Well, day one of moving back into my largely new apartment is complete, but I’m raring to start putting everything back together, and so I’m feeling rushed, and kinda wanted to just phone in the 365.

I took a couple of shots with the iPhone earlier that looked almost acceptable on the phone, but failed on the computer screen.

I took some quick snaps of the pile of junk in the living room, but who wants to look at that?

I took some pictures of the quilt I rehung over the window, but they were taken in haste, at too slow a shutter speed, so they failed, even at being abstractions.

So I sat down, looked around, and spied one of the bits of carpet that are always leftover after new installation, put it under a lamp, shined an led flashlight on it, and took a few shots, one of which was this one. Meh, but acceptable, given my haste.

(FYI: tomorrow will be worse: must stay late at work for an ice cream social/movie watching party… I really don’t want to, but I suppose it’s good to be social, and especially since I got a new boss today due to some reorganization: must make a good impression… And after work, I need to go by momma’s, wash sheets, clean the bathroom the cats lived in over the last week, and get everything spic and span for some houseguests that will be coming in on Friday. Busy day ahead tomorrow: yuck.)

D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series. ISO800, 1/80th (apmode), f/8, -1EV. Rather heavy-handed processing in Aperture, and even a crop to vertical orientation…

I couldn’t really come up with anything better, but I’m sorta feeling rushed: lots of stuff to do over the next 2 after-works (plus what’s left of today’s), and if I can get it all done, I won’t have to take a half- or full day off work on Friday, and can keep my reputation for dependability intact.

Anyway.

I wanted to shoot some yarn while here at Momma’s, and I could probably do better, but 1) no tripod; 2) no flash or other manipulable lights; 3) see ‘feeling rushed’ above, so this will do.

I might try again tomorrow, but only if I make the time to pause and get the shot.

Interesting thing: when I feel rushed like this, it’s usually because I have way more than enough time, and I usually finish very early and end up wondering why I rushed around so much.

Oh well.

D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series. ISO100, 1/6th (AP mode), f/5.6, -1EV. Very mild processing in Aperture: the light in Momma’s suburban, large-windowed house is much better than in my small, urban, ground-floor apartment…

What in tarnation? I believe it’s the sugar caddy from a tea set of unknown age.

I know I usually leave you in suspense… Apologies.

I also know I usually write more, but I’m feeling a bit drained today, so…

D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series. ISO100, 1/13th (APmode), f/3.5. Extremely mild processing in Aperture: the light was that good.

One good thing about suddenly finding yourself transplanted to someone else’s home for a few days: all sorts of new and different stuff to shoot with your macro rig!

Points to anyone who can name this utilitarian object. Hint: this is a major component, and is reproduced here at roughly 1:1.75.

So the apartment saga continues. It should begin to wrap up sometime this week, Tuesday or Wednesday, and I might be almost back to my normal life by the weekend: hopefully, I’ll definitely be back to my own life by the weekend, since I suddenly found out that neither I nor my cats will be able to stay much after Thursday. Hooray.

It will work out.

D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series. ISO100, 1/2.5 (AP mode), f/3.5, -1EV. Mild-to-Medium processing in Aperture.

It’s interesting how sometimes, when you look really closely at something pretty, how really sorta dangerous it looks?

There is some hint of this in kawaii, the Japanese cuteness phenomena.

There is also something of this in me, at present.

Still no movement on getting the apartment back to a livable state, as far as I know, and still sadly lacking on the communication front.

I feel that I should be surprised by this, shocked that the landlord(s) could fall down on the job like this.

But the sad fact is, I’m not.

In fact, I’ll likely be surprised when they finally get it together, get the carpet cleaned or, better yet, replaced (given the stench, I expect mere cleaning is not really going to do it…), especially if it’s before, say mid-September.

I should probably just get used to it, but I really want to get back to my life, in my apartment, sleeping in my own bed at night, cooking my own food with my own utensils, and eating it in front of my own version of television alone every night again.

And so if I’m bothered, that means it’s my own damn fault for not better managing my expectations and desires, and not the fault of anyone else, especially the landlord(s), who, after all, is always and only concerned with profit and never concerned with customer satisfaction, unless such satisfaction tends to impact its bottom line. Given that this is advanced capitalism, and my landlord(s) is a corporation, this is exactly the way it should be.

So why am I allowing it to bother me?

This is something I really struggle with, and don’t really have an answer for.

Oh well.

D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series. ISO100, 1/50th (AP mode), f/3.5, -1EV. Medium amounts of processing in Aperture to help bring out some variation in color and texture.

I’m in a foul mood, will have to drive through the heaviest traffic in town, and will not be able to sleep in my own bed for at least one more night, all thanks to a certain group of landlords who didn’t keep their promises.

I’m sure something more urgent came up, and I don’t begrudge any of my fellow renters who may or may not have had their maintenance needs met before mine.

But some effing communication would be nice, thanks. [here, be thankful that I removed the rather lengthy screed against

Now to pack up food, clothes, laundry, computer, camera stuff, and a backup drive so I can move into Momma’s house until they get their business together and keep their promises.

Good times.

D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series. ISO100, 1/5th (AP Mode), f/3.5, -1EV. Quite serious levels of processing in Aperture, to bring out the variation in this wadded up reflector.

Pretty…