Sugar the cat??? and my bad day.

It is quite unbelievable how much my cat has grown in the past couple of months. She is the same size now as my last cat ever was. I wonder if she'll get bigger. What happened to my cute little kitten whose claws did not know the meaning of the word "retractable" She now looks like a cat. She still attacks randomly with no warning mostly inanimate objects...but now she will lie calmly in my lap and let me pet her. and she's beautiful not just cute.


now...on to my bad day, which unfortunately probably won't mean much to non-photographers, but it's not like my blog is a high-traffic area, and..it is mine, so I don't care. First...I borrowed my father's video camera for my job and then agreed to bring it to my cousin's graduation so he can video-tape it. I get it there..and the battery has mysteriously disappeared. ya know...the expensive, hard to find battery. I searched my office and still can't find it. Way to go Cherese. So than I have to go to Quanah, tx to photograph their graduation. We pack everything and when we get there (1 hour 20 minutes away) I discover there is no sync cord to link my light to my camera. Now...every bag that holds the light we use has a sync already connected plus one to two extras. This had nothing. I couldn't believe it. One could argue it's my fault because I didn't double check my bag...But as I mentioned before...every bag has 2 to 3 syncs, and if someone purposely removes them, it is their responsibility to remove the bag from the equipment room or post a note. So...graduation's supposed to start in 45 minutes, no time for some one to bring me one, so I volunteer my 35mm which just happens to be in my car. I have to run to United to get film, and rush back. Now...of course everyone there has 35mm with the big fancy flash so I'm feeling very unprofessional. so I stand up to start photographing the graduates as they go by. Now usually I have a pretty quick-charging flash. Not today. In fact, even though the announcer was going very slow, the flash only went off on a little over half of them. I'm devastated because that was a sad, sad representation of my company. And to top it all off...the graduation didn't start until a half an hour later than I thought, meaning someone probably could have made it to us on time. And I didn't occur to me until later that people don't actually walk until an hour after graduation starts. I could have just set up my light and metered and someone would have had plenty of time to bring me a sync before the graduates walked.

It was just a very depressing day. I always feel like such crap when stuff doesn't work out and I just feel like I did a really bad job. I like to do good work ya know? I just feel...like a big steaming pile of poo when my work goes wrong. Like when I photographer a wedding and my flash malfunctioned leaving 2/3 of a roll pitch black...and that roll just happened to be the one with the the bride and her mom...her and her dad...ya know..important posed pics at the alter. Fortunately I did get other photos of her and her parents...and every picture of the couple. But I totally felt like a jerk. I mean..you can't get those moments back.

Anyway..to end on a pleasant note. Sugar is lying next to me asleep. She totally sprawls out...legs wide open, like half on a her back and half on her side. It's hilarious. She does so many funny things. She's like the slowest cat in history. She can never catch anything which is why she only attacks still things. Like my foot...a table leg..the wall:) We have a glass coffe table, and she always walks under it and tries to attack things sitting on top of the table through the glass. And the other day I was taking a shower with the bathroom door cracked, ya know to let out some of the steam. Next thing I know she peering over the edge of the tub trying to attack the stream of water. Then she jumped in. Oddly enough...didn't stay for long. Don't know why, thought cats liked water:)

Get and up do something, for crying out loud!

Have you ever had one of those inexplicable lazy days. I just can't get in the mood to do anything. I only have to work two days this week, wednesday and friday, so I says to me, I says.."Cherese, you can get a lot of work done around the house this week. Finally finish stripping the paint off of those kitchen cabinets (someone please help), clean up the front room, wash dishes, do laundry, paint the kitchen...etc." And do you know what? The only thing I've managed to do today was make breakfast (dirtying more dishes), and drag a cabinet door onto the front porch and stare at it blankly with sander in hand, before dropping it, coming inside and spending the next 2 1/2 hours playing snood on the computer. Today i'm worthless. But who knows...maybe I'll get the lead out after lunch...though I do have to run to the studio today. so after that...we;; there's dinner I have to make. Hm...I might not be able to fit it in my schedule...
I don't know, I'm just one of those people who actually have to be in the mood to clean. Otherwise all the time in the world don't amount to diddly. I have to be so bored that I will have to resort to cleaning up. I sure hope my husband didn't think he was getting a homemaker.

just politics

Your Political Profile

Overall: 35% Conservative, 65% Liberal

Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

The funny thing is , I don't really consider myself liberal. Or conservative. I've never taken a test like this before, but I probabably should mention, to be fair, that a couple of those questions I didn't have a clue what they were talking about so I guessed:) oops...that's probably why I'm not that into politics.

my name

I got this from david's site...in case you saw his

C	Charming
H	Honorable
E	Earthy
R	Realistic
E	Elitist
S	Square
E	Exquisite

still a few months away.

Ok. I'm trying to plan our 1st anniversary trip. I was a little disappointed in our honeymoon because we drove all the way to New Orleans and didn't really do anything but walk around looking for places to eat. No jazz club, we didn't even make it to French Market. Not because I didn't want to, but because my husband's an old stick in the mud when it comes to doing anything different. It's hard because nothing much interests him. He doesn't really feel like doing anything in particular; he enjoys no activity over another. He's kind of luke warm...but he likes cars right? So I'm planning our trip and I find an old car musuem not to far from where I wanna go, and very excited, I tell him about it, and he just shrugs his shoulders and says "eh". (sigh). I'm looking at him now, as I write this, ya know, for inspiration. He's currently passed out on the floor, legs all sprawled. It's actually funny. My poor tired baby. He worked hard today. Anyway. I know that my anniversary isn't for another 4 months, but with my job, it's best to give the most advanced notice possible for time off. Before they schedule schools. The current plan is to go to New Braunfels, TX, like on a friday. Saturday morning drive 30 miles or so to this car musuem. then come back and go to landa park for some hiking and paddleboats. Sunday, its off the to Guadalupe river for some rafting (if I can work up the nerve) if not, or if we have extra time, we'll go to San Antonio to finally take that boat at the riverwalk or watch a movie at the Imax...or just walk around and get our caricuture down. What do you think? too much planning. Does it sound like fun? Kind of simple I know, but just a chance to get away from this town. Plus we may move into that area, so it can give us a chance to look around a bit. I think I should persist, despite his lukewarmness. Who knows, maybe one of these days I will stop caring whether or not he has a good time. Like the other wives:) Sorry there's nothing funny in this entry. Just a little frustrated. needed a little break...get some things off my chest. um....alrighty then. eh hem... %