My eye ball hurts

This is today's sunset. I saw this while coming home from crystal lake. I got a new pair of running shoes. They make me look tall and if you have seen me in person being tall is something I could use some help with.

So my eye hurts real bad and I don't know why. I was thinking that if I had one eye I would get pretty tired of explaining why I always wear sunglasses, but then I thought it would be really funny to go to a job interview in sunglasses and say "pardon the sun glasses I have one eye." Or I could wait for the interviewer to ask why I was wearing sunglasses indoors and snap and be like "Uh cuz I have a hole in my face where my eye used to be" and then take off the sunglasses and stick my finger in the hole.

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This man is on the same street every day selling the sun times and he looks like he is smoking a huge blunt in the photo.  I think more people need to realize how amazing twitter's role in the uprisings going on in the news currently. I mean thats pretty great. 

sun set

Just sort of a purdy view from earlier today. kinda sleepy so not going to write much

is this a cat in the hat

nope just on a window sill

more JOOSE

Now I am thirsty. Here is a photograph of something very yummy looking from a place called Jamaica Jamaica in Evanstan IL. 

I spent all day today working from home. It was a huge bitch but I am glad I am done so I wont have to do anything tomorrow after work! 

JOOOOSE!!

Here is a friend of mine and I love this photo because he has a cup of juice and his mouth totally looks like he is saying JOOSE!!! 

Man on steps

 

Here is a photograph of a man standing on the stairs leading to the clyborn metra stop. I stayed over a a friends house the other day and was unable to post. no need to worry I have two photos for ya gents. The lighting in this photograph is pretty. It was like a wind tunnel on this stairwell though. Not fun. I think it was Stieglitz that stood in a winter storm for a few hours waiting for the perfect shot. He kind of makes me feel like a wimp.

Cutest thing on earth!!!

Wow! Thats cute and I got to hold it. So apparently Lady Gaga wanted to be able to have all rights to photographs taken of her live.  Come on?!? really?!?! Dont you have enough money? you are like a pirate of intellectual property. Also I heard some photographer in I think Texas took a photograph for a young girl about 9 for her mom. Like a simple portrait. And then she went missing and was killed. So while she was missing the family used the photograph for news media and the photographer tried to sue because they did not have his permission to use the photograph... What a douche bag.

Zobster the mobster

Oh poop. It is hard to write things. I have no idea how journalist and writers do it. I mean come on be easy! I have a huge paper I need to write for my history of photography class. Let me tell you how much I do not want to do that. well. I guess I better get started on that

Ice cream and cake and cake

Ice cream cake. wow.. ice cream and cake together. Most cultures are rich with dance, art, language customs. American culture is two really bad things put together. way to go!  

I saw two guys screaming at each other. They were both huge and even though I don't like seeing people fight I did sort of want them to because I really really want to see to giant transformer type size men go at it. I picture it like some sort of godzilla movie. One would throw a car at the other. In all actuality one guy dropped his Ipod and then ran away as the other one half assed chased him.  

More Stranger Danger

I had to baby sit yesterday and did not have time to upload last night. I would really like to do some sort of show of all the strangers I take photographs of. I have been working on an artist statement for these photos but that is no where near presentable. The funny thing about this photograph is if you notice the title of the lady's book is  The Kill Artist. Well I actually killed her after taking this photograph. Im just jesting. Thanks to the lack of any phsycopathic nature in me she will be able to live on and see what Daniel Silva has in store for her.

Im not even sure if I am supposed to be at work today. I thought it would be best to go in, just in case. To bad my commute is almost 2 hours, so if Im not supposed to be here im going to be rather upset that I woke up before any one else in the midwest and sat on a cold train for an hour and forty five minutes.

ewwww

I drew this on this doll today before visiting my girlfriend's parents house. We usually hide weird creepy babies in their house when ever we go over there. Its a bit of a tradition. This is probably what Kat Von D would look like if she had a stroke when she was a baby. Baby Von Stroke D

Hair of the dog.

That expression confuses me like cray cray. You know I always think of funny things to write about in the blog and im all like "I should totes blog about this" (which is a pretty lame thing to think) I should get " blog life" tattooed on my knuckles. That is a great way to get made fun off.

This is another photo from that body of work i have been doing on this abandoned house. I always thought that photos of abandoned buildings were kind of lame a cliche, but there is some thing about being all alone in a place that was once considered to be a home and is now so detached and forgotten. Here is my artist statement for it. Let me know what you think. I'm planning on making a book on this.

Depreciation of 2807 Raffel Rd.

At first glance one might think that these images are of a place in a way a survey photographer would take. However these images represent more than just how light falls on an abandon barn or the texture of decaying wood. These images illustrate the idea of depreciation.

To the person driving down the narrow country road in Woodstock IL this may just be an old barn that goes unnoticed but to the architect or even the carpenters or electricians or plumbers who built the house this is their art work. Just like the photos of it are mine. Now it sits unnoticed, rotting, and depreciating as nature takes back the land it once had. Could one day these photographs who’s purpose is to document and preserve the past end up in the same condition, rotting and forgotten?

 As you view the photos notice the composition and use of available light. More importantly keep in mind this idea of depreciation and your own work. How can you stop your art from becoming an abandoned barn on the side of a country road.

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Ok. So pretty drunk right now which is why there is no photo. I feel like im talking to my self with this blog. Does any one actually look at this shiet. I mean come on gurl. Am I the only one that wants a gangsta version of fantastic 4 called fantastic fo. that would be pretty nice. nigga please

yep

Yeah I took this.

Dog town Bitch.

This is yesterday's photograph. I didn't post yesterday because it was late and this boy was sleepy. This is my girlfriend's mom's dog. By the way its so fuckin nice out. my windows are open right now.

Elder on the Train

This photograph was taken on the red line from the south side. For some reason I like photographing strangers. I usually do not even talk to the person when I take their photograph and more often than not they just look at me or away from me in this case and act like I'm not there. There is something Interesting about having a photograph of some one I will never see again. I am able to make up a story for them. I wonder what they are thinking. This lady is most likely thinking "What is this young whipper snapper doing taking photos of me"

Unrelated, there was a bird on the metra today and it would not shut up. Every like 30 seconds it would peep. No one seemed to care except me. Maybe there was not even a bird and I am just going insane.

More Woods

So I am going to be showing work at the marengo public library at the end of the month. The whole thing is kinda disappointing because well. no one goes there any more and to add on to that the photographs are going to be hung in a place that no one will see them.  Id like to think that that all my international viewers are disappointed. Thats right I have international viewers....They are prolly people that just came across my blog by accident. Even so thanks for taking a gander person from India! 

You make me feel so young!

You make me feel like spring has sprung. I don't use the word sprung as much as I would like. I took this photograph on my walk today. I can't wait for winter to be the thing of the past. That is until it becomes a thing of the future. Thats pretty depressing to think about. I do not want an other winter. Way to orbit earth!

LMFAO "I'm Ansel Adams Bitch!"

Went on a walk today in Coral Woods near Marengo. There were a lot of beautiful things to look at and got to pet the friendliest dog in the world! It was however, very cold and muddy and almost slipped like 20 times. I was like "Nuh uh girl! I can't run in no heals!"

Sick as a Dog

Sorry about not posting yesterday. I was pretty sick. It was one of those days where you bring a pillow and blanket into the bathroom and set up base camp near Mt. Toilet. I'm sure you all know what I am talking about. Luckily I am feeling much better and am able to post a few photographs for you today. These are photographs of my mother and her favorite child, Lola. I like the top one a lot more but when I viewed all of these photographs together to choose which photo I wanted to edit I noticed that they looked pretty cool right next to each other. Kinda reminds me of Eadweard Muybridge or how ever you spell his name.

The Sack Pipes!

Wouldn't it be so funny if after he got done playing the bag pipes he was like "Nigga Please!" Now your picturing it and at least smiling.... maybe even an el oh el

This One's for the Birds

Holy shit! Thats a lot of shit. and birds. My girlfriend Loves the show Hoarders. If you ever swallow some sort of chemical I'd say watch hoarders before you call poison control because you are sure to vomit after watching it. In fact I am sure they will just tell you to watch an episode. Maybe 2 if you swallowed bleach or anything with a skull and cross bones on it. You know pirate juice.

Maybe I want to drink sun.

I got his tea called Healthy Fasting. On the box it says "Supports a dieting program."  well... which one stupid yellow box filled with things that make my water brown! (like my skin) So is everybody excited for ash wed.! nope same here. Am I the only one that wants to call people with ash on the heads tomorrow a bunch of ash holes.

hipstamatic

And I don't even have an ipod. Suck it. How bout this weather huh? Its way to cold. I hate when people say "Hold the Ice".....shut the fuck up and say "no ice please" I mean come on do you think your life is some bad movie.

I took this photo on a really long walk I took. I feel like if I didn't have a camera and was taking photographs then taking a long walk would be depressing.

Bicycle shmicyle.

Writing is difficult.   ^ Bike

I guess your just what I needed!

All day at work I was like "Fuck where am I going to get my dollar shamrock beads!" Then this extremely happy man came into my life! Look at him. Can't you picture him saying "Nigga what choo think your doin right now?" and then I'd be all "Taking you picture now gimme dem beads bitch!"

Maybe he was hoping for some Irish girls to come and flash him and give him a dollar. 

YARRR

This bird had one leg. sad. I wonder how that happened. There was also like a bunch of other birds. Like prly 50 birds on this shit covered bridge. It was kind of gross but all I could think about was in Ace Ventura when he is trying to catch the bird. That movie is soooooo funny.  Almost as funny as any work out VHS from the 90's

Thomas! Where's Your Face!?!?

Oh thats...your back side.....eww. This photo pretty much represents the metra. Cold. Wet. Dirty. Early. These jobs better pay off sooner or later. I mean look what I intentionally put my self through every week day. 

Have you heard the new Lady Gaga song. Pretty damn good. The video is like an acid trip for youtube. She is so strange. Still she aint got nuffin on yo landi visser.

Help

I am usually not a fan of photographing the homeless. Seems very disrespectful and way to over done. Now I will justify taking this photo. I think the fact that you cant tell who this man is in a way protects his dignity. I do like this photograph. I hope other people do and not look down on me for doing so. 

Nelly would prlly keep his cloths on here

Yup. An other Nelly reference. 

BABESKI VS THE MAN WITH 3000 CHINS

would you take a look at all those chins. Rule number one. Don't make funny faces next to your pretty girlfriend. It is a good way to look very ugly. Have you ever heard that song by sum 41 where they talk about crashing your own house party because no one came. That happened to dana and I. No worries we got drunk and danced to Nelly. She was all "Nelly I love you."

"We're Back!" - John Goodman

Huzzah! My computer is up and running again and so is the blog! Hot damn were havin hoe down tonight! I have seen quite a few street musicians, but this guy is my favorite. Although the lack of a french cartoon type look is really holding him back. I mean come on. Grow a beard at least!

Bang

I wanted to end this month in a bang. but I  was not able to. Well I guess my computer did. My power supply broke and I had to order a new one. I already did and dont worry I have been shooting and will upload the amount of photos I have missed.