131/365: I was lying- I got another photo out of the Valentine flowers. Here are some daisies. I set up a white backdrop and studio lights in my dining room to take the flower pictures, and I have the sneaking suspicion that they may remain up for most of the year. 132/365: It does make [...]
Entries from February 25th, 2010
Coming Up and Looking Back
February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Endless Blathering, What I Did Last Weekend
It is the last week of February. I always wonder how that happens. February is really only two days shorter than the longest of the other months, but it always feels a week shorter. I look up and it’s March. March! I had a good weekend- went to see Reservoir Dogs and Shutter Island, saw [...]
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Metonymy
February 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Movies
The AV Club had a post today about Synecdoche, New York, the Charlie Kaufman movie that came out in fall 2008. I saw that movie at Ragtag when it finally made its way to Columbia. In fact, I think it was the first film I saw at the new Ragtag theater. Anyway, I haven’t seen [...]
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365 Project: Details
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · 365
I love the details. 118/365: I spend a lot of the year waiting for snow, but it’s hard to catch it falling on camera. I used a flash here to freeze the flakes with a pine tree as a backdrop. 119/365: I should get a stepladder next time to get a better perspective on the [...]
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365 Project: In Winter
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · 365, From Flickr
108/365: My big camera, my Nikon D300, was in the shop for what seemed like weeks, but it came back and I felt like commemorating the event. 109/365: My dog, Martha, gnawing on a bone. I love the way she holds it in place at the bottom. So cute. 110/365: This candle is usually not [...]
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AFI Lists Goal Updates
February 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Movies
I finally watched Lawrence of Arabia this past weekend, which means that I’ve seen all top 10 of the AFI movies on both lists. I’d tried watching it a couple of years ago but only made it about an hour into the film (which constitutes about 1/4 of the entire movie). I have even owned [...]
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Acrobats and Vacations
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, Travel
Last night I went to see the Peking Acrobats show at Jesse Hall with a friend who picked up tickets for cheap. It was a pretty good time. I never go to shows at Jesse Hall (in fact, the last time I was there for a show was probably in 1999, when we went to [...]
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In-Between
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Endless Blathering
I volunteered at the food bank again last night, and I see now that there seem to be two kinds of people who also volunteer at the food bank: sullen college students and chipper church people. I am older than the college students, and they know that, and they don’t tend to want to interact [...]
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Lines Written Before Lunch
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, Holidays, What I Did Last Weekend
Today I am: Trying desperately to talk myself out of going to Main Squeeze for lunch. I brought a sad little burrito that does not stand up to the tofu salad sandwich (today’s Main Squeeze special). Trying to talk myself into walking around the corner to the mailbox because I have a stack of mail [...]
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Hello, I Love You
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, Movies
Yes! So! I was supposed to maybe go to Minnesota this weekend, and that fell through. I have an unexpected empty weekend in front of me for which I have already made a list of things I could do (involving tax preparations, even!). I don’t know if I will actually do these things, but I [...]
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