After a lot of conversations with my friend, Cory, over the last couple of years regarding his web site, karmalawchance.com, he’s finally switched from ASP to Movable Type. Cory admits that he really doesn’t know that much about web design, but his proficiency with code is unimpeachable. Knowing that I’ll directly benefit from whatever in depth dialogue he and I can share after he gets his feet wet, I’m really looking forward to seeing his site flourish.
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Too much is in a state of flux at the moment for me to accurately convey my present mental geography, so I’ll just lean on allusions for the moment. It’s a pretty little shame, too. The minutiae of obstacles are rather kaleidoscopic and downright hypnotic. If I didn’t know better, I’d think I wasn’t making progress. (Don’t worry about it. I do know better.)
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My eBay auctions for my two main lenses ended yesterday morning and I’ve just shipped the first one off to its new owner. It’s a pretty strange feeling. I waited so long and worked so hard to get that equipment, and I know that I really didn’t have it that long. Still has that new car smell. I made out a lot better than I though I would on the sale. Looks like that advice about not being afraid to spend good money on the glass turned out to be sound. There’s no way I could’ve rented that equipment for what it actually cost me.
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Things have been status quo at school this quarter. I’ve had a lot more time on my hand since quitting the school newspaper in week one, which means I’ve had a chance to regenerate a bit. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still working the grid. I continue to learn from the challenges I face and that translates into a more developed approach to these challenges.
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An entirely new sensation washed over me today as I put the last of my camera equipment up for sale. You see, I’m currently making the transition from Nikon to Canon gear, and the psychological fallout from committing my financial resources to this little switch is considerable. At the moment, I have no digital equipment in my possession–my D70 kit is on display over at CameraTechs, waiting for a new owner. My F-100 is also up for grabs. And the two kick-ass lenses I own–a 70-200mm f/2.8 G VR and a 17-35mm f/2.8 ED–are listed on eBay. I’m down to two Olympus OM-2′s and two Holgas.
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My three-day weekend was nothing short of draining. I spent the majority of the Memorial Day holiday weekend tethered to my computer, hunting for a privately sold used car for Mary. I’d forgotten how taxing the process is. One car looked like the car until we noticed a grunting sound as the automatic transmission shifted from fist gear to second. My brother-in-law, Bret, explained that that sounded like the clutch pack was going out, and that was the end of that conversation. Another prospect seemed doable until the seller finally shared that he didn’t have a title for the car. Anyway, knowing that we still have a few weeks left before school starts, I successfully resisted the growing urge to settle for any of the cars we looked at over the weekend.
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The finer details of my migration into summer have worn away with the passage of events. Summer’s been a pleasant break, and, although it may not be well represented in my blog, a lot has happened during this season. It’s been a lot of work, but I’ve made some reasonable strides towards some of my larger overall goals. Now, a whirlwind of activities are drawing my attention to fall quarter, heralding significant changes. School starts in less than a month; it’s time for me to survey, get my bearings and take appropriate steps on the greater course I’ve plotted.
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There are far too many complications with the job over at Shawk for me to accurately convey in this brief posting, so I won’t be going into all that. I’ll just say that the job went sharply sideways, and that I need more than four billable hours of work in a week. (That just goes with the glamorous life of a freelancer.)
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I suppose that I should take a quick moment to announce that I did land the job I interviewed for on Friday. I start work this morning. I guess I’d better give you whatever details I can before they have me sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.
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