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Back during sophomore year, I was living with Ben, Chris, Mike and Jens. We also picked up three cats: Dunstan, Kitty and Quantum…the Cat Pack. Dunstan is my cat and Quantum and Kitty were Ben’s. Last year, Kitty was hit by a car and Ben had to put him down.
Ben is Chicago looking at graduate schools, but Chris came over today (we’re flatmates now) and wanted to know what I was doing. He hadn’t seen Quantum in a few days, which was unusual, so he went out looking for him.
The news wasn’t good.
And now there is one. I’ll be keeping Dunstan in now for sure (at least while I’m living at this location) since I used to let him roam outside on the warm days.
Knowing
If I had known that on that day our time was near the end
I would have done things differently, my forever friend.
I would have stayed right next to you deep into the night
but I thought I’d see you in the early morning light.
And so I said “Good night” to you as I walked in through the door
never thinking of the time when I’d see you no more.
But if I had known that on that day our time was at the end
I would have done things so differently, my forever friend.
Written by Sally Evans for Shoo-Fly
Tags: Ben Sikora, cat, Chris Barnes, death, Dunstan, Jens Jensen, Kitty, Knowing, Mike Krizmanic, pet, Quantum, Sally Evans, Shoo-Fly
Shooting Water Droplets
I was reading an article over at digital-photography-school.com on shooting water droplets and decided to give it a try.
Out of about 90 shots or so (including lighting tests), I ended up with 6. Here are two of my favorites:
Here’s the lovely lighting setup I had:
Two upside-down bowls in the sink on top of each other. I filled the the top white one with water to the top. Nikon D70 with 18-70mm on a tripod. SB600 Speedlight about 15cm camera left and triggered via Commander (i.e remote trigger). Water dripped down through a latex glove that I poked a hole in and suspended from the kitchen cabinet using Dunstan’s cat leash.
On a somewhat related note, I may have some exciting news tomorrow. Be sure to check back for that!
The Real Start of 2008 and a Recap
Going to a university based on a semester systems does weird things to ones brain. I feel like for every common year I live through, it’s really two years (one for each semester). Thus the real start of 2008: Part One commenced this past Wednesday. The other interesting thing is that the time between semesters (i.e. Christmas break) feels like a black hole where time ceases to exist. And in fact my sleep schedule usually becomes wildly out of whack very quickly. I attribute this to the lack of daily structure afforded to me by class (during the school year) and work (during the summer).
So here’s a recap of my four week black hole:
Drove back to Seattle with Dunstan and Kit. Stopped in Grand Junction along the way to see Grandma and Grandpa.
Many dinner parties (more on that later).
Hanging out with good friends and meeting some new ones.
Christmas Eve dinner at Duke’s with the Boyd’s (had Fish and Chips, Chowder, and a Mac and Jack’s).
Christmas was exciting. It snowed. New 50mm f/1.8 prime lens.
New Years Eve Party at Staples.
Drove back to Denver via Jackson, Wy with Liz.
For those more picture inclined:
Tags: 50mm Prime, Andy Ferguson, Boyd's, Christmas, Duke's, Dunstan, Jackson Hole, Kit Keifert, Liz Purdy, Lois Ferguson, Mac and Jack's, Staples
Dunstan Update
Dunstan had his abscess drained on Monday and has been back home recovering. Tomorrow (Thursday), he gets his drain removed from his cheek. In the meantime, I’ve been giving him hot compresses two to three times a day and amoxicillin twice a day, per doctors orders. Dunstan has also been relegated to wearing The Cone™ so he doesn’t try and remove the drain himself. This causes a very interesting slinking effect when he walks.
Tags: Dunstan
Dunstan’s Sick
I had to take Dunstan to the vet this morning. For the last week, he’s had a scratch on his head that actually removed some hair. It’s been healing well.
However, on Thursday, I notice a slight asymmetricalness to his face with his left cheek a bit bulged out.
Sunday afternoon saw the bulge increase significantly.
My guess is that it’s a abscess from a fight he might have gotten into last week
I dropped him off at the vet this morning. They’re going to give him some anesthesia and drain the abscess, then put him on antibiotics.
Tags: Dunstan
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