It's tomorrow already.

The next project for photography is memories of childhood.  Since I grew up in the middle of nowhere (quite literally, in southern Indiana, in towns with populations of 200 people with no store, two bars, and one shuttered church,) I'm thinking I'll drive into the Wisconsin equivalent of the middle of nowhere and take some photos.

Jacquelyn suggested I take some photos of vintage Star Wars characters, which is also good.  Those were my favorite movies.  Last week I did a double exposure of Ethan and a McQuarrie Veder helmet.  It was creeptastic.

I also considered setting the self-timer and lashing out toward the camera with a belt in hand and my bearded face twisted in rage.  Because that was in my childhood too.

But then, I do have to read my Woodrow Wilson book.  So far, he is a great president and this book makes me sad when I see everything that was at our fingertips and all that has slipped away.

If I stay up after everyone else goes to bed, the cats don't sleep on our bed.  They come into the living room and sleep on the couch until I go to bed.

We are their sun and they will follow us to the horizon.

The morning outing.

I went out driving in the country to take some photos this morning. The results of which, you'll see under the cut. Afterward, I spent my afternoon on the phone with our internet provider because we're supposed to be getting 2400kbps or so, but we're only getting like 300-1500kbps from one second to the next. Literally, it's jumping all over the place. After a couple different techs did everything they could, they finally sighed and resigned themselves to sending out a technician, who should be here sometime this afternoon. After I post this, I'm going to finish planning out my final project (a set of looping, infinite meta-photos) and then read some more Woodrow Wilson.

( A murder of crows and some more mundane... )

GTFO

So, Blackwater is getting the fucking boot from Iraq.  They have seven days to gtfo.  Finally.  This is a great day.  The problem is that their functions will just be replaced by some other private security force.  If we're going to have this giant military presence, we should at least be hiring and training our own troops.  The idea of private armies is so abhorrent  I can hardly think about it and the inherent repercussions.