Good news

I am happy to report two rare occurrences recently, both involving photographing my cats. The most exciting one is that I seem to have finally gotten a few decent pictures of Audrey:

• My new favorite photo of Audrey
  
• A somewhat creepy one in my continuing obsession with shallow depth of field.
  
• A much better low depth of field shot.
  
• Proof that the camera adds 10 lbs.
  

The next exciting development is that I was finally able to photograph the rare occurrence of Chopper and Audrey sleeping in a bed together. Well, sort of. They woke up, but usually one of them immediately exits the bed when I get the camera. I don't think they want anyone to know.

• A typical photogenic chopper shot,with a bonus free not-so-photogenic audrey.
  
• Audrey becomes fed up and prepares to leave as chopper kicks his cuteness into a higher gear
  
• But don't be fooled, it took chopper a while to wake up initially.
  

By the way, if anyone can explain to me what is so fascinating about the view from my living room window, let me know. My cats seem to think there is excitement at all times, when in fact there rarely is.

I seem to have hit my limit for good music finds. This is unfortunate because I have already played most of the good finds to death and now that I am back on a regular gym schedule, I have nothing new and exciting for the ears. On the up side, Gorillaz are performing at the Grammy awards. This doesn't sound very exciting to most of you, but that may be because you didn't know that they are a "cartoon" or "virtual" band, meaning their performance at the grammy award will involve holographic 3d projections. Oh, and Madonna might be performing with them. I threw that last tidbit in for Todd, who is now really excited I bet.

There is no such thing as a limit on good films. I still need to see Munich, Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Cache, and Nine Lives before my "best of 2005" list is complete.

In Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal uses the exact same razor I just purchased. I find myself getting occasional nicks with it despite using high quality shave cream and a badger shave brush. He manages to avoid nicks despite shaving with no cream at all and using ice water. Not only does he avoid nicks, but the shave is so close and smooth that it makes him stop aging during the 20 year time span of the film. Impressive.

Those of you looking for some exciting comedy will be happy to hear that I am wearing a sweater that looks 30 years old despite being only a couple months old. I have these two sweaters that require me to hang dry after washing them, but I have now managed to put the sweater I'm wearing today into the dryer 5 times. Around the collar, some of the material is eroded, thereby making the sweater transparent in just those few spots.