March 31, 2006
This Page Unintentionally Left Blank
Back in January, I remember complaining publicly about being ridiculously busy and having time for nothing. This was a mistake because it drew the attention of the angry vengeful gods. Suffice it to say things haven't gotten better... in fact, a lot of shit has happened to make things much worse than they were back in January.
Anyway... in the time since I phoned in the playlist last week, the inbox is up to 135 unanswered e-mails and the bookmarks are up to about 270. It should be interesting to see how long it takes me to dig out.
One activity that has complicated my schedule during the last month has been making 36 visits to the zoo in the last 32 days. I finally finished the data collection portion of my observational research project, but I still have to digitize, quantify, and analyze the data.
Earlier this week, I brought my camera to one of my observation sessions and snapped some photos. Along with the annoyance of taking photos through glass, there wasn't much light - and I refuse to use a flash on zoo animals (even though they're probably accustomed to all the idiots placing their cameras up to the glass and flashing right in the animals' faces). Tamarins are severely hyperactive, so a slow shutter speed would simply lead to blur. I kept the aperture open all the way in order to keep shutter speed as fast as possible (which in turn affects depth of field, making proper focusing a bit of a trick). The results weren't too bad, though. I chose ten of my favorites and uploaded them to the site. Click the photo below to browse through the pictures.
31 Mar 23:25 | Link | Category: Human/Primate Evolution & Behavior, Photography, Site/Life News
March 22, 2006
Current Playlist
So. I haven't posted anything for a month. It was one of those months I'd rather not talk about... In fact, I would prefer to stay under my rock for a while, but I think it's time to start getting back into the swing of things. I have more than 250 bookmarks to sift through, and I'll only get to those after replying to the 120 e-mails in my inbox, and I'll only get around to that after taking care of a million tasks at home and school. But expect to see more activity around here soon.
In the meantime, here's this month's playlist:
| Cat Power - The Greatest >> Melt me down / Into big black armour / Leave no trace of grace / Just in your honour |
| Cat Power - The Moon >> The moon is not only beautiful / It is so far away / The moon is not only ice cold / It is here to stay |
| Bettye LaVette - Only Time Will Tell Me >> |
| Royal City - Bad Luck >> Bad luck, bad luck came to me without warning / Bad luck came with one horrible flashing eye |
| Bob Dylan - Going, Going, Gone >> |
| Spoon - Change My Life >> |
| Spoon - Everything Hits At Once >> |
| Mobius Band - The Loving Sounds of Static >> |
| The Strokes - You Only Live Once >> |
| John Lennon - Instant Karma >> Well we all shine on / like the moon and the stars and the sun |
| Dios - You Make Me Feel Uncomfortable >> |
| Peter Gabriel - I Grieve >> Life carries on in the people I meet / In everyone that's out on the street / In all the dogs and cats / In the flies and rats / In the rot and the rust / In the ashes and the dust / Life carries on and on and on and on |
| Mark Eitzel - My Pet Rat St. Michael >> |
| Bob Dylan - High Water (For Charley Patton) >> It's bad out there / High water everywhere... One of Dylan's many fine recent tunes, this banjo-backed, allusion-rich song captures the milieu of the last five or six years better than many of the angst-ridden songs from other, younger artists. Lyrics here. (Listen to Charley Patton's 'High Water Everywhere' songs here and here.) |
| Billy Bragg & Wilco - Another Man's Done Gone >> |