States of Drunkenness

Drinking Buddy and I went to Happy Hour last night.  We had an ulterior motive, Photo Buddy's picture was on the wall in the place (very very nice) and we wanted to see it.

The purpose of Happy Hour of course is to get cheap drinks and cheap food.  I'm sure that's not the real reason but that's what I think so there you have it.

I've only been drinking for roughly 2 years.  I blame my last semester of doctoral coursework.  I specifically blame discourse analysis.  Lovely course; I learned a great deal.  It just drove me to drink.  Which is really saying something considering I was in doctoral studies in physics.  You know, come to think of it, drinking might have made that go better.  Alas, I was a different person then.

So what happens when I drink?  It doesn't take me very much to get buzzed and then drunk.  A bottle of hard cider will get me seriously buzzed, usually by drinking half of it.  Two rum and cokes and I'm ready to dance on tables.

Here's how it usually progresses:

1. Giggling.  Not just any giggling, giggling with some deep breathing issues.  Almost like snorting but ladies don't snort.  Ladies also don't drink in excess but that's another post.
2. Crazy Idea stage.  Can overlap with giggling.  Starts having crazy ideas or think other people's crazy ideas are awesome.  
3. Snuggling.  I just want to curl up with someone and rest my head on a chest and be all cuddly.
4. Anxious.  Sometimes I just start at this stage.  I was in the Apple Store and there were all these people and they were so close and I had to run away.  The best is when Drinking Buddy leaves to go to the restroom.  If he's gone more than 2 minutes I start freaking out.  
5. Sobriety.  A sad state of affairs.
6. Very Very Hyper!!

So there you have it.  Of course there is the usual slurring of words (starts between 1 and 2) and the room spinning and rocking.  

I do usually stop when my stomach starts rebelling BTW.

Stuck

There is a job that I think I'm a good fit for open in Colorado.  The application requires the standard CV and cover letter.  It also requires:

• A statement of my philosophy of science education.
• My most interesting research experience.

Needless to say, I'm dragging my feet.  I just don't have a clue about what I need to write.  I do know I need to write it well and it needs to show the depth of my knowledge, which is rather shallow in some parts.

I suppose for the philosophy statement, I will need to go back over some of my old classwork.  I'm almost positive I've had to generate similar statements.  

When I get one of them done, I'll post them and you can ridicule them ;)

Study of Beached Canoe

I'm not sure which of these I like best. I took a bunch of pictures of this canoe from many angles. One problem is that for some reason I didn't plug in the remote shutter that lets me take photos with the shutter open for more than 30 seconds. So the images get very very dark very very fast. The other problem is that in the dark, it's hard to see the canoe to even take a picture of it. So I have lots of pictures with bits of the canoe missing.

Study of Lone Tree in Foggy Water Channel

I think this is my favorite...


This is the same image brightened. I think I like the darker image better. Seems creepier.


A different orientation


In the distance

When A Good Photo Goes Bad

I went out to the Garden to take pictures of the lotus blossoms.  I forgot my 70-300 mm telephoto, so I couldn't really get the nice blossoms far away.

Here's one:

The problem with this is that the blossom is nice but the image is too soft.  I think the focus was on a leaf that was slightly in front of it.  So what do you do with an image that is lovely, but not technically lovely?

That's when the awesome photoshop filters come in....

It's a light painting!  See can't tell it is blurry in this image...

This is the watercolor filter.  It's a little on the dark side but still...it's a nice effect.

Job Hunting

is rough when your self-esteem is in the basement.  How am I supposed to sell myself when I think I'm worthless?

Lotuses

if you want to see the lotuses....go here
http://snupsphotos.blogspot.com/2012/07/lotus-study.html