Day 10: The Madness Has Set In

Day 10 of 30 Days of Pictures

Wow. This 30 days of pictures thing is making me realize that I sure don't have a lot of friend-based human contact. All my pictures are of things sans people. Yay, introversion! 

Also this exercise has made me realize that the process of forcing yourself to do something, even though it's something you were excited about in the first place, can quickly lose its sheen and produce boring results because you're bored. (And if you're bored, you're boring, right?) Exhibit A: Yesterday's photo is of a piece of FROZEN CHICKEN. Chicken that I thought might be mildly interesting because it's Hulk huge. (Banana for scale.) Riveting stuff, this.

The alternative is to go out and do more stuff with actual humans in the hopes of taking more interesting pictures. No thank you.

Day 8 & 9: Reading and Living

Day 8 & 9 of 30 Days of Pictures

If a turn of phrase or an idea catches my fancy while I'm reading, I like to take notes. Physically writing them down is much more satisfying than typing them into my phone on the go. (More on the book I'm reading in a later post. Because it's amazing and I love it.)

The freight train that the commuter train passed today looked like it had lived a few lifetimes.

Day 7 of 30

Day 7 of 30 Days of Pictures (Taken but not posted yesterday.)
I take too many pictures of the sky. Ug, and I didn't realize how bad the quality was until I uploaded. I think my camera phone is jacked since I cracked the back of my phone. Draw metaphorical life lessons here as you will.

Brandi Carlile, Round Two

If you were creeping around this blog last year at about this time, you may have read my post about seeing Brandi Carlile in concert. And this year the same friend invited me to go again, so off I went to the merry old land of Red Butte Gardens to take in the show.

Brandi and her band are still amazing and delightful. I extol more of her virtues here. I was particularly delighted this time around by Brandi's acoustic cover of Radiohead's Creep. It was raw and rich, just how I like it. 

I also really enjoyed the opening act, The Lone Bellow. Their music is along the same veins as Brandi's--a healthy mix of rock, bluegrass, classic country, and wicked tight harmonies. They did an amped up version of this song during the show:

Day 6 of 30 Days of Pictures
Naturally my picture for the day is from the show.

Brandi and the twins, Tim and Phil, who wear bad hats. 

The sky and the venue. 

Yesterday & Today

Day 4 & 5 of 30 Days of Pictures

I took a picture yesterday, but I forgot to post it, so I'm posting two. I'm sure you will enjoy both more than anything else you've enjoyed in your whole life.

Cutting out a top.

Tonight's sky as seen from my constitutional.

Half-hearted

Day 3 of 30 Days of Pictures
A bit boring today. I forgot to take pics when I was out and about. Yay for a half-hearted shot of fabric for two projects I'm working on this weekend! The mustard is a voile and the black and white is a knit.

The Bike

Day 2 of 30 Days of Pictures
My sissy bought a bike today. I went with her because she was nervous to see a stranger about it alone. It turns out that the seller, Frank, was really nice, really good at restoring bikes, and a really good salesperson. He almost had me riding a bike out of his shed, and I certainly ain't in no market for no bike. We chatted a bit, and it turns out Frank used to own a bike and skate shop in Echo Park, California before he moved to Salt Lake City be closer to his kids. Now he restores bikes on the side and sells them through the KSL classifieds. So if you're in the market for a bike or need repairs, I have a feeling that this is your man.