I had hoped that if I left it long enough in-between posts, I may at least have a fighting chance of being the bearer of good news on the employment front. Alas, life clearly doesn’t like us enough for that to happen.
Whilst not writing here, K and I have existed in the barren wasteland that is our home-life, where days of the week have become foreign concepts as one mind-numbing day melts into another and we exist aimlessly with neither structure nor purpose.
I am reminded that today is Saturday simply by the way that K grogged at me at 9AM this morning to ask why I was getting up, as we normally lie-in at weekends. Yes, we do normally “lie-in”, but that’s because on weekdays we usually greet the gaping arse-crack that is dawn. Recently however, that has not been the case and the novelty of laying comatose in my pit until I oversleep to the point of terminal lethargy has worn somewhat thin.
On the upside, it’s a mere 16 days until my birthday. (You see what I did there? Shameless, wasn’t it?) Admittedly, I’ll be a rather mediocre 22 (no “milestones” for me now until I reach the big three-oh), but I’m willing to take this aging business in good humour, for now at least.
At the top of the birthday list (the one aside from my wishlist, oops — there’s that link again) is a LensBaby 3G with a LensBaby Macro Kit. I don’t for one nanosecond expect anyone to purchase them for me, but I’m hoping relatives might donate funds to the cause.
I mean, just look at the macro gallery and the 3G gallery. I want to fall into the feathery floss of that dreamy soft focus with its misty, swimming hues.
If there is a heaven, I can only assume it must be a place that appears as though viewed via Lensbabies.
A full-time wheelchair user since 1998, Claire lives in an adapted bungalow in England with her Partner of 10 years and their two dogs: 
A true slob. I admire you. There is something strangely unsettling yet satisfying about not knowing what day it is, or only being able to tell it’s not yesterday because you smell. I spent a year at university like that. Or was it two.
Aaah, Lensbabies! At first I didn’t actually know what they were for — they looked very strange contraptions I thought — where’s the *!&**” lens on that thing? Magnetically levitating apperture disks, indeed. I really like the focus effect — if I was just better at taking my own photos I’d have one. Come to think of it — we haven’t seen any fruits of the D70 yet — still waiting for some evidence. Enough of the “it’s too heavy” excuses.
Gotta say I’ve been looking at the lensbaby too, but I’m after the 1st generation, it’s soooo DIY. So Lo-fi.
Rich:
I’ll see what I can do, given I have infinite free time, the day still manages to escape me, for the most part!
Lew:
I must admit, I almost bought a 1.0 Baby today, but then thought better of it. Charming and lo-fi they might be, but then I reminded myself that it would be a bit of a pig for tripod work — and “bad days” always mean I need a pod of some description. (My GorillaPod is my new best friend, it’s totally replaced my Manfrotto Magic Arm — Christ that thing was so heavy — even when I used to clamp it to my chair!
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Uterly shameless birthday plug — I’m proud of you!!