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Word of the Day

I've seen, and been inspired by, many "photo a day" projects, so I thought I'd try one myself, with my own little grammarian spin: create a photo using a Word of the Day gadget on my Google homepage for guidance and inspiration. And what better day than January 27, my thirtieth birthday, to begin such an undertaking? (Okay, maybe new year's day, but I was too lazy to bother then.) This project is also to help keep me thinking and creating images the way DGrin's Last Photographer Standing contest has challenged me to do--a challenge I've found really enjoyable and creatively stimulating. Wish me luck (and perseverance) in this endeavor!
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    July 24, 2008 (Day 180) Melange: a mixture Going for a literal interpretation today, based on this word's roots: Melange derives from Old French meslance, from mesler, "to mix," ultimately from Latin miscere, "to mix."I love to bake, but this new eating lifestyle makes this challenging. Vegan baking is hella hard—at least when it comes to making something taste good. The first two muffin recipes I tried were "meh." Today's turned out pretty good. Much numminess. I will definitely be making this recipe again!I also got off my duff and shot yesterday's word today.
    July 23, 2008 (Day 179) Vituperation: the act or an instance of speaking abusively to or about; sustained and severely abusive language Shot this a day late, but I definitely had the idea on the same day as the word. Had a date last night and never got around to making this concept a reality. But I liked the concept so much, I shot it the next day. I particularly like how weird this looks following the previous image. :DI'm always afraid when shooting something like this that someone will knock on my door with a delivery that needs to be signed for. And I'm always thankful when I do crazy stuff like this for Maybelline eye make-up remover.
    July 22, 2008 (Day 178) Gamine: an urchin; also, a mischievous girl or young woman Testing out an idea for the DGrin Challenge. I was going for "nymph."The masking is very messy. After four hours working on this, I finally said, "Screw it--it's my daily and a rough draft of an idea. Let it go." If I decide to pursue this, I'm definitely going to change my approach to adding the bokeh spots. This way was too much a PITA. :X