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10% of Carpe Diem
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Just venting...I'm usually the guy smiling ear to ear and positive, but I need to get this out to make it real and move on to the acceptance phase.
As cliche as it sounds, "Carpe diem" is my life motto as well as "Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be achieved." - William Jennings Bryan. Basically, I grab life by the horns and through effort and will; I make things happen and I create opportunities.
While I never need a reminder that this is how I live my life. Some things make it all the more real, urgent and reenforces the need to be proactive. So I got some news that illustrates this.
I had a lot of bad news in January and was hoping to put it all behind me with the start of a new month, but that's definitely not going to happen.I found out that my good friend has a high likelihood of having cancer and may not be here this time next year. Its still early in the game, they are still running tests and coming up with a definitive diagnosis. I'm not quite sure if its good that I am a healthcare professional who has dealt with cancer patients before or would ignorance is bliss be better. At least I can understand and be rational about what may be going on and the results of certain labs. Still, it does really not make it easier.
So at this point all sorts of emotion are running through me: denial, anger, sadness, acceptance. At this point, my job will be to support my friend through chemo, radiation or whatever treatment is needed. I've always filled the role of support and the shoulder to cry on. I know I have to be strong for her and to keep things positive and as light as possible. It still sucks though.
My friend has gone to a con with me and had fun and I tell her how much fun I have with the other photogs and cosplayers. I'm not sure how things will go in the next few months.
Who knows if we need a break and need to have some fun, you may see me with a new assistant.
I'm not sure if I'll leave this entry up, I just needed to get it out.
Current mood
As cliche as it sounds, "Carpe diem" is my life motto as well as "Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be achieved." - William Jennings Bryan. Basically, I grab life by the horns and through effort and will; I make things happen and I create opportunities.
While I never need a reminder that this is how I live my life. Some things make it all the more real, urgent and reenforces the need to be proactive. So I got some news that illustrates this.
I had a lot of bad news in January and was hoping to put it all behind me with the start of a new month, but that's definitely not going to happen.I found out that my good friend has a high likelihood of having cancer and may not be here this time next year. Its still early in the game, they are still running tests and coming up with a definitive diagnosis. I'm not quite sure if its good that I am a healthcare professional who has dealt with cancer patients before or would ignorance is bliss be better. At least I can understand and be rational about what may be going on and the results of certain labs. Still, it does really not make it easier.
So at this point all sorts of emotion are running through me: denial, anger, sadness, acceptance. At this point, my job will be to support my friend through chemo, radiation or whatever treatment is needed. I've always filled the role of support and the shoulder to cry on. I know I have to be strong for her and to keep things positive and as light as possible. It still sucks though.
My friend has gone to a con with me and had fun and I tell her how much fun I have with the other photogs and cosplayers. I'm not sure how things will go in the next few months.
Who knows if we need a break and need to have some fun, you may see me with a new assistant.
I'm not sure if I'll leave this entry up, I just needed to get it out.Current mood
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Anime LA: 9 days to go!
1 min read
Well I feel rather refreshed now that I have been chillin' in Chi-town the last few weeks. I thought I was just going to go to ALA and just shoot when I felt like it. For some strange reason, I decided to post a schedule for night shoots on cosplay.com. Between that and talking to a few people I worked with a little at PMX, I now have approximately 12 to 13 shoots planned. I must be crazy, well more like a controlled excited crazy. I've got some new gear to test out (from Santa) and some new techniques to try out so it should be a fun and educational experience.
Too bad my Friday is all booked up, 'casue I wanted to check out the speed dating event. I think it would have been fun just to experience it. Oh well, maybe next year.
Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas and here's to an epic and awesome 2012!
Too bad my Friday is all booked up, 'casue I wanted to check out the speed dating event. I think it would have been fun just to experience it. Oh well, maybe next year.
Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas and here's to an epic and awesome 2012!
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Time for a Break
3 min read
"Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?"
- Eliza Dushku
This is one of the motto's I live by. It's hard to believe it's a little under a year since I started photography, let alone, cosplay photography. My first shoot was with
and 
at SacAnime in January of this year. I've taken a lot of pictures this year, but I've also made a whole lot of mistakes! I worked with this photographer who said he got to where he was in his career by shooting, shooting and more shooting. He reminded me that he has taken probably over a 100,000 pictures and that amounts to 999,900 mistakes! So he was really only happy with about 100 pictures.
I've been to 8 or 9 cons this year and that's not even counting Fanime because I was in the Philippines. I've met a lot interesting, cool, funny, awesome, stoic, energetic, passionate, silly, smokin' hawt ladies and chilled gentlemen in my NorCal and SoCal travels. I have to say starting this hobby has been one of the best things to happen to me this year and one of the things I truly look forward to. (I've just gotten out of a long relationship that had been going downhill.)
I just finished processing most of my pictures from PMX that included
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
(if I missed anyone, I'm sorry and let me know 
) and well as hundreds of of other cosplayers in between such as 
, 
, 
, 
While I love taking pictures, the post-processing isn't as fun, after so many thousands of pictures its starting to feel like work. I'm so glad con season is over just so I can take some time to reflect on what I did well and what I need to improve upon.
I wish I could get a little more rest, but ALA is only 25 days away and SacAnime is the weekend after that! I'll be at those two cons, will you?
- Eliza Dushku
This is one of the motto's I live by. It's hard to believe it's a little under a year since I started photography, let alone, cosplay photography. My first shoot was with
and at SacAnime in January of this year. I've taken a lot of pictures this year, but I've also made a whole lot of mistakes! I worked with this photographer who said he got to where he was in his career by shooting, shooting and more shooting. He reminded me that he has taken probably over a 100,000 pictures and that amounts to 999,900 mistakes! So he was really only happy with about 100 pictures.I've been to 8 or 9 cons this year and that's not even counting Fanime because I was in the Philippines. I've met a lot interesting, cool, funny, awesome, stoic, energetic, passionate, silly, smokin' hawt ladies and chilled gentlemen in my NorCal and SoCal travels. I have to say starting this hobby has been one of the best things to happen to me this year and one of the things I truly look forward to. (I've just gotten out of a long relationship that had been going downhill.)
I just finished processing most of my pictures from PMX that included
, , , , , (if I missed anyone, I'm sorry and let me know ) and well as hundreds of of other cosplayers in between such as , , , While I love taking pictures, the post-processing isn't as fun, after so many thousands of pictures its starting to feel like work. I'm so glad con season is over just so I can take some time to reflect on what I did well and what I need to improve upon. I wish I could get a little more rest, but ALA is only 25 days away and SacAnime is the weekend after that! I'll be at those two cons, will you?
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Devious Journal Entry
2 min read
The Husband Store
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch .... you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!" Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 36,544,363,012 to this floor.
There are no men on this floor.
This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch .... you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!" Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 36,544,363,012 to this floor.
There are no men on this floor.
This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
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The Living Funeral
3 min read
We always see movies, books, TV shows, etc where a person regrets not having made peace with someone or not saying good bye to their loved ones. If you could, would you have a living funeral? Excluding suicide, if your doctor told you that you had a few months to live; would say your good byes and give thanks? I know there is the risk of living another 20 years and your friends saying, "Aren't you dead yet?" Of course if you are dead then you probably will not have any regrets, but you give others the chance to relieve theirs.
"If you have read the best-seller Tuesdays with Morrie, you may remember that Professor Morrie Schwartz, dying of ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease, returned disappointed from a colleague's funeral at Brandeis University. "What a waste," he said. "All those people saying all those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it." And so he made some calls and set a date, and on a cold Sunday afternoon he and a small group of friends and family had a "living funeral" - for him. As author Mitch Albom describes the event: "Each of them spoke and paid tribute to my old professor. Some cried. Some laughed. Morrie cried and laughed with them. And all the heartfelt things we never get to say to those we love, Morrie said that day. His 'living funeral' was a rousing success.
Probably not many of us will emulate Morrie Schwartz. That might take more chutzpah than most of us can muster. I'm not even recommending it, save as a spiritual exercise. And yet, some of my most moving moments in ministry have been planning memorial services with those who were dying. Loving and courageous people have sat with me and loved ones to talk about how they would like to be remembered. That experience is moving beyond all telling. I don't know how they do it. I'm not sure I could.
Of course, I can do it in the abstract - now, when death seems somewhat remote. I would like my memorial service to be in this space. It should be simple, dignified, inexpensive. While I wish no offering to be taken, I would like memorial gifts to those causes in which I have invested myself..."
Excepted from: www.rochesterunitarian.org/199…
So what say you?
"If you have read the best-seller Tuesdays with Morrie, you may remember that Professor Morrie Schwartz, dying of ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease, returned disappointed from a colleague's funeral at Brandeis University. "What a waste," he said. "All those people saying all those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it." And so he made some calls and set a date, and on a cold Sunday afternoon he and a small group of friends and family had a "living funeral" - for him. As author Mitch Albom describes the event: "Each of them spoke and paid tribute to my old professor. Some cried. Some laughed. Morrie cried and laughed with them. And all the heartfelt things we never get to say to those we love, Morrie said that day. His 'living funeral' was a rousing success.
Probably not many of us will emulate Morrie Schwartz. That might take more chutzpah than most of us can muster. I'm not even recommending it, save as a spiritual exercise. And yet, some of my most moving moments in ministry have been planning memorial services with those who were dying. Loving and courageous people have sat with me and loved ones to talk about how they would like to be remembered. That experience is moving beyond all telling. I don't know how they do it. I'm not sure I could.
Of course, I can do it in the abstract - now, when death seems somewhat remote. I would like my memorial service to be in this space. It should be simple, dignified, inexpensive. While I wish no offering to be taken, I would like memorial gifts to those causes in which I have invested myself..."
Excepted from: www.rochesterunitarian.org/199…
So what say you?
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