I think this is the first truly interesting thing I’ve learned about Buddhism. The story of how the prince Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha.When Siddhartha Gautama left his wealthy family to seek enlightenment and the end of suffering, he was 29. He lived as an ascetic and practiced extreme self-denial, as was the preferred spiritual [...]

, “Are you kidding me? If you add Bush’s picture coming out of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the other three items (set of keys meaning an oil consuming car) you actually have a really good theme ;-) going on.”
Hmm, do ya mean something like this?

Or maybe more like this?

Sandwiched between two amusing sentence fragments, I [...]

This has been sitting on my notepad for several days. I’m going to backdate to the day I filled it out just to have something to post. That means everyone who reads my journal through their friends page will probably miss it (haha). Not much to miss, though.

Three Names you go by:
1. Aubrey
2. Aubrey
3. Aubrey
(can [...]

Josh and I decided we want to go to a Bed and Breakfast a couple hours drive away for Valentine’s Day. I was researching possible destinations last night and I got myself so excited. The shear number of romantic getaway destinations in this state is overwhelming. Add to that their luxurious accommodations and tempting package [...]

Today we moved to a new category of assignments: Chance.
Pick up your camera, a standard lens, and your tripod, and go to the front door of your home. Take nineteen steps in any direction. Take seven more steps from the spot you marked. The seven steps from your original stopping point form the radius of [...]

So today I broke my last rule. Rule 3: “Follow your light meter”
Breaking Rule 3: Make a series of photographs in which you overexpose each one the equivalent of two full f/ stops or shutter speeds. Then repeat the exercise while underexposing two full f/ stops.
I was excited about this one, because in the process [...]

Exercises in Thinking Sideways:
Rule 2. “Be sure the center of interest is in sharp focus”
Breaking Rule 2. Make a series of pictures in which the main subject matter is clearly out of focus, but other things are sharp.
I’m not sure that I “got” this one. I did make some that followed broke the rule correctly, [...]

My dad got me the book “Photography and the Art of Seeing” by Freeman Patterson for Christmas.
This is a bad time of year for taking outdoor nature photos. The sky is grey, the trees are bare. If it doesn’t snow, there’s nothing to photograph. That’s been my mindset. So, I’ve been enjoying reading bits [...]

Ok, so, Christmas. I know I’m way behind on doing this, but I was too busy at the time enjoying the time. I got an overwhelming amount of presents. This is what I can remember from the top of my head – I’ve probably forgotten some.
from Josh:
a bottle of a very special kind of liquor
a [...]