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OK, it has been...a while. Things have been kind of crazy all over and my art (and DA) was neglected badly.
In February, my car's transmission took a
- we get by with one car but it makes it hard to wander off after work and take photos. The Olds is now officially my project car, and will continue to be even after I get it back up and running. But for now, I'm working on it as I can.
The entire first half of the year has been busy at work. I won't bore you with the details, but large software projects need to be done right and with good communication company-wide. When those things don't happen, chaos arises. I don't expect it to improve just yet, but it needs to improve. Our office is doing the best it can, and my immediate managers are doing a fantastic job, so there's hope. Someone needs to kick corporate square in the ass, but that's for someone well above my pay grade to take care of.
My home PC decided to follow my car into the Great Beyond. It'll eventually be replaced with something but for now it's my phone and a virtual machine on my work laptop (separation of concerns, my personal stuff and work stuff don't need to coexist). And I hate trying to use DA on my phone.
Also, I've found out that I have hypertension. So, I'm on a quest to lose weight and regain some fitness before my brain explodes or something.
Enough excuses though. The upside of needing to improve my health is that I've committed to getting away from my desk during the day, going to the gym some days, walking downtown others. Of course, I quickly realized I was missing carrying a camera on my walks, so I did. I also, unexpectedly, realized I was seeing potential *color* photos. So, I went ahead and picked up some color film. I've also started scanning the black and white I've shot since last fall; I want to get my darkroom back up, but it could be a while, and if I keep holding out on the B&W work until I can print it, it may be a long wait.
I've also been given an idea for a written piece, so hopefully that'll work out.
Cheers, y'all!
21 year old car, 91 year old camera, brand new film.
In February, my car's transmission took a
- we get by with one car but it makes it hard to wander off after work and take photos. The Olds is now officially my project car, and will continue to be even after I get it back up and running. But for now, I'm working on it as I can.The entire first half of the year has been busy at work. I won't bore you with the details, but large software projects need to be done right and with good communication company-wide. When those things don't happen, chaos arises. I don't expect it to improve just yet, but it needs to improve. Our office is doing the best it can, and my immediate managers are doing a fantastic job, so there's hope. Someone needs to kick corporate square in the ass, but that's for someone well above my pay grade to take care of.
My home PC decided to follow my car into the Great Beyond. It'll eventually be replaced with something but for now it's my phone and a virtual machine on my work laptop (separation of concerns, my personal stuff and work stuff don't need to coexist). And I hate trying to use DA on my phone.
Also, I've found out that I have hypertension. So, I'm on a quest to lose weight and regain some fitness before my brain explodes or something.
Enough excuses though. The upside of needing to improve my health is that I've committed to getting away from my desk during the day, going to the gym some days, walking downtown others. Of course, I quickly realized I was missing carrying a camera on my walks, so I did. I also, unexpectedly, realized I was seeing potential *color* photos. So, I went ahead and picked up some color film. I've also started scanning the black and white I've shot since last fall; I want to get my darkroom back up, but it could be a while, and if I keep holding out on the B&W work until I can print it, it may be a long wait.
I've also been given an idea for a written piece, so hopefully that'll work out.
Cheers, y'all!
21 year old car, 91 year old camera, brand new film.
Creative Block
Yeah, this ^^
But I have actually shot some actual photos in the last week. So, I think things are improving.
Answer Through Art
One from SenoritaBlack (https://www.deviantart.com/senoritablack) here, seems like a neat idea so here goes!
1. Your favourite color?
Green (specifically and a little nerdily, British Racing Green ;) )
2. Your favourite movie?
Mad Max (1979 original)
(not, exactly, the first result - but the first one at least relevant to the original movie)
3. Your favourite game?
Kerbal Space Program (not that I play it, or anything, much these days! More the "game I played most often most recently)
4. Your favourite series/anime?
Father Ted
Yeah, gonna need to have watched it to get this one #insidejoke :lol:
5. Your favourite animal?
Cat.
6. Favourite book/comics/manga?
Terry Pratch
Deadwax
It was inevitable really.
I know how it goes; I get an itch and eventually, must scratch it. A notion that there is something I need to get, or do. I pushed back on thoughts of switching to using a "traditional" double edge razor, brush and soap for some time, finally succumbing a few months ago. Of course, I'm glad I did succumb. Great shaves for low cost, and a bit of craftsmanship thrown in for good measure.
Some years ago, it was setting up a darkroom.
Well before that, it was getting into the American car scene while in the UK.
Thing is, it's like a gut feeling thing. Once that itch sets in, it's probably best just to give in to it.
25 songs
So SenoritaBlack (https://www.deviantart.com/senoritablack) tagged me on this, and since I enjoy music and have a rather...uh...*eclectic* taste in such, I couldn't possibly pass it up. Some of the descriptions might be a little lengthy. Sorry 'bout that, it's how I roll. ;)
Also, maybe an extra song or three stuffed in there. :laughing:
1. A song from your childhood: The Beatles "Twist and Shout". Yes, I know, I was born several years after The Beatles broke up and a full decade after this made its debut. But my childhood music library was made up almost entirely of the combined libraries of my parents. This was the last track from the band's 1963 UK debut album "Please Please Me"
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Welcome back. Life can certainly get in the way of social media. Hypertension is easily treated and need not interfere with your file. I have been taking pills for it for at least 25 years. 