Knuckledragger

Pics or ban! (Not that I can ban anyone.)

Tuned up my weed whacker and did some serious damage to the back 40. Then I spent a couple hours with hand snips cutting the (wooden) weeds that were too tough for the weed whacker. Finally, I battled (and mostly lost) with the vines that have taken over the two 40' storage containers on the back of my property. My arms are covered in scratches, and not for Eddie Vedder reasons, either. I can get a brush trimmer attachment for my weed whacker for about $100, and I'm now seriously considering one. There's still a lot more vines to tackle, but I'm done for now. I've got to return a raccoon trap to the local animal control officer and do some banking. Most days I enjoy being a crazy redneck who lives in the woods.

MIT Shadow Sculpture by tshannon - Thingiverse

..I am starting to get along with CS4 a bit more. I still don't like it as much as CS3, but at least I now have decent workflow. I took this shot back in April, using my EF 50mm F/1.8 I, as I had lent my F/1.4 to my friend Jeremy. F/2, 1/80th, ISO320, tungsten white balance. No edits other than my stamp [Then WTF did you need Photoshop for, Knucks?]

To put it delicately, today I nearly broke my fucking neck. I wanted to wire my Pico DAC into the pre on my 5.1 system, so I can use the Macintop as a source in the living room. I grabbed an antique wooden stand that used to hold up one of my Yamaha NS-1000s before I got the Unisounds. Brilliantly, I stood too far to one side, and it tipped. I went ass over tea kettle and landed on my back. Miraculously, I didn't injure anything. I'm doubly lucky, as my head landed right next to two 20 lb hand weights. My friend Pete is visiting and he saw the whole thing. Apparently I gave him quite a fright. After ascertaining that I was okay, he told me that I was (A) an idiot and ( exceedingly lucky.

I was working at the nightclub, taking pictures of a friend's lighting rig. I set my camera down on a table, and it got knocked over, and hit the ground lens-first, breaking the AF mechanism. I've got to mail it and my EF-S 17-85mm to Canon to be fixed. The repair costs will be plenty, of course.

I'm only watching the sodding thing because the Bauhaus are in it.