Run 2 miles, eat a dozen donuts, run 2 more miles. Try not to puke.
Krispy Kreme Donut Challenge, 2007 on Vimeo
Also on YouTube
and lots of pictures!
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Update: There’s another post about this, including more video right here.
I’ve met some really fine photographers through Flickr since I’ve moved here. Chris’s pictures consistently impress me, especially his portraits. I keep looking at the one of me above and wonder if he retouched my skin, or if it really has gotten that much better since I moved here. Chris, his wife Taryn, Brian and Shannon (another married couple in the group who like going to gigs like me), plus a whole host of other Flickr folks are very social. When I’m out with them, I can ask them how they have their camera set for different light. It’s ideal for me: I’m learning how to do something better while I’m meeting great people. I love it! What was really cool was that I went to Sunday’s bout with Xopher, ran into Drew who was filming, and also saw all these Flickr people I know. The world here is starting to get smaller and more manageable. It’s what I was hoping for. I had so much fear before I left Boston, but now I really think moving here was the right thing to do.
While my social life here is going very well, I’m still not making enough progress in the job hunt/unpacking area. To that end, my mother has come to visit. For the next several days, we will be running important errands, prioritizing, making plans, and generally getting things done. I’m happy to have the structure of another person who knows me well. I need it. I get pretty overwhelmed when I look at the big picture. This is one of those times I need help, and SUPERMOM is here to do just that!
A little rollerderby for those who’ve never seen it. Not my greatest work, but it’s interesting if you’ve never been:
When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
1. Vased, 2. Up Close, 3. Neon, 4. Blue Bunch
Remember how I said that Monday was the bluest day of the year? Well, I got some lovely blue flowers that day. Today, I finally got around to photographing them.
I’ve also finally started uploading my pictures from Sunday’s Carolina Rollergirl’s bout. Engelfish and AaronZ have uploaded a number of really GOOD photos of the event, too, and the uploads continue, so keep checking the "carolinarollergirls" tag. Can’t wait to go again. It was a total blast.
