one to eight.

well, here is the beginning of my "picture project." i didn't actually want to call it that, but my first 10 ideas were already taken. by the internet.

i wanted to do something creative that didn't involve a canvas or a mess. or money. so i'm going to try to take a picture every day for a YEAR. a year of my life. some of these are terrible. but it's kind of nice to have mundane things documented. things that are easily forgotten, but part of life. it's weird how sentimental i can be with pictures, because i am something of an emotionless robot about everything else.

shrug.

it's been 8 days, and i haven't had to resort to any self-portraits just to have a picture to add to the collection. so...so far, so good. i hope i don't become a person that people avoid, because they don't want to be part of my picture project collection. you know, "hey, i really like your ears, can i take a picture of your ears?"

anyway...

the first eight.

one. july 15, 2010. "fully plate, full belly."


it's kind of a shame i started things off with that one. b-o-r-i-n-g. it was my delicious dinner. whole wheat pasta, pesto, chicken. green bean salad: green beans, red onions, tomatoes, feta cheese. forgot the kalamata olives that night.


two. july 16, 2010. "an unspoken agreement."


i haven't killed it. YET. as long as it remains perfectly still as i enter and exit the house, it lives. one show of aggression, it dies. i think it understands that there will be no baby spiders, and its web remains where it is, and its borders cannot increase. this is the agreement.

three. july 17, 2010. "the best of three worlds."


be outside: check. hear live music: check. read: check. feel sad: uncheck.

four. july 18, 2010. "lace me up."


my running shoes are now worn more than my other shoes. i somehow became one of those people who stretches in public, and runs errands in workout clothes.


five. july 19, 2010. "okra!" (series: what's in my colander?)


perhaps i should have a weekly okra monday?? i like the sound of that. it's happening.

six. july 20, 2010. "surprise cookies!"


me and my roommate were surprised by a delightful friend this evening. she brought us cookies for no reason at all. we accepted them.

seven. july 21, 2010. "my first chaucer." (series: the book i just finished).


i have been working on this for a month. a tale here, a tale there. it was mostly uniteresting. there were only 2 or three i liked. but it wasn't as bad as moby dick. nothing could be that bad.

eight. july 22, 2010. "water day."


every thursday we have water day at work. sprinklers. water hoses. buckets. pools. it's madness. we have to hang up their bathing suits to dry, so their parents don't get mad that their bathing suits are wet. read that last sentence twice so you understand what i'm saying.