The Desert of My Dreams

Sorry, Mulder, they’re actually going to Dubai

Mulder is pictured here after bench-pressing five pounds.
(not really, he just wanted me to stop my workout and play with his stick)

About a year ago, I started my own project 365 on flickr, where the idea is to take a photo a day for a year. This week, I took my 365th photo and wrapped up the project (at the time, I didn’t realize it was my last photo or I would have taken a […]

[This is so the “design of everyday things” so I had to cross-post it from flickr] The lock on my apartment door has never felt very secure to me. I always get the feeling that anybody could slide a credit card through it and walk right in. The apartment manager called me up the other […]

As of today’s photo, I’m officially at the halfway point of Project 365. I have taken 183 photos and have 182 more to go. Even though there are days when I’m not feeling creative and I’m at a loss for photo ideas, I’m really glad I joined the project. It’s been really […]

Happy New Year!
I figured I should close out the 2006 blog archives with a reflective post. 2006 was an intense but incredible year. 2006 included:

ringing in the new year with my brother, sister-in-law, and cranky nieces with sushi delivery in Dubai
my last semester at SI
defending my thesis . . . . to my […]

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A few weeks ago, I joined Eszter’s Project 365, where the idea is to take a photo a day for a year. I’ve been meaning to get started with the project for a few weeks but I’ve had plenty of false starts - a two or three day […]

OK, I don’t but I couldn’t resist the Dido reference.
I went to Monterey today. I walked all over the boardwalk and pier, Fisherman’s Wharf, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was a fun Sunday, although I was a bit disappointed by the aquarium. I think there were way too many people […]