being(s), originally uploaded by jon madison.

i don’t think i’ll be able to make it into work tomorrow (got sick), so this will be up starting may 2nd.

check it out!

i entered these photos in an jurored exhibit for the city of seatac. it offered 1400$ in purchase prizes (they purchase each year for their collection that is displayed in city hall), and an honorable mention. i entered monday morning (entries were monday and tuesday) and there were already rows of works there that were entered. i got a call today that i got an honorable mention.

that made me happy. i’ve left it as a surprise to myself to find out which one got the mention, at the reception this week.

yay.

DSC_9838-01, originally uploaded by jon madison.

we did it again. great turnout, lots of fun, and money raised.

thanks for having us out, y’all, and thanks for coming out, party people!

more pictures from the set for a limited time. will be developing the film shots shortly.
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bird, originally uploaded by jon madison.

I love the clouds in the Pacific Northwest.

I don’t know if it’s ‘cos i never paid attention to them, or they really are that beautiful. But they definitely are beautiful.

for a smart one, brother, originally uploaded by brendadada.

this *did* make my day, though.

headache no longer in left temple as of this morning. most of the day, a slight discomfort to headache in the very top of my head. took 2 migraine relief at around 4:50a.m. and  2 aspirin this afternoon sometime, and 2 migraine relief tablets about 30 minutes ago. odd dizziness at around 8:45p.m. tonight. i’m definitely exhausted and stressed.

recognized headache around 11a.m. yesterday. right side of head around temple. continued through the evening and the night. woke up with the same.

finally took something this morning @ work (4 ibruprofen @ 200mg) headache continues, with partial throbbing beginning in top of head

laid down for about an hour in dark room 1p-2p. current status–little or no throbbing in right temple, continued throbbing top of head. about to take more ibuprofen.

update–took 2 acetaminophen 500mg

she’ll kill me for sure over it, but lest i forget (how could i?) yesterday, in the middle of the night, my 6yo daughter got up, went & sat on the burners of our oven, and peed. yes, she got *that* confused. poor girl.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smartbrother/sets/72057594104192750

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I had heard about this in passing, then was invited this past weekend, then decided to go & shoot after work yesterday.

It was a huge turnout; i really was encouraged by just how huge it was.

It amazes me, yet not, how simplistic our government has been recently, about issues that seem a bit more complex, and take more care and “nurturing”.

I guess they take us for babies.