{insert dance partner here}

Looking to promenade across the hardwood floor? Energetic young woman seeks eligible male for tango, samba and swing. Must be free weekday evenings. A sense of rhythm is essential; previous experience not necessary. If you think you have what it takes to lift me; bow my way.

constantly connected to people looking for someone else

"hello?"
"Hello, is Maureen there?"
"Maureen? no, I'm sorry, you have the wrong numeber"
"Is this 702- ____?"
"Yes, but there is no Maureen here"
"No, I'm sorry I can hardly hear you, there is no Maureen there?"
(takes cell into another room...)
"Can you hear me now? ("yes") this is 702-____, and I'm sure there's no Maureen here"
"o...k... goodbye..."

oiy. I hate my cell phone. For every call I get for me I get at least two for someone else.

Photographic Truths

just because this makes me laugh; one of our instructors gave it to us last year and it lives on the front of my binder now to cheer me up when I'm studying boring things like literary thoery.

Photographic Truths

*Being a Sampler of Morals, Axioms, & Precepts To Which Every Photographer Should Expose Himself*

~~The best scenic turnouts are clearly designated by highway signs reading No Stopping Anytime

~~Edward Steichen owned a 3-legged dog, who he named Tripod

~~The post office folds all parcels containing photographs

~~Camera straps never fail above soft surfaces

~~Lens caps and cable releases can become invisible at will

~~Dense negatives sink

~~Shutterbugs result from cross-breeding silverfish with flashbulbs

~~Spotone bottles are designed to tip over when the cap is removed

~~Photographers fade faster than photographs

~~Financial success in photography is directly related to proper choice of subject matter. Falling airplanes, exploding volcanoes, and certain presidential motorcades work best.

~~No two lightmeters agree

~~The word "Daguerreotype" cannot be spelled correctly

~~A new hasselblad would take better pictures than your current camera

~~1/60 at f/8 is the correct exposure for all photographs

~~When your friends finally realize that you are a true artist, committed to making sensitive and meaningful images, they will ask you to photograph their wedding

~~The most difficult problem encountered in designing the Polaroid sx-70 camera was not to get it to regurgitate a picture instantly, but to get it to make the appropriate sound--Bleaaagh!--while doing so

~~Colour slide viewing cures insomnia

~~On any tripod, only two legs work properly

~~Dust spots are attracted ot sky areas

~~Popular Photography is to photography what The Sound of Music is to Music

~~All B&White pictures eventually fade into full colour (?? ok, I admit, I don't get this one)

~~Yes, photographers Do It In The Dark...but they have to stop every 30 seconds to agitate the developer

~~Distant objects cannot be recorded with short exposures--light travels only 186 miles in 1/1000 of a second

~~Followers of Minor White are known as minor Whites

~~There's nothing worng with a 35mm camera that a 4x5 can't cure

~~Ansel Adams has threee Secret Zones know only to him!

~~Mountboard becomes stiffer by plying with itself

~~When Man creates a sharper lens, nature will create a fuzzier subject

~~Safelight aren't. Available light won't be. On the other hand gadget bags are

~~Fast films conpensate for slow photographers

~~When the price of silver hits $76/oz, all photographs will be melted down for their silver content

~~Owning more than one lens assures that your will always have the wrong lens on the camera for any given picture

~~Mounting a photograph is a misdemeanor in Arkansas

~~A butter knife is a useful tool for making minor adjustments to cameras that a camera store would charge $10 to make

~~A camera store will charge $75 to repair a camera that has been adjusted with a butter knife

~~Short exposures my cause reciprocity success

~~Falling lenses are attracted to rocks ~~Into ever life a little grain myst fall

~~Sharper lenses won't help--realism is unrelated to reality

~~Expose for the secrets, develope for the surprises!

AND REMEMBER: silver salts are sensitive to thought.

At One with your shoes...

I wish I had a picture of the shoes that the models in America's Next Top Model wore tonight in one of their challenges. Those platformed stilletos would have made my new dance shoes look like kitten heels. I also wish I could get my hands on a pair to see how well I could walk in them; let me show those girls how to really move in heels ;) Ok, yes, false bravado, but really it's jsut a matter of being at one with your shoes...

NEW SHOES!!!

Here they are; in all their new shiny, sparkly, metalic gold brilliance :) 4 months and 21 days after they were ordered they are finally in my possession. I was going to post a photo of my old pair as well but I'm not sure I want to show off how disgusting they were... *EDIT* ok, decided to include the icky old ones afterall.

Feb 18th

Daily dose

of humour; we all need to laugh (some days more than others).


Bumper Stickers:

If You Can Read This, I've Lost My Trailer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Earth Is Full - Go Home.
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I Have The Body Of A God - Buddha.
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So Many Pedestrians - So Little Time.
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Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If We Quit Voting, Will They All Go Away? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Honk If Anything Falls Off.
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Cover Me, I'm Changing Lanes.
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He Who Hesitates Not Only Is Lost, But is Miles From The Next Exit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With An Unarmed Person. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You! Out Of The Gene Pool - Now!
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I Do Whatever My Rice Krispies Tell Me To. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Seen Upside Down On A Jeep) If You Can Read This, Please Flip Me Back Over...
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Stop Lights Timed For 35 mph Also Are Timed For 70 mph
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If Walking Is So Good For You, Then Why Does My Mailman Look Like Jabba The Hut?
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Body By Nautilus; Brain By Mattel
[I know a certain black VW GTI I'd like to stick this one on ;) ]
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Boldly Going Nowhere.
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Caution - Driver Legally Blonde.
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Heart Attacks: God's Revenge For Eating His Animal Friends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Honk If You've Never Seen An Uzi Fired From A Car Window. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How Many Roads Must A Man Travel Down Before He Admits He is Lost? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GROW YOUR OWN DOPE -- PLANT A MAN. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All Men Are Animals; Some Just Make Better Pets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Johari/Nohari Window

K, I saw this on Maggie's site and it looked interesting...

First I describe me, then you describe me and then it sorts the descriptors according to how you see yourself/how others see you/what you dont' see/what they don't see...

The first one is primarily positive: my Johari window

This second one is fairly negative: my Nohari window
(go on; I can take it ;) )

Mutiny cafe-culture style

http://www.beyondrobson.com/city/2006/02/mutiny_at_the_cafe/

I found this article and the comments it inspired very interesting; nothing like a little controversy to bring forth the whole gamut of human responses. There are always many sides to any one story and probably as many "truths" as there are sides. A good thing to remember I suppose when dealing with issues in one's own life...

Waiting...still...

4 months, 2 days, no shoes, and possibly no routine for Val's show after all this. I'm soooo not impressed right now.




^ Unimpressed Carl (wouldn't you be if your guinea pig jsut hit you in the face with a carrot?) apparently looks very similar to unimpressed IndigoEve