Mom left Linus home with me today. I ususally get him about once a week right now. Its kinda like having a little kid around the house. Except he likes to get chased more and is really hard to catch, even when I’m trying. I did manage to catch him and then got him wrapped up in his blanket. He let me take some shots too. Don’t really think he was real enthused about it tho. Check out the set on my flickr.

Today was prob one of my better days in the last 2 months. I finally found out that I’m going to have to ship my hard drive out to get the data off of it. Which, while that part sucks, I at least know now what the problem is and that my data and files are still there. So thats a huge relief.

I got some work done that I have neglected for far too long now. I’m attempting to teach myself how to stay motivated and work thru tasks to complete a goal. I have always been able to do it, but I have been looking at the big picture too much lately.

Please lift me up in prayer this week. I am at a cross road with a few things and am trying to listen for God’s direction. I believe He will speak to me this week and I will have some vision and clarity for my life very soon. I know that I need it badly.

Thanks! Love ~ Daryn

Haha I haven’t hardly even been doing work since I got my camera back. Oh well. I’m tryin to get myself motivated again and hit the grind. I did manage to put up a bunch of photos from the last week I’ve had my camera. Check ‘em → flickr.com/daryn.

I’ve learned how to create HDR (high dynamic range) images. Basically its a dark pic, a normal pic, and a bright pic overlapped to get the best of all 3. Like this:

You can see more of them in this set of mine of flickr → HDRs by daryn.

Other then that. Well, I’ll write more later and this weekend. Cheers!

Wow… I haven’t updated everyone in a while. Sorry about it. (thanks for that Tami :))

First off, the men’s cabin trip was awesome. Some amazing sights and all together just amazing time with God. I hope that I can make it up there again before I leave, if I leave. The weekends at the church were sweet. 123 went well and that was a sweet worship weekend. This last weekend was so much because we all got to look like this

we got so many funny looks, we had so much fun waving at kids, lol.

About the application, I finished it today and am currently emailling it out to get proof read by some people. I’m excited to get it in. Next app is one for some temp work to get some more income between now and Christmas. We’ll see what happens. I’ll keep everything updated.

Lastly, I got my camera back!! I’m so stoked to be able to take pictures again.

Watch my flickr feed, I’ll be posting loads of photos. Cheers.

I’m at Karma Kafe with Katie today. She said I had to try this ish called Bubble Tea. Its def japanese in orgin. The characters staring back in my face as I drink at are completely unknown to me. Its awkward. Neither of us like it. Anyways, we are out for movies and such. Pretty good day brewin.

Cheers.

You know those days. Where you wake up late but it feels like your up early? Ya, thats today. I’m about to get in the shower and hit the road for the day. Got things to do and people to see, lol, kinda. More like I just need to get my butt in gear and figure out what the next couple months hold for me. Its been a bumpy ride the last couple months, and I am hoping that things will get better soon.

Thanks to everyone for the prayers, they are working. Please keep them coming. I am currently filling out applications for various temp jobs. The application that decides what I do next year is about half done. I’m filling out an app for an internship for xxxchurch.com. I just want prayer that God will move and open and close doors as needed over the next few months. More details to come. I just wanted the prayer request up.

Cheers.

Hulu posted up a sneak peak of Chuck. I’ve already watched it once. I just found it pretty awesome to watch something early. Here’s the vid, its gonna expire, so watch it while you can!

Saturday was awesome, we had a surprise party for my Grandma’s 70th Bday. And she had no clue till she walked in the room. Here are some photos from the night. Click thru to see the set.

I also posted up a new Monday gallery today. Just a few shots from an old shoot. Still no word on my camera yet. We’ll see if and when it comes back that its fixable. Hopefully soon. Here’s the link.

Monday gallery - Portland’s Pearl Dist. 9-22-08

Same thing they cook in V for Vendetta. I started watching it today and wanted to know how to cook it. I’m gonna make it now, as soon as I can eat something like it. Dang wisdom teeth holes.

V for Vendetta’s - Eggy in a Basket! Recipe | Recipezaar.

“Perfect”, as they tried so hard to prove to the world over the coarse of the 29th Olympics. Sol, the photographer who shot my sister’s wedding. He has been over there for 6 weeks. You can read some of his blogs at his sports blog, thewwwofsports.blogspot.com. Just as some proof, here’s one of my favorite shots from his trip. I love how descriptive it is. Pictures can be worth a thousand words.

photo by Sol Neelman

This is how I get thru the pain.