http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:DoctorSeuss&section=today deviantART RSS for by:DoctorSeuss en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:24:14 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/11681465/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/11681465/ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:56:49 PST
My choice to move back to Pensacola was not entirely my own. Long story, that one...and not for telling here.

I must say - that only six months after arriving - I'm quite bored with it already. This town is as beige/Wal-Mart/gray t-shirt as a town gets. More churches and personal injury lawyers than could ever be utilized by the populace. Hotwings and chain restaurants on every corner but a paucity of fine dining and virtually no live music venues. The symphony is the one shining beacon of culture here and I attend every performance. They're quite good. Otherwise...where art is concerned...painted sea shells and sand sculpture about sums up the scene. Bible thumpers abound, assisting everyone to feel quite guilty if The Lord's name isn't inserted in every third sentence. A goodly 5% or so of the female population wear 3/4 length denim or khaki skirts so their sinful knees won't be seen by covetous and lustful on-lookers.

I'm marooned here for not less than another 2 and 1/2 years. I'll muddle through. I can tell you however, that I don't see any chance of artistic inspiration striking. I don't wish for it - and I'll be taking a few steps to try and ignite a little fire (taking some classes on Adobe PS)....but I don't hold out any real hope.

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/7252487/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/7252487/ Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:18:53 PST Listening to: A rondeau (not sure who's) - Wynton Marsalis
Reading: Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds

Hosted a holiday party for "The Department" last night. It went quite well, reminding me of my innate ability to be both servant and gracious host - maybe I'm in the wrong line of work..."Wallace Incorporated: Professional Event Planners"....hmmmm. Nope - too many appetizers and cocktails - I'd be a whale in no time.

Anyhow, I think I'll set up the hot lights and give a go at an idea for a photo that just came to me. The theme "Classical upstairs/Jazz downstairs". Prolly won't work - but I'm always game for a little experimentation .

My inspiration for this current burst of creative energy?... The 25th Day by

Happy Holidays.
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Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Wm Butler Yeats ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/7239659/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/7239659/ Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:42:54 PST Mood: Too damn busy...
Listening to: Hey Pretty - Poe
Reading: Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
Watching: Lawrence of Arabia

I'm considering taking up heroin, or perhaps crystal meth.

Any thoughts? Does anyone have recommendations on the relative merits of one substance vs. the other?



Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Wm Butler Yeats ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/7212876/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/7212876/ Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:44:31 PST Mood: Too damn busy...
Listening to: Hey Pretty - Poe
Reading: Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
Watching: Lawrence of Arabia

I've been shitty, beige-colored, uninspired for months. As a result of the many emotional travails and trials, I've been emotionally numb.

That was then. This is now.

I'm waking up. My senses are waking up, that is, and I think I know what the cause is.

The return (geographically) of my beloved.

I never really gave much thought to just how much I count upon my lover's attention and warmth. It allows me to fully relax and experience the world in a way that is impossible when she is gone from me. The optimism I feel about life in general, the way I approach people easily and unabashedly. My guard drops. To risk dating myself a bit...dipping into a bit of Pink Floyd for a visual....the walls come down. I've spent a lifetime building them - but when she's around....they all disappear - as if never having existed at all.

I hope she will let me shoot her early in the next year. I'll show you just how wonderful she really is. If not - that'll be fine. You'll see me post some work that isn't as dreadful as the stuff I've put up before - and you'll know the origin of the inspiration behind what you are seeing.

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/7201508/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/7201508/ Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:13:24 PST
She will return from the states (has been out of town for the last 9 months for classwork) later this month (December). We travel immediately to Dublin to spend the Christmas Holiday with each other. I am, to say the very least, excited beyond words. Overlooking the obvious emotional joy I feel at our reunion - there are certain, em, how should I say it...physical needs that have gone too long unsatisfied - and we will be working quite diligently to play catch-up.

I've posted a few pics. I apologize for my laxity in reviewing those of my DA mates. I'll start looking over some of the 1024 pics in my folder and try to leave a few comments - just understand that it might take awhile to clear the backlog.

I trust everyone is well. Please feel free to drop a line or two.

Regards,
D ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/4861226/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/4861226/ Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:48:46 PST Mood: Too damn busy...
Listening to: Franz Ferdinand
Reading: Book 2 of the Aubrey-Maturnin series -HMS Surprise

Posted a couple pics. Shot with a sweetheart of a girl who was extremely patient during this, my first, shoot using hot-lights.

It went well overall but I underexposed quite a bit and will have to work on that for next time. Overall it was a good learning process and we actually got a couple of pics she was quite happy with (not all will be posted at her request).

Thanks as always for everyone's support. Sorry I've been so damn busy and haven't posted/commented as much.

Regards,
=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/4222767/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/4222767/ Sun, 02 Jan 2005 17:17:30 PST Mood: None/Undecided
Listening to: Marilyn Manson - Hate Anthem
Watching: Matrix Reloaded

Stealing an idea from a fellow DA compatriot and doing a little advertising for a model (male OR female) to do some time in front of the lens. I can't pay, but can assist with travel if that's necessary. I'll do a time-for-prints arrangement and ensure the model has a set of glossies for their portfolio and a cd of webquality pix as well.

I'm driven to this because I'm located in a rather rural part of southern Spain. Its hard to get the word out to the crowd who'd be interested in this type of arrangement because anyone with the slightest interest moves to Madrid or Barcelona where the pros hang-out. So hopefully some interested Deviant from near here will hit the "Neighbors" button and read this and be game for it.

Anyway - visited Barcelona for New Years - it was grand. VERY beautiful city!!! I went Goth for the celebration and had a blast - this area of Spain where I live has NO interest in supporting ANY type of alternative culture so when I get into the metro areas I take full advantage of all there is to see and do.

Happy New Year, and thanks as always for your support.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/4222761/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/4222761/ Sun, 02 Jan 2005 17:16:46 PST Mood: None/Undecided
Listening to: Marilyn Manson - Hate Anthem
Watching: Matrix Reloaded

Stealing an idea from a fellow DA compatriot and doing a little advertising for a model (male OR female) to do some time in front of the lens. I can't pay, but can assist with travel if that's necessary. I'll do a time-for-prints arrangement and ensure the model has a set of glossies for their portfolio and a cd of webquality pix as well.

I'm driven to this because I'm located in a rather rural part of southern Spain. Its hard to get the word out to the crowd who'd be interested in this type of arrangement because anyone with the slightest interest moves to Madrid or Barcelona where the pros hang-out. So hopefully some interested Deviant from near here will hit the "Neighbors" button and read this and be game for it.

Anyway - visited Barcelona for New Years - it was grand. VERY beautiful city!!! I went Goth for the celebration and had a blast - this area of Spain where I live has NO interest in supporting ANY type of alternative culture so when I get into the metro areas I take full advantage of all there is to see and do.

Happy New Year, and thanks as always for your support.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/4048920/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/4048920/ Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:22:58 PST Mood: Making carbondioxide
Listening to: Indian/Hindi Top 40
Reading: America's Founding Secret
Watching: Van Wilder (needed to kill braincells)

Right. So, I'm off to wherever my car goes, camera in tow. I'll likely wind up two pints past creativity and it will all be for naught.

Those of you check on me every now and again, few though there are...that I'm terribly capricious and less than focused. Too many wonderful things to do in this life and not enough damn time to do all of them justice. My breath ticks away....one more respiration closer to the games closing buzzer.

Working on that (if one CAN work on that). Feeling rather beige right now and I'll just go wherever the color is and see if I can't break out of this blegaheh (sound made when you half-cough half-drool).

So there you have it, and I'm off.

=d

Favorite word for the day: Flibberdeejibbett.

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3978301/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3978301/ Fri, 03 Dec 2004 08:19:49 PST Mood: GottaGoToWorkDammit!
Listening to: Johnny Cash - When the Man Comes Around
Reading: Doctor Seuss - A Hatful of Seuss
Watching: SuperSize Me.

Did some shots of a place I'll be using in an upcoming shoot. Its a little abandoned house in the middle of a massive tract of farmland near Sanlucar de Barrameda (the tip of the "Sherry Triangle"). Its a great place. It sits about a quarter mile off the road just on the horizon of an otherwise barren landscape. I had about two pounds of mud clumped to the bottom of each of my shoes but it was worth getting a closer of this place which I've been eyeing for a few months.

The pix are in scraps if anyone cares to check them out.

Off to work *dammit*.

As always thanks to my DA friends for their kind words and support.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3946748/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3946748/ Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:00:59 PST Mood: HoRnDogGiSh
Listening to: Grave Digger - Dave Matthews
Reading: The Jesus Mysteries (Christian Gnosticism)

Saturday night, after a wonderful evening of pints of Guinness and an impromptu gathering of friends - I went to the parking lot to find my passenger window smashed and my stereo missing. They left a two hundred dollar pair of sunglasses (prescription Maui Jim's) and didn't otherwise vandalise the vehicle. I have NO idea why I'm so un-peeved by this. I guess since I live in Spain, I'm just surprised it hasn't happened before and also, I suppose the poor bastard who took that stereo really needed the money for something. I'll just consider it my donation to his/her drug habit or their grandmother's hip surgery(yeah RIGHT!!!).

Anyway - it took 8 hrs, but the window is back in place and my new stereo rocks. Unfortunately I really wanted to use today to go shoot (tomorrow is supposed to be rainy) but what the hell - maybe the weatherman will be wrong and it'll be a smash up day to hit the road in search of pix.

Cheers to my DA friends - I hope all is well.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3863346/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3863346/ Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:23:44 PST Mood: Pensive
Listening to: Van Halen (old)
Reading: The Jesus Mysteries (Christian Gnosticism)

Well. Turning a page and starting a new chapter in my life. My beloved has left me (temporarily - for several 5 month chunks of time over the next two years) to embark upon a new adventure of her own in America. The house is big and cold. My son (cat) Sam helps keep me company but its not really the same of course.

I have spent the last two days in hyperproductivity mode to stave off and attenuate the feelings of heartache I am experiencing. I HAVE taken a few moments to reflect on the whole deal of course, I'm not ignoring the feelings - just letting them leak out a little here and there vs. a majorly uncontrollable sobbing fit.

Now that the initial shock has passed, I'm seeing the other side of this somewhat dark cloud and of course, as always there is a tiny little rainbow where the sun is shining through. My schedule will be much less filled (coordinating transportation with one car and two people who have jobs and errands to run etc.). This presents numerous possibilities for increased productivity....artistic (or autistic in my case) and also career-wise. So we'll see how things go in the coming months.

I'm optimistic.

Regards to all. Thanks for the support I am shown on such a regular basis here on DA.



]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3583119/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3583119/ Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:24:38 PDT Mood: Back to Reality
Listening to: Baroque/Classical (Varied)
Reading: The Hobbit (again)
Watching: Glengarry, Glennross

Germany was fantastic. The Rhine/Mosel River valleys are breathtaking. I cannot say enough good things about the country of Germany from a tourist's standpoint.

Adjectives that I use frequently when talking to folks about the country:
-clean
-friendly
-lush
-vibrant
-fastidious
-organized
-efficient

Enough about that, suffice to say that if you have the opportunity to visit Germany....I highly recommend it. In particular Munich, Frankfurt, Cochem and most of the little towns on the Rhine and Mosel...all are first-class and well worth the trip.

It rained a lot while in Germany...hence not a bumper-crop of pictures came out of the trip. I took a bunch of snapshots, but due to the overcast skies and drizzle, I couldn't do a good job of composing pics very well (trying to keep the equipment dry!). But, with that said, I got a few very nice pix and will be refining them over the next weeks and I'll post them as I get a chance. I posted a few of the easier ones (not much cleaning up needed on them) tonight.

Comments are always greatly appreciated.

Regards,
=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3470779/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3470779/ Wed, 29 Sep 2004 04:55:54 PDT Mood: München ist güd
Reading: German Survival Guide

Munich is so beautiful and CLEAN. the people here are the friendliest i've ever encountered. they smile back when you smile at them - they almost all speak english (a fact that i respect immensely and makes me want to learn their language even more!). clean, friendly, metropolitan-cosmopolitan, a kick-ass public transportation system....i could definitely live here.

anyway

the stress is dripping away, layer by layer.

more later. the weather's been shit, so not much shooting going on as of yet. but there's always tomorrow.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3424969/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3424969/ Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:43:05 PDT Mood: Ready for a vacation
Listening to: Girl All the Bad Guys Want
Reading: The Hobbit (again)
Watching: Bend It Like Beckham

Finally getting to take a break. I'm going to Oktoberfest in Munich for a week and then recuperating/relaxing on the Mosel for a few days. I am genuinely worn out. Not necessarily physically, but mentally. Its just a lot of little crap that whittles away at me day by day until they reach bare bone...then its time for them to complain/bitch elsewhere...cuz I'm done with it.

More later. The cameral is going along on the trip...we'll see what happens.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3269336/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3269336/ Thu, 02 Sep 2004 09:54:57 PDT Mood: Worn Out
Listening to: Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell version)
Reading: Jesus and the Lost Goddess
Watching: Bend It Like Beckham

Too damn busy for my own good and there isn't anything I'm doing worth boring you with....just administrative crap at work.

I just wanted to post to let any of my friends/watchers that I'm not dead and haven't buggered-off....I'm just buggered and frightfully busy.

My Masters Degree arrived via post today....somehow not walking down the ailse to receive it lessens it's impact. Isn't it funny how "life's little moments", which many times are just made-up pageantry and fluff, actually have come to mean something tangible after years of having them culturally beat into our heads? I mean, the obtaining of the degree should be the icing on the cake....it should make me feel like that portion of my life is complete....a sort of pat on the back. But without wearing that ridiculous black robe and stupid hat and tassle and then walking across a stage in front of strangers to receive the paper that represents my educational acheivement.....it is somehow less wonderful and special.

Funny.

More when I'm less snowed-under.

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3067080/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/3067080/ Sat, 07 Aug 2004 14:40:41 PDT Mood: Fidgety
Listening to: Waves lapping the shore of the Bay of Cadiz...
Reading: Jesus and the Lost Goddess
Watching: Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Just finished a 10K run. That felt REALLY good. Its a new benchmark for me. I've been doing a 5K run + 5K fast walk for the last 8 months or so, but tonight, on a whim I decided to just....keep....running (instead of beginning to walk at my turnaround point). A pleasant surprise, I felt not the least bit more tired than if I had run/walked. I think that will be my new every other day workout, a 10K run. *smirking in self-satisfaction*

I'm a little fidgety and restless because tonight would be a PERFECT night to go downtown and shoot some pics....but I don't have a way to get down there. Besides I'm on-call for work so if I do go downtown I need to have a quick way back to work if I get paged. So, I'll just find stuff to do around here at the house instead. Maybe tomorrow will work out better.

Think I'll surf DevArt's new format and see what changes have been made.

Regards,
=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2944571/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2944571/ Thu, 22 Jul 2004 19:27:45 PDT Mood: Comfortably Numb....
Listening to: the whirrrrr of the air conditioner...
Watching: A.I.

So I'm sitting here a little, er, okay a lot tipsy. I'm thinking how badly I need to take a day, and a model....and go shoot about a hundred shots.

When I wake up in about 10 hours I'll probably feel differently, but right now I despair the neglegence of my creative side. I'm in the process of doing a bit of (inner self) house cleaning. Sweeping aside the superfluous and embracing the essential. Graphic representation of the beauty I see in life is an essential part of who I want to be. To that end, I will be seeking out subjects (preferably women) that I find enticing and I'll be posting more pics in rather short order.

Please undertand that this is no minor undertaking. I will be breaking with a low-key and understated way of life.

Drunk, though I am, I will endeavour to make more of my "novelist eye" and show you the world as I see it.

We'll see where this goes. Should be worth the price of admission.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2834769/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2834769/ Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:53:02 PDT Mood: Back in the saddle..
Listening to: Schoolboy's Heart by J. Buffett
Reading: Don Quixote (Cervantes)
Watching: Eurotrip (yes, it's plebian but it's good)

Well, I'm back from America.....some thoughts......

-American restaurants rock majorly (not chains though, they still suck ass)

-American waitstaff are awesome

-Shopping in America is SOOOOO much more pleasant than in Spain

Enough of that already.....

Well the trip was good. Saw some friends, chilled out in many coffeeshops and restaurants, rode some rollercoasters.....good times had overall. I'm still jetlagged (been three days since I flew in) but its improving. My first day back to work was today so that, of course, sucks. I'm not grooving on the j - o - b at all at present, nothing particularly sucky...just kind of......blehhh.

Many little tasks to do, but more pics will be forthcoming when I've caught up a little bit at work and around the house.

Gonna go crash now....must.....sleep - work in 5 hours... . . . . .

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2683082/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2683082/ Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:14:48 PDT Mood: Outta here....
Listening to: Hurt (NiN) covered by Johnny Cash
Reading: Don Quixote (Cervantes)
Watching: Sex, Lies and Videotape

I'll be off in America till around the 4th of July.

Not much to say. Things are status quo or better. Still flying, still taking pictures (though not nearly as often as I'd like), and still working (ugh).

I wish you all well and I'll see you soon - around DA.

Must.....sleep.....now.......very tired.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2645023/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2645023/ Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:56:04 PDT Mood: Right as rain...
Listening to: The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
Reading: FAA Flying Manual
Watching: Will & Grace Season II Re-runs

I am looking for any photographers who want to do a shoot (of each other and also landscape/architecture) in Spain. I'll be doing a geo-url search to find some loca people, but if you're reading this now....just message me. I'm wanting to do something....anything, a bit on the bizarre side. Ideas please?

I didn't get to shoot anything in the last few days. We'll see how tomorrow goes. I'm going to the states later in the week and I've been cleaning up around the house and minding the bills and such in preparation. Boring but necessary.

Flying again on Monday (yay!!!).

Must sleep now.....

Love to all.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2599706/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2599706/ Sun, 06 Jun 2004 19:59:43 PDT Mood: Still a bit randy
Listening to: I Want Your Sex
Reading: Sleeping Beauty...the good version!
Watching: Underworld...Kate Beckinsale in latex...meowwww!

Sorry about the last journal title, I was a wee bit snockered on Guinness (helping a friend celebrate his birthday). Never attempt to spell a fourteen syllable word while intoxicated, people can, and have been hurt that way.

Went for a flying lesson today. Extremely fun, though a bit nerve-wracking. Very much enjoyed handling the aircraft (massive power rush) and learning more about this subject that has fascinated me since I was very young.

Likely will post more pics later this week. Not sure of what or whom, but I'd like to do some portrait work soon to start building a portfolio to show to prospective models. There is so much to learn - I just need someone who doesn't mind posing, if only for the sake of "time in front of a lens". The learning curve is steep for me so I don't want to waste the time of any models who need quality pics to add to their portfolio or anything like that. But I need a body. I've had folks tell me to start with static objects, and I am, but I really feel that trying to convey emotion in an image using a person would be fun - if nothing else than that. I'd be careful not to ruin the experience for the person I'm shooting - it'd be very clear that this is for fun only and to learn a little bit while we're at it.

Oh well. I'll keep on the lookout for a victim, er, subject. Till then....thanks for your support.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2592679/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2592679/ Sat, 05 Jun 2004 21:27:43 PDT Mood: Loving Women
Reading: Dashed-Off web drivel of varied types
Watching: Lolita

So exactly why do you women have to be so damn yummy?

I mean that in the least objectifying way possible mind you. Trust me that I see beyond the wonderful curves and girly parts. The shell is just....well, er,....a shell (a marvelous soft and supple shell). Its what's beneath that makes you so utterly fantastic. Its the machinations behind the eyes that capture me. Your brains work in bizarre and wonderful ways that we lowly men-folk can only guess at.

You don't mean to be that sassy, yummy, naughty, playful, interesting, sexy, innocent, alluring.....do you?

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Women are what make "forever" worth enduring.

=d

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2565683/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2565683/ Wed, 02 Jun 2004 11:16:45 PDT Mood: Somewhere in-between
Listening to: Mad About You by Sting
Reading: Dashed-Off web drivel of varied types
Watching: Just the drama that plays itself out in my mind

Sitting at work, wishing I could be somewhere less confining where I could get some.....er, well,...some work...done. My job is intensely important to society and can be intensely intricate and interesting...but only occasionally, and not tonight.

Tonight seems to be like the last few times I've been on the job, I'll spend twelve hours of my life being "prepared" for the worst to happen....though it never does. I work in an Emergency Room. For those folks who come through my doors I'm a person of dire importance...for approximately one hour - then they forget me. Healed and content they are on their way back through life....while I sit here and wait, and wait, and wait - for the next of their ilk to break up my boredome.

I am not cut out for this type of work in the long run. During my twelve hours here, I'll come up with no less than four decent urges to go do something creative and productive. I'm not just talking about heading to the pub for a beer either (although that might be nice). No, I'm talking about being chained to this workspace, unable to leave for even five minutes because "You never know what might happen." I can't work on photography stuff because these computers don't allow uploading of the software I'd need. I can't photograph stuff at work for healtcare privacy reasons. That leaves surfing and chatting and reading.....the last of which I do in abundance.........

Okay...thanks for listening, the pity-party is now over. I feel better after venting. I'm going to go surf the web for some on-line photography courses.

You're such a good sounding board - I love these little talks we have. You're a bit quiet though....it kind of creeps me out. Try to work on that...okay? That would be great....thanks!

=d

If I could just capture this guy's attitude and bottle it as a perfume to wear on my "Not so great" days.
Oskar ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2561164/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2561164/ Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:19:18 PDT Mood: Somewhere in-between
Listening to: Brahm's Lullaby
Reading: Grimm's Basic Photography
Watching: School of Rock (Jack Black)

I did reasonably well in Sevilla today. I took bunch of pictures but only truly liked seven or eight when I got home and started plowing through them. I'll post a few of the better captures (some are straight up snap-shots and I won't be posting those). I'm feeling a little more at ease with setting exposure, shutter, and aperture manually. The fountain shot that is posted is a particular favorite because of the brain work I did to get the drops to stop in mid-air and yet get a nice depth of field and get the exposure right. Loving it.

Sevilla was ungodly hot and quite crowed so driving around for parking etc. limited my time shooting. All told though, it went well and I will have to go back and hit some of the old mosques-turned-cathedrals and the Roman ruins of Italica later this summer.

Continued thanks for the support and critical commentary.

=d

If I could just capture this guy's attitude and bottle it as a perfume to wear on my "Not so great" days.
Oskar ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2554390/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2554390/ Mon, 31 May 2004 23:03:27 PDT Mood: Somewhere in-between
Listening to: Hurt, Johnny Cash cover
Reading: Jesus and the Lost Goddess
Watching: Super Troopers

Hitting Sevilla today to search for some interesting shots. Many thanks to those who've been so kind as to constructively comment and support my efforts to improve.

If I could just capture this guy's attitude and bottle it as a perfume to wear on my "Not so great" days.
Oskar ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2545847/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2545847/ Sun, 30 May 2004 20:39:24 PDT Mood: Somewhere in-between
Listening to: Hurt, NiN
Reading: Jesus and the Lost Goddess
Watching: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

Clicking along....

Its Sevilla or Gibraltar today (After a nap! I've worked all night!)....and then.....the oral sex, sorry, that just slipped in there....it does that sometimes.

After 60 hours of work in five days....I am determined for today to be utterly fabulous. There will most certainly be Sangria or cold ale involved (after taking some pictures of course!).

I can't say that I'm in a "good" mood, but I am definitely in "another" mood than what I have been. Tough to characterize. If color were used to define it, it would be.....mmmmm.....electric violet, yep, that's it - purple as all hell. Flighty, winsome, unplanned, rich and just a little unhinged....that's the way to describe it.

The snozzberries taste like snozzberries.

=d

If I could just capture this guy's attitude and bottle it as a perfume to wear on my "Not so great" days.
Oskar ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2523400/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2523400/ Thu, 27 May 2004 18:08:07 PDT Mood: Better
Listening to: Iggy Pop "Lust for Life"
Reading: Grimm's Basic Photography
Watching: Bladerunner

Still not fully functional and ready to engage the masses yet....but I'm feeling a bit....."better".

Lots of rest, a three hour brisk walk in the sunshine, Indian food and a little reflection have me on a more even keel. Working a sixty hour work week so I guess I'll count my blessings and leave well enough alone till Monday which is my next day off, when things will doubtless look a bit rosier.

The Digital Rebel is fantastic. I'm loving playing with manual shooting mode and adjusting the aperture, shutter speed and ASA/ISO to achieve different results. I think I'm starting a little love affair with shooting in natural light. I think I'll enjoy the challenge of muddling through the three mechanical tools (noted above) rather than slapping a flash on it or switching to AE and "cheating" by letting the camera do my thinking for me.

As noted, I'm working a sh*tload so I will no doubt not be shooting anything to post in the coming days - however I plan to hit Gibraltar or Sevilla early next week and we'll see what comes of that.

Thanks....

=d

If I could just capture this guy's attitude and bottle it as a perfume to wear on my "Not so great" days.

Oskar ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2508827/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2508827/ Tue, 25 May 2004 20:00:26 PDT Mood: Numb
Listening to: Anything by NiN

The blahs have set in. Typically and predictably mind you, but they have set in nonetheless. It goes like this: 1. Eyes set on prize 2. Spend inordinate amount of time and effort working toward prize 3. Obtain prize 4. Wonder what the hell you are gonna do next.

That's the problem with being "goal oriented" I guess......you know what, strike that, I'm not goal oriented, I'm status oriented - and it kindof sucks. Goal oriented is good, anything can be a goal - and I still have goals toward which I'm working. However...when I reach them they won't lead to a piece of paper and an "Attaboy"/pat-on-the-back from someone wearing a funny hat or a fancy robe. All my goals for the last seven years have been "status oriented" and have each resulted in pieces of lambskin with pretty writing, or other nice status symbols that make people go "Ooooh, wow, that's really impressive" or some such drivel.

Now I'm doing things that no one is gonna give two shits about and I don't know how I'm gonna deal with that.

I talk a good game about "loving myself" and not doing things to impress others, but in the end, I think that is part of what I've been doing for years...its a tough and disappointing revelation actually.

I'm kind of tired right now. I'm not going to stress too much about this. I will just let this stew in my gulliver for bit....

After a bit o' rest this will all likely seem a bit chepooka. My droogies I need a vellocet or a bit of the old in-out in-out with a dear, sweet, devotchka.

=d



[link] ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2495093/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2495093/ Mon, 24 May 2004 03:21:42 PDT
well, its sunk in a bit more now...i'm a college graduate, again. the stress that has been carried in my shoulders and the pit of my stomach is slowly lifting - as if i'm carrying a bag of sand that now has a few huge holes making the burden lighter....slowly....steadily...its getting better. the corners of mouth are curving up, my brow is less furrowed.

what is the perfect onomotopoeia that conveys the sound escaping my lips with every deep and relaxed breath?

so, it came to me today, as i read a post from a new acquaintance, nay...a new friend, that i love the internet.

its so difficult for me to find people of like interests - since mine are so bizarre and diverse. as a consequence, i have very few friends i can speak to frankly and honestly. i love the age we are coming into where i will be able to form a group of friends thousands of miles apart - and i will be able to keep track of them almost effortlessly. i lament that i can't sit in a room or go to a party where they will all be - in the flesh. however, how often do we get all of our friends together like that when they live locally? - not often enough. i sincerely hope we continue, as a global society, to move toward greater connectivity where eventually data transfer speeds will be such that video conferencing will be effortless and a group of friends can convene at the drop of a hat. it'll come....in time. till then, i'll just enjoy what contact i have...with my friends.



=d ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2489368/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2489368/ Sun, 23 May 2004 09:32:41 PDT
When I awoke this morning the first thing that passed through my mind was...er, well, make that the second thing (I AM a guy after all)... I GET TO BUY MY CAMERA...I GET TO BUY MY CAMERA (*dancing a little jig in my head while repeating it over and over like a little kid*).

I couldn't be more excited. I'm reading the instruction book while the battery charges. I want to go to feria (big celebration here in southern Spain) tonight and take some pictures -if they are worth sharing you'll see them.

]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2403194/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2403194/ Mon, 10 May 2004 22:17:01 PDT
I hope the trend reverses. This is art. Folks should not be here posting the partially digested contents of their disposable camera from their 3yr old's birthday. OF COURSE those people will be pissed about nude photographs.....they're just on the wrong site for what they really want. Art is any deliberate attempt to capture beauty in some form that outlives the subject of the art. Why oh why can't people just browse the other zillion art categories other than erotica and fetish instead of going there and being offended!?\

DA was a dream that I fear that was too good to last......

*bugle plays taps in the background, slowly and sadly*

Farewell, signalbox, I hope DA has a change of heart and things improve so you feel comfortable coming back....but I fear any of us who have an open appreciation for beauty in all its forms will all be following you soon.....away from DA. ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2303280/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2303280/ Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:28:53 PDT
Well, back to it.....must........keep.......typing.... ....

-d ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2022264/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/2022264/ Tue, 16 Mar 2004 07:49:55 PST
Things are better now. I may have found a camera. The Digital Rebel Series is very nice although not very rugged or durable. It could be a nice starter camera though. If you start seeing more work posted, you'll know whether I chose to take the plunge or not!

Thanks for caring enough to read this. Journals are, by their very nature, cathartic and it feels good just to talk sometimes.

As always - keep the art alive, keep posting and send me a note if you have a piece you particularly want my input upon.

Have a fantastic and unstressed day....... ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1919646/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1919646/ Sat, 28 Feb 2004 06:16:50 PST
I will extricate myself from my current ho-hum life in the near future. Until then....I'll live vicariously through all of you, seeing the world through your eyes. ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1857609/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1857609/ Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:30:28 PST
As you will note, I have begun my artistic journey in earnest by posting a few test pics. Mostly this was to familiarize myself with graphic file formats and digital manipulation. When I get over the fact that the large sum of money spent for "The Canon D60 That Wasn't"...I'll go spend some more cash on a camera from a straight -up retailer (vs. eBay). Then the real journey will begin.

More to follow.....I need to go bite my nails and fret some more over the deadlines that are staring me in the face..... ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1755929/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1755929/ Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:16:49 PST
Well, my quest for a new camera goes on. The law enforcement folks haven't contacted me about the idiot who stole my money (the Canon D60 bought on eBay fiasco) so I guess I'll just count that as "lost money" and move on.

My creative energy is so pent-up right now I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't vent it soon!!!!! *Looks for his George W. Bush doll and a baseball bat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1578583/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1578583/ Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:17:20 PST
Bliadhna mhathùr! (pronounced BLEEne vah OOHR)
Happy New Year! ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1564682/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1564682/ Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:59:01 PST
Attempting to maintain my sanity. The camera-selling-chick (I'll call her by that name till I'm MORE than 99.9% sure she's a thief) has stopped communicating with me completely and it looks as though my trust in strangers has bitten me in the ass once again. She said she had a death in the family and had to leave town suddenely so she couldn't mail the camera right away....what an idiot I am. Worse than that....I found the camera on eBay, but since I bought the camera at a price that stopped the auction prematurely...eBay is saying they weren't actually involved in the sale - so they won't do jack for me.

Well, the cash lost hurts....the bruise on my faith in humanity hurts more. I'll begin looking for other camera equipment tomorrow night after I file a small claims suit tomorrow afternoon against this chick.

Let's be optomistic hope she's broken both her hands and just hasn't typed an email to me because of that, and the camera is really in the mail..... YEAH RIGHT!!!! ]]> ~DoctorSeuss http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1557258/ http://DoctorSeuss.deviantart.com/journal/1557258/ Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:17:15 PST
she still hasn't sent the camera and i am growing VERY nervous that i am out of a CONSIDERABLE amount of cash. i'm contemplating filing fraud charges if the equipment doesn't arrive pronto.

i only post this, cuz' i've been telling folks for weeks that "i'll be uploading some images soon for critique" . please be patient...i'm on pins and needles right now...i'll post an update when i know more about the camera-selling chick or if my equipment arrives.

love to all and a blessed yuletide season. ]]> ~DoctorSeuss