01-13-09 - I went to the grocery store today and the lady stocking the yogurt scared me a little when I saw this hand moving the yogurt's in the back. She was a nice lady though...
01-14-09 - It was really cold today and I went outside to take a photo. Since it was so cold, I thought I would warm up the colors in the photo...
01-15-09 - Michelle is shopping for bananas in a colorful hat!
01-16-09 - Jean loves pancakes!! Today we went to the Country Kitchen and Jean ordered pancakes. Here is a photo of Jean when her pancakes arrived. Dawnie is our awesome server. She's fun...
01-17-09 - Woah...trippy...
01-18-09 - It's a Hula girl...
01-19-09 - Pins! Maybe this is a little boring, but they can't all be winners I guess...
01-20-09 - Today we took an early lunch at the LE Studio and watched the inauguration...
01-21-09 - It's a girl at the beach! I think she likes to play volleyball on the beach and drink fancy umbrella drinks. Then she takes her top off and makes out with everyone in the sand. Then she goes swimming and pretends to lose her bottoms in the ocean because she's pretty drunk. Maybe she's kind of a broke down ho...
01-22-09 - Tonight I did some testing with a model and a makeup artist. It was fun...
01-23-09 - Eggs in wheat grass. I had to pick up some wheat grass for a shot. Perry at the LE studio is the egg man and almost every time there is a green egg in the dozen. They are kind of pretty...
01-24-09
01-25-09 - Oscar Mayer smoke stack. I hope they are making bacon!! Bacon is awesome...
01-26-09 - It's a macro shot...
01-27-09 - It's a boat! Today I talked about meatloaf a lot. It has nothing to do with the boat, but maybe I feel a little weird that I talked about meatloaf with maybe 5 different people. I might blog about it...
01-28-09 - Today I took a picture of a dead fly that was caught in one of the light panels in the ceiling. Maybe he flew up there to keep warm. But then he died.
01-29-09 - It's rainbow soap at the car wash! It smelled really good too. I think I would like to work at a car wash because I really love the smell of car wash soap.
01-30-09 - On Friday I got home from work and my furnace wasn't working. Stupid furnace. I had to call the repair man. He came over and fixed it. It all worked out in the end. But it was really expensive. It sucked...
01-31-09 - It seems like I'm doing a lot of macro shots these days. Maybe I'll try something different next week.
02-01-09 - Today I did more testing with the makeup artist Jenny, and the model Alex. It was fun. I got a little too close to Alex with my camera one time and I think it creeped her out. But maybe she was ok with it...
02-02-09 - On Monday I was in my dining room and I notice a hole in the snow on the railing of my deck. So I took a photo of what was on the other side of that hole. I said hole a lot in this description....sorry....
02-03-09 - Today I took a picture of my neighbor's house through the glass block window in my shower. I always kind of stare out that window when I'm taking a shower because when I move my head everything changes.
02-04-09 - Today I took a photo of an icicle. I think it maybe kind of looks like a face fossil of a Terodactyl. But, maybe not...you decide...
02-05-09 - This one is a little creepy maybe. It kind of reminds me of the movie Vacancy. But maybe there are no snuff films involved...
02-06-09 - Look! Mick is licking a fake leg. The best part is, I just asked her to do it and she agreed! Mick is awesome. Plus we kind of remembered that she owed me a favor so maybe that is why she did it. They use the leg at the studio for sock shots. Mick did a lot of sock shots before. I'm glad John got in the photo too. It was kind of awesome...
02-07-09 - It's a Koosh ball. I think on Saturday I had my first migrane. Or maybe it was just a really bad headache that wouldn't go away. This is kind of how my brain felt...
02-08-09 - It's a giraffe!
02-09-09 - Today I worked on photos all day in the Lightroom. Maybe this photo wasn't taken today, but I worked on it today. Does it count? It's all I got today...
02-10-09 - Today Verony and I filmed my super awesome job application video on Lake Monona. This was a lonely leaf in the melting water. I'm not sure why I made the tone so cold. I'm not sad today. It was warm today. Maybe it just works, but maybe I don't know...
02-11-09 - This is a last minute photo of the day. I was kind of busy yesterday and didn't get around to it until later at night. It's a Buddha that I lit with my cell phone...
02-12-09 - Today I was driving home on some back roads and noticed this phone booth in a field. It was kind of weird...
02-13-09 - Super boring shot. Lemons. I ran out of ideas on Friday...
02-14-09 - Today I went to the Winter Fest at the capitol square. They had cross country ski races, some snowboarding things that were surprisingly boring, and an ice sculptor.
02-15-09 - Today I went for a run. Then on the way home I stopped at the park by my house and rode the merry go round. It was kind of fun...
02-16-09 - Today I went with Dan to the Delaney's Surplus. We went to the Ho-Chunk first and both walked away winners! So that was good. Then we stopped and took some photos at the Delaney's. It is a super awesome place. I have too many photos for the photo of the day, so I'll blog some more...
02-17-09 - My window in my garage. It's kind of a boring photo so I added some vertical noise and an edge. It's not my favorite photo...
02-18-09 - It was snowing a little bit today. I took some outside photos in the snow. It's another macro shot, but I think it's kind of ok maybe...
02-19-09 - Teeth!! Today I went to lunch at the Village Green with Bob and Kathy. After lunch I stopped at Bob's office. Bob makes teeth. Like crowns and bridges and things. So today's photo is a mold of someone's teeth. I don't know who the owner of the teeth is...
02-20-09 - Today I went to Beaver Dam to have lunch with my Nephew at his school. It was kind of fun. Then I went to visit my parents for a while. My Dad has a 1953 V8 Ford Pickup in his garage. It needs some work...
02-21-09 - Saturday it was snowing. It was a little cold too. So I hung some pictures in my house. Really, really boring photo...yuck...
02-22-09 - Tomorrow I'm going to Mexico!!! It should be fun. I haven't packed yet. I got the sunblock out and put it on my dresser, that's as far as I've gotten. I hate packing...
02-23-09 - On Monday I flew in to Mexico...
02-24-09 - There were lots of Flamingo's at the hotel
02-25-09 - Look, it's a sombrero merry go round!
02-26-09 - The pool was really nice...
02-27-09 - On Friday I took a long walk on the beach and found this in the water. Maybe it's some sort of seaweed?? I just don't know...
02-28-09 - On Saturday I left Mexico. This is a shot of the lobby of the hotel just before the taxi came...
03-01-09 - Today is Sunday. I got home late last night. Today I did laundry all day and caught up on some TV. I watched Lost today and some other programs. I love Tivo!!! Pretty much it was a wasted day...
03-02-09 - Today I went to Trader Joes. On the way home I was going to stop at Brittingham Park to take photos of the ice fishermen. That plan didn't work out. But, I found this cool emergency pole with a mirror on it so I decided to do a self portrait maybe...
03-03-09 - Today I went to my Parent's house to help them paint. I was going to take some painting photos, but they were boring. I took a break from painting and went outside and saw some frozen grass. I like this better than the painting photos...
03-04-09 - Today I went to Ikea. I bought a round lamp and a clock, some picture frames, and some other things. This is a really boring photo, but I was tired when I got home...
03-05-09 - I actually got a day of work today! Michelle and I went to Wal-Mart today at lunch. She was very happy in front of the Lube Express sign...I think she likes to say lube.
03-06-09 - Today I went to lunch with Carolyn. It was awesome! We went to the Argus. They have really good fries. And, we got to sit on the couch to eat. It was great!!
03-07-09 - Today is a really gloomy day. It's raining really hard and it's kind of cold. I don't like today. I did have a little fun maybe. I took my Nephew to Coraline in 3D. I already saw it, but I think he really liked it. I'm going to take a nap now. I think it is a great day for a nap...
03-08-09 - Are you kidding me with this weather??? It was another gloomy day today. The snow was kind of pretty though. But, I'm really over it...
03-09-09 - It's getting late and I realized I didn't take a photo today. I was working in my office most of the day. This is a crazy photo mobile I have hanging in my office...
03-10-09 - Today I hung out with Sharon and Kim Keyes. We hung prints at the studio. It was fun.
03-11-09 - This morning I went glasses shopping. I talked Kathy into going with me because she knows what looks good. It's always good to have a 2nd opinion. I didn't get my favorite pair because they were expensive. I did get Kathy to try on these crazy pink glasses though! She didn't like them...but maybe she did secretly...
03-12-09 - Tonight we had the open house at the studio. I'm still maybe not sure what it was all about. But there were some hipsters that came in. And a couple of guys who like bacon and told us about bacon night at Wando's on Tuesday nights. That was kind of awesome...
03-13-09 - Kathy hurt her ankle. The Dr.s don't really know what is going on. It is swollen, but maybe there's nothing broken in the x-rays. She is having an MRI on Tuesday. I hope it all works out for her.
03-14-09 - Guess who was rockin the party bus last night?? This guy! Well maybe I had two beers so it wasn't exactly rockin the party bus. And, maybe the bus was just in the parking lot and we broke into it. Maybe I'm just lame...
03-15-09 - Thanks for the party Chris Hynes and Mark! It was awesome to have the photo a day team together! I think Chris is dancing in the top photo maybe...
03-16-09 - Tonight I took a photo of the stars since it is so nice outside. But it didn't turn out as planned. So the photo of the day is a mistake photo while I was setting up the camera for the outside photo.
03-17-09 - Today I spent a lot of the day in front of the computer working on images. It was so nice that I took a break and went for a walk around the neighborhood. Has anyone ever had a deep fried pickle before? Sounds gross...
03-18-09 - Today I went to Governor Nelson Park to take some photos. Here is my first attempt at an HDR photo. It's not as good as Mark's. I think maybe I'm doing something wrong. Or maybe there wasn't enough contrast in the shot. I think maybe it looks a little HDR maybe...
03-19-09 - Today Verony helped me edit my photos on my website. I still have to delete them. Then we went to pick up my new glasses and I had to buy a new microwave. Here's a photo of my new glasses and microwave! Then we went to the grocery store. Sharon bought things like vegetables and chicken wings...
03-20-09 - Today I went to Tenney Park to take some photos. This is another attempt at the HDR. Maybe I'm getting it a little now. But I'm just not sure. I'll keep practicing maybe...
03-21-09 - I know...more HDR. Boring. But I'm trying to practice and get the processing right. I tried some night shots tonight since it is so nice outside. I think the bottom one works better than the top...
03-22-09 - Today I watched some TV, did some laundry, and listened to some Kenny Rogers. It was kind of a sad day. I'm not sure why. Today's photo is kind of boring so I did some over the top processing on it and made it kind of sad...
03-23-09
03-24-09 - Today I was washing dishes and noticed a bunch of birds treating a puddle in my driveway like a bird bath. I managed to get one photo before they all left... Does this mean Spring is here?
03-25-09 - Comedy Tragedy
03-26-09 - Chicks, Man!
03-27-09 - Styrofoam head...
03-28-09 - Saturday it was snowing. I kind of felt like doing nothing on Saturday.
03-29-09 - I think Spring is coming. I noticed these new plants coming up on Sunday...
03-30-09 - Tonight's sunset... in HDR
03-31-09 - Tuesday morning I made a mango and banana smoothie. It was delicious...
04-01-09 - Today I went for a drive because I was really bored. I found a high spot and took a mini photo! It was kind of cold today and really windy. I spent more time driving than I did taking photos. I'm sick of cold weather...
04-02-09 - Today I actually worked! I worked in Dodgeville. This is the owner of the Cook's Room. It's a little cafe in Dodgeville. I buy things like chicken ceasar salad from her. She also makes the most awesome brownies. I get those sometimes too. She is nice...
04-03-09 - Dawn is very angry!!! And, she has shoes on sticks! I wonder what she is angry about...
04-04-09 - Kathy and Bob invited me over for dinner. I had an awesome photo of Bob grilling, but it didn't turn out. It was way too dark outside, and I couldn't get the focus. Disappointed. Bob grilled the Tuna and Kathy made the salad. Kathy's Sister Michelle came over and we had some drinks. It was fun! The food was awesome! Michelle was dancing sometimes and had to put on a tank top because it was too warm...
04-05-09 - Today I shaved my head. Sorry if this is kind of gross...
04-06-09 -Fun water photos...maybe. Some are lit with a flashlight and some with my flash. They might be ok...
04-07-09 - Today Penny held some melons.
04-08-09 - This chick is hungry! I think maybe it is going to eat the fairy. I hope so. That fairy sucks...
04-09-09 - Motel in Dodgeville...
04-10-09 - Sunrise on King Street...
04-11-09 - On Saturday I went to Menards and the car wash. My heart wasn't into taking photos on Saturday. These are super boring...gross.
04-12-09 - Road construction on the Highway 30 interchange. Another super boring photo. My heart wasn't into taking photos again today. I think I was tired today...
04-13-09 - Look!! It's Jean and a giant gorilla!!
04-14-09 - Today I decided to get a little creative with the photoshop maybe. This is a building in downtown Dodgeville. Then I scanned a new paper texture and crapped it up in photoshop. I think maybe it kind of looks like an old photo...but maybe not...
04-15-09 - I am very accident prone this week, for some reason. I bought some things at the store today and I was putting them away when I got home and I dropped my gallon bottle of cranberry juice right on my toothpaste. Lesson here, leave the toothpaste in the box until it is in the bathroom. I didn't buy cranberry juice because I have a urinary tract infection. I just like it. On Monday I knocked over the cup lids and the glass of spoons at the EVP. Very accident prone this week...
04-16-09 - Abandoned gas station near Ridgeway. it is kind of creepy...
04-17-09 - I know another sign photo. But, I'm kind of liking this photoshop technique I've been working on. I left this photo in color and added a border. I was kind of looking at some old photos I have, today. They have the border and the date on them. So maybe this is kind of like a 70's photo. But maybe not...
04-18-09 - Couldn't come up with a shot today. So, a leaf...
04-19-09 - Today I cleaned the hell out of my house. While I was cleaning I listed to my ipod. I listened to things like Kenny Rogers (maybe a sad day), Concrete Blonde, Led Zeppelin, and maybe some Beyonce and Kanye. In between cleaning the floor and vacuuming, I would dance. Cause I got me some mad dance skillz, yo...
04-20-09 - Tonight I stopped at Loredo's and had some guacamole, salsa, and chips and a margarita. It was good...
04-21-09 - Potatoes! They are kind of past their prime, I think...
04-22-09 - Today I had a piece of key lime pie. It was awesome!
04-23-09 - Today I went to A&W for lunch. They still have the drive up ordering menus and they bring your food to your car. The people who bring the food aren't on roller skates though. It would be even more awesome if they were.
04-24-09 - Friday was a super nice day! I went to the park for lunch with some of the LE crew. It was fun!!! Fletcher lost something in the garbage...
04-25-09 - Saturday night Chris and Mark had a party! it was game night. We played Monopoly. The kid in the hat next to Chris won. She should've let Chris win, it was her birthday. Happy Birthday Chris Hynes and thanks for the party!!
04-26-09 - Sunday was kind of a dreary day maybe. There are lots of plants coming up in the yard. So, I took a macro shot!
04-27-09 - Today I noticed these little flowers in the grass. I don't think I ever noticed them before. They are really tiny...
04-28-09 - Tonight I met some friends at Pasqual's at Hilldale for the happiness hour. The margaritas are half price. Did you know they maybe have 50 different kinds of tequila at the Pasquals? I didn't do any shots. I had two margaritas and maybe I was 40% feeling good. They maybe make their drinks strong. It was a good time...I'm kind of glad I left early, or I might have gotten wasted. It was maybe just one of those nights.
04-29-09 - Here is my dream today. I hope I win the lottery. That would be awesome! I would give you guys some money. Keep your fingers crossed...
04-30-09 - Today Verony and I went to St. Vinny's and bought each other outfits to wear for some photo testing. It was fun. Thanks for letting us use the ring light Chris and Mark.
05-01-09 - Today I did a bunch of yard work. I put down 17 bags of mulch and I got all my deck furniture out, and I mowed the lawn. It kind of seems like we just finished shoveling, now we have to mow the lawn. Better than shoveling I guess...
05-02-09 - On Saturday I worked at the LE. Nick was assisting Perry. Nick needed some new head shots for his online dating maybe, or maybe just for internet stuff. This expression sums up how Saturday went. It was all right, but not super fun.
05-03-09 - Tonight I went for a run after I finished all my chores today. It was a really, really nice day. I liked today alot. Not sad, and no Kenny Rogers today. I took my little point and shoot with me on the run and got a sort of sunset photo at Tenney Park.
05-04-09 - I have all these tulips growing in my yard. They have never come up and had flowers on them before. I'm not sure why, they've been in the yard for at least 4 years. But now I have a bunch of them. So, I didn't have a photo of the day and thought I would take a photo of the tulips. Then a spider came out of one of them. So I did a macro shot. It's not the greatest focus because the jerk kept moving. So maybe it's not a boring photo now because the spider is in it. But, maybe it's still boring...
05-05-09 - Not my greatest work. Kind of a really boring photo. Went for a run tonight. Point and shoot again. Just not feeling the daily photo today. Some days it's just hard I guess. I guess it's the way it goes. Tomorrow maybe will be better...
05-06-09 - Tonight I was leaving work and there was a big storm brewing. This little bird was all alone and maybe freaking out because of the storm. But maybe not, I'm not sure how birds react to storms.
05-07-09 - This is Linda from the LE studio. I don't think she likes to have her photo taken. This photo makes me a little sad. I'm not sure why.
05-08-09 - The Studio 305 party! It was fun!
05-09-09 - Saturday Sharon and I went to the studio to clean up. We looked at the art show in the gallery after we finished cleaning. I was tired and wanted to get my photo of the day out of the way. So, here it is. Kind of boring...
05-109-09 - Today is Mother's Day. I went to State Street with my Mom, Sister, Brother in Law and Nephew. Then we went to the capitol and then to the Great Dane for lunch. Then back down State Street. It was a pretty good day...
05-11-09 - Brenna is dancing!! Brenna dances really good! When Brenna dances it's always a crowd Pleaser. I think maybe Brenna should go on the Dancing With The Stars. I wonder if she knows any celebrities? Did you notice the play on words with the pleaser on the camera? Maybe it's not a play on words. Maybe it's just an illustration. I just don't know. Either way, the genius button is never off with me...
05-12-09 - It's a mini photo of Sharon! It kind of works maybe. I think if there were some trees or something it would work better. But maybe she looks a little mini standing next to the wall and the graffiti.
05-13-09 - Look! Chris and Mark are off on their world vacation!!! They are so happy. I think maybe they were skipping a little bit. I think their trip will be awesome. I'm not sure what the bubble wrap is for though...kinky...
05-14-09 - Vases! Maybe this is boring. Yes, boring.
05-15-09 - Today at the Hynes studio, I was walking down the hallway and saw this long bar by the floor with these wierd hooks on it. I'm not sure what it is for. I think maybe it would hurt if you fell on it. Maybe Liz knows what it is for...
05-16-09 - Playing with an infrared technique in Lightroom. I think it kind of works...
05-17-09 - Today I went for a bike ride on the Capitol City Trail. I saw Randy on the bike ride. I should've stopped to talk to him, but I didn't realize it was him until I was past him. Sorry Randy. Then I stopped and walked down one of those plank walkways and found a little family of geese. Today was a good day. It was really nice outside.
05-18-09 - This might be a rip off of one of Mark's shots, but maybe not. Maybe it's just a rip off in my head because it is a photo of grass. Marks' was different I guess.
05-19-09 - Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present the talented Kirsten!! We are working together this week and it's fun. Beautiful light coming through this window. Kirsten noticed it first. I should've used a fill flash though. Maybe tomorrow...
05-20-09 - Eric made a light tent out of some silk! This is kind of fun...
05-21-09 - The light was hitting this flower really awesome at the Eric's studio. There are so many cool things to shoot at his studio I think maybe I could get a month of daily photos if I worked there every day.
05-22-09 - Today we were all very hungry in the morning so Kirsten and I walked to the bakery and got donuts. They were delicious!!! By the end of the day though, they looked really grody... These are the donut remains at the end of the day. Gross.
05-23-09 - Today I went to the cemetery with my Mom and Dad to put some flowers on my Grandparents grave. There are lots of cool things to shoot in a cemetery. Here's a mini photo of the cemetery! I picked out the place where I want to be buried too. It's an awesome spot! Don't be jealous haters...
05-24-09 - Sunday was a combination of a good day and maybe a downer day. Kind of a downer because I didn't have anything to do. But it turned into a really good day. I went for a run towards the end of the day and took a sunset photo. Then when I got home some people called me and I went out and had some drinks. So, in the end, maybe more of a better day than a downer day.
05-25-09 - Today is Memorial Day. I went to a memorial service at the Vilas park. My friend Kim lost her daughter last year and it was a memorial service for people who lost children. It was kind of sad. But after the ceremony we had a picnic and went to the zoo! So, it all worked out in the end.
05-26-09 - Apples in motion...Maybe I stole this idea from Liz and her cherries photo. Thanks Liz!
05-27-09 - These are the feet of this butterfly thing I have hanging in my backyard. I got it as a housewarming gift maybe 5 years ago.
05-28-09 - A peony flower in my front yard...
05-29-09 - Deb gave me this giraffe a couple of weeks ago, and I finally am using it for the daily photo! It is out of focus a little and on white just like Brenna's cool shot of the bunnies. I feel like maybe I'm copying peoples photos lately. That's probably not a good thing. But, Brenna's bunny photo is way cooler and cuter anyway. I will try to stop the copying of the photos.
05-30-09 - On Saturday I had dinner with my Mom and Nephew. Then we went to the airport to pick up my Sister. Adam was very happy to see her...
05-31-09 - Gross shot. It is b to the oring. It is a money tree that I planted a couple of weeks ago though! I don't think it has brought in any extra money. I planted two, just in case...
06-01-09 - I'm working at Eric's again this week. This is just some of the awesome cool stuff he has at his studio. I'm not sure what is in the specimen jars next to the microscope...
06-02-09 - Bulb. Tired today.
06-03-09 - Eric and Mary have this giant stalk of rhubarb in the studio. I decided it should be the photo of the day!
06-04-09 - Look! It's a mini photo of Mary! I think maybe it kind of works. I'm trying to get shots of people and make them into mini photos. I think maybe I should practice more...
06-05-09 - So, maybe I cheated today and Eric took my daily photo today. But, Mary really wanted a photo of me with a red umbrella and my accordian. So, maybe I came up with the photo of the day, but Eric took it. I'm a cheater.
06-06-09 - Today was a gross day. It was kind of cold outside and maybe looked like it was going to rain all day. So, I mostly watched tv, movies and did laundry.
06-07-09 - Today was a better day. I did some things to get ready for my shoot on Wednesday, then I ate a pear.
06-08-09 - Today I stopped at the Sonic after I did some errands on the West Side. I had a cheeseburger and a cherry limeaide. It was yummy. Suck it haters!
06-09-09 - Eric and Mary have a great perennial garden behind the studio. I know, another flower photo. But, it's pretty cool. Kirsten says these are called bachelor buttons. Sheesh, what a know it all that Earley is. I think Mary said she was wrong anyway. You know I'm kidding, right?
06-10-09 - Tonight I met Sharon, Teresa, Justin, and Kristal at the union for a beer. It was awesome! We ran into Mark while we were there. We talked with Mark about sailing and other things.
06-11-09 - Yesterday I had a bunch of medical tests done. They made me pee in this jug for 24 hours. I didn't have it very full, but I think the beers at the union last night helped. Look at me, I got my daily photo done early today because I have to turn in my pee jug today. It was not the most fun thing.
06-12-09 - Today I was driving through Mt. Horeb and the Llamas were out! Most of the herd was in a valley, but this guy was kind of close to the fence. Why do you think they cut their hair like poodles? It's weird.
06-13-09 - On Saturday I met some friends at the Middleton Festival thing going on. I think they had a festival as an excuse to have bands at all the Middleton restaurants. I met Randy, Michelle and Shannon at the Ruth's Chris Steak House. That is a stupid name for a restaurant. I met them later in the day and we had some drinks and then across HWY 14 there were some fireworks. They were pretty good. The band we heard was pretty good too. I can't remember the name though...
06-14-09 - Today I went grocery shopping. I bought a lot of fruit. I hope I can eat it all before it goes bad. I don't know why I bought so much fruit.
06-15-09 - That's right. A flamingo.
06-16-09 - Today Dawn wrote her name on her banana. I think the lady in blue in the background was maybe going to steal it. She looks kind of shady.
06-17-09 - Penny likes Crawfish! She seems kind of sad for this one...
06-18-09 - Here's what happens when you don't water flowers for a week. Poor flowers. I think it is going to rain tonight though. I think they will perk up again maybe.
06-19-09 - Everyone sing along now... Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down...
06-20-09 - It's been raining a lot lately so there are mushrooms growing in my yard. I was going to eat this one to see if it was a super awesome drug, but then I remembered I don't like mushrooms very much.
06-21-09 - Today I went to Beaver Dam and had breakfast with my family for Father's Day. For some reason I didn't get a photo of my Dad. That sucks. They live behind a horse stable. There was a new little pony. It was cute. My Dad had me take photos of the manure pile. He's going to send them to the county people. He doesn't like the stable people or their manure. When it rains all the manure washes away and into the wells of the neighbors. They are drinking poop water! My mom is just scratching in the photo.
06-22-09 - Today the UPS man brought me my new remote light slaves. I had to test them. They work awesome! The other ones didn't work very well. But I can trade them in for the new ones so that might be good. They worked across the room and lit up this plant. This is a boring shot, but I had to test the remote light triggers so maybe it's ok.
06-23-09 - On Tuesday I did some editorial shots for the Lands End PR Department. It was kind of a fun day. Sharon's favorite part of it was the pants room. I think she would love to work there. There are pants flying all over around the building. It's fun.
06-24-09 - Lensbaby photo. I'm not so good with my lensbaby. I kind of don't like this photo but I was busy processing images last night so this is the best that I could do...
06-25-09 - Tonight I was leaving Lands End and there were some huge clouds in the sky. It never rained though...
06-26-09 - Maybe this photo will gross people out. But I love cigarettes. I think maybe they empty the ashtray at the LE Studio 3 times a year. It's pretty full now...it is kind of gross.
06-27-09 - Saturday I worked on my prints for the Convivio, Mary's store, all day. I had mats cut for 13 photos but had to put the frames and everything together. Then I had to cut mats for 7 photos and put them and the frames together. Then I wrapped everything in bubble wrap. I'm done! Maybe I'm a month early, but I was all nervous and jerky that I wasn't going to finish by August 1. So I put the hammer down in June and got everything done. It was a lot of work, but I think they all look pretty good...
06-27-09 - Sunday at around 8:30 I realized I only had something to eat at maybe 10:00 in the morning. I ordered some Pad Thai from the Sala Thai place. This sign is on the diner next door. I needed to EAT. That's what I did when I got home.
06-29-09 - Today I worked at the LE Studio. They have a popcorn machine at Lands End! Someone on staff just has to call the popcorn people and they will bring you the machine, popcorn, and lemonade. All you have to do is ask! It's pretty awesome. I had two bags today...
06-30-09 - Today I was walking around the LE studio and I noticed these awesome bulbs they have in some lights. Not sure why, but I really like these bulbs...
07-01-09 - Tonight I stopped at the Convivio to see Eric and Mary and drop off my photos. Look how cute they are at the store! They opened a bottle of wine a few minutes later.
07-02-09 - After further review, Thursday's original photo was way too creepy. It was kind of gross and creepy. So, here is a photo of the chocolate chip cookies I ate while watching the Daily Show. I got the cookies at the Kwik Trip. Kwik Trip is awesome.
07-03-09 - On Friday I thought about mowing the lawn for maybe 5 minutes. These are my lawn mowing shoes...
07-04-09 - On Saturday I met my Family at Columbus for the fireworks. There was a little carnival. I took my Nephew Adam and his friend Reuben on the Tilt A Whirl for the first time. It was really fun...
07-05-09 - My deck as seen through the eyes of the world. Maybe that's a stretch. Maybe as seen through a crystal globe I have.
07-06-09 - Tomato plant! Last year my Mom gave me one of those Topsy Turvy things that they advertise on the TV. I used it last year, but maybe I didn't buy the right kind of tomato plant because the tomato's weren't very abundant. This year I planted a regular old tomato plant and I have 4 growing already. I can't wait until they are red. I planted some basil too. That's right, I'm going to make me a Caprese salad! You should all get one of these Topsy Turvy things. They grow vegetables upside down and no bugs get to them. It's kind of awesome.
07-07-09 - I know another flower photo. I've been in Dodgeville too long. Nothing is inspiring me for my daily photo there lately. Maybe since we are just coming off the 4th of July holiday this maybe looks like a fireworks. Maybe that's a stretch...
07-08-09 - A spider web forming on my patio door. I don't know where the spider is. I didn't see it. Maybe it moved on.
07-09-09 - Scenes from my backyard. Yawn...
07-10-09 - Last night I went out for some Thai food. Then went to the Tiki Bar! The Tiki Bar is so awesome!! If you go at night, you should definitely bring some bug spray though. We could only sit out for 5 minutes because the mosquito's were so bad. But then a nice lady came and asked us if we needed some bug spray. She sprayed us down, but it didn't help too much. I think I got 6 bites on my head. They itched. But this should not discourage you from going to the Tiki Bar!! I guess the lesson of this story is be prepared with bug spray.
07-11-09 - Another scene from my backyard. I've been doing a lot of photos of my backyard lately. Maybe I will find more interesting things to take photos of this week.
07-12-09 - Tonight I went for a hike at the Governor Nelson State Park. It was a really nice night tonight. The bad part was that there were a lot of mosquitoes. They were ferocious. I kind of look like I have really bad zits everywhere because of the mosquito bites. It was still nice to go for a hike.
07-13-09 - Maybe a couple of weeks ago Liz threw down the challenge to photograph something from our youth. Here it is, my photo of stuff from my youth. It's some of my merit badges, rank patches, and skill awards from my Boy Scout days. Don't hate me because of all of my awesome patches. I got kind of bored with it right before I got my eagle badge. So, I didn't get my eagle badge. Maybe that still haunts me. Look haters, I can fingerprint you and provide some quality information on mammals....
07-14-09 - Tonight my Sister stopped by my house to drop something off. I had a light and a soft box at home so we did some outside jumping photos! They are kind of fun. I think I will put more on my blog.
07-15-09 - On Wednesday I took some photos for Lands' End PR Department at a Sears store outside Chicago. It was a fun shoot. This is Amanda, she works in the PR Department. It is fun working with her...
07-16-09 - On Thursday I bought some more eggs from Perry at the LE Studio. The eggs are delicious...
07-17-09 - On Friday I went out to dinner with Bob and Kathy, and Kurt and Theresa. I haven't seen Kurt and Theresa for a very long time. I haven't really seen Bob and Kathy for a while either. We had some drinks and some fun times. It was fun getting together with them. Kathy had this vegetarian phyllo thing. She liked it. My food was mostly just ok.
07-18-09 - Since Mark is on a great sailing adventure across Lake Michigan, I thought I would pull out an old sailing merit badge book from my Boy Scout days. This photo is in honor of Mark's great sailing adventure. I really need an adventure.
07-19-09 - Kind of boring photo. I had to drop some stuff off at the studio tonight and didn't have a photo of the day yet. So I went behind the studio on the tracks, and this is what you get. Not very inspiring...
07-20-09 - Today I got some broken glass. I think I will try to take all my photos this week with the broken glass...
07-21-09 - Layers of broken glass. I hope I can use all this broken glass in my shots this week...
07-22-09 - More fun with broken glass. Maybe this is getting a little boring. I will try better with the broken glass tomorrow...
07-23-09 - Even Michelle likes to do things with the broken glass...
07-24-09 - On Friday I went to the Mallards game with Sharon and her team of fun-ness! The game only got to the top of the 2nd inning, because of weather, but kind of who cares. It was a super fun time! This is my favorite photo of Jennyface on Friday. It sucks that it is out of focus, but I still love it!
07-25-09 - On Saturday I had to pick up my Sister and bring her back to my house to get her car. She went on a Florida Keys holiday and a cruise to the Bahamas, and Disney World. That sounds like a pretty fun time to me. More jumping photos, but it's all I could come up with on Saturday. I think maybe she bought that t-shirt at the Disney World. It's a Mickey Mouse shirt. One can only assume...
07-26-09 - On Sunday night I made the most delicious dinner. I got a tuna steak and marinated it in Old Bay seasoning, honey, olive oil, lime juice, and fresh basil. Then I grilled it and ate it with a spinach salad. It was really yummy. Maybe it looks gross with the green stuff on it. But, it's fresh basil and I love it...
07-27-09 - The final photo in the broken glass series... Just me hangin with my friends and some broken glass. Sometimes I'm creepy. This is kind of creepy, right?
07-28-09 - Look! Chris and Mark are excellent at the yoga! I think maybe they like the yoga. I think they could probably do the best in a yoga class. The rest of those yoga people better watch out!
07-29-09 - Fun with shadows on a wall and Nick Zinn! He's licking a plant!
07-30-09 - A dragonfly!!
07-31-09 - First tomato of the season, from my Topsy Turvy! This photo is a big snooze fest...
08-01-09 - I think some bunnies have been eating my plants. There were some baby bunnies living in one of my planters. I found them when I was watering on Thursday night. The next day they were gone. There were also neighborhood cats hanging around on my deck Friday morning. They better not have eaten the bunnies. I think they lived.
08-02-09 - On Sunday I did some yard work and mowed the lawn. I think I touched something that I'm allergic to. I got hives all over. Hives suck...
08-03-09 - Today I did some day dreaming about an island vacation. Also a regular vacation. I love island vacations. Instead of going on a dream island vacation, I came home and did some fun photoshop stuff...
08-04-09 - Tonight I had dinner with Carol and Michelle. We went to the Sa Bai Thong for some Thai food. It was awesome. Michelle wasn't at the restaurant yet so Carol is the only one in the photo. We all had a beer. It was a great beer. We all had been looking forward to the beer all day.
08-05-09 - Tonight I stopped by the Convivio! Eric and Mary hung my photos on Monday and wanted me to stop by and check it out. So, I did a family portrait while I was there. Max isn't in the photo because he's in Minneapolis. But Dylan stopped by, so Dylan was a good guy and got in the photo. It was fun to see all of them!
08-06-09 - Today I thought about the three times I went spelunking. Going in caves is fun. I'm not sure why I thought about spelunking today. It's kind of weird.
08-07-09 - On Friday Perry brought his new puppy into the studio. Actually it is his son's puppy. This puppy is one of the cutest things I have ever seen. I love it so much!
08-08-09 - On Saturday my Sister planned a mystery motorcycle ride. I went with her, her husband, a friend of his, and a friend of hers. Troy came along too, but he rode in his car. I haven't been on my cycle enough this year so it was super fun. We stopped at some bars, then went to the Delaney's Surplus, then we went to the Ho-Chunk, then we went to the Dells and went bungee jumping. The bungee jumping was Troy's idea. It is part of his Daredevil act of 2009. He does one every year. Troy, Me, and my Sister went bungee jumping. It was really fun. I wasn't scared until I had to let go of the cage. It was still super fun.
08-09-09 - After I got home from the motorcycle ride on Saturday night, I ordered a pizza. The pizza delivery guy stepped on one of my plants and crushed it. I wouldn't have known, but the pizza guy called me and told me what he did. He felt bad. I think it was nice that the pizza guy called me and told me he stepped on my plant. This is what it looked like Sunday morning...
08-10-09 - On my way home from work through Mt. Horeb and the Llama's were out again. I took some photos of the Llama's before, but they ran away so I didn't get a great shot. I like this one better. This Llama had spots all over. It was weird looking...
08-11-09 - Today Leo rode his bike to the LE Studio. Excellent job Leo!!
08-12-09 - Today for lunch I had a sandwich and some cherries. The cherries were delicious. The sandwich was just ok. I love these cherries though. I think I bought 1.5 pounds, and ate most of them myself. An Art Director told me that cherries are like natures laxative. I hope I don't get the diarrhea.
08-13-09 - Struggling for a photo of the day today. So, some weeds. I liked how the light was hitting them.
08-14-09 - On Friday I did some light testing with Amy. Amy has always been my guinea pig for lighting tests. Ever since I was in school. It was fun to see Amy. She was in her rock and roll outfit on Friday. So, I made her do a sort of rock and roll pose. Mostly I just wanted her to give the camera the finger...
08-15-09 - On Saturday I took photos of the band Super Tuesday. They are going to put these individual photos together and make a poster. I think they turned out pretty good. It was a disaster shoot sort of though. I borrowed a pack from Elinchev and it started on fire. It was smoking. Then my light box fell on my head and broke my Ailen Bee. But it all worked out in the end and the band was really, really fun. They were all super nice too. It turned out to be a fun shoot. I think the band likes the photos too...
08-15-09 - Part 2! - I put some photos together of the band. This is just my lame attempt at it, but they will do a better job of putting it together. I think it is fun!
08-16-09 - On Sunday I noticed a big spider eating something in its web. This spider was right by the door to my house. I hope it doesn't come in. That would suck.
08-17-09 - On Monday I was working with Danielle from New York. She is styling some totes. I think maybe she looks like a nun wearing a tote habit in this photo...
08-18-09 - On Tuesday I stopped by Michelle's house to help her put a car top carrier on her car. She is going on vacation next week! The carrier was locked and we tried maybe 50 keys and none of them worked. Then her husband Jamie called from Iraq. He has the key in Iraq. Michelle was really annoyed. These are their kid's pets. The Hermit Crabs are named something like Roy and Herminia. They also have a little baby frog named Trevor. Roy is the spotted crab, and Herminia is the painted and glittered crab. They are fun!
08-19-09 - A Hydrangea! I like the one where the flower petals fell off.
08-20-09 - Today Nick Zinn took me to the garage to get my car. I ran over a nail and got a flat tire. It sucked. But Nick took me to get my car after work and he stopped at Culver's. Nick is very excited because they have veggie burgers at the Culver's now. He really likes them.
08-21-09 - Kevin and Penny are pretending to be mannequins! I like Danielle's face in the background. It's funny.
08-22-09 - On Saturday I made an awesome breakfast. I had an omelette with cheese and fresh tomato's from my Topsy Turvy. I loaded it up with salt and pepper too. I love salt and pepper. I also had a piece of toast with Nutella.
08-23-09 - Driving home from Trader Joe's tonight. I stopped at Brittingham Park and took a photo of the sunset, then did some color stuff to it in photoshop.
08-24-09 - Flower. Snoozeville!!
08-25-09 - On Tuesday there was a going away party for Liz at the Talula! Liz is going back to school. I think she will do awesome at the school. We will miss her at the Chris Hynes studio though. Good luck Liz!!!
08-26-09 - Today I did some PR photos for Lands' End. I took photos of Vickie Howell. She is a famous knitter. Verony assisted me. Mostly we just waited for the video crew to finish.
08-27-09 - I'm feeling really tired today. This is the best I could come up with. Jean pushing Jana on a cart while Jana waves to her adoring fans. It is kind of a funny photo though...
08-28-09 - Limes! Tomorrow I am going to the Jimmy Buffett concert. It is maybe going to be the highlight of my summer. I think I will have to see how things turn out though. It might be the worst part of the summer. I cut a bunch of limes to put in my beer tomorrow. I think I will probably drink a lot of beer and margaritas tomorrow. Don't be jealous haters...
08-29-09 - Nothing says Jimmy Buffett like a huge margarita! Super fun times were had by all! It rained and it was cold, but it was still super fun. I think maybe I drank a margarita this size. Maybe not. That's all I have to say about Buffett.
08-30-09 - Sunday I mostly did laundry and napped. I wore my favorite shoes to the concert. They got really muddy. But I got them clean! I'm happy that I got them clean because these shoes have been all over the world with me. They're my travelin shoes and I love them...
08-31-09 - My neighbors have this really cool decoration grass growing in their yard. It is all stripey. It's really cool. It's super tall too. Maybe like 8 feet tall. I wish I knew what this decoration grass was called. I mostly don't talk to my neighbors much.
09-01-09 - I planted some basil this year. It is doing really well. I just picked a second batch and there is more. I'm happy it didn't die.
09-02-09 - A lonely stalk of corn. I wonder why there is just one stalk of corn?
09-03-09 - Soybeans!! Did you guys know that soybeans are so hairy? I didn't know that. This photo is maybe a little dirty...
09-04-09 - On Friday I went to the studio to help Nick Zinn frame some prints. He had a show in his hometown last weekend. This is the roof of the building when you look out the window at the studio...
09-05-09 - On Saturday I met my Mom, Sister, and Nephew at the Taste Of Madison. I wasn't planning on going, but it turned out to be kind of fun. My mom loves her chicken wings. My sister loves the texting...
09-06-09 - Seems like fall is coming. There are a lot of leaves falling off my neighbors maple tree. They all seem to land in my backyard and on my deck. They should probably come over and rake them when they all fall. Sometimes my photos are really red or magenta when I put them on the web. But sometimes not. I can't figure this out...
09-07-09 - Monday I felt like someone was stabbing me in the gut all day. It hurt really bad. Mostly I laid on the couch with a heating pad and watched tv. Then I went to the emergency room. I thought maybe I was dying.
09-08-09 - Tuesday it still felt like someone was stabbing me maybe. The emergency room people told me my intestines were really badly infected. I have a horrible story about the emergency room. I will tell it one day. Tuesday I did nothing, nothing, nothing but watch judge shows and sleep.
09-09-09 - Wednesday I did the same as Tuesday. Maybe I felt a little better on Wednesday. I think the antibiotics were starting to work. This is the best I could do for a photo. The blinds on my front door.
09-10-09 - Thursday I was feeling a little better and took the garbage out to the curb! The antibiotics were definitely working by Thursday. These are some flowers in my neighbors yard. They have a lot of flowers.
09-11-09 - Today I actually felt pretty good. I decided I would do some yard work and mow the lawn. So I did. While I was doing some weeding I saw this dead bird. There is a killer in the neighborhood. There was another dead bird too. But all that was left was the beak and maybe some feathers. Sharon, do you think BBOW got out? We know that BBOW is a killer! You have some crime scene photos to prove it.
09-12-09 - A self portrait, I guess...
09-13-09 - On Sunday I had to go to Beaver Dam to take a photo of my Sister's family. They have a kitten and it might die so they wanted a family photo with the kitten. I hope the kitten doesn't die.
09-14-09 - Thistle. Not much else to say.
09-15-09 - This is a dreamy photo of flowers! It's kind of romantic...
09-16-09 - This day I had lunch at the Noodles with Amy. Her food looked better than mine.
09-17-09 - Super boring. I'm struggling with the daily photo sometimes. This one sucks.
09-18-09 - Night vision flowers!!
09-19-09 - My friends' son got his first car. It is a 1970's Cougar. It is a huge car. It is a fun car too...
09-20-09 - The leaves are turning! I like Fall. Maybe it's my favorite season. But I'm kind of liking summer more and more. So, maybe I just don' know.
09-21-09 - On Monday it rained in the morning. This spider was working very fast in the rain.
09-22-09 - Tuesday it rained all day. We got a lot of rain. This is a super boring shot. I have to get better at the daily photos I think.
09-23-09 - Today I did some photos of high end handbags. Mostly they were just outline, but they wanted one for an editorial shot. So, this is what I did today. I filled in for Chris Elinchev today. He had to stay home and help Ellen. She had foot surgery yesterday and can't walk. I owed Chris because his pack blew up when I was using it on another shoot. So it all worked out for everyone! I listened to fun music today and joked around with the Art Director. It was a fun day.
09-24-09 - This afternoon and tonight I had a job and I got to work with Hannah! It was fun...
09-25-09 - Leaf in water... Friday it rained a lot.
09-26-09 - It was my Nephew's birthday! We had ice cream cake. It was really good...
09-27-09 - Today in a little break between the downpours, I took a photo of a bunch of leaves. These leaves are in the street and sometimes they block the drain so my street gets flooded. Today it wasn't so bad.
09-28-09 - On Monday I had a salad for lunch. It was good...
09-29-09 - On Tuesday I replaced a flash tube in one of my lights...
09-30-09 - On Wednesday I met Sharon and Sopa at Genna's for a drink. It was fun. Maybe they look bored in this photo but I told them to look bored. This was a fun night.
10-01-09 - On Thursday I got a new light and Verony and I did some light testing. I love the new light I got. It is pretty awesome. It is a parabolic umbrella and it is huge! They make them for the Alien Bees now. Awesome.
10-02-09 - Today I went to Spring Green. Eric had a photo show at the Convivio. On the way out to Spring Green, I stopped at the Tower Hill State Park because the sun came out. That is a pretty awesome park. I put Verony in the photo because maybe it was fun. Plus I got this new masking program. All you do is paint the edges of what you would like to take out of a photo and it does it automatically. It does a really good job too! I think I will try to do some masking for some more photos now...
10-03-09 - Moss and leaves on a tree...
10-04-09 - I tried to do some photoshop stuff on this. I think it looks like crap. But I'm tired and kind of over it. Maybe the original image looked a lot better...
10-05-09 - Governor Nelson State Park tonight. In black and white HDR...
10-06-09 - A building downtown...
10-07-09 - Another building downtown...I know...boring.
10-08-09 - On Thursday I met the LE Studio crew and some other people at the Quiveys Grove for dinner. It was a party for Al! I think we will have more parties for Al. It was the first time we all got together since Al left. It was fun. That is Al's wife in the photo. Her name is Hannah.
10-09-09 - On Friday I worked with Eric. We took some photos at the Human Ecology building. We took photos of textiles and garments for the students. The students were really nice and they really appreciated us taking photos of their stuff. They bought us mac and cheese pizza from Ian's. It was delicious. This little model of the campus was in the gallery we were shooting in. I think they are building a new Ecology building next year. This model was fun.
10-10-09 - Bob and Kathy with Kathy's new car. Kathy has always wanted a Mustang. She got one!! It is a really nice car. I got to ride in it.
10-11-09 - Rowing early in the morning. I think I'm going to see if I can ride in one of the boats when they are rowing. I think it would be fun and maybe I could get some good photos. I don't know who to contact to find out if I can ride in the boat though. Maybe I should just forget it. It probably wouldn't work out anyway...
10-12-09 - Today I took a photo of a feather!
10-13-09 - Today I went to my parents house and took their photo. I was trying something new and tried to use my new light. But it was too windy, so I went to plan B. It's sort of the effect I wanted. But I think It would be better with a bigger light...
10-14-09 - I cheated on this day. I didn't take the photo on this day. I am really bad with the daily photos lately. I'm kind of in a slump I think. This is a bad daily photo and it is a cheater one too. Maybe I won't give up though...
10-15-09 - Tina invited us over for a pumpkin carving party. It was really fun, and Tina had awesome snacks. Sharon and I got to take home some roasted pumpkin seeds. They were good. Sharon won the carving contest with her owl pumpkin. It is pretty awesome. Thanks for having us over Tina!!!
10-16-09 - I was at the studio today, packing some equipment for a shoot tomorrow. I noticed this heart on a stool that we have. The heart is broken...
10-17-09 - On Saturday I went to Illinois to shoot at a Sears store for Lands' End. They needed some PR shots for their outerwear displays. I got lost on the way there and was 40 minutes late. Amanda from the PR Department wasn't mad. I felt really, really bad though. But it all worked out in the end.
10-18-09 - The Earley Family benefit! Kirsten played the hell out of that fiddle. She did an excellent job. I think Cohen is one of the cutest kids ever. He was mostly walking up these stairs. He seemed like he was having fun.
10-19-09 - Since Verony wasn't available, I got to work with Nick Berard today. It was a beautiful day, and it was warm. We were doing some on-figure shots around the Dodgeville/Spring Green area. One house that we went to had a really long and steep driveway. They had this cart you could ride down it. It was really fast. We each took turns. This is Sopa on the cart. It was a fun day.
10-20-09 - Today I was going through Spring Green and I stopped at Eric's studio. Eric wasn't there, but Al was. I hung out with Al for a while. This is the view from the upstairs windows of Eric's studio. The trees across the street were pretty. I wonder why one tree is yellow and the other hasn't turned yet? I think they are both maple trees. Oh, Mother Nature, you are a fickle one!
10-21-09 - On Wednesday I worked with Nick Berard. We went to Troy's parents land where they have a barn. We needed the barn to shoot around. We went inside and there were bags of old dolls and other dolls just thrown around. They were dirty and really creepy. Nick took some awesome photos of the super creepy dolls. I just took a photo of one of the doll shoes. It was really scary and creepy.
10-22-09 - Tonight my parents took me out to dinner for my birthday. We went to the Olive Garden. Suck it haters! This is the cold and really rainy drive home...
10-23-09 - I made fake vomit! I actually made it twice. The first time I used glue and it didn't dry. Then I went to the Mallat's pharmacy and the people there are awesome. They sold me some liquid latex. So I put some oatmeal and some chunks of sponge I dyed red with food coloring in it. Then it dried and turned out awesome! I needed the vomit for my halloween costume. I was balloon boy. Did you know no one in Madison sells fake vomit. It is a tragedy.
10-24-09 - On Saturday night I went to a Halloween/Chili Wop party. I missed the chili because I had to go to a birthday party first. My friends Bob and Kathy have people bring chili and then they put it all together in a cauldron over an open fire. Most times it is delicious. This is Bob's brother Bill. I think he had the most awesome costume of the night. He is Eddie. The Randy Quaid character from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I think his costume is the best!
10-25-09 Today I winterized my motorcycle, did some yard work, and put all my deck furniture away. It was a nice day today. I'm glad. I hate raking leaves when it is cold out.
10-26-09 - Today I worked with Nick. We went to the Peck's market in Spring Green. The day got rained out mostly. They have all these cute animals there like goats, and little deers, and they have a wallaby! I thought they might have the prairie dogs, but it kind of seems like this is where they store some trash now. Maybe the prairie dogs went someplace else for the winter. I hope so. Yay Lensbaby!
10-27-09 - Today was a most beautiful day! I went out in the backyard and laid on the ground and looked at the trees and sky. The sky was really blue today. Then I got kind of bored and went inside and watched some tv.
10-28-09 - Tomorrow morning I leave for a Mexico holiday! I am going away for my birthday. It also happens to be The Day of the Dead in Mexico, while I am there. I'm hoping to take a couple days and get some good photos. I hope it all works out. I hope I don't get kidnapped by Mexican drug lords. That would suck. I think things will turn out ok in the end.
10-29-09 - On Thursday I arrived in Mexico just in time to have a couple of margaritas and watch the sunset. I know a sunset. It's not the most exciting photo, but it was a beautiful sunset.
10-30-09 - Friday was my birthday! These photos describe my perfect birthday and what I did all day. I had some drinks on the beach, napped a little, read a book, and watched the sunset again. It was a good birthday.
10-31-09 - On Saturday I went on a zip line tour. It was amazing! We took a boat across the ocean to a secluded beach. Then I went into this jeep/truck vehicle and rode about 4 miles into the mountain. Then I got my gear on and took a mule another mile or so up the mountain. This was so fun. There were maybe 5 different zip lines. Then we rappelled down a waterfall. Then more zip lines. Then a straight rappel into a mountain creek. It was so beautiful. The guys that worked there were awesome, it was fun. Then we took the open air truck/jeep thing back to Puerto Vallarta. On the way back down the mountain in the jeep we came across a rodeo in a small village. It was right by the road. The guys stopped and we got to watch for about 20 minutes until a car came along and we had to move. The rodeo had a fun band too. Took the open air jeep back to Puerto Vallarta. It was the best day I've had in a long time. It was fun! The only thing was they didn't allow cameras. I did get this photo o the bay
11-01-09 - On Sunday I went into Puerto Vallarta at night and had dinner in town. It was a fun night. On Sunday's the locals are all in the town square and on the boardwalk. Some people were selling crafts and art and food, but mostly everyone was just having a good time. The square had a band playing and there were lots of people dancing. I had a great dinner at a small restaurant near the boardwalk. Mostly I just hung out in the square, on the boardwalk and had a couple of beers while listening to the music and watching all the locals having fun. It was a good day. This statue is on the boardwalk. They have a lot of different ones.
11-02-09 - Monday was the main day for Dia de los Muertos. The Day of the Dead. I had a bunch of conflicting reports on whether or not I should go to the cemetery. I decided to go. I am really glad I did. The people in Puerto Vallarta are so laid back they didn't even look at me strange when I walked into the cemetery. I was the only gringo there. I wanted to take a bunch of photos but it was kind of an awkward situation. One grave had the family laughing and a mariachi band playing, but then others the people were crying. I felt like I was invading a pretty personal situation. I did manage to find a par of the cemetery where the people had already left and took a few photos, but not nearly as many as I wanted to. I just felt a little weird about walking around with a camera taking photos of such a personal thing. It was very cool though. People really decorate the graves with food, beer, tequila, flowers, bread...whatever the dead person liked in life. That's why the mariachi band. It was cool
11-03-09 - Tuesday in flight on the way home. I think somewhere over Texas or Oklahoma maybe...
11-04-09 - Today I did a bunch of computer stuff and laundry. I had almost 60 e-mails to go through. A lot of mail too. It was a boring day.
11-05-09 - On Thursday Verony and I went on vaca to Spring Green. We did awesome fun things. I think maybe the best part was the Peck's and all the animals and the bouncy castle. I'm pretty sure there was a serial killer after us all day too. But maybe I'm wrong.
11-06-09 - On Friday Amy took me out for a birthday lunch. Thanks Amy, it was fun! Amy works on campus. After lunch she took me to a top secret meeting room at the top of her building. I think the President of the University has a top secret office there too. The clock was really loud and every time it would click I thought someone was coming in and we would be in trouble. No one got in trouble.
11-07-09 Saturday night I got together with the Chris Hynes, Mark, Sharon, Liz and Angela. We went to the Talula. Chris got Key Lime Pie. I had a bite. It was delicious.
11-08-09 - Today I went to Beaver Dam to watch my Nephew in his first basketball tournament. They had to play three games. I would've been exhausted after the first. He did pretty good. This is the first time the team actually played any games together. They practiced all week. They might need a little more practice. It was fun watching though. He is number 11. I forgot to ask why he chose that number. Obviously, my new career will not be sports photography. That's some hard stuff yo. Still figuring out the new career. I guess we'll see what happens.
11-09-09 - I bought this awesome album at the dollar store place by Spring Green. I bought it while on vaca last week. It is now my most prized possession. I wish I had a record player...
11-10-09 - This photo is so gross. My feet are really gross. But, I have this weird bruise on my big toe nail and it keeps getting bigger. I've had it for about three months now. I hope my toe doesn't fall off. Sorry this is a gross photo of the day. I was showering this morning and looked at the bruise. It seemed like a perfect photo of the day. Please don't vomit.
11-11-09 - This is kind of how I felt today. Tired and defeated. Tomorrow will be better for sure.
11-12-09 - Photo of a burning bush at Michelle's house. I had to drop some stuff off at Michelle's house tonight. She has a burning bush right by the driveway. It was lit with a flood light on the garage. I used my flash too. To get things sharp and have some motion. I kind of like it...
11-13-09 - Today I went to the Dodgeville Wal-Mart at lunch with Wendy and Sharon. They still sell fish at this Wal-Mart! I bought some tonic water. Sharon bought some things for OW.
11-14-09 - Saturday night was my Sister's 40th birthday party. She had a lot of people there. It was fun!
11-15-09 - I stayed long enough at the party to get my photo of the day for today too! That's right, I'm a partier! I did leave a few minutes later though. Maybe I'm not such a partier.
11-16-09 - I have some rotting bananas at my house. Maybe I will eat them, but maybe I will throw them away. I think I should bring them to the Chris Hynes studio and put them in her freezer. She has lots of bananas in her freezer. Maybe that's a good idea!
11-17-09 - Today I went with Wendy to the park in Dodgeville. We were going to jump the fence and take some photos in the drained pool. But, we were both to chicken. Maybe tomorrow. I think I will probably take a photo of Wendy every day this week maybe. I guess I will see how it all works out...
11-18-09 - Today I took this photo of Wendy by this trailer I found. It was cold and kind of raining, so it wasn't the most fun photo shoot. It is across the street from the Dodgeville Humane Society. All the dogs were barking at us. There was one really cute dog with floppy ears. I loved that dog.
11-19-09 - Today I did some macro eyeball photography! The top one is Wendy. She seems to be my muse this week. The bottom eyeball is Brittany. Brittany wears contacts. Did you know that if you take a macro photo of someone wearing contacts it comes out all pixels? I didn't know that. Dawn the stylist used to own an eye clinic. She said contact lenses are just a bunch of pixels. See, now that I am into the medical photography, I learn new things.
11-20-09 - Look, it's a photo of Karen!! Friday I took photos of Karen.
11-21-09 - Saturday I took photos of Wendy and her Kids. This is her youngest. There are some cute photos!
11-22-09 - Sunday I met my Sister, Amy, and a girl we used to hang out with in High School, for some bowling. She lives in San Francisco now. We all used to sort of work at Burger King together. I used to hang out with all the Burger King people when I was younger. They were super fun and all a little older so I could drink beer with them. No one else from the Burger King days showed up. That was a little disappointing maybe...
11-23-09 - Monday Verony and I got together to plan our vaca. We went to the library. I got a library card! This is a photo of the Federal Courthouse building on the way to the library. The security people got a little nervous that I was taking photos, but Verony waved to them and then they were ok with it.
11-24-09 - Lunch at the Flat Top Grill! I like that place.
11-25-09 - If you want to have a successful Thanksgiving, I think this is the most crucial part of the Thanksgiving. Forget the grocery store, this is the most important stop you can make.
11-26-09 - Today is Thanksgiving! I went to my Sister's house. I played some game with my Nephew, then we jumped on the trampoline. It was really fun. He can do flips and showed me how. Now I can do flips too!! I can't land on my feet though. My Brother-in-Law can. But he didn't jump on the trampoline today.
11-27-09 - Friday I went out to dinner and then to the Crystal Corner. I played two games of darts at the bar. I won one. It was very exciting!
11-28-09 - On Saturday I took a family photo of Bob and Kathy and the fam! They are going to use it for their Christmas card. This is just one. I took a lot of photos. They have a great family!
11-29-09 - Tomato sauce. I cheated with the daily photo on this day. I didn't take this photo until Monday. My intestines got infected again on Saturday night. I didn't feel good on Sunday. I started taking antibiotics again on this day. Gross.
11-30-09 - Monday I worked at the LE studio. My intestines were still infected. I don't think the antibiotics kicked in yet. I felt like I wanted to either die or watch tv and sleep. This is my death self portrait in the yard next to the studio.
12-01-09 - Today my intestines didn't hurt as much. The antibiotics are working! I had to go to Walgreens to get some pro-biotics. Verony is working at the LE studio too! So we took a field trip and went to Walgreens and I got my pro-biotics and we both got a passport photo taken for our visa's for our vaca! We will pick the photos up tomorrow. I'm pretty sure Verony will have the same daily photo. This was fun taking photos of ourselves with the security camera monitor.
12-02-09 - Saw this today in the LE parking lot. Thought it was funny and appropriate with the McDonalds in the background. It's Robin's car! Funny!
12-03-09 - It snowed today!!! I took Verony's photo in the snow with a pink flower.
12-04-09 - I bought a new hat a few weeks ago! I thought it was kind of green in the store. When I got outside it was brown. It's ok though. I still like it. This is a super lame photo of the day, but this is all I could come up with today. We are entering the home stretch!! Almost done. This is exciting!
12-05-09 - Saturday I was so tired!! I slept most of the day. Sometimes I'm lazy. I didn't feel good all week and needed to rest, so I did. I watched some movies too. Thanks Netflix!
12-06-09 - On Sunday I went grocery shopping after more vaca planning.
12-07-09 - This house is sort of in my neighborhood. I saw it tonight after going to BDC to pick up my lens. It is really bright. I'm glad I don't live next door to this house. I might like it though. So maybe I would change my mind. There is a lot to look at!
12-08-09 - The blizzard is coming!!! Look at this giant chunk of purple salt I found. People aren't messing around...
The blizzard came today!!! I ♥ snow days!!! I think my birdhouse has grown a brain or something...
12-10-09 - Sunrise over Lake Monona. The water was warm and the temps were really cold so the whole lake was steamy this morning. It was beautiful.
12-11-09 - My Christmas Cactus is blooming! I think this plant has been alive for maybe 20 years. I got it from my Great Aunt when she died a few years ago. I've kept it alive!
12-12-09 - On Saturday I made a delicious breakfast of toast and scrambled eggs.
12-13-09 - Tonight we had a studio meeting at the Alchemy. Nick got to the Alchemy and got stuck in the parking spots and left. He should've come in. This is the Ideal Bar down the street.
12-14-09 - I got to work at Chris Elinchev's today. It was nice to be working there. He has a blue bathroom upstairs and he put these flowers on the wall. It's nice to have things to look at while doing paperwork.
12-15-09 - Every year my Mom buys me a Christmas ornament. She gave me this one today. It's a snowman that lights up!
12-16-09 - A party at the Hynes studio!! Thanks Chris and Mark! It was fun.
12-17-09 - Car desperately needed washer fluid.
12-18-09 - I finally hung up my wreath. It had been sitting in the back of my car for maybe 2-3 weeks now.
12-19-09 - Today I went out to my Parent's house. My Nephew and my Mom were making Christmas cookies. They were good.
12-20-09 - Look it's a creepy photo of me in a Christmas ornament!
12-21-09 - Weird icicles on a truck in the LE parking lot...
12-22-09- I did a last minute family Christmas photo today. This poor little guy really wasn't into it...
12-23-09 - Oh Christmas Tree... I didn't burn it down...
12-24-09 - We open presents on Christmas Eve. My Nephew got a Snuggie!! That's right...
12-25-09 - On Christmas Day my family came over to my Parent's house. My Nephew got this awesome electric scooter for Christmas. I rode it. It is super fun. It goes 10 m.p.h.
12-26-09 - This day I visited my Sister's dog at the vet again. Her name is Molly. Last week it wasn't looking good. Her kidney's and liver were shutting down. She is still a sick puppy, but I guess they think she is going to live now. My Sister has been sleeping at the vet office with her for almost a week now. I went to visit four times. I think on Monday she will get to go home. I hope.
12-27-09 Today I took my Nephew to see Avatar in 3-D! It was super awesome!!
12-28-09 - Scene from a hospital room...
12-29-09 - View from a hospital room. Hopefully my Mom will go home on Thursday...
12-30-09 - So tired this morning. Did I have a small cup of coffee, or a big cup of coffee? A big cup of coffee.
12-31-09 - New Year's Eve. My Mom got to go home on this day. I was supposed to go to a party, but I got home late and I was spent, so I stayed home. I even bought horns for the party. I will use them next year.
01-01-10 - I made scrambled eggs with cheese and a lot of pepper! I was going to make Hoppin John this day, but I was too lazy.
01-02-10 - I met the team at the Brass Ring for shuffleboard on this day! It was fun to see everyone since I was lame and skipped the NYE party. Shuffleboard is awesome.
01-03-10 - I'm drinking a lot of green tea lately.
01-04-10 - I went grocery shopping on Monday and made a whole bunch of meals and froze them for my parents. My Mom hasn't been feeling up to cooking lately and my Dad's idea of cooking is a bowl of Cheerio's. I made these awesome chicken balls with cheese and ham. I saved these three little ones for myself. They were good.
01-05-10 - Tuesday I went to Beaver Dam to deliver the food to my parents. My Nephew came over for a while then I took him home and played some Wii with him.
01-06-10 - I finally took my Christmas tree down today. Finally. I'm glad the holiday's are over.
01-07-10 - Forgot to take my photo on Thursday. Brushing my teeth getting ready for bed.
01-08-10 - This photo sucks. I hate it. It is my garage roof full of snow. It's the best I could come up with today, so far anyway.
01-09-10 - It's not a party at Verony's house until the penis tray comes out...
01-10-10 - Bacon
01-11-10 - My Mom's dog Daisy...
01-12-10 - Curtains at my Mom and Dad's house. Thought it kind of looked like ice.
01-13-10 - We finished the year!!! This is exciting. The last photo. I wanted to make it a super awesome photo, but this is the best I could come up with. Maybe I'll do a project a month the rest of the year. Have to see how it goes. My mind's in other places right now.
