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posted by [personal profile] quinn222 at 09:49pm on 29/08/2009
I have not taken a shot I truly love for weeks. It's starting to make my skin crawl a little bit. I read a blog post by Joe McNally the other day in which he talked about a similar thing happening to him (though Joe's worst shot on his worst day is better than my lifetime best) and that for him taking photgraphs is like breathing through the lens and he felt as though he hadn't taken a deep breath in weeks. I Kind of feel that way. It's in large part my own fault though. I've been tired and busy and haven't taken time to really see. If you don't see you don't get photographs. You get snapshots. I've taken a lot of snapshots recently. Wanna see one?



I spun my desk chair around and fired this masterpiece off the other day. This poster is on the wall in my office.



*facepalm*


On the bright side I have a tentative shoot set up for Monday in which I am hoping to get awesomeness. There may be a sword involved. I'll get back to you on that one.

My friend is out of town on vacation and her boyfriend didn't go with her so he and I are going to go see Distrct9 finally tomorrow. It'll be good to get out of the house.

It's been all Kennedy all the time in my house. My hometown is Boston and my parents remember (and talked about) when the Kennedy boys would go door to door to ask for votes. I know some people will never get what Teddy meant to the people of Massachusetts, but we loved him.

Gee, what other random stuff can I spill out here. Fic is going well I think. I need to start punching it up a bit but I'm getting getting the writing muscles loosened up some. Still circling around that all fandom prompt thing.


Since I never participated in the AI/Adam Lambert fandom and still don't really I missed a lot of stuff when it happened and am still coming across things that are new to me. Such as when Kris and Adam hosted Seacrest's radio show which was all kind of hilarious. Especially when they played a call from what Kris described as "The onlly human being on the planet who isn't aware of Adam's Rolling Stone interview" in which a bouncy young lady asked Adam out on a date and assured him that she thought she was his type. His response was sweet and kind but his "I don't think you're quite my type." was priceless. As was this exchange:

Kris- "..and that was I Know You Want Me, That song takes on a whole new mean in being in the room with you, Adam"
Adam- "That's what your wife said."

I'm sure you had to be there but nevertheless I got a few laughs out of it.

Speaking of that fandom, where should I be hanging out? I've been spending time on [livejournal.com profile] ontd_ai but while it's fun it can also be a little scary over there.


Guess that's it for now. With any luck I'll have some good photographs and some fic for you next week.

Oh hey, don't forget [livejournal.com profile] fandombookgroup! We start our September book on Tuesday.
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posted by [identity profile] bodleian.livejournal.com at 02:21am on 30/08/2009
I hope that you get a shot that you like soon. It must be so frustrating.
I'm halfway through the Graveyard Book and I'll be curious to see what others are thinking. Better do some reading this afternoon...
 
posted by [identity profile] quinn222.livejournal.com at 02:33am on 30/08/2009
You're supposed to read it in September, lol. I don't blame you though, I've had a hard time resisting starting it.
 
posted by [identity profile] bodleian.livejournal.com at 03:33am on 30/08/2009
Perhaps I can read it twice? I had to borrow it from the public library but I am considering it for my high school library.
 
posted by [identity profile] sarahj2222.livejournal.com at 02:39am on 30/08/2009
What's the name of the book and author? I'm joining!. Selma
 
posted by [identity profile] quinn222.livejournal.com at 02:47am on 30/08/2009
It's The Graveyard Book, if you go over to the comm you can find out the details. Glad you're joining us!
Edited Date: 2009-08-30 02:48 am (UTC)
 
posted by [identity profile] bentley1530.livejournal.com at 03:19am on 30/08/2009
I tried to pick up The Graveyard Book at the Library today but they could not find it even though I had put it on reserve and they sent me an email saying it was waiting for me. I guess I was not meant to pick it up until September.

I like mjsbigblog and I get some laughs out of gossip candy. I find ontd_ai a little over the top but do check it out every now and then.

I watched the funeral online this morning and listened to the memorial last night and I found them both very touching and a bit inspiring. Clearly in spite of his faults (and we all have them) Edward Kennedy was a great man who loved people and tried to do his best for them.
 
posted by [identity profile] asm614.livejournal.com at 03:46am on 30/08/2009
Haha, I liked the "Lovegame"/Discostick exchange from that interview, too.

K- "I love lovegame."
A - "I love discosticks."
 
posted by [identity profile] rebeccama.livejournal.com at 03:51am on 30/08/2009
There has definitely been a lot of Kennedy talk in my partly Irish Catholic family of late. He had weaknesses that were greater than many of ours, but he also had strengths and accomplishments that were greater than the ones almost anyone achieves. He will be missed.

"The work begins anew. The hope rises again. And the dream lives on." Ted Kennedy, 2008 Democratic Convention.
 
posted by [identity profile] shadownyc.livejournal.com at 12:14pm on 30/08/2009
I've been missing your pic posts, now I know why there haven't been too many. I hope September is more interesting.
 
posted by [identity profile] flamencanyc.livejournal.com at 11:13am on 31/08/2009
I couldn't deal with [livejournal.com profile] ontd_ai; had to take them off my reading filter. [livejournal.com profile] kradam_ai and [livejournal.com profile] adamlambertai8 are more my speed.

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