and the world spins madly on

on a bit of a vinyl kick lately. My stepdad has stacks of records, and I have a few of my own. I got an outboard pre-amp so I could use my dad's record player on my receiver. it's fun!



i was so excited when i opened this one and it was BLUE. how cool is that?

dandelion seeds

I was supposed to take the bus to a job interview today, but it came 5 minutes early and went right by me. I called them and left a message to call me back and reschedule, but..no call back as of yet..

My aunt and uncle live nearby the bus stop, my grandmother too. I don't really talk to my extended family a lot, for various reasons. It's all kind of awkward to me, but, for some reason I decided to stop in. My uncle really showed an interest in my photography...and of course, he already knew about me applying to school, etc (my mom gossips like mad..) but he really showed a genuine interest. I was surprised to learn he owned a D40 & 2 lenses. He offered to loan them to me. I'm not sure why. I think it's his way of showing support & trying to help me out.

So, this was taken with my uncle's D40 on the walk back home...



We used to have a name for these other than "dandelion seeds" when we were kids, but I can't recall it now...

dog scratches :(

my dog put two long marks on my face with her claws. from my ear to my mouth. she knows not to jump on people's faces. it hurts like a bitch and will probably be a lot more red tomorrow.



we play kind of rough, but she's never jumped on my face before. i don't know what to think of that.

today

Today was kind of a strange day

It feels like a bunch of stuff happened even though I pretty much sat here and did nothing all day...

First I got a spam email from Holland College that made my heart skip a beat. Evil.

Then I remembered Beau from napkin lifestyle wanted to use some of my photos for their site. So I sent those over, he's gonna post them next week.

Then I got a call from the 2011 Canada Games about being a volunteer photographer for the games. It was just a preliminary interview. There is an orientation in the fall and then the final decision is made, but it's still pretty exciting!!

And THEN I got a call from a prospective employer, they seemed really excited, because I had worked for another one of their locations previously. The lady on the phone knew my manager from the other location and was super enthusiastic, said she was going to forward my resume onto the tech department right away.

AND THEN MY XBOX BROKE! :( I was super bummed out at first. It friggin' worked like less than 24 hours previously. But then I checked on the warranty and it's still active :D So, free repair yay.

ANYWAY. All in all, pretty full day. Sitting here in front of my computer doing nothing... Well, I guess I played with the dog somewhere in there too. So not exactly nothing..

Here's a photo of the books stacked next to my bed:



I've only read about half of them :(

I'm going to evolve :D

I'd been debating for a while if should go...but really, I have no reason not to (other than being broke I guess :P) I was a little worried about going up alone/getting a ride, but I convinced my friend to go (um, tentatively anyway..) and he has a car so.. :D



SO STOKED :D

Eye surgery, one month later

Last eye surgery post, I swear

It's been about a month since my surgery, and this is what it looks like:



Not bad, I think. It just kind of looks a little bloodshot at this point. My eyelid is still swollen but that should go away in a few weeks I'm told. If you wanna see what it used to look like: http://bit.ly/997wSl & http://bit.ly/cccCCb

also..yes, I AM growing my hair out again. kind of scary. I haven't really had hair in like.. 4 years? I'm interested to see if it'll even grow the same as it used to.

beauty

It was sunny, warm and beautiful tonight after work.

I listened to ...And the Ever Expanding Universe in it's entirety on the bus home, and watched the sunset the entire time. It was amazing. I was so happy. I didn't ever want to leave that moment.

Now I'm home. It's dark. It's close to midnight. I'm sitting here alone, when I could be out having fun at a show. I work tomorrow, but not until 1pm. But I live 20km outside of the city. No money for a cab and the busses stop running at midnight. Nowhere to crash because most of my friends have already left NS.

I hate this. I have these feelings too frequently. This isn't me. I know it. Need school. Need to move. I need to get out of my parents place ASAP. I'm stagnant.

magic!

people at work play magic during lunch. it's pretty nerdy.



but kinda cool.

sunset à la bus stop

hey

here's a picture of a bus stop. and a parking lot. and buildings. and clouds. and a lil bit o light.

hey it's winston (and legs)

One of my long time best friends, who I hadn't really seen since October got in touch with me today...it's funny how quickly we fall back into our old routine. It's like we last talked just a day or two ago. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

He got a new dog. His name is Winston :)



He's borrowing my old rebel now, to document him growing up. We're going to the park next weekend so I can give him a crash course in how to use it.

:)

hey it's moe

So, I'm back from PEI. The meeting with Holland College went really well! so I applied. I'm pretty excited! They have a lot of neat equipment and facilities, and the program seems really interesting.

I got to see Martin & Kim too! And Martin's girlfriend, Krista. It was a fun time! We went to trivia on Tuesday, and watched Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog last night.

I also bugged Moe a lot while she was working. Sorry, Moe.



So that's twice in two months I've had to say goodbye to ya'll. It really doesn't get easier.

I'm sure we'll meet again in the summer

prints prints prints

Hey. Here are a bunch of prints!



I'm putting together a portfolio to show to holland college on wednesday. stressful.

Said the Whale

I meant to post this earlier but had serious computer issues (complete hard drive failure. spent all day today recovering)

I saw said the whale at the seahorse friday night. great band.

Eye surgery, 4 days later

I know, another eye pic, but it looks too cool to not take pictures of :(

I went for a walk with the dog today, first time outdoors since the operation, and it feels fine. No pain really at all anymore. I did take a photo of the dog but eh, I can do that any time. I won't have terminator eye forever!! :P

Eye surgery, 24 hours later

Warning: the photo below will be kind of gross if you're squeamish

So, I had eye surgery yesterday. I had strabismus in my left eye, causing it to drift outward severely most / all of the time (basically a lazy eye). It was a big problem for me personally, especially socially. Most people were cool about it, but it still bothered me when I noticed people noticing it and having difficulty deciding where they should be looking when talking to me and stuff.

And of course, there have been a few people that weren't so nice to me about it. I've had teachers back in high school assume I was mentally challenged, people assume I have a glass eye, and people who just would ask awkward offensive questions. I just didn't want to deal with it anymore.

It should have been fixed as a child but my parents didn't really deal with it properly. If it's caught early enough, it can be corrected without surgery and you can recover your stereo vision, but by the time I was old enough to realize what was going on / make my own medical decisions it was already permanent and proper binocular vision would be impossible, so it was really just a cosmetic thing for me. It was a combination of general laziness and it not being too incredibly urgent that it took so long for me to get things going. I started inquiring about surgery In august of 2008, so it's taken 19? months to go through the entire process, but it really picked up in the last month or so (I had seen 5 ophthalmologists and spoke to the surgeon twice since mid february.)

I'm really happy so far. It's super red but I know that will go away. It is really strange looking at myself in a mirror though, and seeing both eyes look back generally straight. They over corrected inwards a tiny bit because it does have a tendency to drift back over time, which means it'll drift back to center, but it's hard to notice that. It'll be about 10 weeks before it's actually in it's "permanent" spot (the surgery itself isn't permanent, but will last for 5-10 years I'm told, so still worth it to me.)

There were two surgeons, and they were both really cool. I was awake and fully aware the whole time, which was scary at first, but I really couldn't feel a thing. We talked about music & photography, and also where to meet women downtown :P

There were a few scary bits, like one time they asked everyone to be quiet due to a critical point in the procedure, and another time they were talking amongst themselves, and they were concerned about puncturing the globe, but they trailed off when they realized I could hear them, heh. (do not google "deflated eye globe" whatever you do)

Anyway..here's the photo! Sorry about the novel.

in the woods

This is the path through the woods that I walk to get home sometimes.



It can be kinda scary :(

hey there what's up

This is a window that is in a fence next to the bus stop I wait at to get the bus home from work. I am sorry this is late, but I'm lazy and then when I decided to upload it I had hard drive / computer issues.



I think a lot of my shots are done while waiting for the bus here :(

i'll probably never learn to play this properly

but i really should try sometime.

I threw my camera across the room

and this is what came out

spryfield mob

This has been here for a few weeks now, it makes me chuckle a little inside whenever I see it.