Smarmoofus Spot

This is still my sixth week participating in the Thematic Photographic photo meme, created by Carmi over at Written Inc..  Each Wednesday Carmi posts a photo and names the theme, then participants make related posts on their own blogs, sharing their take on the theme.   Here is another take on the theme monochrome:

“Morning Constitutional” ~ Photo Date: July 24, 2008

There’s really nothing “special” about this picture.  I don’t even know the man in it, except that I know he’s a neighbour.  I know this because my neighbourhood is small and relatively hidden from the rest of town (I hesitate to use the word exclusive), so only someone who lives here would be walking it so early in the morning.  This was around 7am, before the Arkansas summer heat had a chance to really set in.  I snapped the photograph from my second-floor bedroom window shortly before I realized I had been up all night again and decided I should probably get some sleep.

More monochrome Thematic Photographic to come.

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This is my thirty-third 55… it’s catching up to me.

I thought I knew you.  I thought I knew better than you.  I was wrong.  I don’t want to know the “you” you’ve become, and it turns out you don’t love me.

Three years of misery equaled $20,000.  What does two years of happiness equal?  Less than nothing… not even my own things back.

Story behind the story…

I’ve been holding back, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.  I defended him to my friends as he repeatedly hurt me so thoughtlessly.  I tried very hard to be patient.  But in the end, I have to admit when I am being played for a fool.  I’m still not ashamed of anything I did.  He was a different person when we met, and I loved and respected him then.  But I can neither love nor respect the person he has become.  The person who can keep one on the back-burner, just in case…

So, good news, guys: I’m unfettered.  You’ll never meet a better woman (you can even ask the idiot; he just seems to have a problem with gift horses).  The only thing I ask is if you ever find yourself in possession of my recipe box, don’t give your new girlfriend — the one who doesn’t compare favorably to me — access to my recipes after you break up with me without warning.  And try not to be surprised or hurt if I don’t think it’s adorable when she replies to my messages to you… just twelve hours after you were shamelessly flirting with me.  I know you keep your computer in the bedroom we shared.

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This is my sixth week participating in the Thematic Photographic photo meme, created by Carmi over at Written Inc..  Each Wednesday Carmi will post a photo and name the theme, then participants will make a related post on their own blogs, sharing their take on the theme.   Here is my take on the theme monochrome:

Way way back in the day, my father found a Pentax K1000 fully-manual SLR film camera on clearance.  The only feature it sported was a built-in light meter.  The price was such a good deal that my dad bought it without hesitation and gave it to me (he already had his own).  It wasn’t my birthday.  No special occasion.  Just a random treat.  And I don’t know if I ever told him how much I appreciated it.

I had a lot of fun with that camera.  I especially enjoyed black & white photography. Sadly, I don’t have many of my old prints or negatives.  But I do still have this one…

“Melanie” ~ Photo Date: sometime in 1992

This was a friend of mine back when I was in university.  I wouldn’t say we were especially close, but I thought she was beautiful (isn’t she?!), and she had such a quiet grace.  I so wanted to be her.  On the other hand, she thought I was so outgoing and alive… she wanted to be me.  I don’t know if I ever showed her this photograph.

I don’t intend to stop here with this week’s theme, but when I saw Mojo’s photo of Kat, it brought Melanie here to mind, so I immediately went rummaging through my (depressingly small) stack of favorite photos to find this one.

Stay tuned for more Thematic Photographic in the days to come.

is a photo meme hosted by Carmi at Written Inc.

And three weeks later, I give you my very very tame fifth Half-Nekkid Thursday post.  I do like to keep you guys guessing, don’t I?

“Fortune” ~ Photo Date: July 23, 2008

You get it, right?  Palm-reading reveals happiness in my future.  See?  It’s a message of hope. And it’s quite revealing, when you get right down to it.  Truly.  I think it was Dave Matthews who said, “The future is no place to place your better days.”  At least I have better days someplace.

Now I will go back to waiting for my future.

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is a meme brought to you by Kdubs, based on an original idea by Uisce.

This is my fifth week participating in the Thematic Photographic photo meme, created by Carmi over at Written Inc..  Each Wednesday Carmi will post a photo and name the theme, then participants will make a related post on their own blogs, sharing their take on the theme.   Here is my take on the theme animals:

 
“Gara” ~ Photo Date: July 21, 2008

“Darshu” ~ Photo Date: July 21, 2008

These are not the same cat.  You can tell by the eye colour.  And by the fact that Darshu (bottom picture) seems to be developing cataracts?  Or, for whatever reason, his pupil appears cloudy, anyway.  If Gara (top picture) had cooperated more fully, I would have used her eye for the extreme close-up, as her eyes are clear.  But, alas, she exhibited typical cat behaviour and refused to participate in my endeavors.  She wouldn’t even smile for the camera… look at that glare.

Special thanks go to the human these cats tolerate for allowing me to photograph them and use their pictures on my blog.

is a photo meme hosted by Carmi at Written Inc.

Sometimes I call myself Kimmy.

This is my thirty-second 55.  I probably lost a bit of credibility with you lot, so feel free to count them this week.  Truly 55.

She took her time in the bath, careful to remove every bit of hair below her eyelashes.  She shampooed twice, conditioned once… light conditioner — it won’t feel heavy later. Red polish on fingers and toes.  Just a bit of waterproof makeup to enhance her features.  She was determined to impress tonight.

“Wait, what?  You’re canceling?”

Story behind the story…

In one of life’s randomosities, an old [friend-of-a-]friend looked me up today and invited me to a pool party (that’s what I’m calling it) tonight.  I haven’t seen this guy in nearly a decade, so to say I was surprised would grossly understate the matter.  But being the adventurous sort that I am, I fretted about it all morning, consulted a wise friend about it, and finally reluctantly agreed to meet up.  Then I really did go through the entire primping routine.  In fact, I was blowing my nail polish dry when I got the message from the stranger-friend that he discovered when he got home from work that his refrigerator all but exploded today and he was dealing with the aftermath, so there will be no pool party tonight.

It’s for the best, really.  I can’t swim.

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“Sophia’s Reflection” ~ Photo Date: April 29, 2008

 
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