Archive for June 14th, 2009

A new project – The World I Know

As much as I love photography, I’ve been slacking lately. This slacking has led to a lot of pretty boring photos. In order to fight that trend, I’ve decided to launch another photo project like the one I did with self-portraits during my second tour in Iraq. This time, while I’m sure a few self-portraits will sneak in, I’ve decided to go with a different theme.

Chances are if you’re reading this, you already know what I look like. You may even know a thing or three about me. In case you don’t, or want to know more, I’m aiming to fix that with this project. I woke up and the first song iTunes decided I should hear was “The World I Know” by Collective Soul, that seemed like a fitting theme for a photo project to me. What I’m going to do, is take a photo every day of the things that shape the world as I know it. If that doesn’t clue you in a bit to who I am and what I do, nothing else will.

If you just want a small version in a slideshow, bookmark this page. If you want to see things a bit larger, click here. Enjoy the show, and leave some feedback!

Slight change of plan + photos

Much of the list from before has changed just a bit. Summer school won’t be possible, and it looks like being a full-time student ever again won’t be either. There is the possibility that a double-major would fix the full-time issue, but as far as getting my VA benefits goes 50.5% of full-time or better still gets my all my money. At any rate, I need to actually register for some classes and complete a few forms to verify transfer credit for other coursework (going all the way back to High School for CAD).

With a move-out date set for July 7, 2009, I really need to figure out how I’m going to get everything back to Katy and where I’m going to put it when I get it there. I’m guessing a huge U-Haul will be the way to go, again. This time I’ve got a good deal more furniture than I had when I moved to San Marcos. We will see how that all works out. I definitely do not want to damage my quite nice, and quite expensive dinner table during the move. That would suck.

On the motorcycle front, I think I will wait until I’m back in Katy to sell my SV650S. One of the key reasons is that I actually have a driveway I can use there to wash the thing. Houston having well over 4MIL people doesn’t hurt the prospects of finding a buyer either. What I need to do first is find an acceptable FJR1300 for sale, so I can at least get things lined up to jump right back on another bike.

The only other thing left to do is look for a place to live come August. A house is a must, with a garage. Apartment dwelling does not work for me. If I’m going to pay a ton of money to live somewhere I don’t own, it may as well be as private as possible. Again, we will see where I end up.

Now for your viewing pleasure, I give you a recent storm.

Stormy

Stormy

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