home sweet home, Knoxville, TN
well jody and i were pretty tired today after climbing hard yesterday, so we decided it best to quit while we were ahead. ("ahead" meaning: still able to lift arms and turn steering wheels) so yeah, it was fun. we spent thursday climbing at foster falls state park outside of chattanooga. it didn't take me long to realize that i was pretty far from the climbing shape i was in earlier this spring. but i guess i really shouldn't be complaining. so we warmed up on a 10b then did an 11a then 10d then a 12d twice then another mid 11 and then an 11d finished me off. (those last two i had to do on top rope because i could barely hold on for more them about 5 secs at a time) but it was really fun none-the-less. (i apologize to those of you non-rock climbers reading this and i will translate what i just typed: so jody miller and I (winslow taft) trekked down the canyon that is foster falls state park and began our first climb to loosen up our muscles for a strenous day of climbing by climbing something we found to be relatively easy, we then loaded up our gear again and walked to another climbing that was a little harder, then on to a climb that is rated easier, but is actually harder. then due to a lapse in better judgement we twice climbed something of a circus trick route that is quite hard. then, i, having been sitting at a computer for the past month was completely worn out already, so jody put up the rope on the next two route which were both hard and i basically let him pull me up them so that i could say that i had done them and hadn't just quit when i felt tired.) so today jody and i decided to drive over to T-Wall which is another great crag (climbing area) around chattanooga. the only problem is that "there aren't any of those shiny thing on the rock there." so basically i just let jody plug the gear up the routes and i followed him and practiced my non existent hand jams and finger locks. all in all, good times
so now i am home. what to do for a week? maybe it will be a bit shorter than that.
one realization that i had today and yesterday, and last weekend really. driving in the car by myself (or with the other people asleep) really spurs my creativity. i had some great ideas for what to do with my website as i try and make an actually more professional side to it for graphic design as i begin my job search. and also just other little projects that i could and should do to experiment. just a note. noted notary. rotary. norty sporty forty something years old er than dirt is brown and so is doodoo, hoodoo, voodoo i can do what you do easy, believe me... [another theory of mine: everything thing comes back to music lyrics]
ok that is enough non-sense for now. maybe more another day kids, awwww, but mom, nope not until you have done your homework...
as we speak i am moving my stuff out of my current apartment and into my new apartment for the summer. the apartment is great, the only drawback is that i won't have internet access there, so updates and posts will probably be a little more sparse. or maybe just i will just add more stuff at once and type longer blogs when i get the time. anyways that is what is happening now. also, i am leaving bham and going climbing in chattanooga for a few days at foster falls, and then i am going home for probably the next week. should be fun
third day in a row with no caffiene. feels good to be clean. i almost feel normal
decided to get some sun today, unfortunately i think i may have gotten a bit to much. i look a bit lobster like. but it will probably be gone tomorrow, i don't think it is too bad. anyways, if i burn once in the summer, i pretty much can't do it again.
thats it.
couple of updates to mention:
1 graduation photos and videos
2 puppy movie
3 brandon ramming shopping cart movie
no cups down, none to go. i quit coffee cold turkey yesterday, sure i paid for it with a migraine like headache, but today it is gone and i feel better for it. but that is not the main reason for this post, this is
updates in the lomo and ql17 and 35mm b/w galleries, most of which were in the non linked DC folder before, but there might be a few new ones
one cup down, one to go... and then the rest of the day
heavy lids
open up a new world
updated the site today with some more graphic design stuff that i have been meaning to put up for a while now: various illustrations, and letterpress posters.
just to give you an idea of the amount of time i spent in the computer lab over the last 4 weeks, i have a large calous on my elbow from it resting on the arms of the chairs in our lab.
eight pounds pushing arm through table
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fingers move to touch
letters appear in contrast
to space
this finger nail is tasty
i think i will bite
it 'til i am calm
went down to city stages last night, saw bob dylan play for a while, but it is was really crowded and our view sucked so we didn't stay around too long, but still he was great and i got to hear him play Highway 61 Revisited (money cash) we also saw bela fleck play, but for reasons i cannot disclose i can't really tell you too much about that show, i do remember that the guy from nickel creek was up there playing with them and they were tearing it up, i wish i could remember more about it. (head shaking)
had a very relaxing day today, i basically just fell in and out of sleep from about 10am till 7pm, exactly what i needed, and it will probably happen again, because there is basically no way that i will ever catch up on all the sleep i have missed lately.
i still can't believe that i am done with college, i guess it will sink in more when i actually walk at graduation. and that is just a week away.
so, in about an hour i will be done with college, and in a week i will be a college graduate, scary thought. the past 4 years have flown by, can't believe that college is already over. must be because i experienced college in what seemed like half the days that everyone else did because of my ridiculous sleep habits. Exhibit A) my last night before my last day of class i pull an all nighter, i just thought it only made sense. the perfect end to a great four years. hmmmmm... what to do now...
on another note, Bob Dylan and his band are playing tonight at City Stages and i will definitely be in attendance. also bela fleck and the flecktones, and nickel creek are playing. should be fun if i can stay awake.
also for those interested, Entre Nous came in yesterday and looks really good, i am very happy with it, the hard work was worth it. oh yeah, and i made an A on my thesis. bada bing bada boom.
well, as i wrote yesterday i thought that adrian was looking at my site now, but obviously she is not because she made a list of the sites she visits everyday at work and mine was not on there. i am crushed "lets get yogurt!" "sooooo good" if you aren't laughing you need to go here.
only two more days of school E V E R !
and probably one more school related all-nighter, but what are you going to do.
also my last poster for my independent study letterpress class is for Jemimah , claire's band, and i like it, and she likes it, and she helped me cut the 2nd plate for it because i had already been working on the first for 2 hours and she is nice. hi, i talk like i am 5 years old.
cary keeps changing his layout. i like the new one (i liked the old one) but the new one is horizontal which is nice and cool.
also adrian writes about me in her journal. someone else is looking at the site now. w o o h o o
sleep, my friend, i have been without you for too long now. i have forgotten your face. won't you please come out from the shadows and show yourself to me again...
blog, bla bla bla bla, BLa bla, bla bla bla bla BLA...
2 new digital galleries (well, one is just the DC digi's
here
also
SCORE: CARY-8 ME-4
we went back to back again...
and get this, they named my picture as cary's those jerks, always trying to hold me down!
THESIS IS OVER
and for those of you interested, it went over very good
i am now rested and ready to go again, well, kinda
i have one more week of class and stuff to do before i get to gradiate. so off i go... and to those of you who i haven't talked to in months (lisa) i promise i will call soon.
flash has a mind of its own sometimes, this causes much thought for work arounds, which wastes my mind. i need to work in flash more. i think i may have lost my grandmasterflash status. so i retreated back to photoshop for a while, and alas i am having a good time working on thesis for once. i guess that is a good thing since it is due in like 3.5 days. just FYI, i slept until 7am this morning, man was that late!
ok, so yesterday i was very unproductive, and because of that i started having anxiety attacks about my thesis and getting it all done in time this morning around 3am so i couldn't sleep. NOT PLEASANT, so i figured i would get up and work on my thesis, and what do you know, within an hour i had my third and final poster. excellent stuff. now i just have a few (read: tons) more to do by wednesday evening, but at least one more thing is done. now it is 5 am, and i just wonder what this long day will hold. what a weird schedule i am on.
so i was right about lack of sleep making me irritable, so i slept for 14 hours yesterday (12pm-4am) and at 4 am i got up just because my room was hot and making it uncomfortable to try and sleep. so i watched tv for a couple hours and then decided to go run while the sun was rising. what a great time of day to be doing anything. mornings are definitely my favorite time of day. i mean, it is probably not my favorite time to have deep conversation or even hang out with other people. but it is definitely the best time of day to just sit, think and just be happy to be there. then once it is up youcan go and have coffee and really wake up. so that is what i did this morning and now it seems that because i am still kinda hungover from sleep ing so much or just still a little caffiene deprived and even though i have sooooo much work that i need to be doing i am in a sort of strangely relaxed state of just being and nothing more. even though it is a very unproductive state, IT IS GREAT and i feel like i need it to go on for about a week...
lack of sleep makes me irritable, i don't like that, i am going to sleep now