The heat in my apartment couldn’t be controlled this week (the valve for the hot water is stuck open) and my apartment got up to 82 degrees!!!! On top of being hot, sweaty, and irritated, I have some very sad news to report.
the heat killed my fish
I came home Tuesday night to find all but one of them (my tough betta Xerxes) no longer swimming. As I took them out of the tank, I realized that the water was warm to the touch (my fish can’t handle that kind of heat! my poor babies). By the next night, Xerxes had also been taken by the heat…
Casualties of the 2008 Heat wave
2 Cory Cats (the Hunchbacks)
2 Golden Platies (the Spartans)
1 Mickey Mouse Platy (Mickey)
1 Betta (Xerxes)
Rest in peace my friends… I will miss you.
(for those of you who don’t know, yes I am sad about my fish, no I didn’t cry, no I’m not one of those crazy fish ladies who think of my fish as people, I’ll just miss being able to watch them swim, and untill the heat is fixed, they can never be replaced)
When I took the required photography class for my degree, I fell in love with documentary photography. If I really thought that I could be good at it, I might decide to go back to school for that, perhaps become a wedding photographer. But I don’t know. I get some interesting shots, but I lose focus, and I don’t know if I could make magic happen all the time. I go for months without picking up a camera, without even thinking about it.
Sometimes though, I just feel inspired by an idea or an object and have to take some pictures. I’m not as talented as Tess (check out http://photographybytess.blogspot.com/) but I try.
Last night I was on my way home from a friends production of Annie, when I saw coming out of the darkness, a lit up church. It called to me… Which, I realize, is what the lighting is meant to do. What with light representing Jesus, and I they probably want you to feel called by god… But instead…I just felt compelled to take a picture.
Feeling exilarated I stopped at two other churches on the way home and tryed my hand a a couple more shots.
Then today I was entranced by the reflections I saw while at the Fesival of Pianos. Althogh it was really hard to get a clear shot since Tess, Mollie and Pattie’s hands were moving so fast.
I don’t often anymore feel inspired to just stop and take pictures, the last 24 hours though have really been a treat. Perhaps this is the start of a photo spree… Perhaps not. But either way, I got a few pictures that I am proud of.
So if you haven’t already heard, Tina Fey has done two skits (so far) of the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin.
(Sarah Palin on the left, Tina Fey on the right)
The first video mocks the way that Sarah compares her Vice Presidential campaign to Hillary Clintons Presidential Campaign (and how Hillary might feel about the whole thing).
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The second mocks Sarah Palin’s recent interview with CBS News’ Katie Couric.
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These videos are incredibly funny but also, very true to life. It doesn’t take much to mock Sarah Palin and Tina Fey even directly quotes her, which makes for some of the funniest (and perhaps scariest) television I’ve seen is awhile.
The Vice Presidential Debate is going to be held tomorrow. Time for Sarah Palin to redeem herself…
Although, I for one will be hoping it’s full of fuel for Tina Fey (wow that’s wrong).
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