I'm wiped out.

The last few days have been insane.

Wednesday night we went to see the Decemberists. It was a pretty good show, but it went too late. I got kinda drunk as well.

Thursday night I went to a couple bars with Jen and Thomas. It was a fun, but unplanned night out. I got kinda drunk as well.

Friday night I went to a dinner party at Heather's place. We tried, but failed to watch an MST3K movie. There's also evidence of me sharing a bed with another man. I got kinda drunk as well.

Saturday night was the crazy awesome dinner party at rime, then a little after party at Thomas' place. I got a great print from Waxy. I got kinda drunk as well.

Sunday morning I got up early for the camera show. I did very well, getting a JamC@m version 3.0 digital camera for $6, six 4x5 film backs for a little over $10 each, and a Polaroid 4x5 film back for $25. Benoît also gave me a couple trashcams; one of them a doggy trashcam, which I think is identical to the one Kathy got when she was here. After that it was a combination "celebrate a couple birthdays/come see the new baby/waffle dinner" at my sister's place. I actually didn't get kinda drunk as well.

Now I'm feeling physically and emotionally exhausted. And I only have a week to rest up for the Christmas craziness.

2006-09-30-04

2006-09-30-04
Originally uploaded by Christopher Evans.

This photo is going to be published in Light Leaks, Volume 2, Winter 2007.

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An Unwelcome Gust

So I was in my parents upstairs bathroom this afternoon. I heard a creaking sound. I exclaimed "HOLY CRAP!" as I saw the wind blow the skylight off the roof. I found it lying on a gate in the neighbour's yard. The roofers are replacing it as I type.

This same unwelcome gust blew over a fence onto the back driveway. Good thing no one was parked there at the time.

Me with my photo

Here's a photo Heather took of me with the photo I framed. Note the horribly messy desk.

Photos of my niece Margot

Taken by my nephew. I still haven't met her yet.

yay!

I'm an uncle again. Margot was born early this morning. I'm told that she's feisty. I hope to have photos of her to post one of these days.

Might I request a small favour?

Next time I have a photo to frame and I buy an Ikea frame for it, please just shoot me or break my arms before I even try. It would be much less of a pain in the ass. Also, when I'm rich, remind me to set up a charity to help the poor, mentally deficient Ikea designers.

In related news, I framed that 16x20 inch lightjet photo I had printed. It almost looks nice. I'll have to get someone with a digital camera to come over and take a photo of it so y'all can see. I even unintentionally signed it with my own blood.

Concert

I went to see the free Hawksley Workman concert outside the Vancouver Art Gallery this evening. Never mind it was freezing cold, there was still snow around, and the ground was mushy. It was still a great concert; better than a lot of concerts I've paid to see. I also got a couple of his CDs that I didn't have. I shot a roll of 1600 print film in my Konica Big-Mini.

I forgot to take my scarf, so Heather got me to buy another; a long brown scarf. Cuz you can never have enough scarves.

Life is pretty OK.