back to the dark side

taken 15 june 2006 at 00:36:56 NIKON D70/LENS 80-200mm f/2.8
shot at 200mm for 10 seconds at f/22 ISO 200
panned tripod



this was my first week back to the dark side (night shift)

do not worry I am not using a red light saber now
although I would be open to double-wielding a red saber with my blue crystal saber

i like going to bed at 7am instead of getting to work then
and I like waking up around 5PM because that means I missed the rat race

from a work perspective I feel more in control of my routine on night however there is much more space to cover but the space is empty except for me, nurses and the patients

it was good to work day shift for a bit but day shift is a rat race to me and night shift is a marathon
more routine and space to get the job done not to mention significant less battles on the commute
not necessarily an easier job just a different job with a different tone and pace

marit's routine will be dramatically changing this week
tonight (saturday) and tommorow are her last shifts as tech
she will be starting as a GRAD NURSE!
AWESOME! HUGE, BEAUTIFUL STEP!
she is an awesome healer
MARIT'S
quiet, present strength
grace-peace-courage-nothing dents her-for real-she is my hero
wise eye
steady touch
calm just slightly accented voice and graceful natural unvain beauty
make her an awesome, AWESOME vessel of care



marit and my path will cross uniquely
it must
it will
and be well

the excess blogging is a result of the isolation of nights off which have had mixed productivity for school and photo jobs
i sense the blog taking a more other person direction...not pointing people out but embracing their thoughts and being not just my introspective chatter and pooh...there will be that too

if any of you pull an all nighter and need someone to get something from meijer buzz my cell or make an appointment if i am off i will more than likely comply and serve

well it is almost 8a
past my bed time
the sun is up
looks like it will be a beautiful day
to the bat cave

(the natural part of the dark side is being seperated from beauty by forces of nature and designations of time, the craft of the dark side is training your eyes to see beauty in a new light)

dog days of summer

i suppose it is the dog days of summer now even though the heat and humidity have not been burdensome

in honor of the dog days

doesn't slaver all over much of anything
doesn't need to be custimarily taken out and then some
and only once in while does mitzi miss


pensive and pondering






kind cat






why i would want to be a cat if i were to be a domestic animal





a stray that stayed
eerie similarity to mitzi minus ten pounds





a very shy cat "blur"
(same cat as above)



had to use a long lens because i could only get within thirty feet or so


am i cat lover?
i confess love only for our cat and no other
she sure beats the dog days

boom

tonight milan had fireworks

the milan masses and some of us milan country folk flooded the downtown, wilson park district to view the colorful explosions over ford lake and the milan sky

marit, angela, mrs. knight, trombley and ross and i sat on the edge (not really a shore) of ford lake

we chated and anticipated and soaked in the sounds and smells of a fair and growing crowds

our group sat directly in line with the launch island

the sky dimmed and suddenly the street lamps went out

it got quiet

milan's collective respiratory rate paused

a little boat came away from the island

two bright orange flares lit up a small open area on the island revealing two human silhouettes

milan grew restless as those with smaller breathing volumes gasped in anticipation

the sky lit up with colorful exploding dots after thuds and booms crashed into a clear sky

ford lake reflected the work of the island and catching the more spry embers gliding from a not too distant orbit

we were close enough to the island to see the two human silhouettes and the flares or torches touching and going treating milan to solo explosions and then duets and then sneaking streaking missles high into the sky

suprising and colorful echoing explosions shining in many eyes and sparking many smiles and happy cries

twenty minutes

twenty minutes of special effects unlike any we get to experience the other 360 something days of the year

pooh and porridge and uk permits

going to miss you djibril cisse!



every now and then the adolescent nature of this blog takes over and i pout

so who flung pooh this week?

i mean somebody took a big dump i mean a really big healthy in my oatmeal while i was reading the sports section this week

i have already kindly ranted about bw becoming a bull and then i find out that my favorite all time footballer on fifa xbox is getting dumped by my favorite club

yes it looks like cisse is gone if you don't believe me...

benitez wants me out, says cisse

ugh...the fan is still flinging

and a dream job but no UK work permit for me...

liverpool website journalist

then i could pooh in people's porridge who trash talk liverpool because they are going to win all the cups next year...yes folks there is so much love in football that there are multiple meaningful cups

oh some positives for liverpool is that they signed brazilian left-back fabio aurelio and argentine center-back gabriel paletta
south american style and youth...

i guess you can find good news while reading the bad news (sometimes) but it is hard to get that pooh in your porridge taste out of your mouth

no more rebound row

hear ye hear ye all pistons fans and palace residents:

now that bw is a bull what will take the place of rebound row?

what piston has a statistical tendency that a row could benefit from?

it doesn't even have to be a row, it could be an aisle, a bathroom stall...

bye big ben

sports shock in detroit today and it is not the wnba

ben is a bull

it is even more a killer that he is staying in the same division...this might awaken more of a rivalry between the pistons/bulls

really enjoyed watching him take over as the face and heart of a team that lacked a solid identity for years and years

ben is in a big market now so we will still see him but seeing him as a bull...ugh
maybe he will get some remote control car deals over there

hope he stays happy and healthy...if he did not like carlisle is he going to like skiles? chicago media will not coddle him like detroit. he was a deal and a steal in motown now he is making mr franchise wages in chicago. maybe all the extra attention will motivate him to iron his free throws out. oh and maybe now that you have a bulls uni the refs will give you some calls ben

where is darko now? will joe shake things up and perhaps trade sheed before he is worthless and is expected to get some more boards and carry a real load without ben around? maybe sheed will step up. sheed is the only potentially big time guy that joe has been able to keep around: see grant hill, memo okur, gave up a shakey #2 pick and now bw

i guess the game is just a buisiness after all

thanks again ben

i guess it is always greener on the other side

oh and do you think ben's #3 will be retired in motown now? (mr davidson is a loyalty kind of guy: see isaiah and larry brown)

world cup semis

well i was 50-50 in my final eight predictions and i wasn't even close on any of the scores

not bad for an american

it would have been nice to see england here but this is a very strong semifinal round and we should talk about the remaining teams and not the teams that did not make it

i am pulling for germany
lehman showed up for the pk final
i really admire jurgen klinsmann and the pace and passion of his team
people are critical of the german defense but they did what they had to against argentina

no more predictions i am just going to enjoy the final four games of this world cup
four great teams with story and style

i am already imagining going to the world cup in 2010 - south africa and the world cup is a beautiful combination
hopefully i will already be living somewhere in africa by then and perhaps the ship will target the world cup for that time

2010 will be remembered as the adu cup!