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Hey people!

So, I've hit a bit of a slum... I still love taking pictures, but I haven't really had any enthusiasm to do anything WITH the pictures afterwards. it sucks!
But hopefully I'll be getting some pictures of all the fire that surrounds me (google "Okanagan Fire 2009"... it's baaaddd)... supposing I wanna take my camera equipment out into the falling ash... :S
Otherwise things have been pretty moderate, found out you don't date your models (Dam!), and that I need a better job... Well I might be moving to Alberta soon to cover the job aspect (Crosses fingers)... And some other misc stuff, but it's been good for the most part.

Anyone have any challenges / ideas I should try? something from a third person view, haha... I have an idea for a lengthy photo manip project... but I have a lot of criteria that needs to be met to make it possible..

Bloody mosquito bites! I'm scratching so bad, haha

Anyway that's all I've got right now... I'll see you guys when I see you!

Oh em gee, I'm still alive! (For now)

So, Summer has come, the job will soon be ending (I'll get to that later), and I have an itch to do some pictures. It's been way too long.

Some things have changed... I still work at the same place, I still hate it. Presently the contract is working it's way over seas, so come Aug 1st, I will be officially fired (Supposing it doesn't happen sooner, with the luck I've had).  I've had enough of that place, frankly. They're offering this "Stay Bonus" thing, where if we stay to the end of this month, we get 500 bucks, we stay to the end of the contract, we get an additional 1000 bucks. Now, when they had this meeting with us, they didn't tell us that was conditional to us meeting and or exceeding this impossible metrics system.  We've all accepted we won't get it, and have some good plans for our last days there. Plus, more recently this chick that I work with has been getting on my nerves.  We'd fight, make up the same day by the time our shift ended, go home, come back to work and repeat... it's just what we did.  Time went by, and then just as of *checks his watch* Wednesday or tuesday, she decided she blown out hates me. Like we're talking extreme hate.  I guess she didn't mean "Just forget it" that day I asked if she wanted a coffee. But anyway, She ended up getting me written up at work, so I'm thiiiiissss close, to going to the police about her boyfriend (or ex? I don't know what's going on with that) and his various threats he's made towards me recently.

But anyway, that's a whole other ball game.

I didn't (obviously) get the position to go to the Philippines, which kinda sucks... But a buddy of mine that has been there for about a month, just got mugged the other night, so I'm kinda happy in North America all of a sudden.

I got my own place in town now, so I'm pretty stoked about that... been here about 2 months now.

hmm... Well that's all I got for now.  I've got some cool ideas for some picture adventures in the upcoming summer months here, so that should be good.

Seeya later! (Or "Catcha on the flip side (of the world)" as a friend of mine (who is now in the Philippiens) told me today .... Which, we WERE going to do some pictures of her, but then she ended up leaving the continent... so I guess I should take a hint?)

Cheers

So I did it, I can now say I've been to NYC.... can I go home now?

So the plane ride was cool... until the last hour anyways. The flight from Calgary to NYC, I realized I'm sick, so that kinda sucked... started taking tylonal and "Cold FX" at that time... Then the last hour was nothing more or less than circling the JFK Airport in very turbulent air, waiting in line for our chance to land. It was the worst feeling ever. The last 20 mins or so, I started salivating like you do right before you're about to hurl.... you know it's bad when that's coming around.  But we made it, after a little while of that crap, the entire plane went silent (including the kids behind us).  We landed, and just sat there for awhile.... We collected our stuff, then came the next interesting part of the trip.

NYC Cab drivers are as insane as you've heard.

We then get into a cab at the airport, tell him we gotta go to this location here... "yep yep ok ok." (now I mimic the sounds of Speedy Gaunzaullaus) (sp). Going in and out of traffic, darting between lanes... I see a speed limit sign: 40 mph. hmm... ok... How fast is he going?..... between 90 and 100 mph.... riiighhhht... *buckle up*

But we got here, got all setup, and what not..

The first couple days have been taken care of at the Javits Center a couple blocks down, the original reason we came, but now today, on the 2nd, we start tourism stuff.

We're going to see Monte Python's "Spamalot" www.montypythonsspamalot.com/&…, I'm going to B&H Photo & Video www.bhphotovideo.com in about 40 mins (I already know what I'm getting for sure... but I know dam well there'll be more

Don't worry, I know what you're thinking, Yes I'm going to the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, and probably Central Park too

Have any other suggestions on places to go? Keep in mind I'm within walking distance to the Javits center

I gotta get something out of the way before I start this
and such.

So Awhile ago I posted a picture on here of my day that I got to play with the Canon EOS Mark III camera, pre released, 1 of 7 in north america, and so on.. I also mentioned that my mother's cousin is working for Canon. What I didn't mention was that my mother's cousin saw one of my pictures, and asked me if she could include it on the new website her company is doing for Canon. I said hell yeah, naturally. I just got the link.


www.deviantart.com/deviation/3… is the picture they used on their site, and www.usa.canon.com/dlc/travels/… is the link to Canon's website where you can find my picture. Just click on the Africa - Madagascar episode at the bottom, then go to Shooting Tips, and then to Night scenes and long exposures. Mine is third down

No point to this journal entry other than that, haha
I'm just stoked.
Anyway yeah, in other news, sorry I haven't been updating anything.. Working 10 hours a day will do that to one. Anyway, Taysha and I are planning another shoot for Saturday, so we'll see about putting some stuff up around then. In the mean time, I'll just say that life is good... Working for Microsoft is pretty cool, and that Transformers was a good movie.. Oh, and btw, don't buy JVC car decks, they're crap, and the company won't fix them for you. But that's a topic all on it's own right there
Anyway, I gotta get some sleep. got 5 hours of it last night, and I'm slowin down pretty quick here now. Adios all!

Hey all
So I'm pretty sure I've got a shoot or two coming up this weekend... keep your fingers crossed!
In the mean time, I'm gunna be working on a picture, hopefully within the next couple days.. depending on when I can get the.. ahem, supplies :glance:  .... I know it's gunna make Wolfe-GTP laugh, and recall good memories of messing with my mind >.>

Anyway, down to the point. I need business/contact cards! I know nobody is going to freely design a kick ass card, so what I'm gunna request is links to cool business/contact cards, that catch your eye,something that you'd be impressed by if I handed it to you.. Please send them to me as notes.  Please and thank you ^_^

I've come across too many scenarios in which it'd be very handy to have cards.. so I've decided it's gunna happen. But I'm not going for any basic, cheesy black on white basics. I wanna go all out, something really spiffy. But I need ideas!

Thanks all ^_^

Oh, and I know this is never gunna happen, but if you're patrolling in a dark room with another guard, and you hear him yell out in pain and then suddonly stop. don't walk over there without a flashlight, let alone without your gun drawn.  Just a word of advice. (I've been playing Splinter Cell a little too much >.>)