Thursday, December 30, 2004

reflection


The reflection of an overhead ceiling lamp in a clear glass half-filled with warm coke.

I was recently reading an article where the author was describing how the idea of "self" is not just contained in ones self, but also in the world around them. Our perecption of the world around us and our interaction with it affects who we are. We see our reflection in the eyes of others surrounding our self. Is it foolish to say that there is no such thing as objective perception? How do you objectively percieve yourself? Or the world around you? We ourselves are merely reflections of what surrounds us. The idea of self when gathered from our own perception of ourselves is far from what is reflected around us.


The lamp itself.

chill out

The holidays are great. Especially when you are spending them with your loved ones. That's why I've been spending mine with bottles of fine liqour and glasses filled with lots of ice.


Just finished a double Johnny Walker Black on these rocks...


Waiting to be filled up again!

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

murdered by nicotine

I don't remember how many shots (Johnny Walker Black and Captain Morgans) later I took these pictures, but it should suffice to say that I was stoned out of my mind. But I do remember jonzin for a damn tripod!


Can't say cigarettes are my favorite addiction anymore though...


I can't wait to quit smoking again!

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

can't hold it


I was holding it for a loooong time...and when I finally found relief, this was my heaven.

Monday, December 27, 2004

futile attempts at photography

Finally got myself a digital camera, a Canon S410. I didn't expect how much fun this was going to be and regret not getting something with more manual controls. If the fun keeps up, I will be moving on to something better, but in the mean time lets see if it is the camera or me that gives out first. I've been playing exclusively with the exposure settings on this camera, as I noticed that the flash on this camera is pretty much useless and not to mention that there isn't a whole lot else I can manually control on this camera. Not being familiar with basic photographic concepts has been painful and the lack of a tripod is still killing me. Most of the pictures I end up shooting are in low light situations and when I try to over-expose, the lack of a tripod shows a bit too glaringly in the picture. But I keep telling myself naively to not worry about the technical problems for now as that knowledge is going to come with experience anyway. Can't say I am too worried about anything right now, as I've been having a lot of fun! Good pictures or not, I've definitely been having good times!!!


One of my co-workers goes on vacation to Aruba and brings back a bunch of shot glasses with different faces on them. He gave me this one especially, he said, because it suits my personality. Needless to say, the faces on the other shot glasses were far less vulgar