Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

So Andy just Twittered that he copied my idea, and you know, I’d love it if all my favorite photographers copied it, too. Make sure you’re logged into Flickr, then go to SmartSetr, a site I just love (although I wish the creator would update it more and be a little more responsive, to be honest). There, create a new smart set. Call it Best of 2008. The type of smart set is probably going to be Date Taken, although you can choose Date Posted if you prefer. Then pick photos visible to everyone, sorted by Interesting Descending, then pick how many pictures you want in the set. I usually make those sets in multiples of 6 because (1) it’s a cool film-like number and (2) it makes the rows nice and even. Set the dates for all of last year. Then once you’re done, it’ll all save to Flickr. Happy happy! Just remember that you need to edit that set from within SmartSetr, not Flickr, or it’ll get messed up. Here’s Andy’s set: Link and here’s mine.

My best picture of the year:

Jake and I went to DC at the beginning of this week. I had to come back, but he’s still traveling (Philly first, and now NYC). I’m getting to do a little armchair traveling, too, because of his frequent calls. It’s kind of fun! I go online and find stuff that’s cool to take pictures of and send him little emails and junk. Of course I’d rather be with him, but the good news is that we’re heading down to see my parents in a few days. The trip will extend a few days after Christmas, so the long drive won’t be as dreadful as last year (nothing like food poisoning and car trips, I always say!). Can’t wait to see him and all the pictures he’s bringing back with him.

He just posted the coolest iPhone picture from the Brooklyn Bridge. Imagine what the pictures from his REAL camera will be like! 😀

OK, I know his trip is awesome and all, but COME BACK! It’s been long enough already!

So far (I’ll update again as the year ends.)

I got some great gifts for my birthday. My parents got me a real, dedicated GPS. Most people use it on trips. I use it to get through a normal day. My brain is good at many things, and pretty freakin’ flawed at others – ESPECIALLY directionality.

My friends Ayse and David got me the most fitting t-shirt ever. They said it was very me, and I totally agree. Since I got it, my new favorite thing to say is, “Hey! Let’s go do fun stuff!”

Jake’s gift to me was so great! Well, actually, there were two. The BIG one was a two-day trip to Charleston. I’d never been, and we had the best time. The gift I was thinking of was the framed picture of us. It’s a picture Andy took and that I edited originally, only I didn’t have a large version of my edit anywhere, so Jake had to emulate my edit as best as he could. He did a great job. And it was just sweet as hell to give me that. Yay for Jake!