Goodbye Arcanum and House Lark :(

First post in years.... Just left The Arcanum yesterday. Tough decision. I agonized over it for a few months. Got to Level 6 but when I saw L8 required 20 "portfolio-worthy" shots, I got a bit intimidated. Plus with everything going on the past year: -Selling condo -Selling Paula house -Buying Bham house -Moving -Cindy hystie -Cindy dental fun -Cindy Tony Robbins seminar in Chicago I wasn't spending enough time in the community, plus, it will be a long time before I get to 20 portfolio shots. On a good note, really getting into black & white fine art, (en)Visionography. Even spent $600 for a 2 day weekend seminar in Chicago with Julia Anna Gosporadou, and it was really cool. I learned a lot. Granted, her speaking portion followed the concepts in the book closely, but it resonated more with her there. It was also super cool to have her critique my Awilda Dreaming shot I had done before, which was my second attempt at Joel Tjintjelaar's workflow technique. After listening to her speak about her concepts, by the time she began showing how to improve the shot (which she liked btw), it was easy to see what needed changing. So I have quite a few shots from two Chicago trips, and my photo shoot in the D, that need processing. But I also still need so much more practice at COMPOSITION. and developing my VISION.

Commence Thought Capturing Process!

Idea: granted, it's not too revolutionary, but I had a thought the other day - start keeping a journal. Why? Because I thought it might be fun to read what thoughts I had, things I did, years later, that's why. And because the memory seems to get a little worse over time. Maybe I am at max capacity and the ol' FIFO system is now in effect.

OK. So, this is the start of that process.

Just had my Health chat with Nicole Smith-Andersen at Delphi. Says I'm doing good. :) Admit I need to eat better, for sure. This weekend, Cindy and I need to make a commitment to food, cooking and eating better. Besides, I want to use those super awesome Shun knives we bought.

Miss playing poker. Big time.

Sigh - never enough time for everything I want to do. Maybe the problem is I want to do too much?? Hmmm.

Miss my kid. All the time. Wish we we're a lot closer. Not what I envisioned what life would be like with my son.

Hmm. HOw personal should this be? For my eyes only? HOw deep and personal do I get? And WHY do I keep capitalizing the letter 'O' when it's the second letter in a word? HA - didn't do it that time!

OK. Enough. Back to work. Any bets on when I make my next post???

cool stuff

Major new tech in my lifetime:

cell phones = instant access, email, TEXTing, need to know RIGHT NOW, brain cancer?
DVR=puts me in control, NO EFFIN COMMECIALS MUHAHAHAHAHA, greatest thing ever
HDTV=i love it..LOVE IT. High def is beautiful. and now THREE D? Gimme gimme.
Computers=where would we be without? good GAWD.

it boggles the mind what the above have done to change daily life. is it even possible to fully comprehend? methinks no.