Thanks so much for your patience, everybody -- hopefully by now everyone's seeing the new Chookooloonks.com! I'm so thrilled with the changes, modifications and updates that we've made, and I hope you are, too.
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Hey, friends -- we're still tinkering away behind the scenes with the new site design, but I assure you that we're working as hard as we can to get it as close to perfect as possible.
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Roll number 6, and the second roll of Fuji film. I will admit that for this roll, I was just playing around with the camera for the sole purpose of confirming that yes, in fact, I love this Fuji film. (And I do.)
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When I gave notice at my last job, a lot of people naturally asked me what my plans were, and when I told them that I was planning on working for myself, they were incredulous. "You?!" they would invariably respond. "I don't see it. You're such a social person. You're totally going to miss being around people every day. You're going to go completely mental."
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Five years ago (almost to the day, actually!), Marcus and I were preparing to move from Trinidad to Houston, and we were in the throes of house-buying. Actually, Marcus was in the throes of changing jobs and employers, so I was the one charged with buying the house.
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Life is really, really hard.
I don't say this flippantly: life is tough. There are people who are out of work. People who are working, but still struggle to make ends meet...
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It's been really rainy all weekend long -- a situation which I suppose should be disappointing, but in fact, was just what we needed.
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Last week, as I was coming off of my Klaus-ish mood, I decided to take a little break and wander over to the University of St. Thomas. I hadn't been there in about 2-1/2 years, but I remembered that my last experience walking the labyrinth there was very peaceful, and peaceful was something that I was definitely in the mood for. Happily, it didn't disappoint.
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So yesterday, I shared with you a list of things I can't do, even though I should know how. Today, I share the list of things I can totally do ... for no reason whatsoever.
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Since we're starting a brand new month today, all-clean-slate and all, I feel the need to come clean about my woeful inability to do the following...
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Still buried, friends, so in lieu of a proper post, I thought I'd share with you a list of beautiful things I've come across recently...
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Seriously, it's the end of January already? This month has flown by. I have been positively embroiled in all sorts of very awesome plans for the site, and some writing projects, as well. I cannot wait to share them all with you, in good time. For now, though, instead of my usual posts, I thought should at least give you a heads-up as to what's to come...
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While I was in Salt Lake City, I was happily able to spend a few minutes chatting with my sweet friend, Justin Hackworth (who, incidentally, took my bio photograph for the inside flap of my book). At one point I interrupted him: "Justin, you know what?" I said. "I just need to tell you something I've been meaning to tell you for a while. I really love your work."
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... are sort of perfect for finding awesome on the web. Here's some of the lovely photographic inspiration I've found over the last very rainy 48 hours (grab a cup of tea or coffee and settle in, this is some good stuff).
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So. Have you heard the latest about Eastman Kodak? Yesterday, I came across this CNN article about Kodak's recent bankruptcy. It's a great, though somewhat depressing read about Kodak in particular, and the evolution of personal photography in general, but it was the following passage that caught my eye...
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So I have this Dark Side. Marcus and my friend Maile call this side of me "Klaus" -- the one they say is the "anti-Chookooloonks." They take this side of me in good humour (I think), despite the fact that this is the part of me that is irritable with the entire world. It's the one who gets angry with the television anytime a politician crosses the screen, or a negative bit of media crosses my path, or someone cuts me off on the road. Klaus is curmudgeonly. Klaus is misanthropic.
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