project 365

Day 288 — Dying

[for Monday, Oct. 15] According to my mom, I planted this tree when I was a kid. It was some kind of 4-H or Arbor Day assignment. But the combination of this spring’s cold snap plus the recent drought have proven too much for it to handle. So it’s dying. I don’t really remember planting this tree, but I feel compelled to plant three or four more trees in its memory. Project 365

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Day 286 — Skull

[for Saturday, Oct. 13] Finally, it’s time to pull the Halloween decorations out of the closet. My beloved purple lights are dead, but I think it would be worth it to replace them. The spider lights are, of course, already up. And only one of my bloody gel things still has some stickiness to it. Perhaps I should stock up on those as well. I’m thinking of doing a duo or trio of pumpkins. Jack…

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open letter project 365

Day 282 — Dear Seattle:

[for Tuesday, Oct. 9] There’s something I need to say to you. We haven’t known each other all that long, or spent more than seven hours together, but I’m in love with you. I’m not sure how it happened, and I wasn’t really expecting it. I’ve been in a serious relationship with Memphis now for almost three years. Sure, I’ve met other cities. I had a few brief flings with New York, but it was…

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randomosity

Space

When I got this computer in late 2004, I had no idea I’d be taking a shit-ton of pictures every day, with a camera that outputs very large files, even on its smallest file setting. Which means that I am now within 3GB of filling up my hard drive. Which helps explain why the damn machine has been running so slow lately. I spy an external hard drive/photo archive system in my future.

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