Day 041/365 2.28.2010 – Stars and Stripes Forever
Day 041/365 2.27.2010 – Stars and Stripes Forever
Originally uploaded by goose3five
In roughly 1.5 hours the US mens hockey team will face off against the Canadians for 2010 Olympic Gold. This young team of Americans was not expected to make it into the medal rounds let alone play for the gold but timely goals and stellar play by goalie Ryan Miller have us dreaming of the top of the podium.
As an American living in Vancouver I can not stress enough what is riding on this game. Whatever the end result, I am proud of the USA, proud of Vancovuer as a host city (you rocked!) and priviledged to be a part of this celebration of the human spirit.
Now, as I noted on Facebook earlier when I saw this photo from my Flickr buddy jeremylim, I love you Canada, but today I am rooting for your demise.
USA! USA! USA!
P.S. The mask was a gift from Vicky and Gabby for my 41st birthday yesterday.
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Day 040/365 2.27.2010 – My Inspiration
Day 040/365 2.27.2010 – My Inspiration
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I began this morning as I have nearly every other for the past 13 years, looking at this face. This is Vicky. She is my partner, my wife, my best friend, the mother of my only child and my inspiration.
Today I turned 41 and she is the reason I want to turn 42 and 52 and hopefully 102.
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Day 039/365 2.26.2010 – Fun With a Flashlight
Day 039/365 2.26.2010 – Fun With a Flashlight
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I had the idea of playing around with a flashlight in the dark and Gabby joined me wearing this fancy tiara. The result, a creepy/cool under-lit flashlight photo. Too bad it is not halloween.
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Day 038/365 2.25.2010 – Night Light
Day 038/365 2.25.2010 – Night Light
Originally uploaded by goose3five
My neighbor has this nice mature cherry tree in his back yard that is lit up by a very low powered spot light at night. In order to get the right effect I had to tweak the fill light and exposure a bit.
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Day 037/365 2.24.2010 – Guilty Pleasures
Day 037/365 2.24.2010 – Guilty Pleasures
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I took a trip to Thrify Foods in Coquitlam this evening with the goal of simply picking up dinner.
I walked out $100 poorer.
My advice? Never go shopping when you are hungry.
The upside? I got a bag of delicious little subjects for today’s 365 photo.
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Day 036/365 2.23.2010 – Working Late
Day 036/365 2.23.2010 – Working Late
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I had a late night at work tonight so all of my pictures were taken after dark. The picture of the day choice was really a toss-up between this one and the one entitled EA.
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Day 035/365 2.22.2010 – Motion Test
Day 035/365 2.22.2010 – Motion Test
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I have been meaning to play around with the idea of portraying motion lately. I ended up speaking with my friend Chris about how to achieve motion and he gave me some great tips. Sadly, I did not have any time to really test them out.
Instead, I had exactly two tries to get a car passing me at the stop light at the intersection of Gilmore and Lougheed in Burnaby. The result is this picture. Not great, but it’s a start.
Expect more use of motion in the days to come.
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Day 034/365 2.21.2010 – Exhausted
Day 034/365 2.21.2010 – Exhausted
Originally uploaded by goose3five
Man, that Team USA victory over Canada today really took a toll on everyone in my household. Vicky and I both were facing four years of ridicule at the hands of our Canadian co-workers had the US been beaten. Thank the Gods for Ryan Miller!
Kira, pictured here doing her best post party Sorority girl, was actually conked out from playing around with Gabby and her friend all day PRIOR to the game.
I love how her tongue was hanging half way out of her mouth. Cute.
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Day 033/365 2.20.2010 – You Scratch It, You Buy It
Day 033/365 2.20.2010 – You Scratch It, You Buy It
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I spent the day today in Richmod with our friends at the Science World temporary location in Aberdeen Centre. After the kid fun was over we walked through the mall and came upon a bizarre Lamborghini retail store. I kid you not. It was a retail store that had two Lamborghini’s and a counter with one douche bag standing behind it.
This particular Lamborghini, unlike it’s poor cousin on the other side of the 30 ft. wide store front, was surrounded by a movie theater-style rope line. Now, I will be turning 41 next week and I am pretty sure I don’t look like a complete moron but when I poked my head under the rope line to snap this photo the aforementioned Lamborghini-retail-douche bag immediately strode over to me and proceeded to tap me on the shoulder as I am snapping this shot (I blame him for the slight ghosting around the logo). He then says, “if you drop your camera on the car and scratch it, you buy it!”
Yea.
Hey guy selling $350,000 cars in a Chinese Mall in Richmond, that thing around my neck is a camera strap and this is definitely not Pottery Barn.
Douche bag.
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Day 032/365 2.19.2010 – Olympic Fandamonium
Day 032/365 2.19.2010 – Olympic Fandamonium
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I decided to play hooky today and take a Flickr walk around downtown Vancouver to soak up the Olympic experience. These two Swedes stuck out so much in the sea of Canada red that I had to ask for their picture.
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Day 031/365 2.18.2010 – Old Is New
Day 031/365 2.18.2010 – Old Is New
Originally uploaded by goose3five
A killer desktop image of a mixing board on the iMac of a coworker today was the inspiration for today’s photo. My vinyl collection has been getting some use again now that we own this Ion USB turntable. It sits on the hearth of an unused fireplace in our game/media room along with my other components.
It presents as an image of old technology as new technology with an old brick backdrop.
Dig it.
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Day 030/365 2.17.2010 – Spring? In February?
Day 030/365 2.17.2010 – Spring? In February?
Originally uploaded by goose3five
As the world watches my city host the Winter Olympics the sun was shining brightly and the tulips were reaching for the sky. Is it really spring already?
Wow!
P.S. Being an American expat I honestly feel guilty posting pictures of a Canadian flag during the Olympics, especially on the day that Shani Davis, Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White all captured Gold.
Congratulations!
USA! USA! USA!
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Day 029/365 2.16.2010 – Abdul’s Shawarma
Day 029/365 2.16.2010 – Abdul’s Shawarma
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I was introduced to Abdul’s BBQ – Authentic Syrian Shawarma by my friend Faisal when I moved to Vancouver in 2008. It is located in Crystal Mall in Burnaby about 10 minutes in lunchtime traffic from my office and so we have made it a ritual to visit him roughly once a month. Growing up in Detroit I have a keen taste for good Middle Eastern fare and Abdul’s certainly does not disappoint.
So when I saw the CityCaucus.com post entitled “ChowDown Vancouver: Middle East treat” roll across my RSS reader last night I knew where Faisal and I would be having lunch today. Of course, my mixed Shawarma wrap was great and Abdul was as friendly a host as ever.
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Day 028/365 2.15.2010 – OMA2
Originally uploaded by goose3five
Friends of ours live in this building and I am here at least two, sometimes three times a week. For some reason, maybe it is because I am taking pictures every day, I saw this photo for the first time today. The best part is it came out exactly like I expected.
By the way, it looks cool on a on a black background but looks even cooler on a white background.
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Day 027/365 2.14.2010 – Timmeh!
Day 027/365 2.14.2010 – Timmeh!
Originally uploaded by goose3five
Sorry for the late post. Sunday was a very busy day which began with delivering valentines to my girls and proceeded to an all day brewing event. Sadly, I did not use my camera until the day wound up so we are left with this picture of Timmy, my daugther’s second Bearded Dragon.
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Day 026/365 2.13.2010 – Dinner By Candle Light
Day 026/365 2.13.2010 – Dinner By Candle Light
Originally uploaded by goose3five
We decided to have dinner out this evening and unfortunately the only good thing about the meal was this picture.
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Day 025/365 2.12.2010 – Let The Games Begin
Day 025/365 2.12.2010 – Let The Games Begin
Originally uploaded by goose3five
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will kick off at roughly the time of this post with the Opening Ceremonies. Being an American Expat who lives in Vancouver I am a bit torn. Of course I want my country to dominate but being that I have lived in Canada for 2 1/2 years, I am also rooting for Canada.
So, it was nice to see the that my gracious Canadian coworkers allowed the hanging of the Stars and Bars in our office in preparation for these Games.
Good luck to all but especially to the Americans and Canadians!
USA! USA! USA!
Eh! O’ Canada Go!
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