Word of the Day

July 31, 2008 (Day 187) Egress: the act of going out or leaving; exit Okay, yes, today's image has absolutely nothing to do with today's word. But it's a picture I took today, and after skipping the past three days, I figured an unrelated picture was better than no picture at all. So there ya' go.I got a bit caught up the past few days revamping my site. I still need to do some tweaks and redo the slideshow--again--but it's functioning and doesn't look lopsided. So I'm letting it be until I forget the headache that is customization enough to want to do it again.ETA: Alpinkatze, good catch! It was bugging me, too, and I was just hoping no one else would notice it. :) The reason it's so matte is because it's actually a green apple with a curves adjustment layer to make it red, but that blew out the highlights to this bizarre magenta color, which I then toned down through cloning. Guess it needs more work to bring the shine back!

July 27, 2008 (Day 183) Extol: to praise At a Christmas a couple years ago, my mother gifted me with two, thick, heavy scrapbooks stuffed cover to cover with all my old report cards, school assignments, short stories, certificates, medals, awards, and some photos of me growing up. From grade school through to my senior year at high school. I look back through them every now and again with humor and amazement. I was a bit of an overachiever—(mostly) straight-A student, enrolled in gifted and honors programs—and I wonder how I didn't get beat up during those times.As I was photographing some old swim meet ribbons (seriously, I'm amazed at what my mother managed to rescue during my growing up), Sketch decided the ribbons better suited him instead. And I really couldn't argue. ^_^That first place was for the backstroke, I distinctly remember. I was going so fast, I reached the wall a lot sooner than during practice and smacked my head on it really hard. Didn't slow me down too much. :P