Ran out of steam a little bit this week, so I’ll have to make a concerted effort this week to not let that happen this week.
Day 79 – Opposites
Day 80 – A Battle
Day 81 – Made You Smile Today
Day 82 – Letters
Day 83 – A Mask
Day 84 – Creature of the Night
The themes for the next 7 Days:
Day 85 – A Face
Day 86 – The View from Here
Day 87 – Pumpkins
Day 88 – At the Patch
Day 89 – Listening To
Day 90 – Monsters or Mummies
Day 91 – Looking Back
I hung out with more creatures than just Lancelot and Elaine on my loop.
Here is a look at the rest of the Tennyson Series:
This insane graffiti that looks just like Bill was on the side of a generator near the lake. It still blows my mind!
Would you believe these are the first frog pictures I’ve taken this year?
The turtles in the pictures were laying eggs. Otherwise, I never would have been able to get near them.
“Next week’s” Personal Photo Project will involve old signs.
It is the time of year that is filled with sadness. Another college basketball season has come to an end. But despite the gloom that will set upon the land for many more months, it is a time of joy as well. We get to crown a new King of the Roundball Oracles. A new name goes on the plaque of immortals with these past champions:
Roundball Oracles Past Champions.
2011 – Carrie Baier
2010 – Mark Wolfram
2009 – Mark Wolfram
2008 – Mark Wolfram
2007 – Tim Peterson
2006 – William McAlpine
2005 – William McAlpine
The latest immortal is…
In the closes Roundball Oracle competition ever, Lowell beat Corey Faust on the tiebreaker.
I will be ordering Lowell’s trophy soon and will be presenting it to him in the very near future. I’m sure there will be photographic evidence to back this up presented in this forum in due time.
Another reason why it was a good year for the Roundball Oracles is that we set a new record with 29 combatants. Shattering the previous participation mark by several people.
Without further adieu, here are the final standings of the 8th Roundball Oracles Challenge:
Rank/Name/Points/National Title Choice/Last Year’s Finish
1. Lowell Davis – 275 – Kentucky – 13th
2. Corey Faust – 275 – Kentucky – 6th
3. Jason Baier – 265 – Kentucky – 5th
4. Angie DeWaard – 255 – Kentucky – DNP
5. Robert Henning – 245 – Kentucky – 8th
6. William McAlpine – 236 – Kentucky – DNP
7. Mark Wolfram – 235 – Ohio State – 15th
8. Jason Stensland – 229 – Ohio State – DNP
9. Dawn Krause – 228 – Kentucky – 4th
10. Jesse Howard – 225 – Kentucky – 2nd
11. Jon DeWaard – 222 – Kentucky – DNP
12. Derrick Gorshe – 220 – Kentucky – DNP
13. Nader Parsaei – 216 – Connecticut – 14th
14. Jackson Faust – 214 – Michigan State – DNP
15. Bill Wentworth – 211 – North Carolina – DNP
16. Tim Peterson – 209 – Kansas – 11th
17. Mike Donner – 206 – Michigan State – DNP
18. Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 199 – North Carolina – DNP
19. Michael Augustin – 196 – North Carolina – DNP
20. Carrie Baier – 194 – Michigan State – 1st
21. Shawn Lockner – 189 – Baylor – DNP
22. Russell Kennerly – 176 – North Carolina – 9th
23. Shaun Kirsch – 175 – Iowa State – 16th
24. Teresa Kahler – 173 – Iowa State – DNP
25. Yours Truly – 164 – North Carolina – 7th
26. Toby Sebring – 157 – North Carolina – DNP
27. Brandon Kahler – 142 – Kansas State – DNP
28. Jordan Toot – 119 – North Carolina – DNP
29. Becky Perkovich – 0 – Undecided – DNP
Some people might think that I need to explain why somebody with my nearly infinite basketball knowledge could have fared so poorly, but I will not defend my lowly ranking. Truth is that my goal is just to beat Russell and the fact that I didn’t this year means that I will have to try harder next year. I cannot let RMK get the best of me two years in a row!
Even though the dust has barely settled on this year’s NCAA tournament, I am already very excited for next year’s season. I think that the Cyclones will be even better next season and I can’t wait to see them prove me right. I guess until the season begins anew, I will look forward to the Spring Football Game that is only days away!
These pictures come from: backup/My Pictures/A Scene from the Woods
From now on out these pictures will be digital, for the most part. Therefore the quality of the pictures will be better, but maybe not the quality of the photography.
The pictures in this folder come from the old RMB Photography Picture of the Day email. These were from pictures I would do around Halloween. I had higher aspirations for this set of pictures. I thought I might actually make a still picture movie out of them like Project: Universe, but I quickly lost my motivation and it was never to be. Kind of like Jay and Games 2.
Next week’s folder:
Backup/My Pictures/Animals
These pictures came from backup/Old My Pictures/UnHingd
These are a mixture of concert pictures from an Iowa State game, practice and recording their first demo.
The phallic nature of the “I” was a constant source of debate.
This is a Jay Janson Photoshop original.
Next week’s folder will be:
Backup/Old My Pictures/Unhingd/Concert
The following pictures come from:
Backup/Old My Pictures/Sports
Elainie Playing Third
Lane catching the winning TD versus the Hawks!
I’m not really sure what we thought we were doing here.
Bill took this picture for photography class at Iowa State. You probably think I’m going to point out how common it was for me to dominate Jesse in basketball back before he got old, but I’m not. I’m going to point out that by taking that 1 class, Bill has more formal photography education than I do.
Next week’s folder will be:
Backup/Old My Pictures/UnHingd
I’ve put together this little photo tribute to Jay to celebrate his birthday.
Looks like Derrick, Jill and Logan are up next for birthday photo tributes!
These pictures come from:
Backup/Old My Pictures/Master Wentworth
Next week’s folder:
Backup/Old My Pictures/McFriends
These pictures come from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Labels
I once had an idea where I had my friends do a little exercise in self-realization. I asked them to pick a word. One word that they wanted the world to think of when the world saw them. Then I had them write that word on a piece of poster board and then I photographed them.
I was going to follow this up with a project where I had them pick one word that they thought was how the world perceived them.
I sometimes think about bringing this project back. Perhaps if bring back the BIG birthday party next year.
These are pictures from the Labels Project.
Next Week’s Folder will be:
Backup/Old My Pictures/Master Wentworth
These pictures are from backup/Old My Pictures/Beaver Massacre
I’ve try to come up with a good reason for why these pictures exist, but I can’t really defend them.
I will just try to explain what the general idea was supposed to be. These were supposed to be “Production Stills” for a movie that didn’t exist, The Beaver Machete Massacre.
Why?
I don’t know. I think Beaver looks like the set of a horror movie and I owned a machete.
Here they are:
IMAGE LOST
Bill was next and by this time my maniacal hillbilly character had bought a new plaid shirt. I think it was quilted so he wouldn’t get cold during the long winter nights in the woods.
IMAGE LOST
By the time Willy had come around, I had lost the machete. But I had found an axe. Locally there was a clothing sale at Big Bear and the maniacal hillbilly had picked up yet another quilted flannel shirt.
IMAGE LOST
We drove all the way out to Ledges, we might as well take more than one shot.
IMAGE LOST
Poor Steph. Why did she ever agree to such a thing.
IMAGE LOST
Jesse was next. I think this was done on his lunch break. Apparently I had found a hammer by this point.
IMAGE LOST
I think we found that bottle littered on the ground at Wakefield Woods.
IMAGE LOST
Jesse used to have a similar look on his face when he saw that he was going to have to defend me on the basketball court.
IMAGE LOST
I’m pretty sure that Jay took these cinematic shots.
IMAGE LOST
Jesse must have really been into this little project.
IMAGE LOST
I must have found the machete again. The look on Andy’s face almost makes this old project worthwhile.
IMAGE LOST
Take that Old Navy!
Next week’s folder is backup/Old My Pictures/County Fair 2004
