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So I decided to put all of the photos that I have/want feedback on Flickr. You can see them by following the previous link or from the link in the sidebar. Please look and leave me some feedback.
Here in Ohio there has been a new piece of legislation introduced to ban the owning of pit bull type breeds throughout the state. I find this type of legislation to be unfair and unnecessary. No breed of dog is more likely to attack a human than another. It all comes down to the individual dog and the owner of that dog. Any dog with the right, or should I say wrong owner can potentially cause harm to a human. It all comes down to the training and care of the animal. Dogs do not premeditate their actions, they react to the situation that they are put in. More of a problem is the fact that people don’t teach their children to not approach strange dogs. How many times do you see a child going up to a strange dog because they want to pet it? I know that this has happened when I’m out with my dog. I have no problem with allowing someone to pet my dog, but ask first. You don’t know what any dog is going to do in any given situation. Don’t punish an entire breed just because of some bad owners.
I don’t know if I’ll get any responses to this question or not, but I figured why the hell not ask it, Does anyone know how I could get some honest critique on some photographs I’ve taken? I always wanted to take a photography class in high school and then college, but it never worked out for me. So I’m trying to figure out how I can get some honest feedback about the pictures I’ve taken over the years. If any one has any suggestions, please let me know.
Two weeks doesn’t really seem that long sometimes. Other times it can seem like an eternity. I mean I know when you’re closing in on a deadline like say an election a week can seem more like a month. Well when it comes to me and my besttie it can seem like an eternity and at the same time like days. First to keep it in perspective, we have actually only been in the same city for like 6 days in the last 4 years, so our communications have been via internet or phone. There are times when we can go a month or longer without talking and we talk for at least an hour. And then there are the other times when it’s been a week or two and we still talk for at least an hour. I have to say I love how we never miss a beat. We can always pick up where we left off, and isn’t that what being someone’s best friend is all about?
I’ve been making a lot of lists lately. Wish lists, to do lists, not to do lists. My wish lists are getting simpler. They’ve really narrowed down to focus on my interests. Gone are the ambitions of making it in the campaign world, now my biggest ambition is to go back to school and get my master’s degree that will enable me to get a decent job so that I’ll be able to support myself and my hobbies. I think making lists is a very good idea. It keeps me organized and on task. Usually if I don’t plan things out in advance nothing good comes of anything. So what exactly do these lists encompass. Well, the first list I started making was of the remaining equipment I need to be fully outfitted to start making camping trips all on my lonesome. There really isn’t a whole lot that I need for that. The next list I started making is also modest (although not in price). This list is of the few pieces of camera equipment I’d like to get so I can maybe get better in that hobby. Most recently I’ve started a list of things I’d either like to learn to do or pick back up. Most notable on the list are kayaking and shooting. I know the basics of paddling in a canoe, but I’ve never been in a kayak, I’ve always wanted to learn, but have never been in a position to. Now shooting, I haven’t been shooting in years, but it’s not something you forget how to do. However I’d like to expand beyond target shooting and learn sporting shooting, you know, trap and skeet. Target shooting is a great stress reliever.
We’ll see what happens with these lists. Hopefully I can start ticking items off soon.
So in the past month or so I’ve started taking my dog to one of the two dog parks in my county (Yay Knox County!!), and I’ve discovered something quite shocking: I have a retriever who doesn’t retrieve. He used to be very good at it. I don’t know what’s happened. He’s lost all interest in it, that is unless he has some competition, but even then he chases the ball and then either doesn’t pick it up, or picks it up and then drops it a few feet later. I don’t know why this is the case. I mean I have a good idea why he’s afraid of water. When I first adopted him the night I brought him home he bolted when I started to fill his water bowl with the spray hose on the sink. My thinking is that he was likely sprayed with water by the children in the family he was owned by before me and it was done maliciously. I just wish he’d retrieve the ball like he used to. Is that too much to ask?
