The Wife Sees Vista

23 September 2007
Sunday. Had made grandiose plans (unbeknownst to MB) to get up, walk the dogs with her (something I just really don't do, but should), then go to Addison for the final day of their Oktoberfest. She got up with completely different plans in mind: she was sick. Very sick. So, being the dutiful husband, I stayed out of her way and got her things as she needed them. Although Oktoberfest didn't happen, that doesn't really matter, because I got to spend the day with her anyway. We worked some more on her computer, she slept a lot, I watched a lot of footy (including re-watching the fantastic Arsenal match from the day before). As the day disappeared and we approached bedtime, it became important to take a photo. As sick as she was, she didn't want that photo to be of her, but I took it anyway. I took some others, too, in case these didn't work. But, I like it. This is my wife in the glow of her new Vista-crippled HP laptop.

I should also mention that when I did get to sleep finally, I dreamt that my friend, Paul, was a cannibal. Not the Borneo, grass-wearing skirt, kind of cannibal. But, the really creepy married to the normal Canadian and living next door kind of cannibal. Weird.
Cheers.

~KR (23 September 2007)

Listening to: Freedom by Blues Traveler
on Four

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 1 sec (1)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 58 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Tags: WIFE, VISTA, HP, HEWLETT-PACKARD, BLUES+TRAVLER, CANON, PHOTOBLOG, PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTO

Green Sun

23 September 2007
Got up and hosted the conference call this morning as my boss headed south to a UT game. I then watched an absolutely marvelous Arsenal side demolish newly-promoted Derby in what essentially turned into an exhibition game at the Emirates. Quite a fun match. Following that was a trip to the store for the much-dreaded, yet anticipated, laptop purchase for MB. We settled on the computer she wanted and took it home. I then spent several hours configuring it while she went to her crop party (I'm not so into scrapbooking). After taking the configuration as far as I could without her, I took further advantage of her love for scrapbooking and indulged my love of movies. I went to see the third installment of a franchise that should have stopped after the first one. Resident Evil: Extinction, although better than the second movie is not really worth your time. Unless, that is, you just love to look at Jovovich. So, on my way out the door, I snapped this photo of the sun as seen through a green glass bauble hanging from the front porch eve:
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And, that is all she wrote.
Cheers.

~KR (22 September 2007)

Listening to:
Since We Last Spoke by RJD2
on Since We Last Spoke

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Tags: SUN, GREEN, RESIDENT+EVIL, SCRAPBOOKING, MOVIES, RJD2, SINCE+WE+LAST+SPOKE

Neglected Road

22 September 2007
Friday, and thank goodness. I got a good start on the day and was running early enough that I stopped on a sideroad to snap some shots. This road is a short little, abandoned feeder between Trinity & Mossier Valley in Ft. Worth.

Perhaps abandoned is too strong a word, but it certainly is neglected. That includes the several houses (read: shacks) on the road, too. Quite an eye-opening experience driving a road like that in a "civilized" area like Ft. Worth. Makes me appreciate what I have.
Cheers.

~KR (21 September 2007)

Listening to:
Response by Gary Burton
on Duster

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Tags: NEGLECTED, ROAD, FT.+WORTH, GARY+BURTON