In memory of my brother, Jonathan 1960 -1998

Happy New Year everyone!   Here is is, 2008.  I remember in grade school they asked us what we thought the year 2000 would be like. Well that's come and gone.  It's nothing like I thought it would be, but things we imagine rarely are.  The new year brings new opportunities and there are some available to me. I've started a new job and I received a new camera for Christmas, things look fantastic!  Go me!  :D

The last five photos in the recent prints page were taken with the new camera. I'm so excited, and hope to share some of that excitement with you as the year goes on.  (I'm still learning to use it)  It's kind of funny the way we take things for granted that we're used to. This (for me) applies to both work and play.  Learning new systems is humbling and interesting at the same time.  Ciao for now.  ^^

Well.. It's September already and the time has flown by,. We were to quite a few Scion events over the summer and the pics from them are in the ... tada! scionpics area.   A lot of them are snapshots, but some are pretty cool racing pictures.  It's  great traveling around and having the camera to get some shots of all the different events.  Scion corp really takes care of their owners and a big thanks to them and to Urban Racer!  Jackie! You rock hehe.  

We took a road trip out to Indianapolis in August. 11 hours wasn't too bad, but I have to admit I was glad to get out of the box ;)  We visited with Steve, an old friend from town. He took us to an awesome Thai restaurant. I'm so jealous that we don't have good Thai here. bleh!  Then it was off to O'Reilly Raceway Park and time for some racing and some good company. Lots of new friends and seeing some of the racers we know. Hi Leslie!  ;)  Was a great trip and can't wait to do it again. 

Last weekend we were up to Massachusetts. I realized how much I miss it up there and that we have to go back sooner than later. A few pics are in the recent gallery from that.  The Potholes are an area that was formed from glacial water flowing over rocks and creating round holes in them over a long time.  It used to be a wonderful spot for swimming but after a couple of accidents is now closed off for the most part.

Almost summer already, at least it seems like it anyway. Next weekend is Memorial Day weekend. Busy busy.  The Irises in the garden did really well this year and are still in full bloom.  I added a new Scion picture gallery in the menu to the left. Those are pictures from the different events we go to.  The latest ones were from Raceway Park in Englishtown. Really fun day, but the wind and cold were bitter. I've posted some new pictures in the Recent Prints gallery. Hope you all enjoy looking through them.

Wows! A new car!  We bought a 2006 Scion xB!  It's mah Valentine's Day gift ^^ hehe, I'm so excited I can't believe I actually got a new car. It's my first and I guess after 30 years of driving it's about time :P 

In other news,  I've transferred into the pharmacy dept at my job. Thank goodness and I'm grateful for the chance to learn new things and to be able to achieve my goals. Took some photos at the beach today> Unfortunately, it was so cold and windy that I didn't last long out there :S  Did manage to get a few nice shots though...

So, here it is.. the year 2007.  I hope all your holidays were good and that the new year brings you happiness.  I've been busy with everything except photography unfortunately.  Hopefully once the weather breaks here I'll be back out and about with the camera. I'm looking forward to spring and ... what else? Flowers!!!!!! Yep.. can't wait for the flowers this year and I've planted a lot of new perennials in my beds. I'm hoping they'll bloom this year as it will be the second season for them.  I've got my fingers crossed that they will.

Oh! I almost forgot! I got a new Nintendo Wii console and I have to say that it's the most fun I've had with a game in years! The Wii Sports disk comes with bowling, tennis, boxing, golf, baseball and a kind of corny fitness  program. The sports games are so much fun when you have friends over! I wound up almost knocking over the furniture, hehe.  But we were all laughing and having such a great time, Check it out!

Today I went and got another tattoo. A little Jirachi near my ankle on the right leg. I think it's really cute. It was drawn by Phoenixe another person who loves Jirachi as much as I do. ^^  She's really talented and agreed to let me use her artwork for this tattoo. Mega props to her for that! w00t!

The website seems a lot more stabile now that I've switched over to GoDaddy as my host. I've been doing more photography when I'm not in work (although it seems like I'm always there.)  I got a promotion to shift supervisor and am thankful to the management for that. It's nice to be trusted and feel that you do something useful.  The job is going well and I enjoy it.  More postings and new photos soon

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April 2006

Sorry about the downtime on the website. My host evidently had problems forcing me to find another. It would have been nice to hear from them regarding it, but I suppose that's the way it goes.  Anyway, I'm now with GoDaddy and I have to say they rock. It was so easy to setup and they made everything available even sooner than they said.  Go GoDaddy!!  Their plans are so reasonable and I highly recommend them!  About photography, I've been slacking a bit. I have taken some photos, but there are only a few to post. So, I'll be updating within the next few days. Thanks everyone for your patience and continuing to check in on my art! I joined the Exit81 art co-op here in town. They were way too cliquey for me and I never ended up going. heh. Oh well.

I started a new job and have busy with that. Yay me! hehe. work! I like it actually, it's nice to be there, everyone is friendly and it makes for not dreading to go to work. That's a big plus! I"m ready for flowers and more photography. Can't wait for summer, as well. 

December 2005

The display at the library has come and gone.  It went really well,  a big thank you to the people who commented, visited the website and made that possible. It's nice to know people are enjoying the photos and prints. There was a lot more traffic through the website during November, that's quite nice to see. ^^

So, the holidays are almost here. The busiest time of year for most, and us here as well.  I'd like to wish you all a great holiday, which ever one you celebrate, I hope it's wonderful and full of joy. Hopefully 2006 will bring everyone good things, times and good health above all.

November 2005

  It's been a hectic couple of months past.  Soho Gallery Toms River exhibited my prints for about a month from mid August to Mid September.  I was thankful to have an opportunity to have the prints shown by them.   About that time I approached the county library and they offered me a one month set up in the  Toms River branch.  The photos are there now, until the end of November.  If you're downtown drop in and have a look.

The library system here is so much more than books and magazines.  Last week we had the pleasure of going to see Daisy Martinez talk about her new book and cooking. She's awesome. Her new book looks great.

 I'm going to be getting some new pictures uploaded as soon as possible. Thanks as always and be good to yourself.