AstrophotographyIn searching for something to do with my spare time, I now have a new hobby of astrophotography. I had just finished charging the new battery for my digital camera, and was dying to use it. Although, it was night time, and there really wasn’t much for me to take pictures of. While playing with the camera for a bit, I found some functions that might make it possible for me to take digital pictures of the night sky. After some experimentation, and the use of a tripod, I found a way to kinda make it work. I have posted some pictures from the other night in the gallery.
However, it seems that this camera will not work very well for this, so I am going to get out my old SLR, and take some quality pictures on film, and then have them digitized.

I wrote this sometime near the end of 2005, so the date is pretty much a guess.
Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy it like all the rest..

As children, we are all happy
At such a young age, everything is so…
So… So awesome, and so wonderful
We find the joy and wonder in everything…
But, you’ll find that we all reached an age,
The age we lost our amazement in life…
Everyone lost something of themselves as they aged
Everyone lost something of their soul as they grew
We spend our remaining lives searching for it
We elect others to assist us in our search…
But noone can help us find what we lost…
Other people will only prevent us from finding it
The secret to all of our misery is that we are not alone
And the answer is this:
Alone we can find our souls…
Alone we can find our happiness…
Alone we can find what we once lost…

Over the years of the past
And the dawns of time
Think of the wonders of the world
And the awesome of nature
And realize that they have all been lost

History has been recorded
Jotted down quickly
Transcribed meticulously
But then erased
And then sometimes rewritten

The truth of the past
The honesty of the pen
The sincerity of voice
And the meaning in imagery
It is all too unknown

The facts remain burried
And the truth hidden
But what will always be true
Is that noone will ever know

This morning I had oral surgery to remove all 4 of my wisdom teeth. Now I’m not allow to eat solid food for a few days, nor am I allowed to smoke for like a week…. What the hell?? This sucks… but on a positive note, they did give me Vicodin to "soothe" the pain…