Post Mortem; Jazz History 350

Here is the next in the series, Jazz History 350. (Click on any photo for a larger version.)









There is quite a bit of noise (fuzziness in the high detail) here, but I'm alright with that. My little camera does well and, ultimately, these photos are really just for both practice and memory purposes. With that said, I very much like how this small project is turning out. I might revisit this concept after I've gained some additional expertise and higher quality equipment.

Next week, it will be Writing 122 and Psychology 202.

Post Mortem; French 101

As I mentioned a few days ago, I've decided to do a series of photos of based on my classrooms from this quarter.

First up, remember that French 101 class I dropped? (Click on any photo for a larger version.)









Tomorrow, it's Jazz History.

First Draft of Essay 3.1

In the beginning, there was a caveman. (Just for the sake of argument, let us say our caveman happens to be the very first caveman to ever walk the Earth. His name was Steve, by the way.) One lovely afternoon, after Steve finally managed to crawl out of his bed extremely late (the lazy dog), he proceeded to wander around outside of the cave, taking in his surroundings. He gazed up at the sky, noticing the bracing chill held within the clean, quiet air. He let his eyes drift over the bountiful countryside, making mental notes about the various flora and fauna. He let his thoughts drift off to where he should try to forage for wild berries and (if he was lucky) fornicate a bit with his colleague Sally, the very first cavewoman. (She happened to live right down the street, only in a much nicer and larger cave, much to the perplexity of caveman Steve.) And then, while all of these thoughts were ruminating around in Steve’s tiny little brain, he suddenly did something quite spontaneous and fantastic. Without quite understanding what exactly he was doing, our caveman somehow managed to utter the very first words ever uttered by a human being. Of course, as there were no recording devices at the time, we do not know exactly what Steve said that day, but it was probably something like, “Ug!” or “Ooot! Ooot!” Or, who knows? Maybe it was, “OMG. This living-in-a-cave thing is, like, kinda weird and stuff. Right?” We will never be certain. Nevertheless, we do know one thing for sure: no matter what verbalization Steve managed to conjecture that day, there were no laws to govern what our caveman could or could not voice. His prose was unregulated and unbound by all limits. Steve possessed, in essence, a true and absolute freedom of speech. He did not, however, possess the Freedom of Speech, as we define it today in our Bill of Rights. And there is a great difference between the two, because our Freedom of Speech rightly incorporates practical and necessary limits, confines that we place upon ourselves, so that we might uphold even higher principles.

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I wonder how many college essay introductions contain the word 'fornicate'?

Thanksgiving, In Seven Odd Little Steps

My photos have been a little dark/creepy lately, so time to show off some beautiful green stone and metal, I think. These were taken a few years ago, on my birthday, during a trip to Multnomah Falls. I still remember that day with great fondness.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I hope that, no matter where you are and who you are with, it is a lovely day for you.

As Promised...

As promised, here is a quick new little photo, taken with my quick new little camera... Nothing too amazing, sure. But hey, not too shabby either. (Click photo for larger version.)

In order to get a BFA from the University in photography, I'll need to be an Art Major. The Art department requires that a person apply separately for their program though, so I'm filling out the paperwork now.

Along with the application, they also require a person to submit some examples of their work. As a result, I'm including five photographs that I think best represent my style.

Just for fun, I'd like to get your opinion about which five I should include, so I've added a poll to the right. Please feel free to vote for your favorites out of the twelve below that I have selected here to show you. (Click on any picture for a larger version.) And by the way, you can vote for more (or less) than five.

I have to admit, I think I've already picked out my favorites, but I've yet to decide for certain and I would love your opinion before I submit the application.

Voting ends on Tuesday at 5 PM.

Thanks in advance.

Camera:

Court:

Draw:

Eyes:

Fire:

Hell:

Sail:

Spike:

Spike2:

Star:

Tree:

Vert: