self-timers and an upcoming loophole of a trip to D.C.

something funny to share with you all.

why self-timer portraits could rock,

what the heck is cat doing?

well, i set the camera ontop of kim's mule for us to do our self-timer portrait, pressed the button, ran as fast as i could to the fence but once i sat on my lovely rear end-smoothness was shot out of the window, randomness came in and

aahhh!

she falls!

heheheh. there are few pictures which qualifies the same kind of bloopers, one was in a series of where two dogs started playing with each other which sent jahren flying backwards into the blackberry bushes.

boy, he wasnt happy about that.

another is of us trying to jump together before we bid kim and the farm adieu, but first, allow me to elaborate. as some of you guys know, i have always said i have a very good relationship with my camera. sometimes, as a relationship would normally be, we aren't on the same wavelength...

example:

told everyone to follow me when its time to jump. apparently, mally was the only one who timed it right (go figure, we do those self timer ones alot). if you look below lis, you will see aengus and it clicks with lis. as we were counting down to our jump, lis kept saying.

guys, i cant jump. aengus wont move. guys, i cant jump or i will land on aengus, guys?

here i am, unaware of lis' dilemma and im saying quite too late. okay guys get readdddd *click!*

drats. have i lost the touch with my dear camera?

jahren landed on his knees, and once again, he wasnt happy about it. after soothing his knees, we all got back on the trailer to do it again and i was about to walk over to my camera to press the button. at the same time, aengus started charging after something into the woods and kim screamed out the dreaded one word

RUN!

run? why run? (lis)
huh? (kortney)
wyns havent heard the scream but they read our body language

dont ask! RUN! (kim)

i seriously thought a wolf or a coyote was charging after us. maybe it was that grey fox riddled with rabies i read about in an article. we waved at mally and jahren to run and i ran over to the fence, moved backwards to close the gate as fast as i could. before i could completely close the gate, i paused midway and told everyone to hurry up, GET BEHIND THE FENCE!!!! so i could close it. (if you guys see the gate, you'd laugh. not much protection. why bother with it... just run. period.)

i eyed the woods warily and by the time everyone was behind the gate, kim explained as she ran towards us that they were bees.

bees?

not wolves? not rabid grey foxes? what the ?! can this metal gate protect us from a swarm of angry bees aengus disturbed?

not a whole lot.

we all ran more further into the barn and whew. no one was stung but poor aengus, he got screwed. although, he did get a lot of kisses to his wounds.

ah, self timer portraits, phft, they do not take a lot of work. all it takes is to set the scene, press the button and ta dah! everyone's happy.

hah! only if it turns out right :) its too bad, if we all nailed that jumping scene, it would have rocked. then again, cant complain. the story behind it couldnt have been better.

well, off the point into something more current before i dash off.

mally and jahren will be flying back with ma and pa this sunday and originally i was going to stay in north end, maybe new york or even maybe d.c. for a day or two but holy schinkes! amtrak was booked all the way until august 21st. 9 extra days on the east end?? hmmm.....

since i am seriously considering going to gallaudet for next year's summer (gallaudet provides the best program for my major) d.c. should be a place for me to go and experience.

this was a pleasant surprise.

so, there is some good about the gas prices going up, besides somewhat saving the air with less driving, it has bought me more time for my vacation. i sure am not ready to go back to the roles of miss cat cassidy in the bay area...nope.

on the 12th i will be fung wah'ing it to the city then catching the chinatown express bus into d.c.

something tells me this is going to be an interesting loop before westward calls me back.

maybe by then, i'll be ready.