changes to roj

2003.08

2003.08.09: Happy wedding, nikola.

2003.07

2003.07.30: i've joined the blog universe. expect most material that might be here to appear there.

2003.06

2003.06: I've spent the past many months going over notes from my life and reflecting on meaning and success. This goes some way to explaining the lack of new material here - I'm working with old (to me) material. The worm has turned. I'm now in with both feet. Watch for "the business of permission" and music industry manifestos (manifestae?) when I'm ready to unleash them on the public. It's time to begin the dialogue. I hope to meet many interesting people as this evolves. I've already spoken with one.

2003.05

2003.05: I've gone "pro" (it's been about a year), now photographing events for fun and profit. 2003.05: Broadband comes to my black hole. Finally.

2002.06

2002.06.18: I sold my first "pro" photograph (Dancer)

2002.01

2002.01.14: I am a godfather. Imagine that.

2001.05

2001.05.31: Tonight, AYMH became real.
2001.05.31: A friend is reconstructed, physically, today. I think of her and hope for the best.
2001.05.24: I took pen to paper, and scribbled thoughts from a deep burning place in my mind. And then, with much faith, sent them to their subject. A letter, in 2001.

2001.04

2001.04.05: Going for a web project. AYMH is coming. Hopefully this will keep me sane.

2001.03

2001.03.31: I marched in a parade and banged on a big red drum.
2001.03.12: I flew to California on short notice to make (maybe) my destiny.

2001.02

2001.02.13: I filed for a patent, and Tessa got her bits snipped.
2001.02.10: I met someone who "gets it," and can do something about it.

2001.01

2000.12

2000.11

2000.11.24: my new baby made her first kill today. a big fly.
2000.11.18: in a bold personal maneuver, i embraced some of my histoy. removing the "I have no history right now..." content from the history page, and threw regrets into the ether.
2000.11.05: i've been struggling with labels and language lately. i've also been particularly busy this year; some of the people reading this will already know that i've been wrestling with my plans to take over the universe. some of those are going well, some not so well. i'm having a particular bit of trouble with a generation gap and delegation. in the journey of self-exploration, i long ago realized i don't delegate well. on two major projects this year, i made a conscious effort to delegate, and both of them came back to bite me in the ass. this is not good reinforcement for my issue.

on marginally related note, i haven't been putting much into the web pages lately. that may or may not change.

2000.10

2000.10.29: This month marked a fairly intense return to Isa Art. a bit of commentary, to put here (well away from the images), is that i'm finding my own work more and more interesting. particularly the ones that come from an interesting place in my head or her head. i would draw attention to vid3s (a very unassuming filename, to be sure) and memories. a bit of an artists' statement, but there is a substance in them that i find particularly intense. both show a once-again-removed-from-reality isabella. this is something i've been trying to come to grips with since i found her; something that first appeared in the magritte nod i did very early in this "career." i want to thank her profusely for being the muse that inspired me to explore this bit of my universe, and for the role, strange as it is, she's played in it. i think i'll remove the "i don't claim to be an artist" comment sometime soon. kailey (also to be found on Isa Art) actually asked to put tinkerbella on her page somewhere. tinkerbella was a particularly interesting piece to do, because my intent in doing it was to create the piece during a show. the larger isa is a frame capture from early in her performance that evening; and the inspiration, concept, finding the pieces (small isa, column, wings), and putting it all together occured while she worked. the result at the end of the show wasn't quite right, so i did go back, but a "draft" was done "live" with her. this was neat.

i've also discovered a thing for photography. considering the circumstances of my roadtrip (buy a camera, hit the road), i've come to realize just how amazingly lucky i was to get the shots i got. i also managed to snag a few real wonderful shots at weddings this year. this may be something i have to look into.

2000.09

2000.09.29: I acquired a sister; but i've known her for a long time.

2000.08

2000.07

2000.06

2000.05

2000.05.21: I left on an almost five-week solo odyssey across the country. 8000 miles later, i am not the same.

2000.04

2000.03

2000.03.31: So much for emotional unavailability. In a most unexpected way, no less. Thanks to a very special person with very special eyes. She may even read this. I hope she smiles.

2000.02

2000.02.25: Today, at 3:30pm, on my bed, in my arms, with my brother, with sunlight on her back, Amberle left me. She was buried with a few drops of rain on the east side of a poplar on a beautiful day.
2000.02.11: Welcome to the world, Sophia Michelle, all 21 inches of you.
2000.02.10: I dropped off a piece of lezlee and found out how good timing could be. in a few hours (or days, i spoze), i'll be an "uncle." Congratulations, Rob and Lisa.
2000.02.02: I found out i have an extra aunt.

2000.01

1999.12

1999.12.24: I took off on a two-hours-notice trip to Indiana to help move my grandmother into hospice. Inoperable brain tumor.
1999.12.20: I cut off 16 inches of hair to donate to pediatric chemotherapy patients.

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