worth getting up for: november

unc: flowers for eve, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in November: Micah Schnabel’s When The Stage Lights Go Dim; the Iron Bowl, Texas/A&M, Boise State, and TCU’s dismantling of their entire conference; Thanksgiving at the beach; federal holidays (there are TWO in November); semi-trashy historical fiction; emails from major labels; Southeastern Camera…

charleston cemeteries, south carolina

charleston cemeteries, south carolina, originally uploaded by minervacat. I spent most of the weekend behind Six, who is newly back from Nikon with a working CPU and a freshly cleaned sensor, and it was brutally hard to go to work this morning.

isle of palms, south carolina

isle of palms, south carolina, originally uploaded by minervacat. “To see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it.” — Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer

isle of palms, south carolina

isle of palms, south carolina, originally uploaded by minervacat. like i miss the ocean when i go to sleep man, it’s gonna break my heart

shadows, isle of palms, south carolina

shadows, isle of palms, south carolina, originally uploaded by minervacat. Last Trip to the Island (Erin Belieu) You’re mad that I can’t love the ocean, but I’ve come to this world landlocked and some bodies feel permanently strange. Like any foreign language, study it too late and it never sticks. Anyway, we’re here aren’t we?–…

thanksgiving oh-four

thanksgiving oh-four, originally uploaded by minervacat. Bartlet: Stuffing should be stuffed inside the turkey, am I correct? Operator: It can also be baked in a casserole dish. Bartlet: Well, then we’d have to call it something else, wouldn’t we? Operator: I suppose. Bartlet: If I cook it inside the turkey, is there a chance I…

local 506

local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. and i said “thank you, each and every one of you, for loving me at my worst” — the Whitlams, “Thank You”

corb lund — losin’ lately gambler

the never @ duke’s von der heyden pavilion, originally uploaded by minervacat. Corb Lund & the Hurtin’ Albertans — Losin’ Lately Gambler. Out 9/21, New West. I occasionally wonder why Corb Lund and his songwriting talents aren’t more of a hit on the American pop country radio waves and in the Nashville scene, but then…

uncle jack’s 60th birthday party

uncle jack’s 60th birthday party, originally uploaded by minervacat. Yesterday I caught up on my entire creating and uploading backlog of food photography; 21 days of November. And can I just say? I am so frelling tired of my Everything I Ate project. So. Goddamned. Tired. Back in January, I had the ambitious idea that…

the club is open festival: red collar

the club is open festival: red collar, originally uploaded by minervacat. I was not great with film; it taught me a lot about composition but very little about the technical aspects of shooting, metering for light and aperture and shutter speed. I spent about five months having no idea what was going on before Ash…