A handful of patience...

is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Dutch Proverb *whisperin to LL* (got any Dutchisms you care to share? LOL)

(for any of you church goers out there *clears throat* the link in the title is an article or something of that nature on patience and St. Augustine)

*second note (actually it's kind of a long article! oh and even for you NON church goers, it might do you some good to read up on patience! LOL, although it is a tad bit dry with all the -eths, to be that whiches, nays, therefore thou shalls, etc)

I figured I'd start off with a quote as to what these posts might be about. I don't have that many photos to load so I figure this would be cool. Anyway, came across this one. Why? Well because on several occasions now, some mother or father of a baby that I am photographing will tell me I have a lot of patience to take the baby's picture. And I'm like....*puts hand on virtual chin* hmmmmm. Really? Cause I really do lack in that department.

And as I thought about it, it really does depend on the situation. Just like we wear many *hats* when we are in different social situations (and do not tell me that any of you believe you act the same when you are around your lover versus your soccer moms or your co-workers, or some party where you don't know a soul, cause ya DON"T), I wear my *Patience* hat depending on the type of person I"m dealing with.

You see, babies and generally the older the person is, I have more patience with. Babies cannot do anything, they have no control over their bowels for christ sake, so they really depend on grown ups for every last thing. Especially when they are a day or two old ya know?? So yes, I guess I have a lot of patience when I have to make sure the baby's head is straight up instead of rolling to either side, cause that's how they do, or they are fussy, or whatnot. So I wait til that right moment and try to get a good snapshot. Usually comes out good, at least in most out of the six pictures I take for each kid, there's at least two. And as for the elderly, they are practically in the same boat again. Granted most are more mobile, but they can't physically move like they used to 50 or so years ago. Some may not even have their short or long term memory, so I tolerate the same story a zillion times because I KNOW they don't remember telling it to me. So yes, I am much more patient when I am around elderly folks.

The mentally ill. I am talking the SERIOUSLY mentally ill. Not those assholes that think the world revolved around them (although the narcissists think that as well but they have other issues, not you LL, really, although I am kinda patient/tolerant with you haha). Ok I don't mean to pick on you LL, really, just I don't get on here much hehe. But when I worked at Sheppard Pratt I really had a lot of patience when it came to the kids and even some of the adults. WHen I worked at the clinic, which was part of the psych hospital but publicly funded, they had the more serious people that basically had no insurance. The schizos, the manic-depressive/bipolars, the psychotic and delusional, they cann't control their actions without medication and/or therapy. They actually were the most reliable patient, paid their $5 co-pay or whatever it was, always went on their smoke/soda breaks during group therapy, and almost always came to their appointments or called a zillion times to let us know why.

I have a problem with entitlement. People who have none of the above problems but think the world should do for them because THEY want it RIGHT NOW, and do not care what happens to anyone else or if someone else deserves whatever or was waiting longer or whatthefuckever. Which basically is most people from the ages of 18 to 70. I know it sounds horrible....BUT I DON'T GIVE A SHIT. I have seen a lot, of course there is a lot I haven't seen or experienced and don't want to, but not one of us is entitled to anything on this planet, except to well I guess breathe, and that's even debatable. Now I am not saying I can't be selfish, because I know I have been. Sometimes I don't think or when I do it's kind of self-centered.

But like today. There is always a long line off the ramp to get on Highway 80 from the bypass. I'm sorry this asshole didn't want to wait in the long ass line to get on 80, but that doesn't mean he is getting in front of me. Because he didn't. And won't. Now yea that's probably selfish but I'm sorry, unless he has flashing lights on the top of his car and it says Chatham County Police, you can wait like the rest of us.

Yes, I have become MUCH more patient on the road, but yes there are still times when I do choose to be selfish, and I won't apologize for any damn thing. I am human! That's my excuse haha! But I will let the idiot tourist in front of me (if of course he/she is sporting their turn signal cause by god that's what man put them on a car for) if they realize they are in the wrong lane. I will let someone out of the parking lot or street if I am sitting at a light, not going anywhere, instead of blocking them in because hell he isn't going anywhere either til the light turns. I used to have some serious road rage. Idiots whizzing in and out of traffic wanting to go faster than the speed of light, yadda yadda. Or not using that turn signal, or just plain cutting me off because they can't fucking turn theirs heads 1/4 of the way to look and see who might be in that blindspot or on the stupid phone or writing a goddamn book on text while driving. I used to be horrible, get all kinds of upset, blow the horn, scream at them, wave my arms like a raving lunatic. But, alas I've calmed down some. No, I wish it was because I was getting laid, but that's not it haha. Either it's because I"m getting older, or simply mellowing out. Realizing that life is much better when I'm not stressing over things I can't control.

Although I still do have a lack of patience when it comes to my sister LOL.

Ah well, on another note: I got some of these photos in email. I pulled the ones I thought were cool/funny etc.



Since I live in Georgia, I just found this hysterical. Plastic pink flamingos are not a common site around here, although I haven't ventured off into small towns unknown so I can't tell ya about them. Although I think in Florida these birds are pretty popular......



Y.....these images are for you LOL. IT was funny because I guess I ate too late because I had a dream about this woman (no Y not a wet one, sorry), that actually LL (yes I dream about you haha! no actually I don't know why you were in my dream but anyway...) that LL and I met in a bathroom somewhere. We were in a posh bathroom (probably IN Vegas or over in some foreign hotel *cough cough*) and this gigantic woman comes in and LL decides she is going to talk to her since we saw her on the news as being the biggest woman.



She's like 7'4 and 320 lbs. That's what I got in my email, I may have deleted it but I can forward it to anyone that wants it if I still have it. And then I woke up. A really short dream.

I can't decide to put some photos of Iraq up or some animal photos. THe Iraq photos are from a friend, and the animal ones.........well I will put the animals ones up. THe other ones aren't gruesome or anything, just photos you don't see on the news etc. But the animal ones are funny.....




Is this your kid?





A nip here, a tuck there........you look marvelous dahling!



I love to laugh. Don't do much of that as an adult. So, I love getting photos like these or watching the Funny Videos on TV, both of people and the animal ones. Laughing is fun!!!!!!!!!!

Just finished up the mid-term and I think I did pretty well. ACED the Color PHotography midterm WOOfuckinHOO I'm so impressed with myself! Dreaded the HIstory of Photo midterm, have to memorize 24 slides, with all the photographer/title/date info as well as come up with four significant things about EACH photographer. THat was rough. Oh and my Graphic Design midterm wasn't a test, which she didn't tell us and I missed turning in the assignment that was counting for midterm grades. SO needless to say I got a bad grade on that. It's a logo we had to do of our face in the letters of our name. I might be able to post it if anyone cares to see it, it's in Illustrator format now. Kinda fun to do. She stated in her syllabus that no late projects were to be accepted and we'd get an F but I think I swayed her. So I'll have to see if I got a grade.......

What's for lunch tomorrow?

O and feliz Cinco de Mayo!!