One of My Favorites

powrpole
Originally uploaded by krumbecker.

This photo is one of those random photos that I took and I just love. It's kind of funny becuase this was a completely random shot. My plan was to take a picture of the powerpole.

The catch is I was driving at the time (yea, I know I should have stopped) You could call this my drive by shooting. I wasn't even parying attention to what I was trying to take a picture of. Just point and shoot and trying not to drive off the road. I wasn't even able to check the photo until I got home.

However, for some reason, the camera was actually reasonably straight the color turned out well dispite it being pointed directly into the sun, and the interesting fact that the sun is actually centered on an intersecting braces of the tower.

Just goes to prove that some of the best things are never planned.

Spring is Coming

trees309
Originally uploaded by krumbecker.

or "The Days are Few Before Allergies Return"

For about a week all the trees near where I work are completely white. Now not with snow. Instead you can find white blossems hanging from the trees. It is a beautiful sight.

All until you get a whif of their strong odor. Too bad it couldn't be more pleasant. My comment about what they smell like, well the closest thing I can think of is salami. Yea, that's what I thought a strange smell for blossems on a tree.

Just a side note. My favorite Smell, besides fresh pine is the bark of a ponderosa pine (if anyone knows I got this wrong please tell me) It smell like butterscotch. I am dead serious.

Finally, a Little Peace

Work has been hellish the last two weeks. It is bad enough I get to sit in front of a computer screen for eight hours. I don't alway, want to go home and stare and the computer screen again. At least, this is a cure from my addiction to RCT3.

Anyway, the weather is finally changing. I should go out and take some pictures to liven this place up a bit. I just have to remember to download the pictures from my camera.

Black and White

It's offical. The HOWiezine #3 Theme has been decided to be "black and white."

For those who may be wondering what is a HOWiezine? There is a community of graphic designers on the How Design Magazine Forum (see the link on the right). So far, there has been two successful installments. I was able to participate in the first. And now I am participating in the third.

There is a pdf version of the fisrt floating arond the internet (I will post a link later). Anyway, this is my next independent project that I will keep you posted on. In the mean time, I have some brainstorming to do in regards to what I want to do.

Right now, I am thinking of a spinoff of black and white, and using good and evil as the core idea and using black and white more as an accent. But that could change.

Current Addictions

or "What Happened to Free Time?"

I thought it would be half way easy to jot down my ramblings, even the ones that seems to make no sence. Yeah right! Among the usual happenings in life and the unusual things, I have not had the chance to to display my lousy talent of spelling.

Of course, the biggest culprit is Atri's Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 To have free reign and creative interprutation in a game, for a designer/artis, is impossible to resist. Nevermind the fact that I can actually ride the roller coasters that build. So, I would like to send my congratulations to Atari for getting me addicted to their game. If there is a support group to people addicted to this game, please let me know.

I gotta go, I am on the edge of becoming a tycoon.