Day 155: Collage of Puppers

Today I made a collage of some of my favorite pictures of my puppies, Buca and Tulla.

I miss those wiggly little nutballs.

Day 143: Altered Cheese

Today I took what is quite possibly the cheesiest photo ever taken taken of me and applied various filters and other doodads to it until I felt it fully realized its cheesy potential.

Before:




After:




Vive le fromage!

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Day 139: In Memoriam

Today, we had a beautiful memorial service for my grandpa at the Tahoma National Cemetery. He served at Normandy in WW2. The ceremony had Army honor guard members doing the flag thing and members of the Inter-Tribal Warrior Society did the 21-gun salute.

I didn't take any pictures during the ceremony, but here are some shots before and after.































































This last picture is at Uncle Gary and Aunt Sunny's house, while I waited for them to make the delicious barbecued Korean shortribs and kimchee salad.

Thank you, Grandma Strom, for arranging the beautiful weather.

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Day 137: Library Crushing Device, All Fancied Up

Today I got to spend some time at work playing with the magical rolling stacks that could be used to effortless squish unsuspecting people. I didn't get to squish anybody though.

I did, however, take a picture of the stacks and then I artsified the photo. It's not much, but let's see what you're able to create when you're either constantly working or driving from 7:30am until 10pm. Ah, Wednesday.




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Day 125: Happy Cinco de Mayo, Jose

Today's project is in honor of my dearly departed kitty cat Jose (full name Josefina Cuervo Especial Thomasson). Cinco de Mayo was her holiday, for obvious reasons, and she even died on the 5th of May several years ago. She was odd and more than a little psychotic, but also loving and gentle with the few people who ever got to see her. Here she is, created from a bunch of photos of non-Jose (and therefore lesser quality) kitties.

If you'd like to read more about Jose, I've posted something that I wrote on the day she died. It still makes me cry to read it, but it also still makes me smile. It's personal and raw and written in grief, but if you like to read that sort of thing (sicko), here's the link: Jose.

Day 87: Even Less Photogenic Than Usual

I'll be glad when my laptop gets back from the hospital, because I'll be able to make things in Photoshop again. For now, I have to resort to iPhone apps. You can probably figure out the name of the app if you look carefully for the subtle watermark.




































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Day 86: A Productive Day

Things I accomplished today:

1. Went shopping with Mom and Stacy and got a ton of spices and other groceries, plus new bedding and a TV.



2. Set up the TV and DVD player and had a Bruce Willis marathon.



3. Organized my spices and other groceries.



4. Got rid of 4 boxes of stuff destined for garage sale.



5. Finished the first part of a big assignment due in two days.




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Day 85: Putting It All Together

More unpacking today. Here are a few pictures of my little happy bits.




























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Day 83: Happy Birthday to Me

Today I spent my birthday shopping for goodies and filling my apartment with them. And eating. And drinking.

Here's my newly framed Happy Bunny art from Mat.



Close-up of the little devil duckie-candle thing going on there:



Here's my super awesome Dread Pirate Roberts sword (also from Mat).



Close-up:



And my coat rack, plus fancy Kuromi key.



Shower caddy, named Franck Junior.



Storage over the toilet. Don't tug too hard on the cupboard door, or you might end up with storage all over you. Many I'll need to anchor it to the wall.



Oh, and there was a slight accident in my bathroom...



And then my mommy made me a birthday cake out of brownies. Yum!



And then more unpacking, with assistance from my housewarming gift from Andrea.



Delicious in my potato head glasses.



Thank you to my family and friends for making this a wonderful birthday. =)

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Day 76: Great Glorious Gobs of Greeny Goodness

St. Patrick's Day is my favorite holiday of the year. There's a penalty for not wearing green (my favorite color), I get to have corned beef and cabbage and purple potatoes (possibly my favorite meal, especially when I only get it once a year), and there's no gift-giving trauma. Plus, it's the official holiday of my kitty, Guinness.

So here's my little homage to green.

I shamelessly (or shamefully) stole all these images from the internet without giving any credit to the people who took these superb photos. For that, I apologize. But apparently I don't care enough to go back and find the sources.

I have seriously entertained the notion of writing an entire book on the topic of Green - what it symbolizes, represents, etc. Maybe my passion for the color is a little over the top. 

Day 72: Silly Time with the Life-Size Zoo

The library has a series of books featuring life-size photographs of animals (or parts of animals). They're fascinating and disturbing. Here are some pictures of our time together.

Cheetah!



Alligator!



Zebra!



Tiger!



Giraffe!



Elephant!



Lion!



Sea Lion!



Anteater!



Gorilla!



Hippo!



In related news, Guinness is about the size of a panda's face.




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