TILTing again, temporarily!

Back again for some TILT, cause I found some cool things this week! No promises that I'll be on time every week with this by any means... :)

This would purely be a splurge at $299 since I already have a 10 megapixel point and shoot with IS that I pretty well love, but how COOL would it be to take party pics with THIS?! It is true to the original Rolleiflex, complete with waistlevel viewfinder and the film advance crank. Of course it doesn't use film, but the crank is fully functional... you have to turn it to take the next pic! Available @ B&H.



I was at Barnes & Noble this evening, flipping through random design magazines, and originally I came home and typed in this site to look at the Alice glassware that was featured in an article I found. I have a random assortment of Marilyn Monroe and Ed Hardy glasses in the same shape; these would be an awesome addition! (moderately priced, too!)



But I kept clicking... and OMG I would have LOVED these as a kid! I do now!



And these would certainly make me want to drink more water!



I used to work for Benefit Cosmetics and we didn't have this when I was there, even though everyone asked for it. Finally, they've listened! Bad Gal Waterproof! This is hands down THEEEEEEE best mascara out there!



Yeah, I'm on a Rollei kick today. I had no idea they made these either. Supposedly they are around $8.99, but I can't find them online anywhere.



Way cool, modern, surreal, and "awe inspiring spectacles from around the world". I had a gift card that my ubernerd uncle gave me for Christmas that I'd almost forgotten about, so I picked up an issue. I'm going to the Dollar Tree tomorrow to pick up cheap frames... there's some stuff in here definitely worth clipping and sticking around my house!



This is something from there... I don't know, but he kinda reminds me of somebody I know. ;)



(my love.)

Oops. :)

I missed Tilt today. I'm going to take a little time off from tilt and resume it in a few weeks. I've been sooooooo busy lately working on new avenues that I really can't wait to share with everyone! But the cat's not getting let out of the bag any time in the supernear future. :) Hang tight, good things come to those who wait!

Things I Love, Friday Edition! Shooting at the FOP Range

My good friend and awesome occasional lighting assistant, Eloise, called me yesterday and invited Dani and I to go shooting this morning with her and her father at the private Fraternal Order of Police shooting range in St. Augustine. So I purposefully skipped out on Things I Love Thursday, yesterday, because she and I ran all over this side of town last night looking for ammunition at the last minute.

I won't get into political things here (just yet, haha), but YES, Obama's presidency has already had a drastic effect on firearms and ammunition! Literally, Walmart was wiped CLEAN of any handgun ammo. Plenty of shotgun shells, but the threat of tighter gun laws is already making an impact in a big way. Prices are up at least $10 a box at most places, if you can even find it. We ended up finding what we needed at Gander Mountain this morning, but they were running pretty short.

We couldn't have asked for more perfect weather this morning!









I managed to get some great action shots of everybody.



This is Dani shooting my Springfield XD40 Subcompact .40 cal. I think it's cute that his bullets are peeking out of his shirtsleeve. ;)













Yes, Mr. Dodd has quite the arsenal.... Eloise shot some with his camera too. Can't wait to see those!













This lever action shot .38 rounds and was smooth as butter! Loved it!









The bottom half of the target was blowing upward in the wind. I didn't want to wait on it, so he took two .45 rounds to the head from a 1911 at 30 yards. My daddy taught me well. ;)



And lastly, Dani got this oh-so-true-to-my-crazy-personality shot when we got back home before cleaning the Springfield .40's. :)

TiLT

Welcome back to Things I Love Thursday! I'll admit I didn't put much thought into it this week because I've been a bit under the weather. Last Friday, my friend Stacy and I went to the Disturbed show in Jacksonville where I probably picked up some germs in the crowd, and Sunday I had a BT shoot in an abandoned resort hotel on Daytona Beach that was covered in inches of dust and grime, and probably only aggravated things. But I'm slowly feeling better!

Here's my fav things for the week:

:: Crabcakes at Cap's. Dani surprised me for Valentine's Day last week by taking me here. When I was a kid we pretty much grew up fishing and playing in the surf at the jetties, swimming at the old "bulkead" (where the cruise ship terminal now is in Jax!), and eating good Southern, local seafood. My brother and I were salty kids so to speak... we'd get in the car and drive to school, just to turn around and go back home for our surfboards after our parents were gone to work. ;) Dani and I bought a house 5 minutes from the beach and I can't stay out of the local shrimp shack on the corner! I love any laid-back, outdoorsy, "old Florida" style restaurant, and Cap's is definitely that. Even the scenic drive you have to take to get there makes it such a great experience. I recommend the crabcakes and the Key Lime vodka martini! And a little smooch under the dock after dinner. ;)

:: Puscifer in Vegas. Maynard James Keenan's new act, Puscifer, is now a semi-permanent act at The Palms in Las Vegas. I LOOOOOOOVE Vegas and I LOOOOOOVE MJK but unfortunately was too broke to afford WPPI this year. Next year!

:: The Most Dangerous Game. A fictional short story. Mrs. Platte made us read it in 8th grade and I still thank her for it.

:: Irish American Club Presents Amateur Submission and Professional Wrestling at Jax Irish Fest. Irish people love to drink and get rowdy. My brother fits well into this category. He's a semipro MMA fighter but also participates in local grappling tournaments from time to time, which are pretty entertaining. He's currently training with Josh Rutgers of Deadgame Fight School, one of the best in Florida. If you'll be at the Jax Irish Fest, check it out!

:: Rock N Roll Bride. Another awesome blog to subscribe to if you're a wedding/lifestyle photographer! Daily posts that wrangle the best of the best from blogs all over.

:: Girls Day Out. I hadn't seen my mom but a couple of times since Christmas and she came down on Monday and we went "gettin' place" shopping! This is one of our favorite things to do! We hit up all the good thrift stores, consignment shops, outlet stores, and sales! I spent less than $20 and got two brand new pair of shoes! Maybe I'll photoblog my finds tomorrow. :)

Welcome to Things I Love Thursday!

Something told me it's about time to take a time-out and appreciate some stuff! The economy sucks and we're being forced to stay home and entertain ourselves (Mom knows I'm TERRIBLE at this!), we sold our TV yesterday and we didn't have cable or satellite anyway, so... I poke around on the internet a lot. And I have a verrrrrrry long blog reading list that I check multiple times daily. Some people are addicted to twittering and whatnot, I'm addicted to reading things on the internet all by my lonesome all day long, and for the most part I'm fairly content with that. :) And what better way to entertain myself and the rest of my oh, 7 blog readers, than to share my finds and current obsessions. So here's the first installment of Things I Love Thursday. :)

:: Pandora Radio. A new kind of internet radio that plays only music you like! You pick an artist or song and the site will create a station for you based many factors in the style of music you've selected. It plays only similar songs and artists, but also allows you to completely customize your stations to include any artist you want to add. You can also tell it not to play a certain artist or song ever again, or to put it on the shelf and not play it for a month. I have discovered a lot of awesome music here that I'd never have heard of otherwise. I literally never listen to the regular radio anymore, even in the car. I find what I like on Pandora, download it, and listen to the CDs in the car.

:: MAC just released a new Hellow Kitty line!!! MUST have Too Dolly eyeshadow next payday!

:: Meatloaf inside bread. Yeah, might sound a little strange... our roommate Greg brought over a huge box of recipes that I sat and went through the other night before going to the grocery store. This was the closest recipe I could find online, but even I deviated a bit from the recipe on the card. I used an "everything" loaf, made my meatloaf mixture like I normally do, stuffed the bread, topped it with strips of bell pepper, wrapped it in foil and baked it, then added cheese to the top near the end of baking. The boys LOVED it!

:: Talk Show with Spike Feresten. Until we sold our TV yesterday, this was a great reason to stay home on Saturday nights! I like that I can catch up on what's going on the world with who and still be hilariously entertained at the same time.

:: P-Dubs. I FINALLY ordered myself some and UPS tracking says they'll be here tomorrow! Just in time because I'm shooting The Architect Sound at Jack Rabbits next week. And we all know the lighting sucks in there.


:: Gala Darling. The entire inspiration behind Things I Love Thursdays... she started it a few years ago and I've been loving it weekly ever since. Her blog is by far one of the best I follow. There's not much I don't love about her... how can I not appreciate hot pink hair, a self-proclaimed nomad (I used to be bad about moving around alot :) ), and someone that unabashedly shares a love for dressing up, kissing, and BIG shoes?! :D Oh, and the cupcakes!

So what are you lovin' on this week?