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Thanks to good friends, old friends, new friends, great conversation, and low cut shirts, Jess and I had a great time Friday night out at Jupiter House. Enough, perhaps, to make this a recurring, informal gathering. More on that later.

I spent yesterday hanging out with my Grandparents who are in town until after my sister's wedding and helping my Dad install two light fixtures in his kitchen. I brought my laptop and several flash cards over to his place so that I could edit a few photo sessions as we sat around and talked afterwards. I need to get a couch and a TV up in my office. That way, I could do more editing while doing other things. It seemed to work pretty well.

Skwid and the Moon

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Skwid dances with Glow Sticks under the Full Moon at Myschievia 2006.

Despite the fact that I have a huge pile of unedited photographs and lots of unfinished projects, I want to create more. There is so much spinning around inside of me right now — changing, building, breaking down — and I feel like this outlet is my way of expressing that and trying to understand that. So I've got this desire to get out and go and do. At the same time it's coupled with this strong need for social interaction. Photography, however, isn't really a spectator sport. So, I either need to find some like-minded individuals equally interested in the subject at hand (which varies, of course) to accompany me, or some like-minded individuals willing to be a part of the photographs themselves. Or, of course, find a way to go on my own without wishing I had someone to share it with.

If I didn't have so many obligations already this weekend, I would have accepted Johnny's offer to go to Hamilton Pool. Of course, the next three weekends are all at least partially booked as well so, despite this being my favorite time of year to get out into nature and enjoy the world around me, I'm not getting out there very much. So, I'm trying to plan a trip into nature for the weekend of 11/18 or 11/25. I don't know what or where just yet. Something far enough away that I feel like I'm out of town, and yet close enough that I don't have to spend a lot of time getting there. 3 to 6 hours away seems appropriate. If you're interested in coming along, let me know which weekend works best for you and if you have any location suggestions.

Jess and I might head out today for a hike and some photographs. Probably out just past Sherman on the Texas / Oklahoma border, though that's hardly set in stone. You can come if you'd like just give me a holler.

We had a lot of invitations to Halloween parties this year. However, after much deliberation we've decided that Jess, her cousin Ericka, and myself will be at Skwid's Halloween party this year. Not that we didn't want to go to the other Halloween Parties or that they wouldn't have been just as cool. But Skwid's parties are always fun, I can bring friends along, and many of the people I enjoy spending time with are going to be there. If you don't have Halloween plans yet lemme know and I'll see if I can bring a few more along.

We have a few chores to do today before we go out for our hike. We have to prepare a room and such for Ericka, who is coming tomorrow to visit us for a week. I also need to finalize my plans, pack my bags, and prepare for my trip to Indiana. I leave tomorrow at 10am and I get back just before 5pm on Wednesday.