7Nineteen

3 is the most evil number there is

[my bathroom wall on a summer afternoon, as the sun shifted]

i was talking to a co-worker this morning about how someone in our office thrives on the number three, meaning that this person loves to use that dynamic to pit people against each other.

when i thought about it, it made so much sense. it's easy to position oneself in the power role in the triad, and then either pit the other two against each other, or make them align themselves with each other against someone outside of the triad.

brilliant.

i nodded as he said, "think about it...three is the most evil number there is."

3 on flickr ( and these photos are decidedly NOT evil):

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pieta

from the train

ideas with legs

[i hate daisies, but i like how this photo turned out]

there's something to this idea of doing morning pages. i completely take the stream of consciousness approach and i'm amazed at some of the ideas that have spilled onto my pages. good ideas. ideas with legs, as they say.

i'm working hard at feeling good right now, and you know what?  i feel good right now.  that's such a nice switch from where i've been since march.

bringing a smile to my face today:

jodi's fantastic bus story. she has the best bus and subway stories. her writing seems so effortless and unpretentious.

rachel's beautiful photos of the ring and the kiss

this baby's face. he looks like a 40 yr old italian man in a baby's body. he's so precious.

Vanity

[makeup brushes]

"Vanity is my favorite sin."

          ~Al Pacino

A vain woman, I am.

I won't go out, even for half an hour, unless I at least have some powder on my face and mascara on my lashes.

What if I see someone I know? What if I meet THE ONE in the produce aisle?

The truth is, when I don't have my face on, people ask, "Are you sick/tired/dying?" Why fight it?

My favorite makeup: Bare Escentuals, Smashbox, Mally Beauty.

My favorite skin care and fragrance lines: Philosophy.

Are you vain?

Vanity on Flickr: Cool 'n' Sexy Pool

7Nineteen Redux

[downtown milwaukee, spring 2006]

I've been keeping online journals or weblogs in one form or another since 1999, but I've never stayed in the same place for longer than a year or two at a time.

I miss having a place to post photos and write a bit, especially on mornings like this one, when it's dark and I can hear the rain against my bedroom window and my coffee is strong and hot and everything feels ....OK.

Photography is simply a hobby for me. There's no pretense here of me being an artist. When people buy a digi cam and all of a sudden become pretentious about it, it just annoys me. I simply enjoy taking photographs. However, I haven't really worked at it in months. Hopefully this site will force me to shoot something...anything...on a regular basis. I just bought a Canon Digital Rebel XT, and for that price, I better start shooting a lot of photos.  A co-worker is also making strong hints about buying me a digital photography class for my birthday next month, so, it's time to pick up the camera again.

So this is my playground. It's a forced way to make myself have a hobby so that my job doesn't make me insane.

Who am I? I'll be added to my "About" page as we go.

The name of the site? My birthday. I've used this name for a site before and I always rather liked it.

The plan for this site? Right now, just to share photos and write tidbits about my day or about interesting things I find on the Web.

So to start us off, thanks to Cas for sharing this Flickr stream with me. Please put Prince Albert back in the can, I beg you.