January 10, 2012

Days Ahead That Will Be

As this week starts off, I see that not everything has been completely catastrophic.
There was a meeting at work on Monday. The conclusion f the meeting was geared to customer sanctification.
I suppose I was somewhat pleased to go home and put on a set of sweat clothes as well as a very well insulated coat. I walked 14.5 miles and obtained some impressive ice photos in a narrow ravine.
I compiled all of the photos into a video slide show titled 'The Only One I Know'.
I have dozens of odd video clips that can be used in just about anything.



The future is more uncertain than ever but, it is not in a state of turmoil.
A cautious eye is applied toward areas in which opportunities could occur.
Sometimes, I wish for much; at some point, there will be something.
The answer is: No I cannot be more vague.


In the days ahead, I intend to produce more material.





'The Only One I Know' Recorded by Charlatans UK in 1990.



January 8, 2012

Improvements to be Realized Along the Way

The last week was not one of my all time favorites.
Not just one but, several incidents occurred that resulted in my having spend hours reviewing and attempting to determine the best course of action to take.
Someone at work did not like the way that product was delivered, someone at work did like the way product was delivered. As impossible as it may sound, it caused a significant amount of stress. As a truck driver, I focus on much of my job from behind the steering wheel; I am responsible for the loading and unloading of the truck, there was a problem at the consignee that resulted in product being placed on four pallets that were pitched on top of one another without being neatly stacked on top of one another.
The consignee was irritate and regarded the placement of product as unacceptable.
The reality is that 8,000 pounds of printed product do not always transfer from a lift-gate truck to a storage locker; combined with snow and ice, the desired objective can diminish by the physical challenges that inhibit traction.
On Monday morning, I am going to a meeting, I do hope that my explanations and recommendations are taken seriously; it is very difficult to function without the best possible means to remove freight and place it satisfactorily. This one assignment should include a driver helper.



Today on this Sunday afternoon, I went to a wake (viewing before the funeral). An acquittance of mine that I have know for over twenty years lost his wife from cancer. She was only thirty three years old, the father has two young daughters that he will now raise by himself. He is a strong man that will endure. Endurance and perseverance are attributes that emerge from deep within; there is an undeniable truth that he will raise his children as he strives to occupy absence with paternal guidance.
It is always better to be focused on the truth so that decisions that are made will not meander about and fade.




On Saturday, I was pleased to acquire a few photographs and some video, I walked for over four hours and felt so much better in and from the process of exertion.


I truly hope for a manageable week ahead. There are short term and long term problems but, there are always improvements to be realized along the way.

'Errors of My Ways' was recorded by Wishbone Ash in 1970.

'Hooked on a Feeling' recorded by Blue Swede in 1973.

January 6, 2012

I Was Using A $34 Mr.Coffee Espresso Machine

The harshness of reality and yet, the softness of a bright sunlit day,
Whatever Thursday was to me, Friday is a day in which I did not even try to get out of bed until 14:30 (2:30PM).
I guess I know when I've had it, I will be outside on Saturday, I will breath as I walk and hopefully get some nice photographs.

My first cup of coffee is a double batch of espresso, I was using a $34 Mr.Coffee Espresso machine but, one day I left it on as I was outside on a photo shoot. The espresso machine that I am using now didn't cost $34.



I have thought quite a bit about this video; at first, I didn't think that I should contribute this material but, what else is there to show? Just look at my feet in the truck,  there is nowhere to go.


SOHO, the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, is a project of international collaboration between ESA and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind.
This is where the videos of the sun came from.
Another site of good material is NASA/JPL Photojournal .

 'Give It Up' was recorded by Badfinger in 1974

January 5, 2012

Sometimes, a sip out of a cup is one less wasted thought.





 I am sure that most of you know that there are bad days and then there are bad days; the difference being my head in my hands in the later of the two.
Today is a head in my hands day.
I am one of those people that will decide what I like and plan every aspect of it as thoroughly as I am capable of doing so.
It is not that this story has such a great punch line, it is that it just sucks.
I am 44 years old very soon to be 45 years; I cant help but to notice that I am not married.
Since I am not gay and I am attracted to women. I have tried to meet women in any environment including the community college. Nothing occurred at school and, I can now use some recording software with a ear toward the final mix.
Anyhow, there was one woman that I encountered in a non-school environment and I started to like her.
That wasn't reasonable so I will close this entirely pointless writing by saying that I am tired, I have driven far over mountains, I have seen waters that I hoped would carry me through great valleys.

I have stoped for coffee and listened to a news show on public radio as I stared through the windshield and looked straight ahead at the frozen snow as the wind blew it across the parking lot. Sometimes, a sip out of a cup is one less wasted thought.



'Down And Out Man' recorded by Bachman–Turner Overdrive in 1973