Sunset and Shadow

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Back in the Saddle

Monday was my first day back at the University of Cincinnati in a year. To say that my skills have grown rusty would be a vast understatement. I'm struggling to get through my Calc. II homework right now because it has been nearly 18 months since I last messed with any kind of serious, heavy-duty mathematics at all. This means I'm really going to have to work hard to keep up with, much less do well in, my Calc. class this quarter.

Before the quarter had started I told myself that there was no reason I couldn't earn straight A's this quarter. Two days in, I'm not so sure - time will tell.

edit: I have completed the aforementioned homework. Turns out that once your break those rusty gears loose, they start to turn a bit more freely. That's sure a relief, I can tell you!

Daffodils at Sunset

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Sunrise

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Miss Kitty with the Blue Eyes

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I walk a lonely road

All along this road
not a single soul – only
autumn evening comes

- Matsuo Basho

Springtime Storm

Thunder rumbling
In the distance a storm blows
Soon it will be here

This is amazingly awesome.

Blue Michael

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A game-less LAN party?

What do you call a LAN party where no games are played? One guy's wife won't let him come out and play, some other guy's computer has decided to commit suicide and took his iPod with it. The other member of the crew has a functioning computer, but his video card is borked and awaiting RMA. Instead of playing games, we've spent the evening discussing five-year plans, armwrestling, and a variety of other non-21st century "fun" activities. Also, pizza.

Bourbon

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Priscilla Rogers (aka Mom)

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$10.50 / Hour

Lubricating grease
machine oil and coolant
mingle with my blood

Bethany

Overcast

What a dreary day.
The rain falling from the sky
like so many dreams.

Cameron

Manual Labor

A mind languishes.
As its body works all day,
it travels elsewhere

How to waste a year in a 4 easy steps!

1. Month 1: Quit school. You already know what you're doing anyway and don't need some piece of paper to tell you that. Besides what you really want to do is X and X doesn't require a degree in Y, so its kind of a waste of money.
2. Month 2: Begin attempting to do X. This will be more challenging than you thought it would be, especially when the world economy comes crashing down around your ears at roughly the same time. But don't worry - it probably isn't as bad as the news is making it out to be, so you'll be good to go in a month or two.
3. Month 5: Hmm...its been a few months hasn't it; looks like the situation is worse than we had thought. Why don't you look into moving to a new city and getting a better job there? Shouldn't be too hard for a guy like you, all those skills and that ability to learn so quickly.
4. Month 12: Or not. Blame the economy if you want - everyone else is. Maybe you ought to think about going back to school and getting that piece of paper after all, huh?
   

Grandpa Harris

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Levi

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I'm not dead yet!

So, I just read through the (extremely brief) backlog on this old blog of mine and it seems to consist mainly of me saying I'm either going to update or not update it. At the risk of repeating myself, allow me to repeat myself: this thing is back, and for real (probably) this time.

Here are my plans for this goober: post at least one interesting picture that I have taken each day, write a haiku or three per week, and whatever else as it comes to me. Mainly I intend to use this a place to showcase some of what I consider to be my better photographic work, as my flickr account is a messy pile of every image on the card dumped all at once. So there you have it; I'm on facebook (James Rogers), twitter (jrogers3), flickr (James.Rogers.III), digg (rogersj3), and Gyminee (rogersj3). That's enough link love for now I should think. I'll post a picture from my Grandpa's 75th B-day party this past weekend in a bit.