http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:greenunderground&section=today deviantART RSS for by:greenunderground en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:01:03 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/23285435/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/23285435/ Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:45:41 PST
My first complaint is that I was 10 minutes late to a training class. I'm not going to make excuses for myself, as I am always 5 to 10 minutes late for everything, and could care less about that 5 or 10 because because i am not that uptight about life. I can accept the fact that I'm late, and that might have repercussions. What I have a problem with is when I showed up late the lady training the people was not very nice to me, and was pretty blunt and basically a bitch to me, and told me I'd have to reschedule and couldn't attend her class that day without any I'm sorry or nothing. I could accept her condescending attitude at my job where I was getting paid to put up with it, but this is volunteer, and I'm doing this for free and working it around my work and home schedule. I can accept the fact that I might not be able to attend the rest of the class if I missed important information in the first 10 minutes, but I can't accept her attitude towards me when I'm doing this for free. She isn't the only one that works there that doesn't seem to get the fact that you have to be nice to the people you are training, because they are doing it for free...but hey, that also means that if I ever reach a point where I've totally had enough of attitudes around there, I have absolutely nothing to lose to speak my mind and tell someone exactly what I think about them.

Which brings me to my next point. I also don't know if I want to spend my extra time helping at this certain volunteer job. Albeit a few people I met down there(1 or 2), everyone works like a zombie down there, and/or is way serious with no personality. It just sounds like a horrible place to spend my free time. I have a full time job, and this place seems 5 times the more prison atmosphere than my work. I hardly see people talking, and hardly anyone working there has been friendly(except at the orientation...probably just to lure you in), except to the costumers. I like to laugh and joke while I work, but don't get me wrong I'm still a very sharp and good worker, and this definitely doesn't seem like the place to do that sort of thing.
I'll probably stick it out, and see if there is an area that is like what I want in the place, but my hopes are low right now.

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/22685999/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/22685999/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:50:04 PST
...but I've finally hit my plateau. My metabolism has has slowed down to "survive" on my new calorie intake. 25 pounds was a good start though.
To counteract this metabolism change, I'm going to follow the binge diet that Sly Stallone uses. You stay an your low calorie diet throughout the week, and then one day you binge til you are so full after meals. It makes your body kick up your metabolism to process the overload of food you just threw at it. Yesterday was my binge day, and oh god I'm glad it's over. Overeating makes you feel so much crappier than eating small light meals.
I'm also do some muscle building exercises. Not too many, just a few to build muscle. Building muscle kicks up your metabolism for up to 12 hours after the workout.

Just sharing somewhere on the net, of where I'm at in my weight loss.

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]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/21125726/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/21125726/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:18:58 PDT
But I'm really not what you'd call a dedicated photographer. If you ask some of the pros on this site how long they spend in particular locations, I'm sure they'll tell you quite a while sometimes. I'm sure they also go to specific places at specific times to get their pictures for the right look and lighting.

Me? I just don't have the patience to stay in one spot for very long. I'd say I'm more of shoot and go explorer than a photo man. Taking pictures while I'm exploring the wilderness just makes it more fun to look for things that are interesting, because I can show them to people later.

Just a thought I had about myself and my hobby.

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It's sad. I had to cancel my big hike for this year.
I was going to hike down Pikes Peak, using my own path to the bottom instead of a trail, but we are are having way too heavy rainfall for me to even try that hike.
I'm most likely going to have to wait until next year to do it, because I'm on the last of my vacation for this year.

At least I'm still ON vacation!

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/19521307/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/19521307/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:34:41 PDT
Aliens please abduct the crackheads,
and do this to them,
and this,
and this.

Does anyone else hate crackheads/tweakers out there, or am I the only one?

It's probably because I have to deal with them on a nightly basis at work, but I really loathe these people that are tweaked up and come to my store to steal and be crazy.

After saying all that, it seems that the laws that are in place work in the favor of these type of people when you do have a problem with them.

I know this post has nothing to do with art, but I just needed to vent.


]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/18878152/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/18878152/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:06:06 PDT

I was cutting across the forest to get to this meadow I heard some cows mooing in, and suddenly I saw something run away from me that looked smaller than a full grown cow...I was thinking thinking it was a calf or something.
Then it turned around and looked at me...it was a brown bear!
Wellll, needless to say, I didn't get a picture since I made a steady retreat in the opposite direction.

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What is your screen resolution poll:

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]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14539967/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14539967/ Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:24:28 PDT Bones and his brother were the first ones(human or animal) that I ever really cared for and loved.
Bones had a huge heart, and would always tuck me in to bed, and most times sleep at my feet. He always had a good meow for me, and loved my pettins.
He was the life of my house, and I will miss him.

Thanks to evryone that gave encouragement in my last post.

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14471982/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14471982/ Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:52:18 PDT It's the holiday weekend, so the only place open is the emergency vet hospital.
My credit is a lil bit bad, so I have to ask get a co-signer, which is a little stressful.
I'm so worried for my cat...If he died, I'd never forgive myself.

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14381529/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14381529/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:14:37 PDT At all.

I've probably laughed harder falling down face first hiking.

Or when my cat licks his pee-pee.

Definitely laughed harder flushing my poop down the toilet,
than watching Dane Cook try to be funny.


So I'm throwing the super finger at Dane's standup, because one finger is too funny for him, two makes it just stupid enough for him.

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14315888/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14315888/ Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:12:32 PDT Explored a large wooded valley in the city I never even knew was there.

...but at the end of my hike, I came across a lil squirrel that was sick/injured laying in the creek bed. He had a sore on his backside, that looked like a predator claw attack or such and was oozing some puss.
omg, it was so sad....I put on my gloves and warmed him up and dried him off.
tried to give him something to eat, but he wasn't in the mood to.
He was coughing a lil cough while he snuggled in my gloves....

At least he still had some bite left in him. He bit my gloves while I moved him.
That means he still had some will left in him.
I put him upland under some thick bushes, and he crawled toward the center of them.

I sure hope he makes it.

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14100043/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/14100043/ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:42:37 PDT That's what I had yesterday.
I felt good and the weather was grand.
Awesome forests and hills.

....Sub par photos at the end of the day.



]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/12693799/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/12693799/ Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:35:31 PDT
Will get my account renewed next week though!

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/12666361/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/12666361/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:48:54 PDT If you buy any pills that has not been approved by the FDA, those pills could and probably would be pulled off of the shelves if this FDA passes their "Guidance for Industry on
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration draft".([link])
The draft defines four areas that will be under control of the FDA, and be banned at their discretion if it passes.

1. Biologically Based Practices
Including:
"botanicals, animal-derived extracts, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids,
amino acids, proteins, prebiotics5and probiotics: whole diets, and "functional foods".'"

Almost everyone I know takes something on this list. Do you?
Maybe not soon...

2. Manipulative and Body-Based Practices
Including:
"chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, massage therapy, Tui Na, reflexology, rolfing, Brown
technique, Trager bodywork, Alexander technique, Feldenkrais method"

Go to a chiropractor or massage therapy?
If this passes, it could be illegal.

3. Mind-Body Medicine
Including:
"relaxation, hypnosis, visual imagery, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, tai
chi, qi gong, cognitive-behavioral therapies, group support, autogenic training, and
spirituality."

That covers a lot of vague territory!!
Do you like how a vague spirituality is thrown in at the end?...does that mean that the FDA will have jurisdiction over whether you can get healed by GOD or not?!
So long freedom of religion along with freedom of choice!

and
4. Energy Medicine
Includes:
"Veritable energy fields, which can be measured and use either mechanical
vibrations (such as sound) or electromagnetic forces, including visible
light, magnetism, monochromatic radiation (such as laser light), and other
light rays"


How would all these services and products be approved?
"The PHS Act requires individuals or companies who manufacture biologics for introduction into interstate commerce to hold a license for the products. These licenses are issued by CBER."
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is the Center within FDA that regulates biological products for human use under applicable federal laws, including the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

This center will have the authority on what you can or cannot buy!
You want vitamins or minerals?
NO! They've been pulled off the shelves!

Time for Yoga class, a group meeting for support, or church?
Sorry, it is indefinitely postposted pending an FDA investigation whether the government thinks it's good for you or not!


If you are concerned after reading this, you're probably wondering what you can do about this. Will the FDA listen to us citizens who it is supposed to be working for?
Or is it only beholden unto itself?
How do you stop a juggernaut like the FDA, which holds no votes by the people for what actions it, takes?

Well I researched if the FDA does have any oversight, and I found out they definitely do.
More than that, I also found out that the FDA is being prodded into this action by one of our own Congressman.

Rep. Edward J. Markey who is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sent a letter to the FDA
([link]) basically calling them into action to pass this draft which can make it illegal to practice your beliefs and buy what you want regarding your health and spirituality under their say so.

Now I know for sure that Rep. Edward J. Markey is beholden to the people, because we vote him in!
I propose to send this to as many people as you know through email or other means, telling them not to support any of the congressmen in the next election which are on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and write to them telling them what they think about this new FDA draft.([link])
Those members are:

Henry A. Waxman, CA
Joe Barton, TX, Ranking Member
Edward J. Markey, MA
Ralph M. Hall, TX
Rick Boucher, VA
J. Dennis Hastert, IL
Edolphus Towns, NY
Fred Upton, MI
Frank Pallone, Jr., NJ
Cliff Stearns, FL
Ba... ]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/12242738/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/12242738/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:52:15 PDT
Well, I guess it still works, but the flash latch broke off and so did the flash pop up button.
I'll take it in today to get a repair estimate.

...not so easy to replace, is the lens that snapped off of it as it rolled down the mountainside.

Since I have to save up for a new lens, I might as well make it a wide angle. I think I'll go for the Sigma 12-24mm.

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I only have two deviantions right now, but I'll add more.
I put pretty rock bottom prices, because I want it to be affordable, and not priced out of people's reach.

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/10967536/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/10967536/ Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:30:46 PST
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He asked me if he could, and I told him it was ok., because it's a pretty cool picture and he did a good job.

]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/10535465/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/10535465/ Sat, 28 Oct 2006 08:23:53 PDT Go visit Miss Noodle's journal and watch her animation.

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]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/9893792/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/9893792/ Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:20:51 PDT
If anyone else is having full view issues using Firefox, here is what I did to fix that:

-Open a blank browser tab in Firefox.

-type in about:config in the addres bar.

-scroll down to dom.disable_image_src_set and double click in the value setting true if it is set as that. That will change it to false, which fixed this prob for me. ]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/9649168/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/9649168/ Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:52:49 PDT
1- Sometimes I can't full view....nevermind. actually I can NEVER full view while in firefox.

2- the page on deviations gets a partial load and tucked under the disclaimer and help links with no scroll bar.

3- when replying to comments, it will put you all the way at the top of the page again and you have to scroll down once again to reply to the comment.

-_-

I don't get what was wrong with the other layout. If it isn't broke.... ]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/8880006/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/8880006/ Fri, 26 May 2006 03:26:31 PDT See you all when I get back! ]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/8856047/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/8856047/ Tue, 23 May 2006 16:33:10 PDT Bold statement, yes I know.

I was out 7 hours and used up my whole gig memory card...it will take a while to finish editing all this, but fun! ]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/8648759/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/8648759/ Tue, 02 May 2006 05:19:15 PDT Most will be over 1000 x 1000 in size on full view.
This way for those so inclined they can REALLY enjoy the textures of the surroundings I hike in too! ]]> ~greenunderground http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/7892223/ http://greenunderground.deviantart.com/journal/7892223/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:39:07 PST So that will be the reason behind my huge upload increase recenntly. ]]> ~greenunderground