BOKEH

Do you know what that is? I do... now. Apparently its the effect of having an out-of-focus foreground or background (or some other ground) in photography. Photographers actually use special lenses to achieve this effect for photos. Sometimes it's a way of making the viewer focus more intently on the in-focus part of the picture, sometimes it's just used as a impressionistic effect, sometimes it's good for close-up shots. I'll post some examples soon; for now, I've got to go finish this damn assignment!

Some examples (sorry, not so great):

FASHION FILLERS

ok, it's gotta be a short post because I have to get back to writing the longest statistics paper EVER, but just thought I'd mention this blog I love, called fashion fillers. It's written by this sweet Dutch girl who may be even more obsessed than I am with fashion. I love her style. Check her out below (yes, I stole the pic). Why can't I look that fabulous? Ok, it's back to Myrtle Wilt and the spatial clustering of diseased trees in Tasmania....(in case you were wondering, it's because they pass the disease through their roots. but you weren't wondering, of course.)

OH MY

this is a slight deviation from my usual happy-go-lucky topic matter, BUT
I just witness the longest pee in all history. The anonymous pee-er was already peeing when I walked into the bathroom. I chose my stall, put paper on the seat, did my thing, and washed my hands, and when I was done this person WAS STILL PEEING. I swear to god, she peed for about a minute and a half. My first thought was that maybe she was a slightly*cough* larger person (you know... bigger stomach, bigger bladder. maybe?), but as the peeing continued I started to think maybe it wasn't a "she" after all. I mean, women can only hold for so long. the world over knows we have tiny bladders. Anyway, when this person finally exited the stall (full disclosure: she had to flush MULTIPLE TIMES. for a PEE!), it was indeed a more 'manly' woman. Though I'm not prepared to say a man. Just a more masculine woman. Which makes it all the more ponderous.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S

ok, I actually think this holiday is very cheesy, but I still wish everyone the optimism to hope for love, the bravery to pursue it, and the inner navigation to follow it wherever it may go!

Photoshop experiment

so I've been playing with photoshop in my spare time. Here are two old photos I edited from my 2005 (?) trip to Iceland. They didn't come out so well when I downloaded them then, so I tried to go back and render them the way I originally saw them. Anyway, enough talk. Here you go:

Ok, clearly in a posting frenzy

but check out the maps I made today:
Shouldn't these be t-shirt designs rather than site plans?

GUESS WHERE I'M GOING?

I'll give you a hint. It begins with "Ore" and ends with "gon." I've never been! In fact, I've hardly seen the west coast. And now, I'll be seeing all types of beautiful greenery for five days. So get ready for more (original this time) photos!

New fad... care to join?

Apparently a hot topic on flickr these days is the LP portrait. Check it out:

Also, completely obsessed with natural instant dyptych:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/natural_instant_diptych/pool/
And Swedish photographer Lina S.:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/linascheynius/2180599209/in/photostream
She's also here:
http://www.linascheynius.com/

You know that stressed-out feeling when you have to tackle the first big assignment of the semester? Yeah, that's me right now. Though I know it'll blow over. It's just a matter of tackling it head-on.
The thing that's really contributing to this little feeling of anxiousness is that, in the back of my head, I know I need to tackle summer internships. I need to figure out what to apply for, and get those applications out! If I do, my summer might look like this:







(ok, I know that's Paris, but pretend it's Amsterdam)






If I don't get on the ball, summer might look like this:
















So, yeah. Time to get on that.