quite a day

quite a day
Originally uploaded by misfiredpixels

After months of growing and caring for that dissertation, I have released it into the world. Now, I get to spend some of my time doing things that I like. I haven't turned my camera on for months, but the last few days have been an exception. feels like I can get my stride back. I can't help but want some new toys though. You know, something like another flash.

That will have to wait. But for the moment, I'm going to have fun with the stuff I already got here with me.

Oh, and just to give a little contrast, Here's the image that I got out of the camera.  I felt like I had to battle the dull colors and flat image.  Give me contrast or give me... never mind.

It has been a while

Yes, I know it's been a very long time since I last posted. In fact, even Shaily wrote me some mean messages because I hadn't been posting. I guess I should never assume that nobody is reading this blog. Apparently someone is always interested. If they're interested in what you have to say or they are just interested in wasting time is not important now. What is important, however, is that there is slight demand for me to keep up with this.

One of the things keeping me away has been the work I have been doing. I recently went to the LASA meeting in Rio de Janeiro to present a paper on capoeira and transnational something-or-other. I hope to continue working on the topic, so it was a great chance to get some of the thoughts down on paper (or screen). Now that I'm back, I'm trying to get back into my dissertation writing. I've begun to write again, but it's never easy to switch topics.

Besides all this, I have been working on a photoblog for the last few months. I have been posting images to Misfired Pixels as well as on Flickr (Hopefully blogger doesn't have a problem with me linking these sites here. We'll see if they do anything about it.) If you're interested, check out the sites. Feel free to leave comments, good or bad. Photography is something that I enjoyed some time ago, but I have neglected my camera for years. I'm only now beginning to make up for that lost time.