Dang, It’s Almost April:
I spent the day working on a “Cold War Kids” concert, and I have to say, I was slightly impressed… Not impressed enough to go out and buy their album, just enough to enjoy listening to it while I worked.
Missing:
It was an amazing Southern California springtime day, so I jumped on my motorcycle for a ride to nowhere in particular. After a while I realized what was nearby, so I turned in to see her.
So I know I rant on her all the time about missing my soon-to-be-wife, Felicia, but there is another woman who I miss also. My grandma has been gone more than six years now, and I still miss her. I lived with her when I went to college and still remember how good she took care of me when I was there, just happy to have another person to watch over in her house. Hot cocoa came everyday at 11am…
Lois Ann Sleyster Feb 1, 1937 – Oct 17 2002
Naked:
There is something soothing about the emptiness in a simple American backyard. The warped fence boards, or the abandoned wagon? I want to try to give my images a sense of place, something I feel they are lacking at times.
Beneath:
I really like this picture, the smoothness of the water and the sharp muscles living on the pylons just make me happy for some reason. I didn’t get it up two days ago when I shot it, so you are getting it now. Going to try and get out to somewhere different and see if I can somehow catch some pictures that show the crazy winds we have been having lately here in Southern California.
At Work:
I spent 14 hours today buried in a dark theater working on a concert. I am not 100% sure, but I believe this guy’s name is Danny Levine and he was playing with the opening act, Lenka. Now I am going to bed, exhausted.
Standing Still:
So Mr. Bird here decided to stand almost perfectly still throughout the entire 25 seconds of this exposure at Newport Pier. I have a few similar frames before and after he was there, and the picture wasn’t the same. So much to my future wife’s dismay, I say “Thank you, Mr. Bird” (although he did know his place and stayed put on his edge of the beach)
In LA:
The days go by and we save, for our future together, for our wedding, for the unexpected. We have been apart way to long and it will be longer yet until we hold each other again. We talk on the phone as a poor subsitiute for contact, I try to make her laugh and she does the same for me. We imagine the life we will build together, the life we have already begun to build, and smile. The smiles are forced through hope, and our love. We know thing are going to work, but time apart gets harder with each sunrise…
Reminder:
I had some work in Beverly Hills the last couple of days, and everytime I go out there it reminds me of the Weezer song of the same name, which proceeds to play through my head the rest of the week. This parking meter was shot while having a cup of coffee on La Cieniga waiting for work to start.
Lunchtime:
I was fortunate enough to get to head out and have some BBQ for lunch with some of my favorite ladies today. My sister, Sarah, and my two little neices headed out to $7.95 all-you-can eat BBQ, and gorged ourselves on tri-tip chili and ribs, until I had to come home and sneak in a nap.
Before we left Madalyn asked for a picture of her peeking out from behind the tree.
MMMM…..
I made the family a decadent dinner of corned beef, potatoes, cabbage, carrots and onions. Spectacular.
