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I'm stoked!

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strange whirled, no?

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/16723224/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/16723224/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:08:04 PST
I am NOT going to reset my my cookies every time I feel like visiting DA -- All the other sites that I spend loads amount of time on do not have a problem with my computer/connection/browser/whatever.

Therefore, I have let my subscription to DA lapse, will not be renewing something I get no use out of anyway, and probably will not update this account for quite some time.

Thanks for watching, commenting, support and all that. I hate to go, but this problem will not resolve itself at present time, and I see no reason waisting time.

There are some brilliant artists here on DA, and I've enjoyed watching their work expand over the years.

da svidanya

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/15927780/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/15927780/ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:47:32 PST
So, I'm just playing it by ear right now, because it's really not all that important.

Just thought I'd let you guys and gals know ... in case you were wondering why I was being quieter than usual.

Just in case I don't get back here before next weekend;
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, whatever you celebrate, hope you have a good one!

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COMING!!!

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that's what the last three weeks have done in my whirled ...

no time to even stop and think about where the time went.

catch you on the flipside.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/12083989/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/12083989/ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:03:11 PST
*Ka-chow!*

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/9757837/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/9757837/ Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:50:51 PDT
Mood: happy
Listening to: Sex Pistols: I'm Not Your Steppin Stone
Reading: Mongolian Folktales
Watching: The Filth and The Fury

Well, I was seriously thinking about leaving DA, and then they implimented this new look, and I'm digging it. I think I'll stay for a while.

As far as the creative process goes, it's been pretty dead in the water as of late. I haven't been inspired by anything, really. Just been doing a lot of thinking and that tends to burn up a lot of the energy that would otherwise be used for drawing.

A few photos have been taken, but nothing that impresses me enough to share with the rest of the whirled, so I will spare you all the family beach trips and the documented progress of my flower beds.

I'm so exciting, aren't I?

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/8996278/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/8996278/ Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:27:56 PDT
Mood: happy
Listening to: Judas Priest : Living After Midnight
Reading: Linda Greenlaw : All Fishermen Are Liars
Watching: TV Is Off

I'm on Vacation, hence the surplus of art.

It's nice to be in such a relaxed state that my brain is quiet enough to sit for hours and burry itself in the details of a picture.

I love not having to go to work. at least, for now.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/8846452/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/8846452/ Mon, 22 May 2006 15:56:54 PDT
Mood: happy
Listening to: Dio : Holy Diver
Reading: Linda Greenlaw : All Fishermen Are Liars
Watching: TV: Deadliest Catch

I went to the coast yesterday! HuzzaH!

It was a perfect day, not too hot, not too cool, just right. Took the dogs and they were lovin the surf.

Only got a couple of pictures. One I submitted here, the other was a "family" photo and goes into my private collection.

Summer is finally here -- whether the calendar says so or not.

Life is good.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/8628159/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/8628159/ Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:56:49 PDT
Mood: awake
Listening to: Godsmack : Voodoo Too
Reading: Cesar Millan : Cesar's Way
Watching: TV: Deadliest Catch

I am awake. I stayed up waaaaaay past my bedtime last night. I have nothing to say ... I've been drawing, but not much. I've been photographing things, but moreso for timeline projects than to share here.

I've been sewing a lot ... working on a Hyena Blanket, since NO ONE produces a Hyena print fabric. I made my own ... if you want to see pictures, let me know.

Sun's out, and I'm heading out too ...

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/8352898/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/8352898/ Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:40:16 PDT
Mood: happy
Listening to: Judas Priest : Bloodstone
Reading: Henry Rollins : Roomanitarian
Watching: King Arthur

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Fun, hu?

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Mood: happy
Listening to: Megadeth : Last Rites
Reading: Henry Rollins : Roomanitarian
Watching: Howl's Moving Castle

Well here it is, a little over a full month since my last entry.

I've actually submitted something new. Nothing that will win any awards, but a photo that speaks volumes to me.

It's snowing today, so I'm playing hookie from work. I decided that I would much rather spend the day playing with my Dog in the snow, than getting paid to be miserable. You tell me which is more rewarding. The money, or actually enjoying the moment.



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Mood: happy
Reading: Heinlein : Stranger in a Strang Land
Watching: Pinocchio

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

Today marks first day of Year of the Fire Dog.


Wishing you all an easy going, happy and prosperous year!


]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/7655711/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/7655711/ Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:31:35 PST
Mood: happy
Listening to: Roseanne/Johnny Cash : September When It Comes
Reading: Beagles
Watching: Ladder 49

Um ... I have done NOTHING in the last two months, creatively.

See, I got so busy with Christmas coming, that I didn't have time or energy. Then, for Christmas, I got a puppy.

Yes, a PUPPY. And he's so stinking adorable I could just eat his ears.

I got a Beagle, and well ... I've been busy playing with my dog.

I've been photographing him, but my digital camera hates me more than ever.

No Deviations.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/7103275/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/7103275/ Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:04:36 PST
Mood: happy
Listening to: iggy pop : now I wanna be your dog
Reading: christopher moore : fluke
Watching: trainspotting

um ... yeah ... that about sums it up.

updating, at this point, is like, taking a hammer to my hand. I just don't feel like it.

Maybe once the weather clears up and Mercury goes direct.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/6903039/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/6903039/ Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:36:30 PST
Mood: happy
Listening to: screamin jay hawkins : I put a spell on you
Reading: christopher moore : coyote blue
Watching: batman begins [again]



]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/6718533/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/6718533/ Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:20:16 PDT
Mood: happy
Listening to: elastica : car song
Watching: the outsiders

I'm going to buy a new digital camera.

mine vexes me greatly.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/6594380/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/6594380/ Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:50:41 PDT
Mood: eh
Listening to: stain'd : paper jesus
Reading: buffalo gals : ursula k le guin
Watching: american psycho

well, I haven't updated in a while.

I'm mulling over the argument of whether it's better to update frequently, or to maintain the once or twice a month if any, update routine.

Truth be told, I haven't really been inspired to be creative.

I had been dating a guy for about three weeks before he decided that we should be constant steady companions. >yuck< so he bought me a rather expensive ring and called me three times a day.

I had a second surgery on my nose, [for health reasons, not vane ones!], and he got pissed at me for not spending enough time with him three days after I came home from the hospital.

So I dumped him, yet he continued to call. So some of my really big guy friends threatened him, and that seemed to do the trick.

And thus, I've not been real inspired to do anything but sit here and enjoy the silence of my everyday, mundane lifestyle.

Love sucks. I am not a sucker.

I might actually get my act together over the next 48 hours and do something semi-impressive. Who knows.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5615971/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5615971/ Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:14:16 PDT
Mood: content
Listening to: green day : prosthetic head

Yes, boys and girls. It's that time of year again. Zoo Trip.

You are forewarned. Expect many photos of animals in their un-natural somewhat natural habitats.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5507719/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5507719/ Tue, 31 May 2005 02:03:36 PDT Mood: content
Listening to: green day : prosthetic head

so, i've moved. yes, that's where i've been -- not that i expected anyone to miss me.

i moved, and i got a new tattoo -- you can check it out in my 'scraps' -- and now i'm just settling into a new routine in a new place.

life is better than it was.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5507718/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5507718/ Tue, 31 May 2005 02:03:35 PDT Mood: content
Listening to: green day : prosthetic head

so, i've moved. yes, that's where i've been -- not that i expected anyone to miss me.

i moved, and i got a new tattoo -- you can check it out in my 'scraps' -- and now i'm just settling into a new routine in a new place.

life is better than it was.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5311256/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5311256/ Mon, 09 May 2005 13:09:04 PDT
Mood: eh
Reading: piers anthony : on a pale horse
Watching: house of flying daggers

it's been raining pretty consistantly for the last week, week and a half.

everyone sing with me ... "everthing is coming up roses"

okay, enough of that.

everything is green, green, green. everywhere i look, greenery -- and tho it does my spirit and mental outlook good to be surrounded by such a soothing and healing color, i'm still feeling a bit out of sorts.

only because i've never been so focused. it's a rarity for me to have a set direction. being a typical gemini, i usually just fly by the seat of my pants.

but i have an agenda now, and a motive, and a goal.

WHOA. WTF happened to me?

anyhoo. because of all this, i am feeling more creative, and internally motivated to actually create instead of just sitting around thinking about what i'd create if i were actually in the process of creating.

apparently, i also feel the need to talk in circles.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5172586/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5172586/ Sun, 24 Apr 2005 01:07:47 PDT
Mood: eh
Listening to: the moonglows : sincerely
Reading: piers anthony : on a pale horse
Watching: zoolander

so, i haven't really been in the mood to create anything other than my own premature self destruction.

last week SUCKED. not only did they cut our hours back at work, leaving the crew at a nimble 2 people a night, i came home thursday morning to find that my dog, [the rott], had killed one of my cats.

don't really want to get into it. just want to see it in black and white, on the cyber screen, so that i can refer back to it from time to time when it because more like a bad dream than a cunfuzzled reality.

yeah.

well, i thought i felt like drawing tonight, but i'd rather sit here listening to music and contemplating the universe instead.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5003859/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/5003859/ Tue, 05 Apr 2005 03:13:02 PDT
Mood: content
Listening to: nin : the becomming
Reading: coyotes: biology, behavior, and management

broadening my horizons ... or shooting myself in the foot.

depends on the outcome.

i'm slightly bored this morning, so i stepped outside the realms of my own comfort zone and played with color. *shrugs*

we'll see how it goes. you know me, i'm not one to *finish* anything because i don't like endings. things should just continue to flow, imho, without end ... and art is never finished, so why finish, or even bother to call it finished?

i just work on it until it no longer suits me and then i move on.

is that wrong?

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4922490/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4922490/ Sun, 27 Mar 2005 07:50:20 PST Mood: happy
Listening to: judas priest : metal gods
Reading: louis lamour : smoke from this altar
Watching: finding neverland

Happy Easter, Spring Equinox, or whatever name you chose to give this day.

bright blessings and all that jazz

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4870649/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4870649/ Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:40:53 PST Mood: happy
Listening to: the dickies : shake and bake
Reading: a map to the next world : joy harjo
Watching: spongebob squarepants

bit of an update ...

the growth in my nose was removed on the 10th of this month ... what was only supposed to take 15 minutes took an hour. once they got in there, they discovered it was bigger and broader than originally thought.

anyhoo ... i was hopped up on pain killers for about three days, drifting in and out of consciousness, sleeping 17 hours a day.

fun. now i have this scab in there and all my nose hairs are sticking and pulling. *shudders*

but i'm all better now, follow up appointment went well, and returned to work day before yesterday.

life is good, all in all ...

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4557116/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4557116/ Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:23:34 PST Mood: eh
Reading: first person : vladimir putin

i have a growth on the inside of my nose.

it's in the left nostril -- and after two weeks of the doctors treating it as a "bacterial" infection, i was sent to a specialist.

it's a mutant mass of blood vessels.

yes, blood vessels gone mad -- and the only way to get rid of them is to cut them out.

unfortunately, i have to live with it for another four weeks before i can have the surgery because the doctors are booked.

fortunately, it's not life threatening or cancerous, so the four week wait period is not going to "kill" me ... tho a slip of the surgeon's kinfe might.

anyhow, between the growth and the steroids, my nose is considerably swollen. *shrugs* it also bleeds quite a bit because of the growth, and has a tendency to feel somewhat like a sinus infection upon waking.

such is life.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4463925/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4463925/ Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:34:20 PST Mood: blah
Listening to: so cold : breaking benjamin
Reading: first person : vladimir putin
Watching: alien vs. predator

i really should sit myself down and create something new, rather than revising old pieces.

but i haven't the energy.

have been struck with sinusitis and a respiratory infection. blah. day 6 of antibiotics, but the aliens in my nasal cavity show no sign of letting up on their hostile take over.

did not work at all last week. not one minute. home sick all week, no energy. did draw a couple of sharks, but one can only submit so many sharks before it becomes a redundant theme.

*coughs*

may actually take pictures tomorrow. the flowers are blooming early this year due to this rare warm weather we've been having. trees in the back yard actually have leaves on them, and there is a single rose on a climber that i noticed this morning while feeding the birds.

weird. not even february.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4135005/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4135005/ Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:13:29 PST Mood: devious
Listening to: bowie : space oddity
Reading: shark anatomy
Watching: extended version of ROTK

must thank mistressofspam for tutorial she wrote on usage of prisma pencils on cardstock.

has inspired me more than anything else in recent months.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4056985/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/4056985/ Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:03:01 PST Mood: devious
Listening to: henry rollins : ghost rider
Reading: shark anatomy
Watching: step into liquid

i've come to the conclusion that my graphics card sucks.

anyone have any recommendations on a new one?

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3953984/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3953984/ Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:07:17 PST

*chills*

the thermometer says it's 39, but i'd wager that damned thing's broken.

i'm watching surfing documentarys trying to *think* warm ... and then i see shots of the Oregon Coast and think, "cold water" ...

vicious circle ...

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3692209/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3692209/ Thu, 28 Oct 2004 06:08:20 PDT
i keep getting those little notifications up top that there's deviants, and journals, and comments, and when i clickity click, there's nothing there ...

please tell me i'm not alone!!!

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3685431/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3685431/ Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:05:56 PDT
need to recharge my batteries and allow my eyes and hands a good rest.

hey, digital art is a good way to keep one's creative juices flowing at just such intervals.



]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3675237/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3675237/ Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:15:49 PDT
so, new deviant -- a wallpaper submission.

first off, i must tell you that [link] has some of the most amazing brushes for PS 6.0 & 6.7 that i've come across.

now, having said so -- let me explain the wallpaper, which has a completely different look and feel to some of the other crap i've submitted.

truth be told, it was a practice run in PS 6.0 --since i've only recently secured a copy for myself, and have yet to really make a commitment to learning it.

but i came across the brushes while surfing live journal and decided if anything, i should learn how to use them in PS since brush useage in PSP has become a big part of my 'killing time' hobbies.

anyhoo -- hallowe'en is around the corner, and i'm feeling a bit gothic.

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a couple of new photos. a slug and a scrap deviation of my fish, Seamus.

exciting, eh?

i've been so consumed with making icons for Live Journal lately that i've barely stopped to do anything else -- but i noticed the slugs scooting around last night and felt that i should at least try photographing them at some point.

so this morning, they were still scooting around, and i gave it a shot.

i only submitted one photo however, as to save the lot of you from the various shots one can take of a slug. and believe me, there are lots of angles when it comes to slugs. they have those neat antennea things on their heads that retract, very kewl.

boycott salt. bad for the arteries, bad for slugs.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3503584/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3503584/ Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:13:07 PDT
so i updated, finally.

took a bunch of photos this afternoon. some turned out really kewl, others didn't. such is life.

then my battery died and i had to come inside to recharge. tis probably best this way, so as not to clutter everyone's message box with pictures of rotting fruit and fallen leaves.

what better way to express my mood today than with decomposing vegetation.

go me.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3464242/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3464242/ Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:39:26 PDT
yeah, so, i haven't been doing anything much in the way of art lately. haven't even been taking pictures or anything, tho i should be documenting the changing seasons.

but i'm not.

i've been unmotivated lately, as depression has a slight grip on me, [all work related]. am convinced if i didn't have to work a boring, manual labor job, i'd be happy.

but i do, and i'm not.

just wanted to let y'all know that i am not nonexistant, just noncoherant.

here's to better days.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3298641/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3298641/ Mon, 06 Sep 2004 08:50:30 PDT
i have the creepy crud. a headcold, for those of you who have never heard the term, "creepy crud"

could also be known as the creeping crud, depending on the rate of speed of which your nose is producing phlem.

at the current state, i have the much more evolutionalized and mutated, creeping crud.

*coughs*

however, i am on vacation this week. so i am both blessed and damned. blessed in that i don't have to deal with calling in sick, or workin while sick, or any of that crap.

damned in that, it's my vacation, and i feel like shit, and have no real energy to do anything fun and entertaining.

so, i issue a warning. i'll probably hang around the house taking pictures of bugs and stuff -- speaking of which, i got some really kewl shots of a wasp the other day. i was shooting real, honest to God film, so we'll all have to wait till i get off my ass and have it developed.

thus, you shall all suffer with me.
revenge is sweet.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3178542/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3178542/ Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:06:41 PDT
bit of an update. thought i'd just submit some new photos since i hadn't done so in a while ...

nothing really exciting going on around here.

today is the first cool day we've had in a long time -- the last few weeks have been uber-hot for Oregon weather, and now, at 8am, it's only 65 degrees -- a ten degree difference from this time yesterday.

i'm looking forward to wearing a sweater.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3072518/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/3072518/ Sun, 08 Aug 2004 08:15:56 PDT
Direlupin and i went to the Zoo yesterday with our male parental unit, and our brother. entertaining.

we got some pictures, and i'm sure if you pop over to her page on DA, she'll have some animule photos up shortly.

hopefully she got better pictures of the Eagles than i did. mine all came out really dark and sucky. grrrrr!

i think i hate my camera.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2932264/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2932264/ Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:34:40 PDT
hey -- my sister finally joined deviantart -- go check out her stuff.

[link]

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2799954/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2799954/ Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:33:24 PDT
i'm in the desert right now, for the 4th of July holiday. will head home tomorrow.

i've taken what i think are some great pictures -- and will upload them when i get home, because, silly me, forgot the cord to my camera. *blushes*

so i'm up here with computer and internet access, but cannot upload my pictures to the PC. *shrugs*

oh well ... i'll live, it's just one more day.

beautiful country up here -- not enough Fir trees for my liking, [none, actually], but the Junipers and the Pines are nice. and there's lots of Sage brush -- which smells sweet, i love it.

there are four Ravens living on the property at the moment -- two adults, and two of their brood -- learning to fly. ;0) i spent most of yesterday watching them. didn't get pictures. they were just out of range for my camera to do them justice. maybe today i'll get lucky.

rabbits living under the house ... quail nest at the edge of the yard ... what more could anyone ask for?

and the sunsets up here are AMAZING.

i'll be home soon ...

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2702312/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2702312/ Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:11:29 PDT
i'm too busy ripping all my cds and then uploading them to my portable! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

see y'all in about another week.

actually, i was hoping to do a day-trip over the mountain and maybe get some shots in, but who knows. *shrugs*

we were supposed to leave at 6, and here it is 7 already. maybe i'll just take a bit of a walk in the woods today and drag my cameras along with me. [while i listen to tunes on my portable!!!]

obsessed, me? ... na.

i've also started a couple of commission pieces for a friend of mine -- so i've been carrying pencils around these days, as oppossed to cameras. maybe once i get those out of the way, i'll have more time to annoy everyone with my clickity clicks.

adios.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2618778/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2618778/ Wed, 09 Jun 2004 06:37:52 PDT
it was pretty busy -- being Free Tuesday and all. *chuckles*

i have a membership, and somehow i always seem to end up down there on Free Tuesday. [second Tuesday of every month]

i might try and get back down there later on in the week, when it's not so busy, and the animals aren't hiding from all the screaming children and their aggravated parents.

anyhoo -- i've posted a few of the pictures, just for enjoyment's sake, because their isn't anything *stand-outish* about them. i just thought they were nice pictures.

back to my vacation.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2488163/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2488163/ Wed, 26 May 2004 10:37:14 PDT
just hanging out ... watching a little tv, and listening to the rain outside.

haven't really been shooting pictures or drawing. Wiley has kept me busy doing other things like, chasing balls and tug-o-war.

he's made himself right at home, and is currently sleeping soundly, all curled up in my bed. *sigh*

we're gonna both need flea baths.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2439275/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2439275/ Sun, 16 May 2004 07:36:23 PDT
well, i'm a bit pissed.

went up to have coffee with some friends this morning. on my way home, decided to swing by the cemetery to check on my grandmother's grave. there, sitting on a tombstone, was a Raven.

and me, without my camera.

yeah, i know it's a *cliche* photo ... but i'd really like to have one to call my own ...

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2414181/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2414181/ Wed, 12 May 2004 14:05:34 PDT
i'm feeling a bit inspired lately. i feel like i should put my camera down for a while and pick my mechanical pencil up.

i haven't drawn for a while, namely because, i was distracted by my new toy, [digital camera], and because i lost my favorite mechanical pencil. well, i've recently found my favorite pencil, and i'm feeling the urge to draw a bit.

there are so many incredible artists on DA. seriously. i am so inspired by their work everyday. i browse galleries and think to myself, 'if only i had conditioned myself to be a bit more serious in my *doodling*' ... but we can't all be committed, can we?

anyhoo ... i'm going to spend some time drawing, *i hope* ... and then this weekend i'm going on a mini road trip, hopefully up through Hood River and capture some windsurfers and some fruit trees.

i just need to get out of the area and shoot something other than flowers.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2405883/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2405883/ Tue, 11 May 2004 11:18:35 PDT
i have far too many journals i think ...

but this one is by far, my favorite. you are forwarned. i am a post whore.

[link]

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2391168/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2391168/ Sun, 09 May 2004 09:42:02 PDT
something new is in bloom ... something new to take pictures of ...

i'm really quite pleased with the photos this morning ... i'm really starting to be partial to the darker shadows and brilliant colors ...

my battery died however, so i had to put it on the charger.

maybe i'll take more pictures later on this afternoon. or maybe i'll just sleep.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2377746/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2377746/ Fri, 07 May 2004 09:00:36 PDT
for want of a better title.

have been taking photos, but i find that they've become quite repetative. flowers, flowers, and more flowers.

hopefully, i'll do a road trip this weekend and get a change of scenery and some inspiration.

have some more kewl shots of roses ... but, the mood i'm in right now is, "seen one rose, ya seen em all."

yeah, that about covers it.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2322616/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2322616/ Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:42:40 PDT
i realize the image is too big for the deviant info window ... i'll fix it later.

it has much vexed me right now, and i don't want to deal with it anymore!

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2301854/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2301854/ Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:49:50 PDT
so ... i'm trying to figure out why my pictures keep coming out looking distorted on Deviant when they're so crisp and clear in my graphics program -- and i think i have the answer ...

i think my connection to the net is what's screwing them up ... slow connection, slow upload, fuzzy photos.

'nuff said. blah.

maybe it's time to at least invest in broadband. but you know, the risk of getting infected with a wyrm is less if you're on dial up -- simply because it doesn't load as fast, and the wyrms being such intricate files, don't usually have time to load into the system on a dial up connection.

at least, that's what i'm told ... whatever ... we'll see ...

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2293556/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2293556/ Sun, 25 Apr 2004 06:54:30 PDT
so, i've been MIA for a while ... been reading quite a bit lately, and spending as little time offline as possible.

haven't taken any pictures lately, well ... that's a lie, i took some a couple days ago, but they were all crap.

so someone says this morning, "if you knew what i know" ... and for some reason, that seems really arrogant to me ... because we all see and know things differently ... maybe i'm just being narrow minded or something ... maybe i overreacted, which is the nature of the shark ... but it just didn't sit right. so i said my peace, and now, await the hammer of the gods. lol!

whatever, i'm really sick of people in general right now.

loved everyone's recent deviations ~ just don't really have the energy to comment on them all right now ... maybe in a day or two ...

adios.

]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2156785/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2156785/ Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:58:48 PDT
be prepaired for some weird stuff to pop up here in the next few days. i'm on vacation, just added five new koi to the pond, and have a large amount of time to kill. ]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2129008/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2129008/ Thu, 01 Apr 2004 09:51:43 PST
i've like, totally impressed myself. this will nevar ever happen again.

i'm doomed for the rest of time! lol! ]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2108203/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2108203/ Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:23:56 PST
i'm a bit concerned tho, because i never considered flowers to be inanimate objects for the simple fact that they live and die.

to me, inanimate indicates something that does not live. you know, like, um ... a car or something. [tho i've had plenty of cars with their own personalities]

anyway. so, flowers are considered *still* in the photography category. wow. i always thought of them as nature or landscape.

guess we can't all be smart, eh? *sigh* ]]> ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2035941/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2035941/ Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:59:09 PST ~shimmertwist http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2030759/ http://shimmertwist.deviantart.com/journal/2030759/ Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:09:05 PST
was going to do a couple more before trodding off to bed, but decided to save them for tomorrow. don't want to clog everyone's messages up with my pics.

really nice weather over the last few days, and i got a chance to go down to an old estate that i've put on offer on, [20 acres of marshland, and a crappy house], but, the price for the 20 acres is considerably reasonable. it is spring going into summer, so i can pitch a tent while we remodel the house. it was built in the 30's and it's in bad shape. the structure is sound tho, so i can just go in and gut it and start over.

anyway, i took some pictures of the barn that is on the property. it's falling down. it looks really kewl, but, if i get the place, i'm gonna have to push it the rest of the way down.

got some pictures of the land too, really neat setting, and lots of trees. there's deer sign, and of course, a Raven, somewhere in a tree, chirping at me the whole time. it's a shame that digitals aren't really fast enough to capture Ravens on film ... why is it i always see them when i'm not prepaired? beak caws that's life. ^v^

i'll get those uploaded tomorrow when i get home from work.

lessee ... what else ... i think that's about it. ]]> ~shimmertwist