Battle Scars

2-28-10

Jess and Abe bear their paintball scars/bruises/cuts/welts with unparalleled resilience and courage. 

To them, these are but flesh wounds. I know of few others who would be so brave.

Reflections

2-27-10

The clouds in the bay are stunning today. Dark, light, fluffy, and whispy all line the sky. I was driving home from a friend's ordination today and noticed how awesomely the clouds were reflected in this building. Not the best shot, since I'm in my car, but still kind of cool. 

If the Rain Comes

2-26-10

The view out the window at work today. The rain was coming down in sheets, and the wind was fierce. 

I'm Famous!

2-25-10

A recent survey from the library prompted me to check and see if my thesis was printed and listed yet. 

Doing a subject search for "deaf" my thesis is #19 on the list. Look at that - "by Rebekah J. Holt" 

Kind of cool! teehee!

Revenge is Sweet

2-24-10

Jess made me go running, so I took a picture of her with a bright flash. And balance returns to the universe.

Faux Pancakes

2-23-10

Today was free pancake day at IHOP. I had planned to take a picture of my free meal and/or friends enjoying it, but was so hungry when I went to get it that I forgot. Instead here are my colored pencils. Hmmm...maybe I can draw you a picture of my deliciously cheap meal!

Self Esteem

2-22-10

Self Esteem: that is the brand of these shoes.

I don't know if I've gained self esteem wearing them three days in the last week,

but I'm getting pretty good at clickety clacketing around in them. 

Squeaky Clean

2-21-10

Inspirational posters at the Laundromat. Oakland, CA

A Beautiful View

2-20-10

Jess and Akiko take a much deserved break near the top of the Rocky Ridge Trail at Garrapata State Park near Big Sur, CA. 

Swanky

2-19-10

I went with my co-worker and friend to get some furniture from craigslist. We stopped for dinner at Il Fornaio. I wanted to take a picture of my food, but the place was so swanky feeling (and I already felt under dressed) that I didn't feel like it would be taken well to be taking pictures of my food (it was so beautiful!). So instead, when I went to the bathroom, I took a picture of the lamp 'cause it was kinda cool too. heheh. There was also an old man who kept staring and smiling at me, completely ignoring his not-that-wrinkly wife. bwahahaha.

Emo Kitty

2-18-10

Hobbes laments his prison.

Evil kitty

12-17-10

Dinah surveys her diabolical mayhem.

Knocking the DVD stand over, #32 on Dinah's list of favorite things to do.

Take THAT Auntie Anne's!

2-16-10

Homemade soft pretzels by yours truly. 

Angus the Scotty

2-16-10

I've loved Scotty Dogs ever since I was a kid and read the Angus books.

Happy Valentine's Day

2-14-10

Out on a hike above Stinson Beach on Valentine's Day, I spied this forlorn conversation heart on a bridge amongst the trees. I'm not sure if it was trying to blend in and be organic, but it wasn't really working. My camera phone wasn't good enough to show the words, but they were appropriate to the environment:

"Bear hugs"

Stairs

2-13-10

The social sciences buildings in Davis, CA remind me of MC Escher pictures. Here some of the more normal sets of stairs.

Jesus is my co-pilot

2-12-10 

Driving to Davis. I wonder if having Jesus in the car lets me into the carpool lane. 2 or more in the vehicle? Hmmm...

January pictures

Ok so this is my post making up for no pictures in Janary.

Here is what I did take before Lucy made me start this blog. All the pictures were taken with my camera phone.

Art supplies I bought: 

Mocha, being her evil self

Clouds from inside the Campanile

Not January First...

So I have been wanting to do this "photo a day" thing that people do, but my camera is broken so I didn't feel like I could really do it as I would want to. But then I realized that was just an excuse and that I didn't have to have the perfect camera to take pictures and enjoy the experience.

I realized this the other day when I was out and wishing I had my camera, and then starting to take pictures with my camera phone. Clearly the quality isn't great, but at least I was allowing myself to feel challenged, and to look at the world artistically and still capture what I saw as best I could.

So then I decided, what the hell, just DO the picture a day thing anyway and see what you come up with on your camera phone. I mean, I have it with me everywhere anyway!

Okay...that's all lies. What really happened is I made a deal with the devil and unless I take a picture a day he's going to let raptors eat my flesh and tear me limb by limb while he keeps me alive during the process with his evil powers.

I figured taking a picture a day would be easier than all that. I don't wanna be the next Prometheus for cryin' out loud.

So even though this is February 12th, I'm going to go ahead and start taking a picture a day and see what I come up with. I'll post a few that I already took this year, and then post every day until next year. Woohoo!

Take that, LUCY (that's what I call the devil. You know...Lucifer, Lucy. Get it?). RAPTORS!