| R.I.P. |
[Mar. 31st, 2008|11:12 am] |
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Rest in Peace, Dith Pran. 1942-2008. |
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| The New Year Begins |
[Jan. 2nd, 2008|09:30 am] |
With a promise to attempt a photo a day at my photoblog:
http://www.markatos.net
Here's today's photo:
For those of you interested in the RSS feed, there's a livejournal feed
at ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) markatos
Check it out, and I promise that if you view it, I'll make more.
Comments are always welcome using the comments link on the photoblog...
This post generated by e-mail, I'm sorry if it doesn't format properly,
or some crap like that.
Cheers,
Mark |
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| I'm bored of my reading lists... |
[Dec. 28th, 2007|09:23 am] |
If you maintain a wish list on amazon.com or amazon.ca, post it here. I'm looking for new ideas!
Cheers,
me! |
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| From the "Completely Obvious" category... |
[Dec. 13th, 2007|02:55 pm] |
This headline showed up from CNN this afternoon in my inbox (I subscribe
to their breaking news e-mail service):
-- MLB steroid report: Use widespread, includes biggest stars
Lulz. |
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| To all my Heeb friends... |
[Dec. 5th, 2007|03:11 pm] |
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Happy Chanukkah! |
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| Need geek help! |
[Oct. 29th, 2007|08:37 pm] |
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Theresa's portable hdd (which contains ALL of her photos) has quit. It's a 120GIG SATA hdd that's being run via USB. The fan turns on, but the drive won't be recognized by winblows XP or Vista. What can we do about it? |
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| How cool is that? |
[Oct. 5th, 2007|09:50 am] |
A couple of weeks ago, I participated in the Queen West Art Crawl in
Toronto, in Trinity Bellwoods Park. It wasn't a very successful
weekend. In fact, I didn't make enough sales to cover the cost of the
travel to Toronto and entry to the show, but... But... There was one
thing that happened (that I totally missed out on) that made the weekend
completely worth while (besides getting to spend the weekend with my
lovely girlfriend).
At the end of Sunday's sales day, I was packing up the van for the drive
back to Ottawa and Theresa was guarding all my stuff at the curb. Well,
I was going about my merry way packing everything up, when I noticed her
having a conversation with two gentlemen on bicycles. I returned to her
side just in time to see the cyclists departing, but I thought to
myself... Hey, isn't that Jay Ingram from Discovery Channel's "Daily
Planet"? (http://www.discoverychannel.ca/content/?pid=183)
Theresa told me a story about how one of my prints (Helix II Redux) was
the focus of a discussion that she had had with the cyclists about
nautilus shells, the Fibbonacci sequence, and spirals. Of course, this
only served to emphasize that the guy I thought was Mr. Ingram probably
was, indeed, Mr. Ingram.
I returned to Ottawa, and, because the curiosity was killing me, I fired
off an e-mail to Daily Planet (since I couldn't find contact info for
Jay Ingram online) just asking if that actually was him, etc. etc.
Well, the reply arrived today, and yeah, it was him, so that's kinda
cool! My photography has been viewed and appreciated by a relatively
famous guy! Awesome! Ahahhahah!
Yeah, I'm a bit of a nerdy lame-o. So what? ;) |
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| Sometimes |
[Oct. 4th, 2007|08:28 pm] |
I do the stupidest things anyone could ever think of. Why do I do it? I don't know. Perhaps partially because I'm still trying to self destruct? Who really knows. All I know is that pretty much as soon as I've done it, I feel like hell about it, because it was dumb, and because it hurts people.
Bleah. Suckage. |
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[Sep. 24th, 2007|10:06 pm] |
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All is well in suburban hell. More later. |
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[Sep. 22nd, 2007|03:39 pm] |
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) cthulhia</lj> So loading the truck by the movers went just fine this morning, and they finished about 12:30 or so. It's now 3:40 pm, and absolutely nothing has come off the truck yet. In fact, we're not even at the new house yet (which is a 30 minute drive from the old house). The movers were bringing the washer and dryer to Theresa's ex husband's house, but as they were pulling into the driveway of his apartment building, the driver jackknifed the truck and severed the pneumatic hose that connected the rear brakes of the trailer to the truck. So, the trailer is sitting on the side of the road with the two workers, while the driver has been gone for over two hours to get the truck repaired so that we can get our stuff into the house... Bleargh. |
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| Apologies |
[Sep. 13th, 2007|10:54 am] |
And now that I can't edit that post from here at work, it's going to
have to wait until tonight to be fixed. Sorry for wasting so much real
estate on your friends page.... |
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| Let's make it official... |
[Sep. 13th, 2007|10:48 am] |
Big changes in my life. BIIIIG changes. Ones that result in more debt
than I've ever had before in my life. To the tune of about $180,000.
Yes, I bought a house. Theresa and I bought a house. Who's Theresa,
you ask? Well... Let me tell you...
Tree is a co-worker of mine. We met through work when she returned from
Maternity Leave, and started out as just friends, hanging out, going to
movies, you know how it is. Then, friends became a couple. Well, a
couple with a husband (separated, divorced before christmas), and three
children. Yep, I've got three boys by association now. Caleb, 8,
Aidian, 5, and Liam, 2. Let me tell you, they're great, but holy crap,
what a lot of energy they take. In fact, I've been going to bed at
like, 10 instead of 12 since I moved into Tree's house in Masson (we
take possession of the new house on September 21, and move on the 22nd.)
So, I'm moving to the wrong province (where everyone speaks French), but
am gaining a 1600 square foot semi-detached and a family. I love it,
and couldn't wish for more in my life. I only dread the packing that
we're going to have to do on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday. Woo-Hoo! Sunday will be the day that was worth the effort,
when we can sleep in, and then slowly start unpacking and setting up the
house.
Look for an invitation to the housewarming party sometime in November,
once we're settled in. We'll have a few couches for the out-of towners
to crash on, and probably won't have the kids that weekend, so there's
going to be plenty of beds, I think... ;)
Am I happy? Hells yeah. Happier than I think I've ever been. Now, if
only I could do the photography thing full time and make a career out of
it. I'm hoping for a good show at Queen West this weekend for sure.
Speaking of photography, once we get settled into the new house, I've
got a new long-term project that I'll be looking at. I'm going to see
what I can do about putting together a photo-book where the subject
matter is nothing more than the mines, quarries and mineral explorations
(abandoned) of Ontario and Quebec. That should be a lot of fun for me.
Tree's already said she's not interested. Her loss!
As always, to see what I'm photographing lately, check out my photoblog
at http://www.markatos.net, or add markatos to your friends
list (it's an rss feed from my site).
To see what Tree's photographing, try this: http://flickr.com/treekins
Now, it's time to do some more work, and then to head out to pick up
large prints from the printer, mat board from the art store, and frames
from... IKEA!
See you all in Toronto tomorrow, or elsewhere in the future.
-Mark |
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| What's Mark doing this weekend? |
[Sep. 13th, 2007|09:52 am] |
Why, I'm in Toronto, of course, for my first art exhibition in the "Big
Smoke". I'm one of 250 participants in the Queen West Art Crawl's
Outdoor Art Show and Sale, in Trinity Bellwoods Park on Queen West at
Strachan. If you're in Toronto, and have a spare hour or two between
11am and 6pm either Saturday the 15th or Sunday the 16th, come see me!
My booth is "Orange 2, #20". Basically, that means that if you walk
into the park from the main entrance on Queen Street, and cross the
circular causeway, and keep going straight, my booth is just past the
corner on the left... You'll recognize the location when you get
there... Here's a google map of basically my exact location in the
park:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=n43.64605+w79.4135&ie=UT
F8&ll=43.646596,-79.413326&spn=0.003001,0.004989&z=18&iwloc=addr&om=1
I'm showing about 22 pieces, I think but I've got about 50 more in the
portfolio books. Come on by and have a look. Theresa and I are staying
in a bed and breakfast right near the park, so if you are interested in
doing breakfast or dinner or something with us, let me know, and we'll
see what we can work out.
Of course, I'm totally not looking forward to the drive back to Masson
(my current domicile, a half hour beyond Ottawa in Quebec) on Sunday,
since we leave Toronto probably at 7pm, and will arrive home well after
midnight, because we have to stop at my parent's place... Bleargh.
Anyways, avail yourself of my artwork, and come buy something, help me
pay for the house that Theresa and I just bought (Okay, help me pay for
a 10-20mm lense... And maybe even pay for Sony's new Semi-pro DSLR
body... Whee!) |
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[Aug. 12th, 2007|01:47 pm] |
After reading about it on cthulhia's journal, and complaining over the last six months that I was faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat... I jumped in with two feet, and started the Couch to 5K run program. Thank god I've got all that workout clothing left over from last year, when I spent four hundred dollars on a gym membership. Well, okay, half a gym membership, as I shared it with essentiae. Anyways, so I found some great podcasts at http:/podcasts.ullreys.net via http://www.c25k.com. It's a nine week program.
Did my first run today, an interesting, and rather easy interval session of just over thirty minutes with warmup and cooldown.
You can see the route I took (an out-and-back) here: http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/canada/on/ottawa/712853517
I feel good. I feel fat, but I feel good. I am realistically 35 pounds overweight, but I want to lose 45. We'll see how that goes as the days go by
One down, twenty-six to go (three times a week for the next nine weeks.
Cthulhia, I'm on a fifteen minute mile right now, on that interval. Look out, here I come! |
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| How Harry Potter Really ends... |
[Jul. 23rd, 2007|12:53 pm] |
Harry, Ron and Hermione enter a diner. They order Butter Beer and onion
rings. Voldemort is sitting at the lunch counter, marking time. Outside,
Ron's sister, Ginny, is having a hell of a time parallel parking, even
though she's using her wand. And just then the door to the diner opens
and Harry Potter looks up and-the last 11 pages of "Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows" are freaking blank.
(From a Keith Olbermann Column on MSNBC) |
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| Rumblings and Grumblings |
[Jun. 26th, 2007|11:01 am] |
1. Going to the Catskills on Saturday, and will be there and in Hudson
Valley exploring abandoned Borscht Belt hotels and
sanitariums/sanitoriums for nine days. Leaving Ottawa about 7am, June
30, and returning to Ottawa late on July 8. I know Risa and Jody and
John aren't around, but is there anyone else out there on my friends
list that's interested in getting together?
2. At some point while there, Theresa and I will be heading into
Manhattan for a day. Danchek? Leader? Dinner?
3. Received word on Friday evening that my art was juried into the
Queen West Art Crawl on September 15 and 16, 2007. I'll be one of 200
exhibitors, and there's expected to be 15000 (yes, fifteen thousand)
guests through the gates over the two days. I'll post my exact location
in Trinity Bellwoods Park (790 Queen Street West @ Strachan) when I
receive my package in the mail (Sometime in August). So, I can now
officially say that I've met two of my three art-goals for 2007. Have a
show in Ottawa. Check (twice, actually, maybe thrice, we'll see) Have
a show in Toronto. Check. Ten thousand dollars in sales. (Getting
there...)
4. I'm buying a house. Well, Theresa and I are buying a house. I
guess I haven't mentioned much about her here, or about anything here,
really... Theresa and I work in the same office. I met her when she
returned from Maternity leave for her third kid (all boys). She thought
I was gay, because I like to talk about shoes. We hung out, we dated,
now we're buying a house, and she's getting a divorce. She was getting
a divorce before we met, don't worry, I'm not splitting anything up. So
yeah, we're buying a house. We'll be moving to Aylmer, Quebec. We're
hoping to move September 1. I've got my fingers crossed that it happens
then, anyways. Has to be around then so that the kids can start at
their new schools and daycare. Yeah, kids. Three of them. Caleb (8),
Aidan (5), and Liam (2). They love me. I tolerate them. No, actually,
they're all pretty fun.
5. I think my car is going to blow up. Transmission is fuxored.
Engine seems to be struggling at times, and makes much more noise than
I'm used to. I just hope it gets us through the next two weeks.
6. Add markatos to your friends list. It's an RSS feed
from my photoblog at http://www.markatos.net, which you should also be
checking on a fairly regular basis. Seriously. ;)
7. You'll definitely want to check out my photoblog on July 6. That
photo might be one of the best, and most emotionally evocative ones that
I've taken. At least, that's how I feel about it. ;) |
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| Happy Happy! |
[Jun. 12th, 2007|06:19 pm] |
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Happy Birthday Risa! |
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| Now I'm getting all emotional |
[Jun. 7th, 2007|11:42 pm] |
...and drunk, but whatever.
Congratulations to our Ottawa Senators for all the hard work and effort. Took the conference finals this year, and faced the better team in the Ducks, played as hard as we could, it just wasn't quite enough.
Still, a fantastic effort, and I hold no ill will toward our team. We did well, and I'm proud.
Go Sens Go.
See you next season. |
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[May. 30th, 2007|10:42 pm] |
There's only one way to describe tonight's game.
That was fucking ridiculous. |
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[May. 19th, 2007|05:32 pm] |
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BRING ON THE MOTHERFUCKING CUP! |
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