Moons of 2012 - #3

These are taken at the top of the parking structure #4 in Santa Monica. We peeped out of the office to capture the moon.

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Date: March 6

Location: 8 hours west of GMT

Moon rose at: 4:30pm

Sun set at: 5:54pm

Handwriting

Today, I struggled to find a functioning pencil, and when I did, I couldn't find a pencil sharpener. I finally remembered where my old Panasonic pencil sharpener was, but the batteries were dead. I considered sharpening it with a knife, per BF's suggestion. Luckily, I found a mechanical pencil instead! As I started to write notes on a scratch pad, I became cognizant of my own handwriting. It looked unfamiliar, detached. As if I hadn't seen my own handwriting in a long time. As I was writing, I felt like I was watching someone else write the words "# of study villages", "population of study villages", etc....

Moons of 2012 - #2

I almost forgot about chasing moons, for some reason, I thought it was going to happen next week, and then as I was biking home, I saw the almost-full moon high in the sky, and it was still so light out (only about 5:15pm). Anyway, I remembered the next day (actual full moon), but I was worried that because it rises 56 minutes later each day, that it would be too dark by the time the full moon rises. I biked over to the reservoir, ready to take some sunset and moon rise photos. This month, the sun is
scheduled to set a few minutes later, so I was hopeful.

In the 1st photo, you can see it just starting to appear behind the trees.

In the last photo, I switched to manual mode. I had been using aperture mode for all the other photos.

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Date: Feb 7 2012

Location: 7 hours east of GMT, BKK time zone

Moon rose at: 6:25pm

Sun set at: 6:24, but got dark at about 6:45

Moons of 2012 - #1

I've decided that I will test out my photo taking skills by capturing all the full moons (or almost full) of this year. Here's my first attempt. Of course, being my baseline photo, it is crappy. Therefore, you shall see drastic improvement by at least Moon #7.

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Date: Jan 9 2012

Location: 7 hours east of GMT, BKK time zone

Moon rose at: 6:35pm

Sun set at: 6:06pm, but it got dark about 15 min later.

Bye Bye Uggs

It's been great knowing you since the 9th grade! We shared many camping trips, diving practice, and quick trots to the market in the evening when it was chilly . I will miss you.

My fav holiday here

These photos are old, and I meant to post them earlier. Its actually a different holiday here at the moment....and I'm avoiding going out so I don't get soaked in all the Songkran craziness. But inevitably I had to forage for food or a poolside, and got drenched along the way.

These ladies were setting off the lanterns along the riverside where we dined. Those are not stars behind them in the sky; rather they are other lanterns flying high...

This one was taken with a really slow shutter speed, and this is the moon above us that evening, being centered by ominous looking yet harmless clouds. It was a serene evening. Except for the really drunk Thai people.

This is one of my favorite holidays because the lanterns are so beautiful in the sky but there is something about the way they drift so slowly away and with the lantern, you send away all your doubts, fears, pessimism, and vanity.

Guilty dog video

I love this video. I forgot that dogs can exhibit guilt. I want a dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ISzf2pryI