I've been really tired lately (haven't been sleeping well) so I'm having a little trouble holding onto and focusing coherent thoughts. So, I think I'll just start writing and see what happens.
Big issue: Politics. I think Obama will win the election, and it's not necessarily because I support him (though I do). It's simply historical precedent. Fact: The economy has tanked. Fact: The current President is a Republican, and the country always,
always ousts the incumbent party in elections in this kind of climate. That's my thirty-second political science lesson for the day. You're welcome
On a personal side, I think Obama is a likable, well-spoken person who is able to communicate in a clear-headed, sensible manner and in my opinion, those are going to be some of the most important qualities in the President given the way things are in the world.
Current passion: Photography. Or, to be more precise, digital imaging. Ryan and I have hired our
wedding photographer/videographer (yay!), and as part of the package we get $300 towards purchasing one or more albums. The albums are great, but at a minimum of around $300 each, we aren't going to be able to purchase copies for ourselves and for our parents, so I have been playing around with several sites that offer photobook services and putting together sample photobooks with the intent of purchasing one to a) evaluate as a possible wedding album service and b) give to Jessica for Christmas (needless to say, the books I'm putting together are full of pictures of her and me).
And, I've been gobbling up a number of Photoshop tutorials and downloading free actions, and playing around with modifying my own photographs after the fact. I have taken a black and white photography course, so I know how to process film, and I also know I prefer digital to traditional photography; the results are (much) quicker and don't damage my hands the way developer chemicals do. I've been having a grand time playing around with color and with researching photo developing techniques like
cross-processing and
lomo and duplicating them in Photoshop.
Some fun results:
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I've been having a lot of fun with this. Thanks for letting me share with you
I was going to blather on about other stuff but I can save it for future posts. I'm pretty worn out, and I still have a college class to sub for and a ten-year-old to go bowling with tonight. Wheee!
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