Mabel & West Pier, originally uploaded by cliffordsax.

Other people seem to do so much better than i do with the Ricoh GRD II, or maybe this person has the original GRD.. which i’m probably going to order haha.. the funny thing was, i ordered the GRD II for the ability to shoot RAW, and now I want the original GRD for the ability to shoot JPG… I’m a flibbertyjibbet, for sure

13 Reasons not to get a job…

1.  because work is no fun

2.  because i always need a massage after working

3.  because bosses are always ordering you around

4.  because they always put me in a cubicle beside someone with narcolepsy

5.  because i like sitting around on the couch all day

6.  a salary is only for people that don’t know how to finance everything

7.  great for bon bon eating

8.  endurance is more important than a job

9.  what good is it if a man gains an entire job, but loses his soul?

10.  i hate coffee maker talk

11.  anybody can work, try and find meaning to life while doing absolutely nothing!

12.  it’ll put hair on yer chest

13.  coz all you have to do is plan ahead, that way you don’t have to do anything right now!!

GOLD FISH, originally uploaded by KaStBa.

I think this is my fave photo on flickr… it’s by user KaStBa… I used to have a gold fish that I just loved, it lived for like 3 years, and used to come up to the edge of the glass to say hello.. I could never keep a goldfish alive after that one, it makes me sad

 

hands, originally uploaded by mo better.

this is my first entry to get 50 views on flickr, woohoo! I have actually had pics get 100′s of views, but they were from my camera phone, i don’t know WHY people looked at those, maybe it was from when flickr was young, hehe

these hands remind me of a religious statue, or painting, not sure which.. speaking of religious, i got a copy of ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’, which is a more sane version of the secret, in that it’s from a Christian perspective, not a new age one.  Of course it sounds like a lot more WORK, than the secret, but it’s much more comforting to know God is with me on this…

When you think about it, the Polaroid was an astounding invention.. I mean wouldn’t it be cool to have a way of developing your film at home in some tiny tech box, someday they should invent that.. Polaroid is the only one who has come close to that.. I would use a polaroid if the film weren’t so durned expensive, and besides, I heard somewhere that they are discontinuing it, I’m not sure if that was just a vicious rumor.. Here’s a fun vid on the SX70..

Actually, I have changed my mind about ‘The Secret’.. It may be mumbo jumbo to call God ‘the universe’.. but we can ignore that bit. I think it’s a very good idea to have a whole book about that sort of thing, change your thinking, change your life stuff. I have been feeling A WHOLE LOT better since I have sort of been guiding my thoughts toward health and wealth and such. well maybe I’m having less luck with the wealth thoughts, but certainly the health thoughts have made me feel alot alot alot better. And it’s very freeing to think you don’t HAVE TO think about all the bad stuff to ‘solve the problem’.. it’s like an excuse to do heroin

But anyway, I was popping ativan at least once a day, to give myself a feeling of well being, and NOW, I seem to be able to do it on my own. It IS a little bit hard to counter act a bad feeling when it’s rising up in you, but it’s worth it.. if you just remember that the bad feelings/thoughts are BAD for you, it’s pretty easy to give them up. When you think about how the bad thoughts are bringing bad things into your life, well, hasta la vista baby.

There’s a part of me thats on ‘feel sorry for myself’ crack, so i have to break that habit. But I think we all want to feel good, even if we do have bad habits. So even though the book is totally whack at times, I think over all it’s a great idea to change your thinking for the better.

my husband moved the air conditioner over at this end of the room, by the couch that i sit on… aaaaaah, it’s heavenly. before he had it at the other end of our very long living room, by HIS computer station, so he sat there all day and was cool.. now I’M cool I love it when my husband takes care of me.. I’m like totally sexist that way I guess. But I just want to feel loved and taken care of.. I wonder how many other women are that way, deep down. Only it’s not so deep down with me anymore haha. I readily admit it! I’m having hot flashes baby, doooooooo somethiiiiiing

I just wanted to say, that if you have a bad back, memory foam mattresses SUCK. They feel like heaven when you first lie down, but they react to core body heat during the night, and sorta sink in the middle of where you are sleeping, so that the middle of your back, which should have the most support, ends up in a big dip. you wake up with your back killing you. not that any mattress can help if you have a really bad back, but some help more than others.. a nice pillow top simmons beauty rest is good sometimes.. but the best way i have found to sleep is to go to a foam store, you know the kind that usually make beds for RVs and such. and get yourself a chunk of thick supportive but soft regular FOAM, and then put some egg carton toppers on it. my back still hurts in the morning, but i can pretty much sleep through the night, and don’t wake up in tears.

I finally took the roll of film in from one of my lomo cameras, and it was a great disappointment to me. I don’t see any advantage to the film version and a fake lomo effect on my computer. Plus half of my film was BLANK, and there’s no explanation for that. there was alot of out of focus pictures of my dog, where she was too close. and the results in indoor light are not artistic.

One camera I’m looking at buying is the Sigma DP-1, it has a large sensor so it’s pictures have really nice clarity, and the quality of the light is almost a glowy silver. Granted there’s nothing artistic about the pictures, but they sure are purday. it’s $800 though, so perhaps I’ll have to wait until Christmas to get it. here’s a link to some sample pictures from the DP-1 *click here* 

A friend of mine says unless i want to die like elvis i have to get off the years of sleeping pills. I have to take so many now, and take them with pain killers and ativan, just to get a bit of sleep, not usually until the wee hours of the morning. He says it will be hell to quit, but i’ve got to do it. Now isn’t that a cheery thought?