I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. – Thomas Jefferson (via holly) If you go home with someone, and they don’t have any books, don’t fuck them. – John Waters
Since Antarctica at Asylum
Photoshopped
Just had another photo chosen as Photo of the Day on DCist. And immediately — and not for the first time — received some comments about photoshopping. I adjust things like the lightness and darkness and sharpness. In that sense, yes it’s photoshopped. But these are the same things photographers Continue Reading
Design is
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs (via Kelowna)
Shopping
I am impressed. I placed an order with Amazon yesterday. Well … one of the retailers who sells through Amazon. Because if this was Amazon, I would not be impressed. If this was Amazon, they would tell me “Your order has shipped”, and for the next 3 days, UPS would Continue Reading
Faces Project
Looking for people who’d like to participate in a (hopefully) fun project; writing a short piece — in any style — about a provided photo. To learn more, visit https://strangeday.net/projects/faces/faces.html
Essentials for Happiness
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love & something to hope for. – J. Addison (via Holly)
Nguyet’s Birthday
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Artist and Audience
To an artist, first an audience is a life jacket, then it is a dinner jacket, then it is a straightjacket. – Clayton Cubitt
to all the devils…
My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle — may they never give me peace. – Patricia Highsmith, New Years Eve, 1947
2010 in Photos
My “2010 Year in Photos” is now up. As always, the selection is completely subjective. Some for content, some for looks, some for fun…
Rachel Outtake
Katie West
Things like this are why I love Katie West’s work. Normally she’s known as a self-portrait photographer; but she expresses herself so well in any format she chooses. This appeals to me both directly if not exactly, and in wanting a woman who thinks like this. How I choose my Continue Reading
Thanksgiving
Game Night and Sabrina’s Moulin Rouge Birthday
Friday Saturday (As always, tons more photos on flickr.)
Heart and Mind
If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders. – via Holly Seems very fitting right now. *shrug*
Halloween at the HOLE
Quotes
Sometimes girls go gay when drunk. Sometimes gays go girl when drunk. – Clayton Cubitt Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. – Mark Twain, via (Dave T)