great photography

ashes and snow

thought for the day...

"count your blessings instead of sheep" - i. berlin

shakespeare: sonnet 29

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least:
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee,--and then my state
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings'.

thought of the day - courtesy j. lennon

No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad

facial hair experimentations

new self portrait

a bit unsure, but feeling sorta jaunty today...

thought of the day - courtesy t. yorke

Transport, motorways and tramlines
Starting and then stopping
Taking off and landing
The emptiest of feelings
Disappointed people clinging on to bottles
And when it comes it's so so disappointing

Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

Shell smashed, juices flowing
Wings twitch, legs are going
Don't get sentimental
It always ends up drivel

One day I'm going to grow wings
A chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless
Hysterical and ...

Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

Let down again
Let down again
Let down again

You know, you know where you are with
You know where you are with
Floor collapsing
Floating, bouncing back
And one day....
I am going to grow wings
A chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless
Hysterical and...

Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

j.i.t.

spring break arrives today - at 3pm EST or there abouts.
here's hoping that spring is soon in arriving as well.

like most breaks i hope to get some much needed rest and fun and catch up on stuff i've pushed to the back burner

cool site; new page for me

here's a cool site - deviant art

don't worry about the name...it's not that kind of deviant...

i created a page there...

fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion...

i alternate between being completely unconcerned with my appearance and caring, at least to some degree. lately, i've been in a caring mood...i think i am extremely insecure about my appearance, so at some point, i got the notion why even bother trying... anyhow, blame the style network, especially the look for less, which me and my daughter love watching - but i am in a fashion-conscious mood lately (btw - most of those shows are targeted towards women - why not have something for men...when i look at men's fashion magaiznes they have $300 shirts - my whole outfit, including the wallet and money contained within doesn't come close to that)

anyhow, i have a couple issues - one is cash - very little discretionary income these days for clothes - secondly, the clothes i see either seem boring old guy clothes or young hip guy clothes.... and my ego is too big to put myself in one of those categories, yet not so big that i feel i belong to the other...so i feel stuck - what to do with my hair, clothes, etc... i *did* get a compliment on my glasses today, which was much appreciative due to the infrequent nature of these kinds of compliments...

any suggestions?

creative...

i'm getting creative with my photos...
take a look and tell me what you think.