Peace and order restored as of Thurs. night! Yay Michelle! We decided that we just needed to sit our near-teen down and have a talk with him focusing on him coming up with some constructive ways to help him feel better about the whole school predicament. I was late coming home from my shoot with the symphony conductor and so M had the talk without ( Read more... )

Jesus, I am really trying hard to stay positive and keep up energy levels during the day, but Christ! I just keep getting dragged back down. Well, that's not quite accurate. Actually it's not so much neutral to negative as it is huge swings up and down. Like up when I add up how much the invoices I've sent out to clients totals up to, and then down ( Read more... )

Quick update on what's been going on... went to Mendocino area this last weekend to try and finalize our awesome wedding ideas. Found a GREAT place for everyone to stay and a beautiful river (Big River) that runs into the ocean, but a few logistics regarding the super ceremony plan still holding us back. I have some calls to make to find out if it' ( Read more... )

man, i swear, this has been the crazy-busiest last month of my life. that's a good thing, but i feel bad because i can't get the work turned around and back to the clients as fast as usual, which is really tough when we're dealing with events since people understandably really want to see the shots. but it's wrapping up now and now i've got my ( Read more... )

Last night as I was walking Buddy down the darkest creepiest roads I could find back in the forest behind our house and listening to the most disturbing Aphex Twins songs from Drukqs to see how scared I could make myself, I found an old hardbound book on the side of the road, an encyclopedia of classical music written in German. I took it home and ( Read more... )

Last night we had root beer floats, a gigantic bowl of popcorn and a movie double-header of Cloverfield (followed by the South Park version with killer guinea pigs) and then Vicky Christina Barcelona. They were both really entertaining, though I pick Vicky Christina as the winner of the two. Saw The Wrestler last week and found it really ( Read more... )

Last night we went into the city and ate at Rex Cafe, kind of Septieme-ish place, and afterwards went to The Mint, SF's main karaoke hangout. I was slated to sing What's New Pussycat?, but the clock ran out first. You've got to get there early and get your requests in if you want to sing. Pretty crowded place with stiff drinks, really great ( Read more... )

Yesterday T flipped off the recess monitor lady while she was going after his friend and her back was turned, but another lunch lady saw him and he got busted. He's getting his first detention of his middle school career. As his "punishment" to be served at home, Michelle and I got him a biography about Gandhi which he's going to read. He was so ( Read more... )

Took dentist office photos all day for a friend and bartered for a cleaning and xrays, though I'm thinking I should try to swap it out and get that ZOOM teeth whitening treatment. Much more exciting than a cleaning, though maybe not as practical. I love the barter world- I just bartered with a sunglass shop and we traded two hours of photos for his ( Read more... )

Back from the Mojave Desert and I am shoving all other responsibilities and deadlines aside and working eagerly on the desert photos so I can submit them by Monday. So far, I'm really happy with them. I shot about 1200 images over the 4.5 days and have whittled it down to my favorite 45, but ultimately have to cut it down to 11 for the photo essay ( Read more... )