Month: July 2011

A Month in the Life, July

Look at that, posting something about July in July. Much better than last month.

July has been good. I got a new camera, a Nikon Coolpix P300. It is a point and shoot, but has manual options for aperture and shutter speed. Small, so I have been taking it lots of places with me. While I am still learning a lot of camera settings, I think I’ve gotten a few good shots. Here is a recent one from a pool side afternoon and more up on my flickr page.

Pool Reflection

There also has been a lot of Doctor Who. I am near the end of my adventure and it has been fun. Currently stumbling over the last few scenes, but these things happen. Current word count is 65,000 words, which is a lot of words. I changed themes on my blog (see?) and moved all the episodes over here for easier reading.

I did start working on an overall website redesign for this site. I figured out all the technical parts, now for the design part…

I’ve been thinking about what I’ll be working on after I’ve finished my Doctor adventure. Trying to decide between creepy kids, ninjas or the Trojan War.

A Month in the Life, June

Slacker!

It is July. I know. but that seems to be the theme overall in June: a bit of slacking. There was art, there was work, there was a lot of things. But there was mostly slacking.

So did I do 30 things? one for each day of June? I don’t know. I haven’t counted yet…

I did break a personal milestone, a person barrier if you will. My Doctor Who story is now over 50,000 words. Now that isn’t quite full length novel, but it isn’t quite finished yet. Still it is a milestone i’ve always looked at and wanted. Now I have it. And i am writing the last two episodes and still loving it each step of the way.

Now I haven’t been posting it (slacker!) because I’ve been bogged down in presentation. It is easy to be bogged down in presentation. I like TiddlyWiki, a lot even, but I am not sure I like it for the Who stuff. Still I should be posting, rather than waiting. And I will. I have a few ideas, but I’ll work and post.

I did get a few shots with a new camera. I spent the better part of two weeks fretting over a new camera. I wanted one and went from wanting a massive DSLR rig I could not afford, to a smaller one, to eventually a Nikon Coolpix P300 which has all the manual features, but fits easily in my pocket. Here is a shot from the first day playing with it.

Glasses

July will be a month of less slacking. I have a new camera. I have more energy. And most dangerously, I have some ideas.