Ahhhhh.....
I'm currently sitting inside my toasty warm shop, while outside the first sure signs of winter are gently falling down from steel-gray skies. In my hands...a cup of steaming hot chocolate; the real kind with stemed milk and rich chocolate!
I sure wish this job had more security and better pay/benefits...and I didn't have to deal with customers. Then it'd be perfect.
My goals...
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I'm currently sitting inside my toasty warm shop, while outside the first sure signs of winter are gently falling down from steel-gray skies. In my hands...a cup of steaming hot chocolate; the real kind with stemed milk and rich chocolate!
I sure wish this job had more security and better pay/benefits...and I didn't have to deal with customers. Then it'd be perfect.
My goals...
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dolly:
ah thats good
miloryan:
Yeah, no prob com in and meet somePDX kids.
HA!!!!!!!
I'm back...yay for renewing my SG account!!!!
I did it all by myself too...
I'm back...yay for renewing my SG account!!!!
I did it all by myself too...
thedvsmonkey:
Well, welcome back. I have a couple of shoots this weekend so I'll snap some pics of the studio in studio mode and turkish whorehouse mode!
paine:
I missed your bearded face. 
Yeah today has been one of those surreal mornings.
I'm up well before dawn 5 days a week...and there was this weird false dawn in the sky this morning. Light a triangle of light just above the horizon. Then it went black again...wtf? Now it's one of those pink red and orange sky's with lot's of puffy clouds. It looks like a photoshop job, but...
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I'm up well before dawn 5 days a week...and there was this weird false dawn in the sky this morning. Light a triangle of light just above the horizon. Then it went black again...wtf? Now it's one of those pink red and orange sky's with lot's of puffy clouds. It looks like a photoshop job, but...
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thedvsmonkey:
Manifest this . . . just start saying, "I'm a non-smoker!" 
Am I the only one who is just a *little* concerned over the developments of this story?
Had this been Iran or Pakistan or some other country...they'd have been swiftly dealt with. Maybe Bush might ACTUALLY try diplomacy...then again...I doubt it.
Not that I want war with North Korea by ANY means...it's just ironic that they actually HAVE WMD's...and Bush does nothing. They're like the...
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Had this been Iran or Pakistan or some other country...they'd have been swiftly dealt with. Maybe Bush might ACTUALLY try diplomacy...then again...I doubt it.
Not that I want war with North Korea by ANY means...it's just ironic that they actually HAVE WMD's...and Bush does nothing. They're like the...
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Day five of not smoking....
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dolly:
hey your the only one who wouldnt have to buy im having your photo signed in a lil box...youll get it i just keep forgetting about it....
im having your photo signed in a lil box...youll get it i just keep forgetting about it....
thedvsmonkey:
After much research and contemplation I decided to go with a local photography supply place called Fotodiox. I got (2) 300ws strobes each with 36in shoot thru umbrellas, a 24x32 in softbox, a barndoor with gels, a 5 in 1 reflector, a 10x20 black muslin background, a wireless kit with 2 receivers and 1 hotshoe transmitter, and I went to Wolf Camera for a Polaris flash meter. I already had exercise/weightlifting type mats for the floor (to ease the discomfort for models lying on my hardwood floor) but since I shifted the studio 90 degrees I had to rearrange and cut them to fit. I also covered the walls on both sides with black velvet that I bought from Wal Mart. I left the ceiling white in case I wanted to bounce flash. I'm very pleased with the results. Moving from hot lights to strobe lights has completely moved my photography into a whole new level. The flash meter has become my new favorite tool and the Polaris flash meter although the least expensive meter by far does everything a comparable Sekonic meter does for half the price. I'll snap a pic soon and post it.
*****!!!!UPDATE TO BELOW ENTRY!!!!*****
It's been alomst 36 hours I think now since mylast smoke. Just out of curiosity, if I murdered someone during this period of nicotine withdrawl...would I be able to plead temporary insanity? Now...I've never done heroin, but I hear quiting smoking is mentally harder...though less physically taxing during withdrawl.
Thanks though to thedvsmonkey who gave me some good advice as you'll...
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It's been alomst 36 hours I think now since mylast smoke. Just out of curiosity, if I murdered someone during this period of nicotine withdrawl...would I be able to plead temporary insanity? Now...I've never done heroin, but I hear quiting smoking is mentally harder...though less physically taxing during withdrawl.
Thanks though to thedvsmonkey who gave me some good advice as you'll...
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paine:
A.) You're freaking adorable.
B.) HOLY BIG FUCKING FISH, BATMAN!
C.) Keep up the good fight, my brother. Your lungs will thank you.
B.) HOLY BIG FUCKING FISH, BATMAN!
C.) Keep up the good fight, my brother. Your lungs will thank you.
thedvsmonkey:
Don't manifest about the suckage! You're either going to smoke or not smoke!
Do or do not. There is no try.
Do or do not. There is no try.
Things that piss me off to the point of laughter (insane though it may be) while managing a coffee bistro in Michigan. I also posted this in my myspace blog.
Mayhem and the Melancholy Manager
1. Urban cowboys: No one liked you in the 70's/80's....why would it be any different now? I had a guy come into my coffee shop today dressed in SHINY leather...
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Mayhem and the Melancholy Manager
1. Urban cowboys: No one liked you in the 70's/80's....why would it be any different now? I had a guy come into my coffee shop today dressed in SHINY leather...
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twinkletwinkle:
damn straight!!!!
phunkybrewster:
nobody should dress like a kid except a kid. end of story.
and i get in a fight everytime with joe when he asks for his soy white mocha LOL oh rite with whipcream
ive never even seen a blackberry in person
thank gawd
and i get in a fight everytime with joe when he asks for his soy white mocha LOL oh rite with whipcream
ive never even seen a blackberry in person
thank gawd
Dear president dipshit...
Please...for the love god, and everything good....please, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
We're not safer...you've lied and lied and lied and lied...you should be sentenced to DEATH for treason.
I'd be angrier than I already am...but you're too fucking stupid to know any better. It'd be like punishing a mentally handicapped 4-year-old.
Five years later motherfucker....two wars...thousands dead....and the world still wants the...
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Please...for the love god, and everything good....please, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
We're not safer...you've lied and lied and lied and lied...you should be sentenced to DEATH for treason.
I'd be angrier than I already am...but you're too fucking stupid to know any better. It'd be like punishing a mentally handicapped 4-year-old.
Five years later motherfucker....two wars...thousands dead....and the world still wants the...
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phunkybrewster:
i messaged you, i have a question oh great one LMAO p.s. i told amy about greenfield village. i want you 2 to come with us sooooooo bad, maybe she;ll dress up with me? LOL 
p.s. i told amy about greenfield village. i want you 2 to come with us sooooooo bad, maybe she;ll dress up with me? LOL 
mahphew:
good words my friend...being a canadian, i feel just as hopeless and ready to be apart of the rush to take the wheel from that asshole..
Wahoo...I am writing this from my new laptop. I am BACK online and back in action...on my new MacBook....yessss.
Er...now that it has been almost 10 years since I last used a mac (Performa PowerPC 75mHz with 800 MB drive) I have to figure out how the hell to use it all over again, like maximizing the window so that it uses up the whole...
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Er...now that it has been almost 10 years since I last used a mac (Performa PowerPC 75mHz with 800 MB drive) I have to figure out how the hell to use it all over again, like maximizing the window so that it uses up the whole...
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trilobitten:
uh oh. busted. 
phunkybrewster:
just cuz summers over doesnt mean things are over a face to face would have me thrilllllllllllled!
a face to face would have me thrilllllllllllled! Well I guess it's time for an update. I don't get to do it often anymore as my laptop died a painful death. Never again will I own an IBM Craptop Stinkpad...
For a while, our desktop was also giving up problems, and then our DSL modem died...twice. So now the desktop is up and running again, and I have a new MacBook on the...
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For a while, our desktop was also giving up problems, and then our DSL modem died...twice. So now the desktop is up and running again, and I have a new MacBook on the...
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phunkybrewster:
WOOOOOOOOOT THAT IS SWEEEEEET I THINK YOU RAWK REGARDLESS, BUT THAT WAS A WICKED LUCKY JOB YA GOT THERE, AND YOU GET SOME FREE CHOCOLATES LOL nice i miss you like whoa! i wish you could come to some shows with me...........maybe in the fall?
keep in touch papa bear!!!!!!!!!!
<3 u
I THINK YOU RAWK REGARDLESS, BUT THAT WAS A WICKED LUCKY JOB YA GOT THERE, AND YOU GET SOME FREE CHOCOLATES LOL nice i miss you like whoa! i wish you could come to some shows with me...........maybe in the fall?
keep in touch papa bear!!!!!!!!!!
<3 u
phunkybrewster:
So should i come up to empire for our vacation, or should i go to manistee forest with my green and djembes and things LOL is there somewheres near-ish yall that we can camp or cabin it up or whatever with 2 dogs? wana help me out lol and im assuming we all could hang together rite? go out to dinna or something at least ? drop me a line either here or myspace!
loves
ang
drop me a line either here or myspace!
loves
ang
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phunkybrewster:
love your pics papa. im trying to figure a way to hit the dunegrass fest actually. your mamas goin rite?
phunkybrewster:
HEYYYYYYYYY where are you? 
grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
I got tix to see trey and tom petty wooot and willie with john fogerty next week yall 2 should come 
it would be soooooooooooooooooooo lovin filled! i know you know the for willie drop me a line papa bear. miss you.
grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
I got tix to see trey and tom petty wooot and willie with john fogerty next week
yall 2 should come it would be soooooooooooooooooooo lovin filled! i know you know the for willie drop me a line papa bear. miss you.