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Are you afraid of the dark?

The execution of this is horrible. That's what happens when you shoot a bunch of stuff based on a concept, and then don't look at it for a few days, and it's supposed to represent you *that day*. Oh well, maybe I'll re-do this one at some point, and try to do a better job.

When I was just a wee lad, one of my favorite TV shows was Are You Afraid of the Dark? I distinctly remember getting chills watching it, and sometimes having to remind myself that it was fictional.

I still kind of freak out when I know I'm the only person home and all of the lights are off. I'm always worried that the shower scene from the end of I Know What You Did Last Summer is going to happen to me.

I know. Very macho of me.

Juice

So I wrote before about how my computer died… sort of. The PSU was a piece of junk (but I did expect it to last longer than 2 months!), so I bought a replacement.

This is the new one, and it is so close to silent that you can hear the difference when you turn the computer on. I'm conditioned to push the power button and then hear the roar of the PSU fans spinning up… if this thing were any more silent it would be … silent.

Remicade

I believe this is the 2nd documented treatment of Remicade of project365 for me. I get it every 6 weeks (generally) but since I took a 16+ week hiatus, I'm sure I missed at least one.

This one was long overdue. My appointment was originally scheduled for March 12th, but due to some insurance complications — We chose to go without insurance for the month of March while waiting for my U Penn insurance to kick in, and get retro-active COBRA if an emergency came up, which thankfully it didn't — I rescheduled for April 8th.

Waiting nearly an extra month was kind of a gamble. Sometimes I feel like I need the treatment (Ha, saying this makes me think of Dollhouse, now!) as my 6 weeks approaches… so going 11 could have been painful. Luckily, I think it was pretty livable with some extra tylenol and not over exerting myself.

Decorating

Look who's been decorating?

Shadow

Taken in the stone foundation for our new patio. Finally, a home improvement project that doesn't involve me busting my back!

My computer was unexpectedly down for a few days (more info below), so although I was taking pictures, I didn't go out of my way to upload them nightly. Here are a few of the ones I missed, more tomorrow (or soon, at least).

Just me.

Still getting the hang of this whole black background thing. Not sure how to get my hair not to blend in without washing out my face. Welcome any tips.

Our power went out for somewhere around an hour this night. When it came back on, my computer's power supply started making unhappy noises.

Luckily I got Newegg to give me a credit to buy a replacement, since this one is only 2 months old.

Without my computer I was feeling very helpless. Not that I would have used it that much on a Friday night anyway, but not having the option can be devestating. Hence the black and white and frown.

Brett Myers will drive a man to drink.

I spent this evening down at a friends house watching the Phillies lose, miserably, to the Braves. Luckily, he had some Sam Adams Winter Lager on hand to ease the pain.

We watched the preamble and the final episode of ER tonight. 3 full hours. It's funny, during the preamble they showed a lot of ~30 second clips from old episodes and some of them made me just as emotional as the first time around. Just shows how powerful the writing was for the show. I thought it ended very well… just as it should have. That has nothing to do with my picture, unless you want me to lie and say it made me think… about… something. I thought about doing something that would fit the title "goodbye" but I couldn't come up with any ideas until I started typing this sentance (bust out my scrubs)… far too late.

I saw a portrait today that I really liked so I was attempting to emulate that, but failed (this was a safety shot, not the emulation attempt). Not that I dislike the pictures I took, but I didn't emulate the original well at all. It's very difficult to do from in front of the camera.

My package came today… I bought 2 UV filters (long overdue) and a new front-loading camera bag. We were really sick of the top-loading bag because although it technically has enough square inches for all of the accessories and lenses, getting to them all in an orderly fashion was next to impossible. So hooray for new equipment.