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A Legacy (Day 56)

15/12/2009

60 Years (LVI)

My Grandparents just celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary. How epic is that?

It’s honestly such an honor and a blessing to me to be a part of this family.

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Dance Dance (Day 52)

12/12/2009

Merry Christmas Dance Party (LII)

How sweet it is.
I am so blessed to live in the house I do. I’ve got 13 awesome roommates. We host dance parties from time to time. This is a collection of some pictures I took from “Twas the Night Before Stop Day”

The Foy-Yay

Cheiro
(I’m pretty sure a lot of these look horrible if you’re seeing them on anything besides a macbook. The saturation is rediculous)

Lazer Pape

Technical Support

Play That Funky Music, White Boy
(this is J-Bones, our DJ)

Dance Part E

William Wallace Offspring

Brr Its Cold In Here

Jerm

Entrance Exam

Mingle and Jingle

ahhhh, the cotton house.

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Man Ablaze (Day 51)

9/12/2009

Lunch Break Blog Post! I’m on my lunch break. Blogging.
Man Ablaze (LI)
This was an experiment in silhouetting with a slow shutter speed. I think this was a 6″ exposure. Want to see it BIG?

Here were the out takes:
Haloed

and

A good start

I also did this which I thought was pretty cool.
Mezmer

Larger

So, here are some pictures of the Cotton House’s newest game, SwingShot.
Basically, you run, jump, grab, swing, and plant. Run up to the door frame, jump and grab the pull-up bar, and see how far you can swing yourself and plant your feet.
It sounds dumb but is addicting and awesome.
Here are some weird pictures from it (all pictures link to my flickr):
Progression
Leaping
Streeeetch
Brett
Woop
Dance Landing

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50 Days!

8/12/2009

Thanks! (L)

So my little sister randomly mailed me an envelope full of Apatosauruses! I think she used a stencil to draw them and them she cut them out. Side note: by “little” sister I mean 20 yr old sister, haha. I was angry at the when I came home for lunch at the bank and student loans and this definitely cheered me up when I found it in my mail box.

Funny story (funny is relative): So I was on flickr in firefox on windows and typed “apatosaurus” but it said I had it misspelled, so I right clicked to see the suggested spellings and “Brontosaurus” was a suggested spelling! Apatosaurus is the CORRECT name for the Brontosaurus, because of naming conventions. HAHAHA! Well, it’s funny to me.

Outtake:
Thanks Little Sister!
I cropped it on the side… it says “Your Baby Sister”, not just “Your Baby” haha!

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This War is Spiritual (Day 49) and Fractured (Day 48)

7/12/2009

This War is Spiritual (XLIX)

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This is the lighting set-up for the image above:
Light set-up

and Fractured:
Fractured (XLVIII)

I feel like these titles fit well with my self and my emotions lately.

I wrote a post a few days ago about a friend that passed away five years ago.
What I didn’t really say in the post was that his funeral was one of the most significant days to my faith. I just remember this huge churched filled to the brim with people. The aisles were filled, literally, no one else could fit in the church. I saw how big of an impact my friend Tylor, who was younger than I was, made at his high school, in his town, at his church, etc. I felt ashamed that I decided to live for myself. Tylor showed me tangibly a life lived beyond one’s self. 5 years ago. It feels like a lifetime ago, and it feels like moments ago.

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Here it is (Day 48)

6/12/2009

Here it is (XLVIII)

Outtakes:
A House on My Street

This is a fire truck-

A Fire Truck

This is Christmas lights:

Spectacle

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Oops! There I fixt it!

4/12/2009

[Side Note before all this] If you’re interested in seeing my progress with the 365 project, you can follow this link: ThreeSixtyFive

So I take pictures, import them to my computer, and upload them.
Sometimes I take pictures, and then take pictures again without importing them. Then sometimes I import without uploading. This time I imported without uploading the previous ones and mislabeled some numbers.
but I caught my err.

Here is a 3 day catch up.

Natty Light (XXXXIV)

Doin' Dishes (XXXXVI)

And today:
Dreaming (XXXXVII)

Outtakes from today (I took my camera to work):

By my desk:
My Christmas Spirit

On my wall:
Maps
The little green flags are my friends abroad. It helps me to think and pray about them. Its cool to visual see the people you know and care about making a difference globally.

Also, here is a picture of Jordy:
J-Bones

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