The Phantom Menace

My step son woke us up at about quarter to nine this morning. Jen and I were sleeping very late and unconsciously loving it (because we were asleep, dig?) and he needed to to ask us if we could watch Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Star Wars for breakfast? Is that worth getting out of bed on a lazy, sleepy, Sunday morning?

Absolutely!

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My Timing Sucks

Birdfeederily speaking, my timing sucks. I have mathematically calculated that the chances of seeing the cardinal at the bird feeder increases exponentially to the distance my Nikon is from me. In other words, when the Nikon is nowhere near me, the damn bird lands on the feeder. The jerk.

He landed today while I was reading on my iPad, with my D90 far, far away. This is the best I could get.

The odds of seeing a cardinal on the bird feeder increases the further away my camera is from me.

By the time I had my camera in hand, this is what I saw.

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Note how a big chunk of the bottom of the bird feeder has been eaten away.

I was left with nothing to photograph except for the terribly ugly, horrifyingly terrifying spider that lives in the window. Safe to say that Mr spider will be dead soon. Very dead.

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I Got Nuttin’

I live in New England. I love it here. Unfortunately the rain seems to love it here too because it has rained every day this week and the forecast is calling for rain every day next week too. It is putting me into a “mood”. Jen feels like she’s catching a cold. I am either catching a cold or developing allergies. The kids are fine, they’re on summer vacation so rain or shine it’s paradise for them. I have been getting too little sleep every night this week. I’m tired and sore and feeling run down.

But it’s Friday.

We have no set plans for the weekend. The kids want to go see Monsters University, and Jen and I want to take them. I don’t know when that will happen, but it will happen at some point. Other than that? No clue. The house needs some cleaning and there is tons of laundry, as usual. The lawn is getting long again, but rain every day will screw that plan. I could use a haircut but I’m not worried about it.

Cook out? Rain. urgh.

I am so sick of rain. I want some sunshine and happiness. It’s like, mother nature can’t screw us over with snow because it’s too warm, so she’s screwing us over with rain. She pisses me off sometimes.

Macro + Needing a Shave = Lamest Photo Ever

Nerd has a macro lens for his iphone and also needs a shave.  Of course he's going to take a picture.  The nerd.  (I'm the nerd, if you hadn't guessed)

I titled this photo:

Nerd has a macro lens for his iphone and also needs a shave. Of course he’s going to take a picture. The nerd. (I’m the nerd, if you hadn’t guessed)

Lamest photo ever. Second lamest post ever.