A lot has been happening in my life, but I often find myself with little to say. On a day-to-day basis, there are so many things that strike my interest and give me the urge to write, but I never seem to make it happen.
In an effort to get back into blogging-shape, here's a photo recap of the past few weeks.
At the end of April, Dan and I ventured to Philadelphia -- specifically, St. Joe's University -- to shoot some photos/videos of K.Flay. I'm really happy with the results -- with the D60, I could expect maybe 30 decent shots out of 200. With the D90, I think I hit around 60. Better lenses help too, of course.
Backtracking a little more... in early April, I photo-documented the Howling Woods Farm clean-up day. I'm so grateful I had the opportunity to spend the day photographing these animals up close. I've only been around them a few times since I started volunteering, but I'm already so attached to each of them.
The last thing I wanted to mention was our trip to the Museum of Natural History. My last visit was years ago, so it was definitely worth going back. The halls of taxidermied animals proved to be just as depressing as I remembered. After all, we went to the museum in lieu of the zoo -- so dead animals don't really do it for me.
Luckily, the dinosaur exhibits put me in good spirits. The above photo is a dinosaur that was illustrated in one of my childhood books. Not the species, but that exact dinosaur. This particular specimen is important because the indentation of its skin and flesh was preserved as it fossilized -- something rarely found in most fossils. I immediately recognized this awkwardly contorted duck-bill from my book, which made me ooze with sentimentality for the rest of the day.
Other little things: I'm still working on choosing a new video card/power supply, and Rob has agreed to buy me a new monitor as a birthday gift. I also recently acquired the Droid Incredible. I guess I'm enhancing my technological presence in the world. So there's that.
I'll also be buying a new car soon. And by "new" I mean "pre-owned" and by "pre-owned" I mean something with under 40K miles on it. I'm aiming towards a Scion xA. My old car will be passed along to my sister, since my parent's paid for it. Well, technically my Nana left money and that's what we spent it on, but yea, it's not really
my car.
In other grown-up news, I'm working on moving into a single-family house somewhere a little north of my current location. A big, enclosed yard would be really sweet -- especially when I want to BBQ and play with Dex outside.
To increase my dork-dom, I purchased a bike attachment so that I can more efficiently "
bikejore" with Dexter. Or should I say, more safely "bikejore" with Dexter. I also found a reputable Siberian Husky breeder that may just supply me with my next dog; she's planning an agouti litter in about six months. We'll see where that goes. I rather rescue a puppy, but I might settle on buying one. I would like the opportunity to pick out my dream dog -- and agoutis are rarely in shelters. They're from racing lines, too. Fingers are crossed, but first things first, need a new place to live.
I think that covers everything. Of course there's a lot more on my agenda -- volunteer work, Jagazine, my comic/T-shirt series for Alejandro ... but I suppose I'll cover that when I get to it.
