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05 Jan

New Years and some self dicipline.

So how much of a blog slacker am I?

Wow.

Sorry peeps.

2008 is over, I won’t say anything like “thank God” because while the year kinda sucked (deaths, lack o’ jobs, common struggles) I am more than blessed in the quality of the life I lead. I have a strong family and a steady paycheck. All is well.

I’m still entering ’09 with some trepedation though. “Times is ‘ard” and I have some big plans that I need to get moving on. Given that a lot of people read this thing, as usual I have to stay tight lipped for now. The biggest of my plans will happen in the next 3 months though.

So let’s go over my obligatory ’09 resolutions:

1.) Reach Shodan in Go. (an ancient game that I have an intense love for) And finally buy a nice goban no matter how much it conflicts with my environmental beliefs.

2.) Move.

3.) Double my business from 2008.

4.) Save 30% of my income.

5.) Commit at least one hour a day to each of my endeavors.

I think the last will be the hardest by far, because it includes the blog. I obviously struggle with this one pretty consistently.

Within the next couple of days I will be posting about a wedding I shot on the 3rd so keep your eyes out. For now, I have to run and continue to play catch-up from my week long retreat from working.

Adios.

posted by David Bickley

Tags: ancient game, goban, god, new year, resolutions, Shodan, wedding

18 Sep

Photography Gear à la Mode.

Developments

It’s always nice when your plans work out the way you want them to. It has bothered me for a long time that many of my ideas are hindered by the lack of certain pieces of equipment. The biggest of these is that it is very difficult to put together a quick location shoot without portable power. So last month I made some plans to take care of this issue once and for all, using my favorite interstellar photography supplier – Alien Bees.

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Tags: alien bees, battery, battery pack, Bees, boxes, David Photography, god, interstellar, macbook, MacBook Pro, massive amounts, Models, moolah, new case, photography, profoto, ringflash, softbox, strobes, supplier, vagabond

14 Aug

Fast – Day 3

fasting

So, I’m half way through day 3 of my water fast. I hope that what people are saying about it getting easier after the third day is true. I have to say, today is the day I really feel like I’m going to fail at this. I woke up at 3am last night and wasn’t able to sleep again until 5am. Granted I was able to get some reading done, but I would have much rather been sleeping. It is much more difficult than I thought, God only knows why I had it in my head that going 7 days without anything but water would be an easy thing to do.

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Tags: 24 years, anything but water, fast, fasting, god, physical weakness, Sleep, temptation

07 Mar

What a Morning

Ramblings

I wanted to take a break from my projects today, to tell you all a little story about my morning.

It started like any other morning. I tossed and turned moments before my alarm went off just like any other day. When the alarm did go off, I went across the room and hit the snooze just like any other day. I did this several times over the course of a half hour, just like any other day. When I finally did get out of bed, I shuffled around my house in half-sleeping “zombie mode”, again just like any other day.

As I continued my morning routine, I ended up in the bathroom to get ready for my glorious day. This, my friends was not like any other day. You see, last night my lovely fiancé moved some things around. So on this beautiful seemingly normal morning, something devious lay in wait.

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Tags: brushing my teeth, exact moment, glorious day, god, hair gel, hairdo, half hour, missing something, morning routine, pearly whites, several times, Sleep, snooze, toothbrush, toothpaste tube, tubes, zombie mode