32/365 Reflected Lines
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
[2008Feb02/17:28] Still recovering from the red-eye home. Maybe time to write things up tonight or tomorrow.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
29/365 Balance
29/365 Balance
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Balancing on one foot to strengthen my bad ankle. Can also be done with eyes closed, intentionally shifting weight, looking in different directions, on a destabilizing object like a pillow or deweighting the heel of the load-bearing foot.
PT (and tracking down some newly persistent pain) seems to be uncovering weaknesses in other joints and muscle groups as well. Hoping that things will be better in the long run, but kind of disheartening at the moment.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
New and Old
New and Old
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
New glasses.
I took a bunch of self-portraits to try and catch my new "hip" look, but the whole exercise kind of left me kind of down 'cause I could see the old. (this is actually one of the more benign ones.) It's creeping in from the edges. Trying to sneak up on me. But I can see it. I can see it in my face. I can see where it's going.
I look old. Or I feel like I look old. (And tired, too. Old and tired.) And paradoxically, I feel old, and yet I feel like I look older than I feel. Parse that one.
Anyway, it's all kind of a drag. This was actually going to be my photo for the day, but in the end I discovered that I liked how one of the other photos looked. Admittedly, because to some extent, I didn't like seeing the aging in myself.
And, of course, I should be working right now (not to mention doing a little drawing), so perhaps I'll just leave it at that.
27/365 Persisting Ice
27/365 Persistent Ice
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Yep, more pictures of icicles and sheets of ice.
I originally took the picture because I love the texture and shapes of the icicles as the water sublimates in the cold dry air.
I ended up liking the end result more because of the way it refracts the light of the blue sky while also reflecting it onto the brown tarp.
Monday, January 26, 2009
26/365 Back on line
26/365 Back on line
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
The Boiler had shut off because the water level had gotten too low.
Unfortunately, we seem to have a leak in one of the radiators, so the boiler loses water over time. When the water level gets too low, a failsafe shuts the boiler off -- which is good, or it'd probably burn the house down.
Of course, if you're not paying attention and don't check up on things on a regular basis (which happens a lot in our house), it gets REALLY COLD before you notice things are amiss and then takes a while for things to warm back up again.
On the other hand, at least it gave me something interesting to use as a photo subject for an otherwise uninspiring day.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
25/365 sketchy
25/365 sketchy
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Played with some caricatures of myself and the SOOTTAD today. Actually some improvement over past efforts, but still not quite where I want them to be.
Not the most interesting photos today, mostly because the others that I took either were redundant or didn't frame or focus the way I wanted them to. Oh well. I guess that's part of the process.
Weekend went fast -- not even remotely ready to get back to work tomorrow. Blargh.
Oh, and gong xi fa cai!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
23/365 Nom, home edition
23/365 Nom, home edition
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Dericious fried rice made with fatty roast pork from Vinh Sun.
2008 in review
I may have mentioned that 2008 was a pretty mixed year... although my current theory is that the awesomest part of 2008 was actually just the tail end of the mostly super-awesome 2007, or perhaps to reframe, we had a glorious year of the boar, and the year of the rat mostly sucked balls.
Anyway, here we go.
Highlights:
- 3 weeks in Hawai'i. (January -- tail of year of the Boar) Totally ruled.
- All-Balboa weekend in Cleveland -- great fun.
- Completed the Cape Cod marathon in 4:08:30
- New President! w00t!
- a week in Italy with my parents. A little rushed, but overall good.
Lowlights:
- ankle injury that has put me out of commission 6 weeks and counting.
- saying goodbye to our cat in December after he went through the final stages of kidney failure. He'd been my buddy for 16 of the 17 years that I've lived in New England. We are still sad.
Stats:
- Total days sick: 38 (Two spans, including combo bronchitis/sinusitis in July and most of the entire month of my birthday and up to the day of the marathon.)
- Birthdays of consequence: 1 (Let's just say that I am no longer in my 30s, and that this has not proven to be a good thing to date.)
- Cities visited: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Cleveland, Raleigh, Florence, Venice, Rome, Honolulu, Hilo, Lihue, Manhattan, Fergus, Buffalo, Kansas City
- States Visited: 9 (CA, HI, IL, KS, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH)
- Countries Visited: 2 (Canada, Italy)
- Airplane legs: 31
- Concerts attended: 3 (80s punk bands: 1)
- Miles run: 806 (in 6 states)
- Weddings attended: 3
- Dance workshops attended: 2
- Ultimate frisbee tournaments: 4
- Ultimate frisbee tournaments (>200mi away): 2
- Ultimate Frisbee tournament injuries: 1
- (tournaments >200mi away, lifetime: 6)
- (injuries at tournaments >200mi away, lifetime: 3)
- Awesome people to be married to: 1 (makes it all better.)
Thursday, January 22, 2009
21/365 Ceiling Lines
21/365 Ceiling Lines
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Taken while icing during physical therapy. A quieter moment, feeling pretty good about the session, before the day took a dive into the shitter.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
20/365 Warm enough
20/365 Warm enough
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Actually, it was still pretty cold today, but it warmed up enough mid-day for the icicles that had formed on one of the office mill buildings to crumble.
I wasn't really happy with today's photos in general; this was the best of the bunch that wasn't overly redundant (already had some pictures of the Pho restaurant that I frequent. The ones in the office just didn't come out the way I wanted them to.)
With work as it is, this project is going to get tricky. Not sure how I'm going to find things that are interesting. As far as CED goes, I might take a sketch break after I eat, but most of tonight needs to be devoted to work. Which kinda sucks, especially given the big deal that went on today.
Monday, January 19, 2009
19/365 centering
19/365 centering
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
It's been a mildly frustrating day -- just little things, but enough to have me a bit on edge. Tai Chi class was a good counter-balance, even if part of the reason I was so rattled was from fighting traffic and looking for parking to get there. And, I seem to have lost my art journal in the process.
I'm not sure what the universe is trying to tell me. But I'm trying to will myself to take a breather and get a little perspective.
CED2009, Week 3
Journal, Week 3
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Still squeezing in time to do some sketching; more portraits... speaking of which, I find that as soon as I've picked a subject in the wild, they move or switch positions. And I'm just not fast/good enough yet to deal. Not sure if part of my problem is that I'm doing these journal drawings in pen. (that just happens to be a constraint I've put on myself, at least for now -- trying to manage shading, contours and textures with this unforgiving medium to see if I can learn how to work with and/or around it. I did do some sketching in another sketchbook with a drafting pencil.) Anyway, I'd welcome suggestions and/or perspectives on dealing with this.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
16/365 Icy Blue Sky
16/365 Icy Blue Sky
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
5°F when I left the house this morning; hit a balmy 16° by late afternoon. Oy.
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