Just a random thought:

Ok so this is a little more of a rant than a post but.. people..when the seatbelt light is on when you are on an aircraft and the plane is bouncing around.. sit yo-self down, and buckle up.. dont get up and go to the washroom and have a verbal banter with the flight attendant about your righ to pee…. after all … it’s for your safety and for those around you…. thank you!

After flying in a turbulent flight from Toronto Vancouver on Sunwings yesterday I was so amazed at how many people don’t listen or pay attention to safety but have no problem paying attention to the details of their airline food… for $333 (with taxes, both ways, yes BOTH ways.. I  know!!!) that includes a full meal each way with pleasantville like flight attendants why the heck would anyone have the right to complain about their food being a little hot…. ahhhhhhhhhhh.. the human race continues to amaze me!

http://www.straight.com/article-160937/truth-or-trash-sex-sells-cost-too-high

| i am a shutterbug |

…but i don’t have a professional DSLR. i use the Canon PowerShot SD 870 IS – a simple point-and-shoot model that fits in my pocket. what i do rely on is digital photography software. it can definitely turn a mediocre photo into a work of art!

~ here is a picture taken on the Ferry from Victoria. the first version is the normal colour, and the second is an enhanced version that i generated using “Aperture” for mac. i straightened out the horizon, as well as changed the temperature and exposure of the light radius. total time: 30 seconds. ~

~ here is my uncle with a crabby friend on Salt Spring Island. the day is overcast, and gray. the problem i find with photography, is that when you look back on the photo, it doesn’t do the memory justice. i used Aperture again and changed the undertones from blue to green, sharpened the image and deepened the contrast. total time: 15 seconds. ~

~ this lovely sunflower in the UBC Botanical Garden needed an edge. the colour edited version is bright and cheerful, but the black and white version is artistic in a different way. i used iPhoto for mac and de-saturated the colour and bumped up the contrast to its highest spectrum. total time: 5 seconds. ~

why not use your own photos for a website, greeting card, wedding invite, business card…etc.

all photos courtesy of my lovely flickr album that i love so much!

| Agent_Em |

So here I am perusing craigslist tonight after a long day at work and what do I find in the help needed section:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/dmg/802731209.html

What is this world coming to?

http://www.straight.com/article-157260/truth-or-trash-communication-breakdowns-between-mothers-and-daughers

I’m a resent transplant to Los Angeles and I’ve been doing a bit of exploring like the Long Beach Flea Market and going for Karaoke in Culver City.  But I have found that you need to have someone point you to the amazing spots.  That is what I’m asking you to help me with.   What are your favourite places to hit when you come into LA?  Shopping?  Food?  Markets?  Music?  Best place to get a Hot Dog?  I want to know these places and have fun doing it.  Whatcha think?  Can you help me feel like a local?

If you have seen the news from yesterday you will know that there was an earthquake around noon.  It was 5.6 on the Richter scale and out here in the Valley it made the sofa feel like I was sitting on jello.  Well I guess that puts me a little closer to being a local, hun?

Here there I was doing some googling (and yes that is a term of the 21 century) and found this picture. Now since I told everyone that I would be blogging about worldly matters I felt obligated to post this…

We now have proof that carrots are gendered…thats right.. they may not be able to fornicate but they do have the parts…

Now you can go on for the rest of your day happy to know that the world is evolving as God himself intended it to!

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Yup.  Feist just became even cooler.

Love Lynda

Have you ever hit up one of your fav sites and said,”Hey!  I was at that party!”  or possibly you are one of those that are attached to your camera and have an amazing flickr page.  I won’t name names…  But now you may get paid for those images. Hells Ya!