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Let Go - "Let Go" (2005 - The Militia Group) ...Somewhat 70's-sounding, good rock album... My Photographs You like photos? I love taking them. Click here, if you wanna see some of my work
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Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005 - 9:04 p.m. As if the Christmas season isn�t draining enough� Was woken up at 2:45 this morning. A forecast for �freezing fog� (?). Told to report by 3:30 am. Treated all of my routes bridge decks and curves (no problems), and then returned to the storage. Where (after 4 hours of treating the roads)I had to put in another full 8 hour day. The past 3 weeks have been crazy. Not much precip, but plenty of screwed �up nights of partial sleep. Wednesday, I burned my last 2 hours of PB. Went to N.P.P.Lake, fished the hot basin. Kept 12 small Bluegills, threw back another 60 even smaller ones. Made stir-fried (think General Tso�s Chicken) fish with Chinese cabbage and bell peppers for supper tonight. Turned out pretty good, considering the cook was working on 3 hours or so of sleep. I have 4 boxes of canned stuff to deliver tomorrow. 12 or so will be dropped off at former employee�s houses after work; the rest will go home with present co-workers at 3:30 pm. Will there be any complaints? Of course. Someone will say they wanted strawberry jam, not peach. I know, because it always happens. But the difference is, I just don�t give a fuck anymore. I put my time and sweat into making this stuff. If an anal-retentive asshole decides to complain about a free gift (trust me- at least 2 will)? Not my problem, nor fault. I try my best, but some people just can�t be happy, no matter what you do for them� Oh yeah- remember me writing about shooting family photos for a certain co-worker last fall? And how I wasn�t real happy with the final results (had the camera set on 1600 speed film, causing heavy film grain that caused me to put an extra 3 or so hours into editing the shots)? The coworker I took the photos for wasn�t real happy with the final edits. I told him he didn�t have to give me the blank cd-rom disc (50 would have been nice � maybe $10?) he agreed to give me for my time and effort. He didn�t. But guess what? He sent one of the photos out as his family Christmas card. Both on the Internet (email) and as a card in the US mail. Cheap fuck.
This photo is a lucky shot:
Shot using my (3 years) old Fuji Finepix camera. After sunset, using the window frame on my plow truck as a brace, and letting the camera's light meter to set the exposure. Not intentional- I was aiming at the blues and oranges of the set sun, and ended up with the "light tracers" effect from a passing car. The first time I captured this effect was using my dad's 1954 Kodak 35mm (all manual, including focus) back in 1976. I have a bunch more of this effect, taken with various old 35mmcameras I have owned through the years. But this one sums up how my brain has felt the past few weeks. Am I in a bad mood? No, just tired of trying to keep everyone happy. It is an impossible task, don�t �cha know? Hope y�all have a great (whatever holiday you are celebrating). If the weather stays good, I hope to do the same with my family, too�
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