SilverDocs: A Photo Essay

That fails to show anything SilverDocs related:

First off, an artsy style picture of windows! At Night!!!


French Toast! MMMMMMM!


Man Wig! Scraggily moustache wig as well!


Finally, a cat with no ears...

What could be better...

...than a bike mounted camera?




Kind of a lot really. Happiness that doesn't come through possesing material goods, trustworthy leaders, a national healthcare plan, not thinking that everytime you ride your bike you will probably be hit by a car, etc, etc. But to stay on topic, a decent bike mount for a camera. this isn't one. I'm working on it though, and one day soon, it'll work out.....

New Camera!

DC Photographers

Is there anywhere in DC aside from Chrome that's trustworthy for B+W film? Should i just buy chemicals and do it myself? If so, how do i avoid all the dust?

BLAST!

So i know it's been a while that i've posted something here. it'll be a while longer now. my digital camera fell out of my pocket whilst riding my bike past union station. i failed to notice till a few hours after i got home. luckily, it was somehow still there when i realized and went back for it. unluckily, it was raining kind of hard that night, and so the camera had been sitting in the wet gutter for a few hours.

needless to say, it won't turn on anymore.

and i don't have a card reader to get the images off of it.

Does anyone know someone who wants to trade a new working camera for an old, broken one?

Review!

Those that know me know that I enjoy a good glass of whiskey. So, upon seeing this bottle, I knew I had to get it, An American Single Malt! Fantastic, right?
First off, let's discuss color. It's actually quite nice, a light greenish gold. Color has a fairly large effect on whiskeys that i buy, and this one passed the test.
Unfourtunatly, it goes downhill from there. I suspect this is mostly due to their "secret" ageing process. Typically, a decent whiskey is aged around 8-10 years, the older it gets, the better, up untill around 30 years or so, when it begins to taste moslty of wood. This "chip and barrell process" used by Copper Fox is , I suspect, is something akin to what many american beer and whiskey makers do to save time. The liquid is forced through wood chips at high speeds. The point of which is to force the liquid to pick up as much of the charicteristics of the wood as possible, withough having to age it for years. A good idea, if it actually worked. The problem is,whiskey is aged in wood because wood is porous. Extended ageing allows the harsher parts of the alcohol to evaporate through the wood. Outside air also works it's way in, imparting the area's "flavor" into the whisky, along with the flavor of wood. This "flash" aging (the bottle states this whisky is a whopping 4 moths old), imparts the wood flavor, but doesn't remove the harsher flavors of alcohol. That being said, let's move on.
The nosing processs (smelling it basically), can be one of the best parts of a good whiskey. This one, however, fails miserably. Imagine if you mixed some imitation vanilla extract with rubbing alcohol. That's what it smells like. No sublties, no layered scents, just crap.
If you somehow manage to get past the scent and get the whisky in your mouth, you are instantly punished for your good efforts. Remember drinking Aristocrat Vodka from a plastic handle back in high school? Remember how as soon as it got in your mouth, it set your tastebuds on fire, so you soon learned to just drink it fast to avoid having it touch the inside of your mouth? That's what the "body" of this makes me think of. Adding a bit of water to cut the alcohol burn is a waste of time however, because the actual flavor is god awful. Because it isn't really aged, the whisky is increadibly harsh. There are applewood notes, but the flash ageing makes it seem artificial and much sweeter than it should be.
The finish is almost tolerable at first, but unfourutatly, the cherry flavored toffee taste never seems to go away.
On a final note, while it may be a bit nit-picky, they have no right to call this whisky instead of whiskey. Only Scotland and, according to some, Canada can do that. It's not a "law" really, but it's just understood.
So, to the good people at Copper Fox, I have one question: "What the fuck?" Did you actually taste this and think, "Hell yeah! this is good as hell, let's sell it!" Have you had Scotch, or any other whiskey before? Jack Daniels even? Again, those that know me, know that I don't like to waste the alcohol. Especially whiskey. But it looks like this bottle is bound for the drain. I just can't do it.

PhotoRama.

I've got some work in this upcoming show. As does the infamously talented Thomas Micheal Corcoran. come to the opening, or come later so you can look at and purchase the work with far greater ease.

...it'll all be ok

One step Closer to Hell

I recently aquired a negative scanner. While it means that I've become that much more dependent on computers and technology, it will also hopefully mean that I can shoot more film, and do something with it afterwords.
Start looking for Found Photos here. soon. Whenever I get around to it.

Drunken Pupppy Dance Party

We over prepared a bit.



The punch was here.







People actually danced.

Stupid Blogs

This has become exactly what I didn't want it to be; photos of what I did over the weekend. Which is also, incedentally, what my photography has become. I suppose that just means that I need to start shooting "real" photos again...

More NYE

Something was funny.


For the first time in years, the UUHC was all in the same room. I didn't take a picture of that.

NYE

Carytown was no fun.



Except that Rafiya was there.


So we went back to the house party and sat upstairs.


Seth acted pretty

I woke up to find that the airlock had been blown off the second stage of fermentation of my apple wheat beer. Hopefully, I was able to rig this blow-off tube airlock before there was any contamination.
The next step, try to find 2-3 cases of empty pry-off bottles. And soon

Fine Young Men in Denim Vests

Valient Thorr making 15 people at JAXX on a Thursday night wonder, "why are there only 15 people at JAXX on a Thursday night?"
Maybe cuz it's in a strip mall....

Last Night

Started out by going to the opening at PASS gallery to see Breck and Soloman's new installation. As always, good and very conceptual, but in an interesting way.



Then on to the Final Warning show, 80's metal covers truly at their best.



After a few songs though, I got really hot and dizzy. I sat in the corner waiting for it to pass and realized I couldn't remember the last time I had a glass of water...



So I had a beer instead, which made me feel completely fine and somehow sober.

Dear Jesus,

Please give me this car for Halloween. And teach me to drive. Without any lip please.






Love,
Dave

I want to go to a driving range and hit golf balls with golf clubs till they go way far away.
And probably drink heavily from a flask.
Perhaps smoke a cigar as well.
I have no reasonable explaination for wanting to do this.
Talk me out of it, or make it happen.
GO!