fortyseven. august 30, 2010. "pasta!"

(series: what's in my colander?)

it's fun to try and find new ways to take the same picture.

this picture is actually rotated wrong...i don't know why. i never rotated it to take it. it's right on facebook. but it's supposed to be one rotation counter-clockwise. humph.

fortysix. august 29, 2010. "curly hair is neat."

my head of hair needed a trim. so i grabbed some scissors from my desk and got one. cost: zero dollars. time spent: about 3 minutes. voila.

fortyfive. august 28, 2010. "the rhythm got them."

i went to musician's corner today. i only saw a couple artists (plus surprise guest drew holcomb!!), but the last one i saw was a swing-ish type band. these people got up and started dancing. i thought it was nice.

fortyfour. august 27, 2010. "birthday time."

not mine.

we spent the evening outside, in this very-unlike-august weather. so it was dark. and i don't like using a flash. cool candles, though.

fortythree. august 26, 2010. "mouse tongs."

you don't want to know.

you probably don't want to eat any salads i prepare, either.

fortytwo. august 25, 2010. "chico."

i don't know why i named my guitar chico, ok. i was 18. i haven't played it in soooo long. don't think i'm one of those nashville people who sits around plucking their guitar, writing secret songs. if i wrote music...can you imagine what those songs would be about? ha! ugh. i know what they would be about, but you have no idea. i don't remember what i wanted to say about this beautiful guitar, that still smells like a forest when i open the case. you need to come get a whiff of it. and it sounds really pretty. you know, when it's in tune. which it's not. of course, my secret songs sound better out of tune anyway.

fortyone. august 24, 2010. "laundry day."

(series: the mundane)

i'm basically just starting this series, so that if i am not feeling creative one day...i can take a picture of my toothbrush and have it appear artsy.

forty. august 23, 2010. "strawberries!"

(series: what's in my colander?)

i'm a on a blueberry kick. but when i went to the store i was shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that they had NO blueberries. shocked and appalled.

strawberries are good too.

thirtynine. august 22, 2010. "foolishness."

i saw this in one of the airports i flew through today. a giant hot dog, with "not actual size" written across it. REALLY? i think it's absurd that they have to label it that way, because someone might actually sue them for "false avertising" or something. what kind of person would really expect a hot dog four times the size of a human being to not only exist, but also to cost just four dollars? nobody. that's why it's ridiculous. if you see a billboard with people on it, does anyone think "wow, someone took a picture of some GIANTS! look how big those people are!" no. you know that's not the actual size. advertising for food shouldn't have to be different. seriously america...why have you made this kind of labeling necessary?

and that is the kind of thing that goes through my head when i'm sitting around in an airport, passing time.

thirtyeight A and B.

i had to pick two photos for today, because two major things happened.

august 21, 2010.

"Baby C."


i got to meet my niece makenna for the first time!!! i held her all day. i told her not to pay attention to anyone calling themselves "auntie em" or "aunt lala", because "aunt allison" is the only one that matters. especially because she has a real name.

and

"70th Anniversary"


the family gathered with strangers from all over the country to celebrate my grandparents 70th anniversary! seventy. years. seriously! this is real. its so hard to believe. it's fantastic. i'm so proud that this is my heritage.

thirtyseven. august 20, 2010. "right where i left her."

i went to oklahoma to visit family for a big event. this is my grandma. sitting in her chair. telling us crazy stories about drunk pigs, and all the men she rejected in favor of my grandpa. 90% of what she says in that chair is nonsensical, but if you tune out...you miss some amazing stories.

thirtysix. august 19, 2010. "we are still nashville."

got an e-mail about volunteers needed to throw some sand bags around by the river. it might flood again tonight. i have a picture of it creeping up where it shouldn't be, but i don't want that to be my photo of the day.

these bags were filled by prisoners, and they came to help us stack them. there was a break at one point while we waited for more bags to arrive. everyone wandered to the river to watch it flow. but the prisoners were called back to their bus, away from us. the free people. i was sad that all they could do was stare as we did whatever we wanted. i'm so glad my sins don't have jail sentences. my pride can do more damage than a robbery.

am i philosophizing OUTLOUD?

thirtyfive. august 18, 2010. "what i'm staring at."

i looked at the clock at 9pm, and realized i forgot to take a picture today. oops. i'm going to lose all my credibility as an amateur photographer who has no plans to pursue a career in photography, in any capacity. i can't have that.

i went black and white. bam. here's what i got. my desk.

thirtyfour. august 17, 2010. "H is for Homework."

brought a bit of work back to my house today.

working on a new area of the wall. letter of the week. color of the week. shape of the week. number of the week.

i'm trying to make the letters cute. you can see the G in there. all i could think of for G was "grass" and "gecko." so, that's what happened to the G.

thirtythree. august 16, 2010. "humpty dumpty 2.0."

i don't let my Bible leave the house much these days. i'm afraid i'll lose part of it. last night it fell off my dresser. actually, just the last 7 or 8 books did.

i don't want a new one, ok. this one has been with me since i was 13. i shopped around. i was charmed by the reformation study Bible and the ESV study Bible. they have really neat maps. and commentary.

but i like this one. i just have to be careful with it.

there was one time at Bible study when the leader asked someone to read from 1 Peter, and i had to say "i don't, uh, have that in my Bible."

i found it a few days later, though. it had somehow found its way to the middle of James.

thirtytwo. august 15, 2010. "the librarian."

i've been doing this for a MONTH! and still having fun. that's a good sign. 11 more to go.

this is my lovely friend cindy. she is moving away from nashville to become a librarian. i'm incredibly jealous. and sad that she won't be here anymore. she's always cheerful, always smiling, always funny and fun to be around. intelligent, thoughtful, and just...a lovely person. i'm so glad i know her.

she throws the best parties. the best. last halloween she had a reformation day party. because october 31st is the day martin luther nailed his famous 95 theses to the door. so for her party she put together a powerpoint presentation of the fathers of the reformation, and we nailed our own theses for the modern church to...her door. and sang a hymn that luther wrote, and watched the movie "luther."

if that's not a good time, i don't know what is.

you will be missed!!

thirtyone. august 14, 2010. "tomato art fest."

today was the annual tomato art fest! it's really, really hot. but really, really fun. there are stages set up with bands playing. food vendors. free entry into an art gallery. art booths, jewelry booths, artisans of all kinds.

including...bookfool.

oh boy.

i found four books for $3.75 total. homer's "iliad", "animal farm" and "the road to wigan pier" by george orwell, and "slaughterhouse-five" by kurt vonnegut.

excitement.

the band shown here is "coal train railroad." it's jazz for kids!

thirty. august 13, 2010. "something like nostalgia."

the irony of taking a picture of photo albums is not lost on me.

this week of supertones remembering made me remember some other things. a look through some pictures was required.

twentynine. august 12, 2010. "existential crisis time."

this is a terrible picture. i know. but of something wonderful! i got a random invite to go to an observatory tonight. i wasn't going to be the jerk who took a picture using my flash in an observatory. but squint...there's big telescope in there. offering a glimpse into our universe. and beyond.

we looked at a binary system. or something like that. it's two stars that orbit each other. isn't that cute.

science is neat.

i was also thinking about how interesting it is that telescopes have been around for so long, but haven't changed much. the earliest inventions were truly the best. like electricity. and the wheel.

twentyeight. august 11, 2010. "resorbing."

just trying to find a good use for my running shoes.

grrr.

i am considering stabbing myself in the knee. whats the most harm i could really do?

26 and 27.

twenty-six. august 9, 2010. "blueberries!"
(series: what's in my colander?)

i don't even like this picture. it was taken in a hurry for 2 reasons. 1) battery was almost dead. 2) i was going to bed.

but don't be confused. i love me some blueberries.



twenty-seven. august 10, 2010. "oi."

in light of recent events, i decided to reminisce my heart out. here is my supertones collection. it includes: two pillows made out of t-shirts that i wore out. WORE OUT. 8 albums, including a lesser known "any given day." made by the drummer. a mouse pad. still in use. and an afghan my mom made for me in high school. she asked me what colors, and obviously i picked neon orange, blue, and grey.

what it excludes:

a sweatshirt. posters and buttons in a box upstairs. autographs in scrapbooks. ticket stubs. pictures from shows. etc.

twentyfive. august 8, 2010. "sunday."

the motorcycle isn't mine. my quarter-life crisis is more likely to manifest itself in the form of body piercings or a shaved head. but i've made it past 26 without the desire for either. what am i even talking about?

this is a picture of what my sundays look like. it's where i go to church. i blacked out part of the name of school. for all my legions of stalkers. if i had let paranoia run its full course, i would have blacked the whole name out. but part of the charm of this picture, and building, is the cool lettering. so, you can track me down because you know it's a school. it's just going to take a bit longer, because you don't know what school.

twentyfour. august 7, 2010. "it's nothing personal."

twentythree. august 6, 2010. "uno."

i went to mas tacos for the first time today.

it was good.

i did not enjoy having to drive somewhere to get cash just so i could eat there, but it was good.

a little expensive.

but good. i can understand why people accustomed to disgusting mexican food (see: not tex-mex) would rave about it. it's very good compared to what people are used to here. (see: las maracas or las palmas). it did remind me of this place i actually went to IN mexico. but there, i got FIVE cute little tacos. for less money.

i still like supporting local business, though. so i'll go back.

i'm not sure at what point this turned into a review.

twentytwo. august 5, 2010. "hummushenge."

what?

sorry, world. this is what i have for you today. there wasn't much to photograph. or do, apparently.

twentyone. august 4, 2010. "intimidation."

i went to dinner with a friend, and we chuckled at the extreme language. "...the fullest extent of the law." it's just a parking lot. no one's stealing the declaration of independence. insert jokes about nicholas cage here.

twenty. august 3, 2010. "tuesday."

prayer meeting tonight. i got there early to take pictures of the building my church has a prayer meeting in. it's a pretty building. on a pretty street. i hated all the pictures i took of it. i went inside, snapped a picture of the chairs, and that was it. photo of the day. ridiculous.

fun fact:

since i got there early, the only people there were the people playing songs, and someone setting up chairs. one of the guys looked at the song sheet, and said "oh! i just wrote that one last week. cool."

and we kept doing what we were doing.

i love that such exchanges are normal in this city.

nineteen. august 2, 2010. "a date with dostoevsky."

plus a third wheel muffin.

i felt strange taking pictures while reading/eating today. i'd stop every few minutes as the sunlight shifted patterns, to get different pictures. i wonder what people thought i was doing. maybe they thought i had some strange obsessive compulsive problem. "must take pictures. every two minutes. of nothing."

isn't it weird how insecurity pops up like that? who cares what they were thinking. they're strangers.

i am not a coffee drinker. but i do like reading in coffee shops. in the winter, i get hot chocolate. in the summer, i get a muffin.

eighteen. august 1, 2010. "bliss."

it's no secret that i love cold medicine. love it. i once wrote an ode to nyquil, in haiku form. while under the influence. i can't find it. but i know i did! i'm 95% sure it wasn't just part of one of my lucid nyquil dreams.

i don't enjoy being sick, but i do enjoy the cold medicine. however. they didn't have what i need today. so now i have to see if vitamin C and rest are all they're cracked up to be.