17.12.11
Here’s another shot from last week’s WMUM gig.
Looks like this is gonna be harder than I thought.
Beta Testing
Hey, it’s a little early, but here’s my probationary new year’s resolution for 2012. Why probationary, you ask? Well, I’ve never been one to make resolutions since they usually require copious amounts of self-discipline to carry out. Suffice to say, self-discipline isn’t something that I’m overflowing with. So, in order to set a new year’s resolution that I might actually have a chance of keeping, I’m gonna beta test it, gaming style.
My new year’s resolution is basically to make this a “a-photo-a-day” type of blog. It’s pretty unrealistic to expect that it’ll be possible for me to post a new photo everyday, so I’m thinking that 4 or 5 a week will probably be decent. So yeah, if I’m able to keep this up for the rest of the month, it’s going to be my official new year’s resolution. Smart, right?
Caracal's Gabriel De Souza
Camera: Olympus E-PL2
Lens: Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95
Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/1.4, ISO 800
Headed over to Home Club on Saturday (10.12.11) for Wake Me Up Music’s farewell concert, dubbed One More for the Road. It was definitely a challenge shooting with a prime, manual focus lens on the E-PL2. Shooting at such a wide aperture meant that most of the shots I got were slightly off-focus at best.
This one’s probably my favourite of the night because I managed to focus it just right, I’m reasonably happy with the composition and because Caracal is seriously awesome.
Feel free to comment and critique but keep it clean and constructive 
Tango Down
A few weeks back, I tweeted about a dream I had that involved myself being surrounded by a bunch of 11th century crusaders – well, technically they were Knights Templar since they were wearing white tabards with those giant red crosses on them. Anyway, in this dream scenario, I was trudging along a rocky mountain road, minding my own business when a troop of 5 or 6 knights surrounded me and demanded that I pay for my transgressions against God.
(Source: http://www.ageofbattles.ru Author: Age of Battles)
“Oi, you there! You blaspheme against God Almighty! And as such, God’s judgement will be dealt upon you on this day, infidel! Fire and brimstone await you!”
And as they slowly assumed their battle-stance, gradually maneuvering towards me, the only thing going through my mind was “omfgimtotallygonnadie”. However, just as I was about to abandon all hope, a strange feeling welled inside me. Warmth began to creep back into my extremities, and all of a sudden, this huge-ass organic anime sword materialized in my hand.
This bears an uncanny resemblance to the sword that was in my dream.
Trust me, it was totally awesome, and it doesn’t end there.
Sparks of energy began to arc off from the tip of my sword. The flickering lights danced across the terrified expressions of my adversaries. Just as the energy build-up reached critical mass, a beam of pure devastation was unleashed upon the knights, sending them off to a premature meeting with their maker.
Moral of the story? Anime is more awesome than world history.
A Brave New World: Part I
Well, needless to say, it has been ages since my last real blog post. As such, I’m not going to waste time talking about what’s happened over the past year or so. As Dr. Kwame would say, “all eyes should point towards the future.” I guess this is as good a time as any to inject some life back into this old blog.
I know that the tone of my posts tends to drift towards the doleful side, so from now on I’ll try to blog more about my day-to-day activities and hope that it makes for interesting reading.
Also, since I’ve recently started playing Minecraft, I’ll try to blog about my progress through the game since it’s kinda AWESOME.
Ok, now that the preliminaries are out-of-the-way….
Part I: An Unfamiliar Dawn
I came into existence along a deserted beach. I swiveled around to take in the magnitude of my surroundings and it dawned on me that I had assumed a perilous undertaking. The beach stretched out from east to west, and the ocean lay to the north of it. The part of the world that I had manifested in was a mountainous region that was fairly temperate, with an abundance of trees and green grass. I spotted a thicket of trees towards the east, and trekked over to harvest the wood that would be used to build my first shelter.
After harvesting a good amount of wood, I proceeded south-east to look over the hills that were adjacent to the beach. After a minute of hiking, I spotted what I can only describe as an immense cliff. It was like a sand dune, composed of rock and earth. Immediately, the Kehlsteinhaus (more commonly known as the Eagle’s Nest) came to mind, and I decided to construct my variation of the Eagle’s Nest. I managed to scale the mountain with a few minutes of daylight to spare, and quickly began to construct a rudimentary shelter that would protect me from the dangers of the night.
After making sure that I was safe, I did a bit of interior decorating before settling in for the night.
When the next morning dawned, I made my way towards the west to get a better gauge of how I wanted my new home to look like.
Over the course of the next few days, I began to gather the resources that I needed to continue construction. On one of the days, I ventured too far out into the wilderness and found myself utterly lost. I had no choice but to let myself be killed by a pair of zombies, losing the bulk of my inventory in the process. However, I re-spawned back at the beach, and was finally able to find my way back home.
Although I was temporarily thwarted by my unfortunate misadventure, I managed to harvest back the resources that I needed and my dream home slowly came into being.
After a few days of construction…
Looking into the new room from the original room.
From the opposite summit.
The view from ground level.
What a view, eh?
So that’s it for the first post! Please comment if you have any suggestions/ideas about how I should proceed with the Eagle’s Nest!
