Sunny Saturday
Today was a swell day in the city. We all slept in, which was nice. Then, I proceeded to fry the potatoes I'd cut up last night. After cooking for way too long, I finally tasted one... and it was awful. Apparently the potatoes were past their prime to begin with, and cutting them the night before probably made it worse. Ok, we're going out to breakfast!
So we went over to the EEFC for brunch, did the grocery shopping, and went home to unload the groceries. After that we spend a couple hours over at the playground by Phipps Convervatory. It was hot and humid, so after we went home the kids and I ended up crashing for a nice afternoon nap while Mel did homework. Around 5:30 we finally got moving again, and went to the Quiet Storm for a pretty tasty dinner. That was followed by a leisurely ride on the Monongahela Bike Trail with the whole family.
As we crossed the portal of J&L Tunnel (this is the railroad tunnel that passes under the South Side Works) I noticed that the sun was setting along the axis of the railroad tracks. This gave me an idea for a photograph which I'll hopefully try tomorrow.
Now that I've graduated, I've been filling my free time up with consulting -- there's been a very stimulating and interesting variety of work along those lines. I've also taken some time to play with Python and Ruby, two popular programming languages that I'd been curious to explore. On the hobby side of things, I've been toying with some ideas for photography projects. Some involve uses of light, others involve focusing on specific subjects, or I may end up using a combination of these. This is all thinking towards some sort of gallery showing (which I know nothing about) and/or selling a select set of prints commercially. Now that![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
mistergrumpy and I have gone in on a set of studio lights I'm also interested in doing some portraiture. If you would like cheap portraits while I practice, let me know!
The other thing is that I think I've finally figured out how I'm going to organize that spare bedroom and my office, which will hopefully mean that I'll have a rudimentary music studio set up in a few weeks. Nothing complex, just a synth, workstation, and a couple of basic mics.
So yeah, I'm hoping to have a good summer. And of course, with all of the great activities to do around here I'm pretty sure we're going to have a good summer too...
So we went over to the EEFC for brunch, did the grocery shopping, and went home to unload the groceries. After that we spend a couple hours over at the playground by Phipps Convervatory. It was hot and humid, so after we went home the kids and I ended up crashing for a nice afternoon nap while Mel did homework. Around 5:30 we finally got moving again, and went to the Quiet Storm for a pretty tasty dinner. That was followed by a leisurely ride on the Monongahela Bike Trail with the whole family.
As we crossed the portal of J&L Tunnel (this is the railroad tunnel that passes under the South Side Works) I noticed that the sun was setting along the axis of the railroad tracks. This gave me an idea for a photograph which I'll hopefully try tomorrow.
Now that I've graduated, I've been filling my free time up with consulting -- there's been a very stimulating and interesting variety of work along those lines. I've also taken some time to play with Python and Ruby, two popular programming languages that I'd been curious to explore. On the hobby side of things, I've been toying with some ideas for photography projects. Some involve uses of light, others involve focusing on specific subjects, or I may end up using a combination of these. This is all thinking towards some sort of gallery showing (which I know nothing about) and/or selling a select set of prints commercially. Now that
mistergrumpy and I have gone in on a set of studio lights I'm also interested in doing some portraiture. If you would like cheap portraits while I practice, let me know!The other thing is that I think I've finally figured out how I'm going to organize that spare bedroom and my office, which will hopefully mean that I'll have a rudimentary music studio set up in a few weeks. Nothing complex, just a synth, workstation, and a couple of basic mics.
So yeah, I'm hoping to have a good summer. And of course, with all of the great activities to do around here I'm pretty sure we're going to have a good summer too...