Look Down: Day 31

Yes, I know it's late. Give me a break. I don't have a Tauntaun.

Some Skillz Required

Of all the photography that I need the most practice with, it is sports photography, and Notre Dame's Foward Natalie Achonwa knows it. It's a big weekend for basketball, especially for the NCAA women's championship. Their final four starts this weekend and there have been a ton of events going on this weekend. From fan camps to autographs and meet and greats, even some wheel chair basketball games.

There were even a few events that were much more my speed. Besides playing songs from her phenomenal catalog, she is quite the banter-er. Among the many greats includes a cautionary tale about "carrots being the gateway vegetable." Yeah, you had to be there.

In additional news, this is a view from "my spot." I had lunch here quite a bit last year, but because of the continual need for Tautauns I haven't been out there lately, but yesterday was the day. We'll see how my schedule holds up to spending more lunches there.

Also, hope the April Fool's day pranks are more fun than anything and good luck to your favorite team!

Look Up More!

I guarantee you'll see something worth while.

And honestly, for as much as I complain about the snow and a prominent lack of Tauntauns, I certainly go out into the storm enough.

And you thought this would be about Tauntauns

For those paying attention, yes, we got quite a bit of snow last week. I, for once, did the sensible thing and stayed indoors and drank hot chocolate. Yesterday however, I did venture out into the blight, which was very little blight since it was back up to like 60 degrees. So no tauntaun required.

Seriously, Tauntaun.

So, yeah, once again ventured out without a tauntaun. Foolhardy if you ask me. The tricky thing about photographing a winter wonderland isn't making your way through the snow, which is often difficult, it's actually in ruining your own shot. You see a shot, but once you walk across it the shot changes, so yeah, challenging. Still, if it wasn't challenging, would it be worth it? Yeah, I didn't think so. Now, where's that tauntaun?

Made it Past the First Marker

I'm honestly not worried about a tauntaun not making it past the first marker, I mostly figure that it would be just as distracted by shiny objects as I am.

And I imagine it would just as easily be distracted by non-shiny, shadowy objects as well.

Hope you're staying warm, cause I am still lacking a tauntaun that could potentially keep you warm on a cold winter night.

This is All Going to End Badly

Well, not as badly as I imagined. Just a little cold on the outside, but still warm at heart. I mean, I kind of expected it but "fair play to those that dare to dream," right? Hope for the best, but expect the worse, but in truth I am much more the hope for the best kind of person. But yeah, none worse for the wear (for the most part), and there were a lot of good bits in between that I will look upon fondly. We are the sum of our experiences, so experience, even the bad bits.

And yeah, I've been hitting repeat on Trips and Falls for a while now, which is oddly appropriate considering. And yeah, still no Tautaun. What's up with that?

And yeah three, I've also been hitting repeat on The Swell Season as well. Not only is their music fantastic, there is a great documentary playing at a theatre near you!

The Storm Shadow

The storm casts no shadow...

Winter in the city is a peculiar thing. We had our first snow last Wednesday. By today, much of it is already melted. That's not the peculiarity, that's just Colorado. The peculiar thing is that snow just doesn't quite have the magic it once did. There's a very small window in which snow remains magical, before it becomes black and grey and more slush than anything. This is one of those moments, when you believe in the magic of winter, when the wall of white is something worth stopping for. I hope winter doesn't keep you down, cause I know it's trying to.

May the 4th be with you.

You just got Bossk'd And yes, I know I missed it and that I should have posted something about Cinco de Mayo. Well this is all I have regarding Cinco de Mayo: If you put "stuffed sopapilla" on your menu, please understand by calling it that, you are not piling fixin's on top of a sopapilla nor are you laying a sopapilla on top of a pile of fixin's. You should in fact fry up a sopa right quick, cut that bad boy open so it's steaming like a tauntaun after the sun sets, stuff it like you're saving Luke Skywalker, smother it in chili, and bring it out to me. Just a suggestion.

Welcome Winter

It snowed immediately after the Winter Solstice. Nice timing. Still no Tauntauns. Though, I imagine Tauntauns will be rather uncomfortable when the snow melts tomorrow.

A Lack of Tauntauns.

As much fun as reliving the first half of The Empire Strikes back is every other week, there is a serious lack of Tauntauns, as is evident by the following pictures.