jojofoto

i don't think of myself as someone who has bad luck.

but......about a month ago all of my CAMERAS were stolen.

they cut open the screen on the back window

forced open the glass by breaking the little plastic stopper-thingys.

they climbed in and gathered things up.

the lap top, the digital, the film cameras, lenses, flashes. all kinds of camera stuff......

they were tryin' to get this computer but i think Lou started meowing real loud

they got scared, took off--probably using the door.

they got 3 holgas--(or was it 4).  so...in an effort to feel whole again:

i put an order in for a delux-holga at holgamods.

since all of my holgas (probably 5 or 6) have come from randy i thought i should brake the news to him gently... i sent him an email.....i think he freaked-out cuz he sent me an extra!!! and it's blue!!

I hope i didn't break your heart randy!!! you sure helped to heal mine!!

next thing i know my buds pink and whats-his-name stop over with a holga all modified by randy!!! SWEET! back in business

this shot is from the one pink gave me......see i'm not unlucky at all

jojo's dinner was updated too-- shocking all the way around

still hoping that spring is coming soon

are you eating?

when i look out the window this is what i see.....

ha-hha-ha-aha-haha-hahaha-ha-ha-ha-hhha

omg i can't breathe

maybe i should eat something--click it

is it snowy where you are?

if you're hungry click here ?

Baby its still cold outside

lets just stay inside and eat

click here to see what's for dinner

A couple of rockin' hot babes are havin' birthdays this week---woohoo

Happy Birthday M.C.C.

and

Happy Birthday M.T.

don't forget to check out jojo's dinner--click here!!

i drove by this place everyday for years. its a strip-joint and the owner painted it this way to piss-off the township big-wigs. i'm not really into objectifying women but i am in to freedom of speech or in this case freedom of expression.

i love this place!

it's all boarded up now...so it may be gone soon- i'm so glad i got these photos!

don't forget to check out jojo's dinner--click here!!

here we are at the market in barcelona....i'm hoping to make you start thinking about dinner....and my new blog...i know what your thinking: i can't even keep up with this blog--why start another?

The new blog is called jojo's dinner . it will be easy to keep going cause i have to eat and steve cooks all the time ...almost every night! he is a great cook--he's one of those people who never uses a recipe and never makes a bad meal... are you hungry yet?

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2 U

this is the week commonly known as the "now what " week.

the week where you spend lots of time wondering what's next.

we have a new year approaching--

shouldn 't we be doing something very special right now? in preparation?

after-all we want next year to be better than last year, right?

now add in the "entering a new decade" issue......

make it good

makin' my list

checkin' it more than twice (cuz of the o.c.d.)

already know whose been naughty & nice

sannyclawz is comin'........

to town

one day it will be finished and there will be a big party

but the lines to see the towers will still be too long

(here's your link: sagrada familia)

at this moment

where i'm standing

... it's 28 degrees...Fahrenheit

and my toes

are swimming

in thick and fluffy woolly socks

happy thanksgiving everyone---

 foreigners, vegetarians and ex-pats too!!!

a bunch of balloons on a sunny day

(on the Placa Catalunya, Barcelona)

for you.......

sorry it has been so long since i posted last

but i have been very busy climbing bean stalks

what have you been doing?

Walls are red
violets are blue

how are you?

i hope you are having a picnic
.....with out ants or mosquitoes
or wolves or snakes or bears...
dogs and cats are ok tho'

blue and green is my favorite color combination.
some people think that i like purple and green the best.
but ...no... i like blue and green today.
blue and green hands down

there have been a few complaints about the bunny (see last post)
i guess it was too warm and fuzzy (or was it just up there too long???)
is this better?

i did it!
my first scan from my new scanner!
film footage is from 2007...remember that day when we walked
3 miles tryin' to cure cancer?

i used my darkroom today.
after i cleared the cobwebs
i gave my sick kitty a much needed bath
in the big waist level sink.
hmmm what to do in there tomorrow?
 

i finally bit the bullet and bought a scanner...it should be "drop-shipped" tuesday or wednesday.
(very poor choice of words if you ask me---i don't want them to drop it ever--or anywhere)
and more good news:
i shot an entire roll of film today!!!
12--that's right i said twelve -- shots!

this picture is so old ---i wasn't even born yet when i took it.

are you watching the tour de france? 

well it has been so long since my last post i had to look up my password
AND...
i need to wash my car
for cryin'out loud

i am definitely, positively sure that's a ghost dancing around the door there.....
you can see it...admit it...it's a ghost.
i would never fib about something like that.

remember?

tulips are done.

wisteria is going crazy.

peonies have burst at their seems.

the maple tree has finished dropping it's helicopter seeds.

and the weeds are ......

everywhere.

what's new?

old graffiti on the back side of an even older church

if you squint your eyes you can see him...

just riding along...the runway.

i think he was shopping in the duty free shops

bought a bunch of chocolates and perfume

imagine this in red

 

i found a new way to procrastinate: gardening.

and i've decided
 that a beer tastes best
while you're digging around
in the dirt.

here's another piece of ancient history (circa 2003).
i almost took a picture today...
but then i ate some cookies instead

 


this is from one of the first rolls of film i ever shot with a holga!!
oh to be young and naive...about lite leaks and black tape.

what to do
what to do
left
or
right

that's right i said WOOHOO!
got me some PS8.0 from my sis.
she didn't even know she had it.
(i'm tellin you this is better than finding a drive-in that faces the road)
got home and found a bunch of old stuff and photoshopped'em right up...
now...
time to make some new negatives.

this is what happened around the corner the day i lost my roof!

 i just want to go have fun for a few days.
or maybe
i need to get away from the trauma of setting up a
new computer.

so.......
this is a polaroid negative that i scanned 2 years ago
(on the old mac and the old scanner).

as some of you know i have been freaking-out because i can't use my photoshop 7 on the new mac.
well this image is brought to you by iphoto 8.
not bad right?

i probably put it in photoshop when i scanned it originally. but i didn't do much cuz it was full of dust bunnies. in iphoto8  i did a little cantrast adjustment ,sharpened just a tad and another tad of noise -reduction.

so instead of freaking out about photoshop... i'm now going to freak-out about buying a new scanner.
because of course the old but reliable HP will not work on the new mac.

so far my choices seem to be the canoscan 9950F or HP scanjet professional image scanner.
has anybody used one of these?
any suggestions?

life as you know it ends when you buy a new computer... you have to build a new life...and have faith that it will be as good if not better than the last

yay

new computer!! cuter smarter faster!!

but my photoshop doesn't work. does anybody know if photoshop 7.0 will work on the new iMac (intel Core) and does anybody wanna give me a free copy?

ok ok i see the giant light leak..and i posted him anyway
 i could not resist his cute face
could you?

...had a fabulous b-day...i just turned twenty-one...oh yeah...yeah...great idea..maybe next year
(i think that is michelle's reflection in the window)

 

whoa
sorry...
i was stuck in storage

this is the inside (go back a few posts to see the outside)

please please please
can we go back here
maybe when it gets warm
...if it gets warm again

buy a pinwheel ...stick it in the ground...help a kid...
or something like that... i can't remember...
it has been that long since i shot these
actually i think it is about time to do it again....

click to view larger

 

lately all my activities seem to be UN-related to photography...
i think i was 3 yrs old when i took this shot....which was a very long time ago.
time to make some changes.