This was our second first anniversary, which also conicides with what it says on our marriage certificate. Sophia got us a cabin down in Big Sur, on the river there. Pretty nice place. We arrived late, in the rain, but the lady that checked us in acted like she’d be there all night, even though I’m fairly sure we were her last check-in. We drove up a fairly steep dirt road about a hundred yards, and unloaded a few things. As it turned out, we didn’t need to bring most of the stuff; the cabin was pretty well-appointed. We were happy for the firewood, even though it wasn’t actually seasoned. That first night, we plugged things in and read for a while; we were both exhausted from long weeks of work. In the morning, we laid in bed late, and then cooked breakfast over our camp-stove, complete with mimosas. The sun started to peek through the trees, and we walked down to the river. Then, we went and had a nice long nap. A day of nothing, out of reach of cell phones, email, and the internet. I love you guys, but it was nice to be disconnected for a bit, with just Sophie. We had some amazing steaks for dinner; somehow safeway had amazing meat for once. And fries, and then a fire to sit by. Then we went to bed. It was pretty much perfect. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/anniversary_in_the_woods/397/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/anniversary_in_the_woods/397/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/anniversary_in_the_woods/397/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/anniversary_in_the_woods/397/0004.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-12-01T16:15:59Z GMT
I mean, the other devs and their room mate were in adult onesies modeled after their spirit animals (self-chosen). I wore my blurry bear t-shirt, because I’d be to hot in a onesie. Then, on the way back from lunch, there was a photo studio, so I took a few shots. Then, on the street, a guy in a creepy mask, standing and staring. So, not much different than any other day. Just with costumes. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/halloween_was_a_bit_odd/398/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/halloween_was_a_bit_odd/398/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/halloween_was_a_bit_odd/398/0003.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-11-21T06:15:44Z GMT
The daily commute. I’ve been pushing myself lately to make more pictures wherever I can. While I was working heavily on the watch, it seems my creative juices were at a low ebb, or possibly they were all used up. I’m getting back at it, though. Making myself shoot any time I think of it. There’s never not time to snap a few photos. If if seems like there isn’t, my priorities are out of whack. I used to shoot until I was literally passed out, wake up, take a few frames, and pass out again. Shoot while injured, shoot while dying od dysentery, shoot while on a bus, crashing into a ditch, shoot while digging ourselves out of the ditch. I was going to blather on about james baldwin here (the diff is in git if you’re really curious) but I decided instead to link to this really useful list of “the things you’ll need to write a novel”:http://tobylitt.wordpress.com/2014/11/14/9-things-you-need-to-write-a-novel/ which is remarkably similar to the list of the things you’ll need to do anything creative. The means are different, but eveverything else, yeah. Time, time, time, check. Selfishness, Generosity, check. The means? I hope so. A discipline: Yep. A yearning? Definitely. Tone? Yes. Lots of tone. Photography would be lifeless without tone. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pictures_from_the_bart/399/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pictures_from_the_bart/399/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pictures_from_the_bart/399/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pictures_from_the_bart/399/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pictures_from_the_bart/399/0005.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-11-17T01:53:26Z GMT
The dictionary tells us that shenanigans are when more than three people go to the Mint karaoke bar at any one time. The cold dictionary definition fails to capture the passion, the raw emotion of drinking 5 or 7 shots of fireball and singing “Baby Got Back” in front of your closest friends, and a bunch of people you hope to never see again. I’ll leave it as an exercise for the reader who is who. Except the car guy I met outside smoking who wouldn’t stop talking about his cars. F that guy. For the record, I sang “Man in Black”, and I only had the one shot of fireball. The rest of mine were regular whiskey. And a couple whiskey colas. You can thank the autofocus that any of these are remotely sharp. Yes, the same autofocus I malign constantly. I shot a shit ton, and got a couple good ones. It’s not how I like to do it, but I needed to do something, anyway. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/many_karaoke_shenanigans/400/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/many_karaoke_shenanigans/400/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/many_karaoke_shenanigans/400/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/many_karaoke_shenanigans/400/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/many_karaoke_shenanigans/400/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/many_karaoke_shenanigans/400/0007.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-11-13T07:14:16Z GMT
Three weeks ago, it was Sophia’s birthday, and we had the dinner on the night of at AsiaSF, a drag show (edit: not drag, trans*) venue in SOMA. It was a hell of a show, but my camera’s autofocus wasn’t quite up to the light in there. Got some nice photos of most of our party, excepting Jason. The second picture is Sophie taking her birthday shot from one of the performers. The last one is the only decent shot of the performance I got; there were 4 (5?) ladies, and they all did a couple numbers between courses. A super fun evening. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sophie’s_spectacular_birthday_dinner/401/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sophie’s_spectacular_birthday_dinner/401/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sophie’s_spectacular_birthday_dinner/401/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sophie’s_spectacular_birthday_dinner/401/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sophie’s_spectacular_birthday_dinner/401/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sophie’s_spectacular_birthday_dinner/401/0006.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-11-12T09:33:06Z GMT
