Sunday, February 24, 2013

Pic a Day - 2/18 to 2/24

Mon. Feb 18, view from the pit
Tues. Feb 19, my participation in school projects
Wed. Feb 20, dark passageways
Thurs. Feb 21, when we call two-hour delays
Fri. Feb 22, opening night for Oliver!
Sat. Feb 23, assembly line (community service)
Sun. Feb 24, chillin' with Mumford & Sons

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Pic a Day - 2/11 to 2/17

Mon. Feb 11, (it was on Bob the Builder, and I wanted to pose/sit in it)
Tues. Feb 12, my Zune works again!
Wed. Feb 13, whiteboard art banter
Thurs. Feb 14, my Valentine's expectations
Fri. Feb 15, high school dances
Sat. Feb 16, "Whatcha doin' there?"
Sun. Feb 17, Minecraft twins

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Pic a Day - 2/4 to 2/10

Mon. Feb 4, my brother and his friend
Tues. Feb 5, free periods (can get boring)
Wed. Feb 6, sick day
Thurs. Feb 7, dates that have song titles
Fri. Feb 8, we had to go to Barnes & Noble *we were devoted Borders customers a long time ago*
Sat. Feb 9, just fishing with my bro
Sun. Feb 10, handsome little man

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Pic a Day - 1/28 to 2/3

Mon. Jan 28, (they lied when they said "every cloud has silver lining")
Tues. Jan 29, dragon-egg moon
Wed. Jan 30, Canadian nickel (or something)
Thurs. Jan 31, over to my favorite third period class
Fri. Feb 1, yep, I can take artsy self-portrait pictures
Sat. Feb 2, he had to eat a taco for homework (yeah, right)
Sun. Feb 3, ran this morning (totally crazy, right)

Friday, February 1, 2013

#BlackandWhiteFebruary

I don't believe that this is an already established movement, but for the month of February I decided that it would be a fun and interesting project to take ALL of that month's pictures in black and white. All of them. Not taking it in color and then setting it to "Inkwell" or something on Instagram. Just taking them in straight B&W.

After dealing with the slow frame rate of "Black and White Camera" (these are all Android apps, by the way, but they may be available at the App Store), I found this amazing application called "Retro Camera." It has six different oldie camera types, four of which have a black and white option, and the photos are just so visually delectable(sorry to be weird in my wording here). It's like an instant Instagram photo, without having to upload it to Instagram or edit it or tag it or anything! I was like, "What? Awesome!"

(it's hard to tell, but the one above has a polaroid-style white border around it)

So. For this month, this is my go-to black and white photo camera. My only suggestion would be to date each capture instead of number them things like "shot_1359762627001," so I can know when I took it rather then when I downloaded it. But, other than that it is great.

#blackandwhitefebruary

Bring it on.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Postulates and Theorems Part II

Yes, I know this is long past the end of the three-day weekend. I totally blew this off to Minecraft and other unproductive delights like those.

Anyhow, back to the idea of the unprovable theories. Well, some of them I can actually prove.

Harmonica Wizardry
In basic words, Bob Dylan. Some artists like Neil Young and whoever else may try to imitate Dylan's style, but they'll never be true harmonica wizards.

Theory of Lifelong Infancy
This theory states that "we are infants inside bodies of different maturation." Now, that's not to say that none of us have matured intellectually, because that's not the theory. I've found, recently, that I become randomly fascinated with the most irrelevant of things. People's noses, for instance, or ears - things that could be fascinating to babies. When I wake up on weekends, I will lie and roll over in bed as I believe a baby will do. Sometimes I revert to crawling through the house (though, frankly, it's not an efficient mode of transportation). Basically, this theory describes the instances where we look out the world with new eyes, where we remember things that captured us when we were infants, and how sometimes we can mentally feel like we are at that physical stage of development.

Common-sense Logic
"The knowledge that certain actions will have certain definitive reactions." It combines "common sense" with basic "logic."

Non-simile
This one is one of my favorites. "When you start to describe something, but then you say, 'It's not like that.'" An example would be, "You know like when you get that amped-up adrenaline feeling as you start to fall? It's not like that."

And, we'll add in another one that I wonder about:
Multi-sense Comprehension
"Needing to have one sense in full availability to be able to access another." I find that I will need to take bulky headphones off to be able to smell the stew on the stove, but one most people will probably connect with is having your nasal passageways open to be able to taste the food you're eating. (Colds, you know.)