My GPS Camera Phone

Here’s Amy the cat, making it known to the feral population in my neighborhood that she owns me. I pet her, she meowed and then sat down just like that. Aww, how cute.

Tune in next week (tomorrow) for Sepia Week! Seven days of sepia tone photos, all using the built-in sepia filter. Then after that maybe Negative Week, which will be incredibly cool and weird at the same time.

Your GPS Camera Phone: Shiera at Bisdak Babbles

Each time I look into this picture, it makes me think about the path I took and the roads that I have to take so I’m quoting this poem:

“You cannot discover the purpose of life by asking someone else – the only way you’ll ever get the right answer is by asking yourself.”
– Terri Guillemets

The pagoda that’s at the end of this road is the Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. This five-story pagoda is the highest wooden tower in Japan. Taken last April 2007, using a Sharp V604SH.

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The other day, I approached Shiera about being a featured guest after I saw some great camera phone photos she posted. Thankfully, she accepted! What I didn’t realize is that my 100th post was quickly approaching, so the timing was great – I get to celebrate my 100th post by featuring a special guest!

Details on participation in the Your GPS Camera Phone™ program will follow, so wipe off the grubby, pocket-lint coated camera phone lens and start shooting! Thanks to everyone who has visited my blog and inspired me. Like I’ve said before, it’s all about you.

On to the next 100 posts!

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This afternoon was a wonderful day to leave my desk for a walk around the building. The temperature was a nice 65 degrees and the wind was blowing just right. As I approached the edge of the lot where the water runoff ditch is located, something didn’t seem right. Then it hit me:

NO SKATEBOARDING
NO BICYCLE RIDING
NO ROLLERBLADING

You’ve probably seen these concrete structures before, usually on the side of the road. Nicely paved over drainage ditches that just happen to be perfect for skateboarding, bicycle riding and rollerblading. What better way to keep the kids out than erecting a big, scary sign? It sure is intimidating.

Upon further inspection, I realized that the people who erected this particular sign weren’t your average sign erecters. They knew that a simple sign wasn’t the whole answer; although it might deter a few kids, the hardcore troublemakers were sure to ignore it. Apparently, a brilliant plan was conceived and set in motion.

They allowed nature to take over the concrete, making it impassable! Someone call the newspaper! Get that man a Nobel Prize!

See the irony in this? Maybe they shouldn’t have poured the cement in the first place. I want to bring a marker out there one day and write, “NO MOWING” and see what happens. Maybe add a little picture of a lawnmower crossed out next to it. Either that or I’ll pull out all the overgrowth in the middle of the night and build a makeshift skate park. Or I’ll just leave it alone and keep this whole thing an inside joke between you and me. It seems obvious that they certainly don’t get it. Go nature!

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Nature does not care about man’s attempt to cover her over. Build your parking lots, apartment buildings, interstate highways, office complexes. She laughs and carries on as she has for millions of years. Time to break this asphalt apart.

As I’ve already said, we’ve gotten some rain. This was waiting in traffic near the university during one of the rain showers. The window gets this strange condensation thing on the outside because the inside is cold from the car air conditioner. It provided a great visual effect for the yellow lines.

This is about the last mile of my drive to work. It’s referred to as “the back way.” Just a two-lane road with lots of trees, wildflowers and a few cows. It’s one of those best-known secrets that every town has. A lot of people know about it, but it isn’t something you publicize. I could take the road with three traffic lights and a turn lane signal detector that doesn’t pick up the presence of my bike, but for obvious reasons, I don’t.Note: I was driving my car when I took this, not the motorcycle.

This lonely fire hydrant stands guard over my workplace. I’d say hello every time I pass it, but that might adversely affect my employment. Instead, I stop and take pictures of it. Strangely, the act of photographing everyday objects gets me more stares than I’d expect. So much for maintaining a sane reputation.

Why is that anyway? I used to feel uncomfortable shooting anything but the regular stuff – landmarks, friends, family, birthdays – but seeing the results makes me shoot more “unusual” things and in more crowded places than I ever have. For some reason, people find what I’m doing unusual. For me, it has become a game where I try to catch the person staring at me. I get some pretty funny reactions.