I haven’t posted anything here in ages. You can see the dates on the posts, you know that I’ve been neglecting the site. I can’t promise that I’ll do any better this time around, but I think I’m going to try my hand at writing here periodically. I’ve been pretty active on twitter, and there are just some topics that I can’t convey in 140 characters. There are also things that I have to say that should be more “permanent” than the ethereal nature of twitter.
Since I last posted, I’ve grown an online audience through twitter. I’ve gained some great friends, and had a blast doing it. I’m hoping that these friends will help keep me accountable on this site, and pester me if I haven’t posted anything in a while. Yes dear reader, I’m asking you to help me stay motivated with this site. I don’t know what direction this site will take, but I’ll try to keep it real, and I’ll try to keep it humorous.
To coincide with the relaunch of this blog, I’m also working on restarting my Project 365 photo project. In January I pledged that I would take a new picture every day for a year. I started on New Years, and lasted through about half of January, but I didn’t stay on the ball with that either. I finally gave up when it felt like I was grabbing the camera 5 minutes before I went to bed and taking an uninspired shot just to say I had taken a picture every day. That was never the purpose of the Project 365, and I didn’t feel like I was growing as a photographer with that modus operandi. This time around, I’m going to follow the Daily Shoot plan and try to follow their suggested shots. They have assignments that are interesting, and they branch outside of my comfort zone often enough that I’ll have no choice but to grow as a photographer. You can keep up with my progress online. I’ll be tweeting my photos on my twitter stream, or you can follow along on my Flickr Page, or my Daily Shoot page. I might even post some of the shots right here on this page.
I hope you check back here to see what kind of progress I make in these goals, and please if nothing else, post a comment here to keep me accountable.
Today is a sad anniversary for our family. It was a year ago today that Angie’s dad, Gary lost his two and a half year bout with pancreatic cancer. In honor of his time with us, the Minnesota contingent of the Hanning clan got together for a dinner. Angie was able to head in that direction already for Christmas so she will be able to join them for this celebration. I however, won’t be able to attend the festivities, so this is my contribution.
I have been around the family long enough that I truly felt like Gary was my second father. I miss his stories (even if he would tell you the same story 10 times in a day), his kindheartedness, and his no nonsense way of life. He was a big role model in my life, and I know that he touched many others in this same way. He lived with his cancer with a dignity, grace, and perseverance that no one who encountered him during this time will soon forget. We love you Gary and you are missed every day.
Renaissance Festival 2009
In an effort to breathe some new life back into this blog, I have decided that I’m going to try to start a Project365 here on the site. If you don’t know what that is, basically it means that I’m going to try to take a photo every day in the new year. I don’t guarantee that I’ll get them all posted here, but I will make an effort to post the best ones. I was inspired to do this by an article on the excellent Digital Photography School site. I hope to learn a lot about photography though this experience, and I’ll do my best to explain the process behind some of my shots for others to learn along with me.
I plan on making some changes to the site to make this project a reality, so stay tuned as these changes will start soon.
So I haven’t posted in a while.
Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Hapy.
I’ll try harder.
Edit 9/7/10 : here’s an updated link.
Of course the news in Waukesha for the last few days has been the incessant rain we had over the weekend, and the subsequent flooding.After almost five years of living in the condo we finally learned why the street was called Mallard Pointe. On Sunday we got up and looked in our back yard and found that some ducks had found the pond that used to be our yard. We had it lucky though, as we were spared the worst of the flooding. The bridge by our old apartment was under water, and most of the bridges in Waukesha were closed due to flooding.
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On Monday I was able to cross off something that has been on my life list, as we saw B.B. King in concert. We started out by going to Mo’s Irish Tavern and having dinner. The food was pretty good and the service was excellent. We then headed over to Potowatomi Casino to catch the show. We got to the casino a little early, so we decided to put some money in the slot machines. I started with $20 and stoped when I was up to $55, Angie on the other hand wasn’t so lucky and she spent her $20.
The concert was fantastic. The venue is small, with the first floor being made up of tables, and a balcony above. We were on the first floor in Row E all the way to stage Left, but our view was great. At 82 years old, he showed why he’s the king of the blues. My only complaint was that the show was too short. Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to bring a camera to the show, so I’ll settle for this picture from Flickr.
Tour de despedida do Mestre do Blues, Mr. BB King.
Vivo Rio, 07/12/2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Uploaded by Elias Gass on 15 Jan 07, 7.05PM CDT.
