[and it's true we named our children after towns we'd never been to] [i may be a bird in a cage but at least it's your cage]

A list of things, mostly photographic, which should surprise no one, but some of them personal and one of them Doctor Who-ish:

Photojojo isn't the most technical or artsy photo blog out there, but it's probably my favorite, regardless, because it mixes the technical stuff with the personal reasons you take photos in a really casual, chatty tone. Their list of 2009 Photo Resolutions has been open in my browser since Thursday when I first checked my Google Reader.
[Local 506 Rockin' Eve] 12.31.08, Chapel Hill. I'm still struggling not to overexpose all my shots in the 506 and their red red light, but I'm getting better, which is all I can hope for. This is the last photo I took in 2008, 5 seconds til midnight according to the camera; if you're going to use your flash in a venue, I'm going to steal and take a far, far more awesome picture than you took.
[Holy Ghost Tent Revival @ the Pour House] 01.02.08, Raleigh. Supported by Kooley High, a fantastically enjoyable local indie hip-hop group. I've taken plenty of pictures of HGTR before, and I know what I like in photos of them; motion, and plenty of it, because as a band, watching them twitch and flail and dance across the stage is such a huge part of their show. Trying to capture that motion without the photos turning into unrecognizable color blurs is the challenge. They should be fun at the 506 in a few weeks. And then: Kooley High was a fascinating experiment for me as a photographer, because hip-hop, as a live genre, has such a completely different stage aesthetic than the indie rock and alt country that make up the staples of my usual live shows. I'm used to shooting people with instruments in their hands, singing into generally static microphones -- trying to find the center of photographic focus for people holding microphones, and moving far more freely with those microphones, was a real challenge. A good one. One I shall undertake again.
Fannishly: I am indifferent leaning towards vaguely positive about the Eleventh Doctor. I haven't watched this year's Christmas special yet, though, so I'm not sure I get to have an opinion. It's not like I ever posted about Who that much anyway. Your thoughts? Anybody? Bueller? (Ferris Bueller as the Doctor: discuss.)
We had a lovely weekend full of people -- eleveninches up from the south, quicknow, riverlight and darastar down from the north -- and we ate well, I cooked a lot, we saw some music and played some Apples to Apples and drank some beer (those of us what drink beer), and I'm ready for 2009 to start in earnest now. So far it's been not terrible; and I adore my friends beyond measure, so far 2009 has also been noisy and full of people, and I am ready for a little quiet this month, too.
This post is deceptively cheerful, in an attempt to blast myself out of the black mood I woke up in. My pink shirt hasn't helped, but getting one of my massive work problems dealt with has, and so has using the phrase "look at his servers" as a metaphor for doin' it. So it's getting a little better, but it's still not good. 2009, shape up or I'm going to demand a refund on you already.

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He hasn't hit the screens yet - we still have Tennant for 2009.

Personally, I am a little disappointed that they opted to go down the Young White Male Actor route again but it'll be interesting to see how an unknown handles the role.

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He hasn't hit the screens yet - we still have Tennant for 2009.

oh, i know -- i just meant, if i can't be arsed to watch what we have as soon as we have it, does my opinion even matter? :)

your feelings are mostly my feelings; i am trying not to judge too hard before i see anything.

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Ferris Bueller as the Doctor: discuss.

Indescribably awesome.

that's what i'm thinking. i do love me some ferris bueller. he would try to drive the TARDIS in reverse! which, since the TARDIS goes all directions in time and space, would actually work. :D

HI MIN.

I got my ass handed to me in my NCAA Bowl Pool.

that's because so far the only logical thing that has happened in the bowls is utah beating the devil soundly. john parker wilson got sacked eight times! EIGHT! :D :D :D

Ah, logic and bowl season. Never the twain shall meet.

Thank you for the link to the Photojojo resolutions! I am now subscribed to their blog. Ah, the new year, when I look at my neglected hobbies and recommit to them. ;)

i read a lot of photo blogs -- uh, which is sort of obvious *grin* -- but photojojo is totally my favorite. i hope you enjoy them!

it is possible that I already knew that from stalking your delicious. Um. *hides*

... you also save good recipes and fic and stuff! Er. *re-hides*

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