Day 54 -- Viva La Rock!!!

If you had asked me between 1993-1998 to list my top 5 bands, one would have continuously made the list -- indie rock gods --Superchunk.
I loved their hooks in their melodies and in the guitar; their energy on stage and on record; and the fact that they stood for what was the last great period of independent music (at least in my opinion - give me a loud guitar over a lap top any day). Somewhere along the way as they grew up and slowed down I "grew up" and went into my "Americana" phase.   Nothing wrong with that  -- discovered a few great bands in that genre (Wilco, Old 97s, Whiskeytown) but gone was that energy and sense of desperation in the lyrics and music.
So you can imagine my joy when I heard they were getting together to record a new record and that they would be back on the road.  It seems that we are at the age when that genre regroups and tours again -- Jesus Lizard, Pavement, Guided By Voices -- I am not complaining at all, it's better than the Flock of Seagulls and Naked Eyes.  Looking forward to the shows. And the new record -- excellent! -- Here's to you power tube cartoon man!!!! (from the CD insert).

Day 53 -- We Can't See You?

Animals are supposed to have some survival instinct.  Right?
This is Bella the once notoriously shy cat.  So shy that people didn't even think we had her as a pet.  We'd ask friends to feed our cat(s) while we were out of town and when we inquired upon return how THEY did - a puzzled look would come over our friends' faces.
On this morning Bella plopped herself right in the middle of the thoroughfare.  Plopped being accurate as Bella is on the heavy side. The child pointed out that Bella was doing a terribly poor job of hiding. If she was in the wild, she would easily fall victim to an owl or a hawk - that is, if the bird could pick her oversized figure up.

Day 52 -- City View II

Okay so it didn't work too well (see Day 24)

Blurry, cloudy .............................
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR  (Pictured: Downtown Atlanta at 5:15 pm)

Day 51 -- Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom presents . . .

Nature rears its ugly side as the cats wage war over  . . . absolutely nothing.

Day 50 -- Okay I Give

If you have been following ,you know I get taken aback with all the Christmas Hoopla that I have been finding my self knee deep in coming so early in the year.  Today we went to see the child peform some tunes from her musical at Atlantic Station. The occasion this evening? -- the lighting of the Atlantic Station Christmas tree. The air was cool, lights covered trees and wire animals, the 5 piece horn section played Christmas carols, and there was a tree with 200,000 lights as tall as a skyscraper.  Okay I give, the holidays are here.

And while I could have posted photos I took of the child, the following parade of lights seemed to fit the theme better.

Go Rudy!

Day 49 -- Daddy, does the the Jagey come in a Sippy Cup

Stovall -- a night out on the town.
One young man leading the charge -- zoom in -- so cute. But I know he was perusing the bourbon selection.

Day 48 -- Still Life With Gel

What do you keep in your kitchen? bananas, hot chocolate, paper towels,  . . . a tub load of hair gel (pictured: bananas, hot chocolate, paper towels, a tub load of hair gel -- not posed)

Day 47 -- Sachey, Chantey

I decided it was high time to get the dog into the blog as the cats had been featured already.  You would think that a dog whose busiest moment of the day is getting up to get something to eat would lay still and let a photo be taken. But no. It appears she was going to work it for the camera.

Day 46 -- He Loves to Rawk!!! (El Stachio)

My very good amigo, Andres Galdames, explains that it is Movember and hence he is growing the "Mo" as a symbol for awareness of men's health issues.
I say that if you know Andres  --  the Mo is Apropos.
Sexy!

Day 45 -- Oh Man!

8:29 PM and I am picking up the child from rehearsal.

No photo today!! I take this shot of the lights.

8:30 PM --  guess who posts a picture of the lights on her blog????

Oh Man!! well that's all I got - shiny shiny!

Day 44 -- Try it, you will like

Seriously, if you have not been to Morelli's  . . . mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good stuff. Took the child there after rehearsal.  In having to watch bad stuff these days, I had the only slightly healthy thing they had. (mango yogurt -- quite good actually).  During my selection process the Morelli's rep stated, and I quote, "Wait we also have some gelatos.  They are made with whole milk and not cream"  Translated, in my head, we might not have to get the paddles out.
Child?? one scoop of mint chocolate; one scoop salt caramel; all in a waffle cone, hand dipped in chocolate and sprinkles.  Ahhhh youth!!!

Day 43 -- Here Leezard, Leezard

Saturday night!! Time to get dressed up and enjoy a pint or two of Guinness and bop to the sounds of the revamped Lizardmen featuring friends Kevin Elrod (right) and Mike Meyer (left).

Rocking!!

Sexy!!!!

Day 42 -- Really, whose bright idea . . .

You are designing an exercise room and this is the color you paint the walls??? Nice choice of red. Are you trying to incite a riot?  Maybe instead of lifting the weights I am supposed to hurl them through the walls.

Day 41 - Travellin' in the country

Well damnit, I came on Sunday cuz the sign clearlee sez "Church of Christ Meets Here."
It seems its musical churches in Coweta county.  We meet here when we are not relocating.

There were several shots I took as I drove through the country side. Always good subject matter.

Day 40 -- Everything is big at Costco

You probably already know that you can get toilet paper there packaged so that you can clean a herd of elephants' bottoms.  These are Christmas ornaments the size of your head. Be careful not to drop one!!

Day 39 -- Daylight Savings Time

What a difference a shift back to real time and away from artifiicial goverment created time makes.  I can see clearly now the Daylight Savings Time is gone. 
See the previous ride in (Day 32)

Day 38 -- What we don't pay attention to

This a shot from the ground level lobby at the Fulton County Courthouse. It is the glass ceiling over the sculptures that live in the lobby. It was my intent to capture the sculptures but as I was shooting the sculptures I saw the artwork on the ceiling. I never had really noticed it before. 
I was hoping to capture somone walkin on up on walk way of the first floor on the right but I had to get on to my destination.

 

Day 37 --Oops I did it again

So Hipstamatic - the hip app that everyone uses with their IPhone except I don't really cause I said I wouldn't -- released the Salvador Dali bonus pack or something like that.  Well I am a huge Dali fan!!! My college band's biggest "hit" was a song that I wrote as a tribute to him. The name of the song? .....................................................wait for it ............................................................................................
.............. Salvador Dali.
Anyway, after I downloaded and piggy backed for free (see Day 19 ) -- Oops I took a shot. This may not even be the Dali pack at work but this is where I spent a great deal of that Sunday afternoon.

Day 36 -- It's beginning to feel a lot like

Maybe it just my memory, but I thought when I was growing up, that it all turned to Christmas the Friday after Thanksgiving. I heard from a friend of mine that the Rite Aid had their Christmas selections up before Halloween.  Well, I guess after you celebrate the Day of the Dead and Witch's Weekeend you get to break out the mistletoe and channel jolly old Saint Nick ....... Get out of the way Thanksgiving!!!! It's Christmas.
Here, the City of Decatur does it part to guide Rudolph to Atlanta.

Day 35 -- Pony go boom

The child had a friend over for a sleep over.  The pony appears to have been a casualty of their play.  Pony go boom.

Dia 34 - La Guitarra y el Gato

So accidently arty. Here is the other cat (see Day 11) Pippin. He knows he is arty.  After I took this shot he got up and actually played the guitar. Really.

Dia Trienta y tres -- After work

Had an after work meeting -- Really!! we got most of our work done.

Day 32 -- The ride in

Another idea for a series. I mean 365 days is a long time.  It's a year to be exact.  This is a photo from the ride in in the mornings. Like the view from my office (see day 24), I want to take the shot at different times of year and in different weather; maybe different speeds, different gears. Wait maybe this isn't safe.

Day 31 -- Flora II

Another wildflower (See Day 28)

Day 30 -- The Halloween Spirt

The day finally arrives. A house in the neighborhood lets us all know how it's going to be -- No Candy

Day 29 -- Dawn of the Dead

The theme for the annual Halloween party was "70's Television shows."  Mr. Vaccaro arrived. He was "on TV"  -- 70's Black and White TV to be exact.

Day Twenty and Eight -- Flora I

We get this wildflower mix in the spring.  An unimpressive, quite bizarre carrot top looking plant sprouts during the summer heat.  Around late September, the plant makes a pod and soon these beautiful flowers are born.

Day 27 -- Almost Halloween

Could be a witch, a scarecrow, fencing or the singer from Coldplay.

Day 26 -- Do you have a permit for those?

It's way past firefly season.  That glowing light is actually the fine men and women in blue doing their job. They may have been giving a citation to the ghosts that you can just make out to the right.  Not sure.   Just glad they were doing whatever they were doing.

Day 25 - The child on child

Self portrait of the child by the child -- I love it.

Day 24 -- The view from up here

So 24 days into this and as I review other 365 sites I discover I really am supposed to be concentrating on photos. Man!!!
So I decided to use the view from my office as a subject that can be memorialized as the seasons change; in different weather conditions .....  and in smog.  From my window you can see Buckhead in one direction and downtown Atlanta in the other.  This is Buckhead.

Day 23 -- A tribute to the grinning cat on a pumpkin

We had folks over to carve pumpkins this evening. The child selected a pattern of this grinning feline. I complied with her wishes and a carving I went. I had some shots of all the other pumpkins but decided to post this one for that day as a tribute to our fallen pumpkin.  See later in the week we would get high humidity, 80 degree weather in late October, and rain, rain rain.  Not good conditions for a squash that's been gutted and holes carved into it ---- mmmmmmm moldy.  So here's to you grinning cat on a pumpkin, pumpkin.

Day Twenty Two -- The Great Leaf Monster

The Monster was a riot at the Little 5 Points Parade the previous weekend.  He made a quick appearance today and I took a quick shot.  ALL HAIL THE GREAT LEAF MONSTER!!!
He adorns the shirt I received for running the Candler Park Festival's 5K earlier that morning.

Day 21 -- I take a break

I could pretend I took a photo today -- I didn't.  I hang my head in shame. It was a long week at the office. My brother turned one year older yesterday --- miss him being around. He moved away just recently.

Tomorrow brings a load of chances for photos as there's another festival to go to!!!

Day 20 -- I get desperate

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  out of desperation as I was heading home, I took this shot as I was about to hop onto the elevator on my floor at work -- bloody awful.

Day 19 -- I get arty

So for some reason Apple can't charge you twice or thrice if multiple members of your household download the same app under the same account.  What!?!?! Apple, I am so disappointed you haven't put an end to this exploitation of your mom and pop operation.
Anyway I downloaded Hipstamatic to the IPhone -- I know, I know,  I am not supposed to use apps, but for  kicks I tried it out -- it's like the family photos are in an old timey photo -- ARTY!!!!

Day 18 -- Whew!

Man this is getting hard.  Remember that SNL skit where they had George W Bush whining about his job -- that it was haaaaaard.  Well, I'm feeling like that.  Most of the time I forget to take a photo until the end of the day -- especially when the day is routine.  Well, here is today's.  Created by accidentally pressing the button that takes the photo when getting the camera ready to take a photo -- of what I was trying to take a photo of, I no longer remember.

Day 17 -- You Gotta Look Sharp!

Some days I have to go to Courthouses.  These are the suits standing in line to get through security.  Wow!! who would have thunk two men in a row with dark suits and tan shoes?

Day 16 -- Like a Candle in the Wind

On a trip running errands, as child rehearsed for her musical, I "snapped" this shot of a church's steeple's reflection on a shiny new office building.  I know -- mind boggling.

Day Quinze -- It's beginning to feel a lot like Halloween

The day began with Stovall getting to play in the living room of the Little 5 Points locals.  I am sure they were surprised to find a stage and a PA where their bedroom and dining room once was.
Then we stuck around to catch the Little 5 Points Halloween Parade.  Good stuff.
The child was even in it as part of the Horizon Theater "float."

YELLOW HATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (see Day 8)

Day Fourteen -- Elvis is in the building

The child got to bring home the class pet for the weekend - Elvis the dwarf bunny.  Yes he was a hunka hunka of burning love.  I think you can see how much the child loved having that bunny here.  The photo does not do the bunny justice -- could be a bunny, a stuffed animal or a muff.

Day 13 -- Tiny Town

The leaves turn, the Great Pumpkin is on T.V., the suburbs open their haunted houses and at our house we get Tiny Town.  The mayor cut the ribbon and the town was open for business.

BOO!!!

Day 12 -- Swim like fishies

The child had a swim meet as part of P.E. today -- yeah I remember when we had to do that.  I can't tell you that she is in this photo and I can't tell you that she is not

Day 11 -- Bella

So got a break from the studio tonight and realized I needed to take a photo. Look over to the left and found a "willing" subject.  Bella the nearly 16 year old house cat.  She is very stuffed animal like and in recent times she has decided to quit being the invisible cat of repute and actually appears to socialize. To boot, the child and her have formed an inseparable bond.
Here kitty, kitty!!!