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Friday Morning

"I feel genuinely lucky to hand-on-heart say I love what I do.  Though I may never be a rich man, if I live long enough, I'll certainly have a tale or two for the nephews, and i dig the thought of that."

-Mickey Smith

Career wise, if you like something and it can keep you afloat, do it.  Sanity and happiness can reside in other things besides money.  Mickey Smith is a surf photographer.  Kind of a weird, wordy dude but he's apparently enjoying his job and has some beautiful stuff.

B/W film

4 years ago I got some black and white film for my one and only photo class.  I remember shooting half of one of the rolls.  I finally got around to finishing that roll along with one other roll.

A couple of thoughts on film:
* For some reason, it means more to me. Maybe I think about each shot a little more.
* I think people are a little less nervous around film.  This might be because they can't immediately look at the shot and judge themselves.
* B/W film is extremely expensive to develop.  I don't think I'll be doing it again.

Here are a few:

end of summer

And just like that, its over.  A beautiful summer of bikes, blackberries, booze, profanity, adventure, and friends will sure be missed.

....

bored on I-5

summer daze

some stuff

summer nights

onion flower the old garden

One day the white writing was there. The next day the blue writing was added. Well done.

Double Exposures

Summer Project 1

OLD

"NEW"

total cost: roughly $50

old bike: $15

freewheel cog: $20

spraypaint: $5

single chainring bolts: $7

new bottom bracket bearings: $2

Found in the shop/garage/or a gift: crankset, rear wheel, old chain, and seat

live the dream

I almost made this the head tube badge for the new bike but didn't feel like figuring out a way to attach it.

FAIL

Right when I had accepted (and was actually fairly pleased with) the fact that the green paint now had some white texture involved, the clear coat started pulling up the tan layer. Maybe I didn't let the tan layer dry enough but I swear 8 hours should have been sufficient. It was 100% dry to the touch. Naturally, I got pissed and picked the frame up in anger and it now has little paint smudges all over it. Whatever.

garden strawberries

the ONLY thing that grew in our garden:

Fail.

ghetto painting

Well the rattle can job didn't turn out quite like expected. The day-glo green seemed to have some strange reaction with the white primer and created some weird pink flakes and and uneven surface. Hopefully a major clear-coat will help.

Thursday Night

Not quite done sanding.

minor hiccups

The good ole project panasonic bike is presenting itself a bit difficult. The quill stem/wedge are seized to the fork steerer. Also, the drive side bottom bracket cup is stuck. This is my attempt with some pb blaster to unstick the stem in my newly converted garage/workshop.

yes, you can see through the wall

summer projects

mmmmmm finals week

approaching dead week

~ NO SLEEP TILL SUMMER ~