Several of us are starting to load Day in the Life of Asheville shots. I’m loading a bunch to my Flickr site first, then I’ll decide which ones to submit to DILOA. Want to help? You can go leave comments on the ones you like here.
Oct
6
Commenters tied the vote on the next book I should read! Three votes each for After Dark and Cataloochee. Two votes for Suite Francaise. Several of you commented and didn’t vote, but it’s too late now!
Of course, I’ll read them all eventually. And first I need to finish Niagara Falls All Over Again. But I think I’ll go with After Dark next.
Who knew that the discussion over my next reading project would get so heated. Emotions run high among my literary nerd buddies.
In other news, I’ve been shooting up this fair city over the past 20 or so hours for Day in the Life of Asheville. This time around I didn’t plan as well or allot as much time for shooting as I did in the spring. I doubt I’ll have 12 decent shots, much less 24. But you never know. I hope you fotogs have been shooting hard!
This next week’s going to be busy and I plan to be fainting a lot because I haven’t made much headway in my goal to lose five pounds before my high school reunion. Which event is next weekend in Atlanta! Argh! So, I plan to exercise hard and eat little for the next six days. The exercise part, ironically, is the easy part for me. If I put my mind to it, I can become a workout machine. Until I hurt myself by fainting while hanging from the pull-up bar.
Of course I’m going to an oyster roast/barbecue/microbrew party tonight. But I figure if I don’t eat much until the party, then I can drink a couple beers, get tipsy, and then totally forget to eat while I entertain the other party-goers.
I purchased two growlers of French Broad’s Marzen Oktoberfest brew, which is ambery and delicious. I’d planned to write an article for Mt X on local Oktoberfest brews, but I got busy and didn’t follow-through, and then the beer guy totally wrote a rocking round-up of Oktoberfest beers, so instead of writing about Oktoberfest beer, I’m just going to drink it.
I may have to take some local Oktoberfest brews to my high school reunion as well, because I’m a bit concerned that they’re going to serve Stroh’s, in memory of our glory days of chugging the watery liquid in parks and parking lots. Is Stroh’s even made anymore?
Oct
2
It crept up on us quickly, but this week is DILOA!
This time we’re letting fotogs pick their 24 hour period in which to shoot. As zen says, “Your day might not be my day.” But you only have until Sunday, October 7, to pick a day, shoot, and submit up to 24 photos to our Flickr site.
Any and all fotogs are welcome to submit. The only requirement is that you upload your shots (digital or film) to the Flickr site by Wednesday, October 10. You may pick your one best shot, your “Photographer’s Choice” shot, and it will be included in the final group regardless of outside judging.
We’re still working on the judging part. To check out the Inaugural DILOA photo finalists, go here (there are some meet-up shots mixed in–so you can see what some of us look like!).
We’re looking for quality shots that represent the life of our town. So clean your equipment, check your calendar to see which 24-hour period works best for you, and GO!
Oops, and I forgot to mention that prints of all photos submitted will be given to the Asheville Library for their North Carolina collection, so you must agree to share your shots.