Nothing new, except everything.
We have elected a new president since the last time I wrote. I won’t bother arguing or attempting to prove a point to those you cannot prove a point to. Worse case scenario we will be better off from a political standpoint than we have for the last eight, grueling years. For that I am thankful. I am also thankful to witness and even take part in history.
I have been working on a few projects here (*non-work-related*) out of sheer boredom and the primal necessity to create. I decided to Simpsonize my family in order to possibly update my splash page. Here is the image Simpsonizer generated for me. I doctored up the second pic just a bit. Pretty impressive.
I witnessed some interesting weather today. Our first little snow shower came in, at a bone chilling 45 degrees F. Previously the warmest temperature I had seen snow in was near 41 F. The North faces of mountains nearby are covered in snow. Hopefully the Afghani winter will bring many more surprises.
I have been spending most my time on a project for my Doogel. It is really starting to take shape and I cannot wait to share it with all 3 of you. There really isn’t much more going on here. Work is work, and play is play. I am now a slave to Groundhog Day routines. I can’t complain though. It sure beats persistent uncertainty.
It has been a while since I have written anything. In addition to work, working out, and the wonderful Afghanistan night life, I have been spending time exercising the demons of a creative bug I have recently been bitten by. It may be a genetic thing as I have bared witness to my father, grandfather, and two sisters past sufferings with the same issue. In short, I feel I have too many ideas and not enough time to chase them. Presently I have about 12 projects queued up and prioritizing or completing any of them is practically impossible since I prefer things to be organized in a linear stack, and since I am rarely happy with the current state of a project and thus never consider it to be complete. In a way I suppose I should be grateful that I am not more artistically gifted since I would likely never get anything done. Be that as it may, I am putting forth an honest effort to put my ideas, no matter how insignificant, to work. I must periodically remind myself the pursuit of expression is just as important and defining as admiring ones completed work.
However, I had time to update my gallery. I was playing around in my photo library and noticed that for whatever reason, I had neglected to upload Chunk and Doogle’s birthday pictures, this years Halloween and Easter pictures, more Afghanistan pictures, my friend’s Dubai trip pictures, and Jade’s Swimming and Soccer pictures. I also posted pictures (mostly panoramics) of the first mountain snowfall here, only to bear witness to one of life’s quirky little ironies, a seeming endless high-altitude snowfall as I type these very words. I plan on waking up in the morning and snapping more shots to be posted within the next couple of days. Below are direct links to the new content. *Enjoy*
<--Holidays-->
Easter 2008
Halloween 2008
<--Chunk and Doogle-->
Chunk’s Second Birthday
Doogle’s Fifth Birthday
Doogle’s Swimming Lessons
Doogle; Soccer Hooligan
<--Travel-->
Friend’s Trip to Dubai
<--Afghanistan-->
Phoenix Panoramics
Phoenix Pictures
I have been working on a few projects here (*non-work-related*) out of sheer boredom and the primal necessity to create. I decided to Simpsonize my family in order to possibly update my splash page. Here is the image Simpsonizer generated for me. I doctored up the second pic just a bit. Pretty impressive.