Archive for the 'Photos' Category
don’t dream it, be it
February 25, 2005Ok, I never did a birthday entry, but it was awesome. But hey! Here’s one of my presents. Greg gave me tickets to go see him in the Rocky Horror Show.
Very good show, I had alot of fun. We even got picked to dance with the cast! Woo hoo! Anywoo I’m gonna see it again on sunday, with my parents. It is now my goal to get them dressed up. Muahahahahaha!
Paradise
April 17, 2005It seems I just left this place, and I can’t wait to go back. I’m quiting my job specifically to lower my stress level, which may indirectly allow me to visit my home more. My sister is getting married there in 3 weeks, so I will be back soon enough.
God knows, I can’t wait.
Breathe
April 16, 2005I have recently submitted a request to be taken off the schedule for May and June in order to have less stress. I thought I could handle 18 units and a 12 hr/week job, but I just can’t anymore. So, seems I will have more time for school, myself, and free time to do the things that make me happy. The things that I haven’t been able to do lately — it’s really bringing me down. If they deny the request, I am quiting, and that’s all there is to it. It going to make saving up for a Canon Digital Rebel XT a bit tricky, but it’ll happen soon enough.
Slack Lining
April 3, 2005Linz and I went slack lining the other day. It was a blast! Check out the pictures here.
Vehicular Yumminess
February 11, 2005This slide show is the best example of mechanical sexiness I have found to date. I promise you, there are certain things in this world that will make anyone more attractive- owning one of these babies, would do it. (You might have to click on a link to get the slide show up.)
Interstate 10 East, LA County
April 20, 2005
I was in a bar tonight for a friend’s 21st birthday, when an older guy offered me $50 to use my cel phone. Naturally, I was intrigued, but not for the money. I gave him my phone in exchange for a gin & tonic, and we chatted. He asked me if I was following my dreams (yes, very cliché, but quite relevant) and I had to think for a minute and wonder which ones I am indeed following. I chatted with him for the better part of a half hour to find out where he was coming from, who he was, and where he’d been... His father, a racecar driver, had died this week, and his grandmother had in the past few months. He was drunk, friendless, and suddenly a millionaire. After the bartender cut him off and threw him out, I rejoined my girlfriend and our birthday boy, but definitely appreciated the experience of the evening. I’ve had good karma with drunken rednecks in bars thus far, and I rather enjoy the conversations that come out of the experience.
Laura,
Can’t you give me some time?
I got to give myself one more chance.
To be the man that I know I am.
("Laura", Scissor Sisters)
I’ve had that damned song running through my head this whole afternoon. I’ve only heard the scissor sisters through a DJ Riko remix of that track... is the rest of their body of work worth a listen?
hrm.. sexy geeky redhead waiting in a warm bed behind me. why am I blogging at a time like this?
shoutout
April 19, 2005
ioerror’s journal, you’re missing out. He’s right now in Kurdistan as a civilian/hacker/photographer, having the adventure I wish I were having right now. Beautiful shots and interesting stories from a good friend of mine. Safe and adventurous travels, Jake.
Seattle
April 14, 2005
If the humor of this scene misses you, this should help. Frank Moss of the State Department is demonstrating the RFID-esque chips in the new US Passports (to be issued within the next year or few) to a crowd, including John Gilmore, a founder of the EFF.
I’m up in seattle for the next few days at CFP, and I’ve definitely been learning/seeing/geeking a lot. I’ve had the fun opportunity to reconnect with the EFF, who I met while working defcon this year. Considering the almost stereotypical "oh shit, I’m graduating, now what?" hysteria that’s engulfing my waking life, this con has been a godsend. Who knows, I might even have a future in this stuff someday...
The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
March 26, 2005-INO with
ardaniel. There are very few things I would not do for a Double Double, animal style.-buying firewood in Marina Del Rey, CA
-coordinating a hunt for a campsite by radio
-wearing more layers than I have in my life, camping in the high desert
-moonlight in Joshua Tree National Park
-climbing boulders by moonlight
-discovering my complete lack of upper body muscle
-Tastybites
-pay-by-the-minute showers in Joshua Tree
-discovering that old friends from high school are even cooler now than before
-getting lost while trying to find my own tent
-rush hour commuter train from San Diego to Tijuana
-discovering that tijuana must have the highest number of pharmacists per square mile (possibly per capita?) I’ve ever seen.
-sipping Don Julio and smoking a Cohiba while watching boxing in a Tijuana bar and being accosted by Fernando
-having to back a friend up as he argues the correct pesos to USD exchange rate in a Tijuana strip club
-the third testicle
-playing laser pong in an Encinitas garage while listening to techno
-manhole-sized blueberry pancakes
-making a 1984 Chevy Celebrity station wagon, courtesy of RentAWreck look like it’s never left LA county
-Tax attorneys in the abyssmal LAX bar
-2 gigabytes of photos in 10 days
on a shittier note, I discovered that the NOLS wilderness EMT course I’ve been geeked about is full for the summer session which I was going for. Deposit $$ couldn’t come together before this trip, and now it’s too late. This also leaves me trying to figure out what to do between june 10th and Defcon.
I just spent twelve hours wading in my own filth...
March 14, 2005The Hard Part of Operation Other Polar Express is done. Personal Statement shall be completed tomorrow.
lanthinel++ a metric shitload for expert resume advice. Wow. Every detail I overlooked? Bam, spotted, with a correction offered. If I get this position, even a secondary, it’s in no small part due to him.If you only knew how badly I wanted to taste Antarctic snow, you’d understand why I’m up until 6am on a monday morning, writing a resume for Raytheon.
QOTD:
And yes I’m a better friend, than I’ve ever been a lover
And that’s not saying much, but I’m not saying much today
--Elbow - Lucky With Disease
(ps: if anyone has an mp3 of Elbow - Lucky With Disease, or any other Elbow mp3s for that matter, I will reward you handsomely if you choose to share...)
fort lauderdale
March 12, 2005
Drinking whiskey, smoking a cigar, and reading a Robert Capa biography at the bar inspires me to do odd things...
like grabbing my camera and chasing after 2 dozen bagpipe-wielding NYPD officers on fort lauderdale beach, while smoking a cigar.
May/04/2005 12:00:00 AM
March 7, 2005
(atlanta, GA)
So, back in florida again for the week, visiting the folks and such. I’ll hopefully be getting more photo editing done, and maybe even going toe to toe with my sister, photoshop style. I’m doing my damndest to keep drama at a minimum on this trip, even if it kills me. I just don’t have the time or energy for it.
May/04/2005 12:00:00 AM
February 28, 2005On that note, I should’ve been asleep lifetimes ago. Cursed scotch and rilo kiley!
RIP, Hunter...
February 21, 2005There he goes. One of God’s own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
What can I say to this one? I’m running pretty low on heroes lately, and he’s been one of the brightest stars by which I’ve navigated. I’ve got myself into some interesting shit in months and years past in pursuit of figuring out whatever the hell Gonzo is. I figured out a bit of the lifestyle first, and I think over the years, I found my voice. I’m not much of a writer; it’s not how I’ve taken to expressing myself. I picked up a camera instead, and got into The Shit that way. Those of you who’ve seen me with my camera, or seen the things I try and capture, probably understand what I mean when I say Gonzo Photojournalism.
This suicide coincides with a crisis that’s been brewing in my own head and heart for some time now.
Once my labwork shapes up a bit, I intend to put together a solid portfolio and try my hand at selling myself as a photographer.
I’ve been on the fence about a career in medicine for years, and realized recently that I can’t in good conscience embrace that lifestyle in the immediate future. Mrs.
dagoski (who really needs her own LJ username, btw) concreted my belief that the tedium of research science would break me. If I can find a way to make my part-time lifestyle of vagabond photographer/geek-at-large pay for itself, I’d be there in a heartbeat. It’s the only time I really feel alive, and I tend to sink into a depression the moment I sit still at "home". I’m trying to figure out what I’m more afraid of: doing what Vincent Vega would call "being a bum", or being in a profession which I might be good at, make some coin at, but will take another ~5-10 years of training and I might not be all that passionate about? The ages-old Adventure vs. Security coin-toss, I suppose.Anybody need a photographer/chemist/geek/juggler/long haul driver come july? I have my own gear...
(today was going so fuckin’ well, too.. I got laid, I got a fantastic professional massage for free, and I got some delicious BBQ with
eraserhead. Fuck.)not dead yet.
February 14, 2005Orthopædic insoles
Billy Idol’s Greatest Hits
That, and I got excessively excited when I found out that Blue Öyster Cult are playing Portland 3/25.
What’s my age again?
That said, life here is chugging along. I’ve put med/grad school plans on temporary to indefinite hold, pending a less tenuous grip on what I want from a prospective future... right now, medschool isn’t it, and I’ve lost most of my taste for graduate-style research. I’ll be doing a wilderness EMT course at NOLS this summer if plans hold together, and after that, I’m open for suggestion/fate/divine intervention. I’ll think about all that after my 4/15 deadline on my lab stuff, however.
(edited to change ? to æ, as
tracerj inadvertently pointed that gaffe out to me.)london.
January 23, 2005There is some serious hacker irony in using an intercepted, unsecured wireless signal to arrange a visit to Bletchley Park tomorrow.
Family situation is better. I also leave on tuesday afternoon.
dagoski I arrive on british airways # BA0069 tuesday night. All told, this has been a good trip, but I’m looking forward to sitting still for a bit, once I hit washington. That might not be happening much either, though...london.
January 21, 2005An exceptional amount of nothing to report from the UK the last few days. I’m subjected to the whim of my family for exploring/travel/photography stuff right now, and they’re driving me a bit crazy for reasons I shant discuss here. I’ve not been able to Get My Adventure On since I’ve been here, and prospects are looking grim. I’ll making the best of it, though... Sunday or Monday, I’m going to Bletchley Park, and I don’t give a shit who gets indignant about it.
But I’ll be happy when my return flight on tuesday rolls around. (hey
dagoski, my flight in philly arrives at 19:10 on the 25th... think you could meet me around 21:00? I could call you when I clear customs...




