photo by Dave Mills