Your sausage for his iPod...

Came across an iPod on eBay, but the seller is only taking sausage as currency...

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Sometime, Somewhere Else

I'm not in the right frame of mind right now. I'm focusing on things that I shouldn't be worrying about. I need to be focusing on work and on school. I have work I should be grading and I have work that I need to be doing for class, but I can't get motivated to do it.

Maybe it's because the end of the semester is near. Maybe it's because Thanksgiving break is just two days away. Maybe is because I haven't been feeling well, but that's no excuse for slacking. Maybe it's because I'm looking for resolve. Maybe it's "photographer's block."

It's frustrating.

Ok, so all of a sudden I'm light-headed and I feel like I'm going to vomit... what the hell? I'm shaking. Where did this come from?

Something For You To Read

I haven't changed my clothes in three days...

I'll probably shower later today (yes, I know it's already 4:30).

Chicago sucked. It was too cold, too far to walk, too many people. We got to the actual presentation 30 minutes before it was suppose to start, and there were NO seats. We ended up having to stand behind a pillar...

I'll say that again, STANDING BEHIND a pillar. I was great HEARING a photographer talk about his work, too bad we couldn't see anything.

After the conference we heading back to the van... only to stop at a coffee shop... randomly... without notice...

You could tell that everyone at this point was just ready to go home, but no, we HAD to get coffee first (and by "we" I mean Karen and Tim). Then, when the bill comes, of course it needs to be separated between 12 people. The guy at the register could only do this on his calculator. This place was not... let's say... "high tech." It took about 15 minutes for everyone to pay their bill, but during this time, Karen and Tim were already out the door and heading to the van, leaving the 10 people still inside paying behind to catch up... in the cold...

I know this doesn't sound all that bad, but when you didn't want to go in the first place, every little thing just makes it worse. To top it all off, I am still in pain from the chest thing, and I forgot to bring my pills.

Pain the whole way home...

We got back at about 12:30 (compared to being home an hour earlier had we not stopped for coffee).

I'm all for being a photographer and a teacher, but really, was this trip even necessary?

So Yeah

I changed hosts for my website, and I'm having some trouble getting it back up and running. In the meantime, my blog is going to be the front page and everything is kind of "offline" until I can get it fixed.

I mean, is it really a big deal? Most people only read my blog anyway, who cares about the rest...

Right?

Meditation can boost your gray matter

Meditation alters brain patterns in ways that are likely permanent, scientists have known. But a new study shows key parts of the brain actually get thicker through the practice.

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Great Incomes for Artists and Photographers

Photographers and Artists have been starving for a long time, mostly because they do not know how to market - and those that do, well, we hear about them after they die. This site gives Artists and Photographers the chance for good money now instead of waiting - I thought It was great!

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High School Confidential

1. Where did you graduate from and what year? William Henry Harrison High School, 2000
2. Did you have school pride? No
   
3. Was your prom a night to remember? No, I didn't go
   
4. What was your favorite song you danced to the night of prom? I didn't go, remember
   
5. Do you own all four yearbooks? Yes
   
6. Do you remember the first CD you ever bought? The first CD I ever got was Aerosmiths's "Big Ones." The first CD I ever bought was Green Day's "Dookie."
   
7. What was your favorite movie in highschool? Trainspotting
   
8. What was your number one choice college? Purdue University
   
9. What radio station did you jam out to in highschool? 95.7 the Rocket
   
10. Were you involved in any organizations or clubs? Art Club
    
11. What was your favorite class in highschool? Photography
    
12. Would you say you've changed a lot since highschool? Yes, definitely
    
13. What do you miss the most about it? Absolutely nothing
    
14. Your worst memory of highschool? All of it
    
15. Did you have a car? Yes
    
16. What were your school colors? Orange and blue
    
17. Who was your favorite teacher? Ms. Lascowski and Mr. Schilawski, two really hard names to write...
    
18. Did you own a cell phone in highschool? No
    
19. Did you leave campus for lunch? No
    
20. Were you always late to class? No
    
21. Did you ever have to stay for Saturday school? No
    
22. Did you ever ditch? No
    
23. When it comes time for the reunion will you be there? Probably not