Julie Barrett's Journal

It's Friday. Have a Cat.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:43:51 GMT

Why yes, it has been a crazy week. The cats are wondering if it's 'nip o'clock, yet. Here's Midnight, perusing the Fry's ad:

She's kind of giving it a sideways glance, as if to suggest she's not really looking at geek toys. But we know better. Geek Kitty cannot fool us!

I'm trying to finish laundry, do a bit of sewing, then see about decompressing a bit. It really has been crazy this week, and it's not going to let up for another couple of weeks.

Have a good weekend!

Tags: Pictures Cats

It's Friday. Have Two Cats!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:11:48 GMT

Apologies for the lack of posts this week. I've been deep in a couple of projects, and I'm looking at a deadline in a couple of weeks for one.

Today is lovely. I have the patio door open and the cats are enjoying the weather:

Enjoy your weekend!

Tags: Pictures Cats

2012 Color Challenge: Hose

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:20:32 GMT

What's so special about this? Well, I chose the color green. This was shot this afternoon with a Canon T70 - a film camera. I used a 50mm lens, shot with ISO400 color film (CVS Brand) at f9 with a 500/sec shutter speed. Why, you ask? Our son is taking a B&W photography class using a 35mm camera. We picked up some cheap film so we could check out a couple of camera bodies and a variety of lenses. Seemed a good opportunity to shoot something for the challenge.

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It's Friday. Have A Special Cat Picture

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:52:24 GMT

Abby on the perch. Again. What's so special about that, you ask? Hey, this was done the old school way, with a Canon T70 and color film. Yes, film. As per yesterday's entry we checked out a couple of cameras. The battery died on one (and it takes one of those funky 6 volt batteries). The T70 takes standard AA batteries, so I'm hoping it will be fine for Chris to use, especially since we figured out how to get it completely into manual mode.

And Chris took this picture. We took them down to get developed and I scanned the negative. I thought he did okay.

Enjoy your weekend!

Tags: Pictures Cats

The Closest I'll Probably Ever Get To A Hugo Award...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:48:20 GMT

A while back I promised an announcement, as soon as all of the pieces fell into place. Here ya go: I'll be in charge of the Hugo Awards Ceremony for LoneStarCon 3. That's the 2013 World Science Fiction Convention.

Eeep.

No, I'll have nothing to do with the voting, so save your bribes. (Oh, send me something if you want. It just won't do you any good. And who needs a bribe? I've one the Post Code Lotto prize today - twice. It says so in my spam folder.)

So how do I celebrate? With an interesting cat picture. Give me a few minutes to get it ready to post.

Tags: Life