Drowsy Melodies

Well I've officially completed my first summer session. Trigonometry of all things, wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. I didn't do as well as I had hoped - meaning I didn't ace the damn thing. But I blame my sudden illness which left me bedridden for two days before as the main culprit. It wasn't so much as I needed to study a lot, but if I could have at least devoted one hour to the damn thing, I would have easily aced it. Usually I wouldn't mind it so much if I didn't nail the final, but the rest of the "semester's" grade didn't really amount to much, so my final exam is basically my final grade. But whatever, I'm over it; it's done with, what more can I do?


My sickness, I'm happy to announce, has waned significantly since its inception on Tuesday evening. What started out as a mild cough, which I assumed warranted the chain smoking of several cigarettes - seriously though, when I don't smoke for a while, I start coughing a lot. And when that didn't work, I noticed a certain wheeze in my breaths and an even more noticeable amount of discomfort toward the heat. I was cold oddly enough, yet incredibly sweaty. So before the body-aches kicked in, I stocked up on a variety of Progresso's chicken soup, generic NyQuil, Multi-Vitamins, Zinc, and several bottles of water.


While sickness has it's drawbacks, of which I won't go into detail, as I assume you've all been sick. I find a few pleasures in feeling a bit under the weather. For one thing, I love soup, and I feel that I don't really have enough of it in my life. But good soup just makes me feel so nummy nummy inside. Another silver-lining in my flu infested cloud, is NyQuil - by golly gee whiz, I fucking love NyQuil. The only thing better than NyQuil is the hypothetical "Extra Strength" NyQuil. Holy crap, that shit would probably knock a thorough-bred stallion hopped on methamphetamines clean the fuck out - and yes, I'd gladly take the recommended two tablespoons every six hours. They should serve NyQuil cocktails at bars - as if driving home wasn't difficult enough. "Sorry officer, that Vodka-NyQuil-Tonic just hits me so hard."


On a more, "so Milo, what have you been looking at online lately" kind of topic - I've been drawn to more photo-centric websites lately. Years ago, I was primarily obsessed with gear oriented discussions, primarily the comparisons various websites and forum dwellers proposed between the DSLR's of Nikon, Canon, and Pentax. But ever since I've acquired my own fully paid for Nikon D200 (smiles warmly), I haven't really cared - since I'm more than happy with mine. Although a small part of me still wonders about the Pentax system. Pentax has always provided a well-priced, high-quality, albeit niche alternative, to the Nikon/Canon conglomerate. See, now that I've began talking about photography I've digressed...back to photo-centric websites.


I've been frequenting flickr.com. (that is a link to my personal flickr gallery) Flickr's a neat site, they've somehow managed to turn a simple necessity such as posting images online to share with friends, into a lively and energetic community of photographers - of all skill levels, ages, and equipment. And there are "Groups" majority of which are public that allow you to share photos that relate to the group's theme, or participate in discussions about the various facets of photography. For example, The Nikon D200 group, which I'm sure you've deduced covers just about anything dealing with the Nikon D200. Then there's the Amici Peluche, which I believe has something to do with stuffed animals?? I'm not really sure, but someone invited me after they saw a photo I took, and I figured why the hell not.


But I bet you're thinking, I don't even know these people. Why would I want to look at their photos? I guess you bring up a valid point. But there are some funny shots I've seen, not to mention refreshing looks at various cities, towns, people etc. from all around the world. I've also found people who write some real decent blogs. All in all, if you dig photography on even the lowest of levels, flickr's got an avenue for you. Whether it be high fashion, or street photography; flowers, or french fries, there's a flickr group with at least one other person who shares the same interest. So anyways, that's how I've been essentially waning myself off of the myspace/facebook addiction - by exchanging them for an equally click-a-licious serving of flickr's random Interestingness.


Oh, and to give you a tease about an upcoming blog, I'm going to write about a fun weekend I recently had. And of course it included alcohol, but for once, alcohol wasn't the main focal point. Which, in the Lehigh Valley, is saying a lot. I don't really like going somewhere new, when "somewhere new" is basically nothing more than a dressed up, more expensive version of "somewhere familiar", where the drinks are not only more expensive, but also significantly watered down. Give me something different, I mean really different, not the same shit in a nicer glass, the same people in nicer clothes, and the same scene in different lighting...join me, in giving every overpriced, fufu, faux urban cool, wannabe restaurant, bar, whatever - in the Lehigh Valley a big warm, FUCK YOU! That's to you, "Blue", "Melt", "Brew Works", "Starters", "Fill in whatever overpriced joint here", etc. You all equally suck. Don't dellude yourselves into thinking you don't, because you do.


Well I'll save the rest for later. It's early/late, depending on how you want to view it. Take care my people, and hope that I'll wake from my NyQuil reverie.