What Do You Have To Say? - Ringing in 2008

What are your New Year's Eve plans?

Well, tomorrow i have to be to work by 5 am which means i'll be up at 4 am but it also means i'll be done by 3 or 4 pm. So assuming i can stay awake long enough i'll probably either be watching videos ot on the computer. Maybe playing dominos or cards. Nothing too fancy. If i really want to get crazy, i might buy a cheese ball and some crackers.

Christmas

Well Christmas has finally come and gone. It's been a busy day with family. Among the highlights of the gifts was a small wind-up football player for my collection of wind-up toys, a broken furbie (the best kind), and promises for lunch dates, shoping trips, and photo excursions. Best of all, money to get back to school and a small computer to go with it. I've been wanting to get back to school for a couple of years now, but something allways seems to come up. Last time it was my new job with long days and erratic hours. I've found out, though, that the local community college offers a lot of online courses so i'm hoping that will allow me to finish at least an associats. With the new computer i'm hoping to be able to study some at work on slow days.

Got a couple of rree movire passes so i used them to see the new Sweeney Todd movie tonight. I was impressed. Tim Burton really knows how to use Johnny Depp and Depp has a supprisingly good singing voice. Both Depp and Helena Bonham Carter (Mrs. Lovette) are kind of sexy in a gothic victorian way. Wish i could pull off that look. The movie stays pretty close to the original if a little darker, in my opinion. I'd highly recomend seeing it, though if you're squeemish about blood you might want to close your eyes durning some sceens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5brXozjbno

a new take on the three little pigs

What group are you?

I'm not really into labeling people, but it did find this kind of amusing
http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=6637N

What Group Are You? What Group Are You? Chav, Rocker, Skater, Emo, Goth, Trendy, Prepy Ect

You scored as a Goth
Your A Goth!
Goth 40%
Rocker, Mosher 35%
Emo 30%
Trendy 10%
Skater 10%
Prepy 5%
Chav, Townie, Rude Boy, Ned, Kev 0%

What Do You Have To Say? - Public Transit Nightmare

What has been your worst experience on public transit?

When i worked in Boston my office was a block away from the finish line of the boston marathon. Imagine several thousand people trying to get down the stair to the subway. I ended up walking five blocks to a diffrent subway station and it still took me over an hour to make it onto a train. This is a picture i took from my office window.

Writer's Block: It's Written In The Stars

What's your sign? What do you think of astrology and horoscopes?

I'm a Leo. Mostly i see astrology as a bit of fun or an amusing conversation topic. i don't put any real stock in it. I also read palms.

just odd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHA9Ig7HOGA

2007 Third Coast Audio Festival

This is so great! It's a fesitval to reconize the best in audio documentary. Some very powerful pieces.http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/

Writer's Block: Google Me

Have you ever Googled your own name? How do you feel about the results?

I didn't find anything about me personally, but considering how careful i am about leaving personal info lying around the web, it's not supprising. I was a bit supprised to find out how many people have my name, a diffrent spelling of my name, and rearranmged versions of my name.

cat aid

got this as part of my work e-mail news letter.

Reach New Audiences with Cat First Aid
Now, under the Pet First Aid umbrella, the new Cat First Aid book and presentation Leader’s Guide is available as a way to reach new audiences and conscientious pet owners across the nation.

Writer's Block: Tasty Thanksgiving Treat

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish?

has to be the turkey, with gravy of course.

daemon

Road trip

Driving home through Colorado.

Probably isn't very safe for me to drive during beautiful sunsets. can't help but try to capture them.

Margret Burke-White

Shooting the New York skyline from one of the gargoyles outside her 61st floor studio in the Chrysler building, 1934, where she was photographed by her darkroom technician Oscar Graubner.

Diva

my cat diva

Suzy

my cat suzy

endings

There is no such thing as a happy ending. I never met a single one to equal "Once upon a time."
Endings are heartless.
Ending is just another word for good bye.

-Stephen King
The Dark Tower

about life

Life must be positive.. if your life means something then happiness will follow. Everyone has something to give.

-Jimi Hendrix

a list of names

Alfred Stieglitz
Dian Arbus
Robert Frank
Edward Weston
Margret Burk-White
Eugene Richards
Barbra Norfee
Lee Freelander
Charlie White
Aziz & Coucher
Jaques Hennri Lartigue
Mike Mandel
Bruce Maumann
Edward Hopper
Wendy Ewale
Cindy Sherman
Andy Worhol
Bruce Charlsworth
Duane Michals
Angus Mcbean
Pere Moliniere
Madane Evonde
Annie Leibowitz

favorite

this is my alltime favorite nude art photo. It's by Edward Weston one of my favorite photographers.

first post

don't really know why i'm bothing with this. i'm a pretty quiet person. I'm not someone that throws thoughts and feelings out there for the world to see, but I still feel a need to express my self. I guess i'll see how this experement goes.

The Tiger

TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

William Blake