I knew what I was looking for. I really wanted to get a Jeep Grand Cherokee so that is what I found. It is a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. It has all the option I want (power everything, cruise, title and tow package)

The inside is amazing and very clean. The outside is just as good, but does has the odd little mark. It is a gold.

I love the thing, it is the space, look and power I want. Here are the photos:

Travel Setup

Disclaimer: I don’t using these electronics while drive. Satellite radio for music, and the GPS when I’m lost, but the iPhone and iPad will be off while driving.

So what do you think? Have any question about my interior setup?

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So you guessed it, I helped move a load. The trip is something like 9 hours moving a moderate speed, and that wasn’t always the case thanks to Labour Day Weekend traffic. You head in towards Banff on the Trans Canada Highway and just stay on it through the mountains and then you magically pop out of the mountains in beautiful Chilliwack. Which incredible reminds me of Hawaii.

When I’m not driving or in control of the vehicle I don’t do well on some of those mountain roads. I get nervous, but I managed.

More to come on my new vehicle.

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Unboxing IPad Sleeve

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There *is* a wee bit of elitism in my character you know. I love quality. So when I saw these iPad cases from an intriquing high-craftsmanship workshop in Florida I knew it was a must-have. So I promised myself that when I hit a certain weight-loss goal, I’d make the purchase (and yes, it was pricey). Adieu, faithful Apple case, ooh-la-la, new all-leather, handmade sweet gorgeousness! Ladies and gentlemen, the Unboxing.

I wonder if Dan Brown fans are also into Celine Dion. The Da Vinci Code has sold over 80 million copies. Celine Dion has over 175 million dollars in album sales. And yet I’ve never met a Dan Brown fan or a Celine Dion fan. That’s a lot of people not to have met at least one. Then again, maybe such people belong to another dimension and I lack the sensory organs to be aware of their presence.

I thought that maybe one Brown fan might grace our presence last week. Langdon was, afterall, the main character of his novels, while Hermione was always a sidekick. That’s got to count for something, right? Apparently not. Or perhaps there was a conspiracy afoot…

Moving on. Vote in the comment section below before September 13: Who is the better character?

Because I suck.

And also because I don’t want individuals to think I’m targeting them if they discover they’re blocked. I doubt anyone will discover this anyway, since I really and truly have no relationship with them, but you never know. Some people use follower trackers to see who’s unfollowed them. It’s not personal. It’s not them; it’s me.

After a year, I regularly talk to about a dozen people on Twitter and have rather loose relationships with about 75 others. My half-bits of conversation are of interest to no one else. They’re barely of interest to me. I regularly interact with about 25 of my Facebook friends. I wouldn’t give that up. But the others probably wouldn’t miss me if I disappeared.

I also think that I’ve shown less of myself because Twitter is so public. You’re not learning about me; you’re seeing bizarre snippets of conversations and out-of-context observations. This, I think, is the opposite of the purpose of Twitter. I think that with this change, you might even see more of me. If we have a relationship on Twitter or Facebook, we’ll still have one. You won’t even notice a change. I’m just done with collecting followers and friends for no reason.

Or maybe I just suck. This is always a good default position.

Crimodean Dreams

Soft pastel colors and warm sunlight drip like melting butter over the rocks of the slave river. The stones are smooth and cool but by mid afternoon will be warm. I encountered a beaver tonight, and managed to get some shots of it but my ISO had to be cranked all the way up to 25600 just to get some faint reminiscence of what he looked like. They were more for me, rather than anything I would ever print. Sometimes I put too much emphasis on what I show and what I don’t show. A lot of people are like that.

My advice is to stop looking at everybody, instead look internal. That sounds more socractic than it should. It’s basic; you need to shoot for you, shoot what you love, and once it stops becoming something you love you need to take a breather and find that love again. Isn’t that what makes the world go around? Dreams. Ambitions. Wishes. .

Developing a relationship with my camera took years, all two or three of them in fact. For many that may not seem like long but with me it has been nearly every day. When I tore my tendon in 2009 I wasn’t able to even lift a milk jug because of its weight (and was advised to stay off of weights for a couple of years to come in fact). I had this vast appreciation for just how important my body was, and how I need to get up and about to these places while I still can.

Life is so short, in that way. I know someone who would be at this spot forever and ever and has been for always but no longer can because of his health. I thought of him tonight when I photographed Crimodean Dreams. I hope to showcase the beauty of the North and for all around to not only view but to re-experience. To see it, to feel it. Where I cannot show I will write, and fill in the gaps of our blind spots together.

Rather than cranking out prints and letting people find them on miscellanious sites and galleries I decided to blog every new print I develop, and really talk about it. I not only want to hear that this is beautiful, I want to know how it makes you feel. I’m starting an entire campaign for 2011 based around this idea.