Maine Day 9, 2008

I drew this w/ Photoshop. It is a roadkill.


Touch the Sound: 'Touch the Sound' is a movie by cinematographer and director Thomas Riedelsheimer. It is about the deaf musician and artist Evelyn Glennie.


I also watched 'The Sign of Four' a Sherlock Holmes movie. This scene has got to be a classic!

No Luck

My camera card became corrupt so I couldn't take this picture off of it. It was a girl on crutches trying to navigate her way down the slushy Augusta Maine sidewalks. I asked her what happened. She said her ex-boyfriend shot her in the foot. I guess I'm lucky I haven't been shot. (Please fate, don't be tempted.)

8th day of Maine, 2008

Jeff stands at the corner of Chapel & Court Streets in Augusta Maine. He reads his manuscript (a trade magazine) & smokes a cigarette.

Day 6

Last night after work I walked to the Augusta Maine police station to see if I could identify one of the four that kicked me in the head through a photo-line up. There were six photos. The officer said that it was possible that none of them were suspects, that is what I suspect because I couldn't positively ID any of them.
Never should I say "it can't get any worse," because it will.

Kicked in the Head

I was jumped friday night walking home by 4 teenagers who first almost ran me over. My Nikon D1X is now broke, along with the lens that was on it. Unfortunately getting jumped and kicked in the head is not uncommon to me. My sister says it's because I am always walking alone at night. She might be right. What really upsets me is my broken camera. My camera.


Watched Sherlock Holmes & The Last Vampire, amazing.

2008 day 4

High snow, but the sidewalks are cleared on Western Avenue.


Crosswalk signals, don't do much here.

Day 3

Wrote down meaningless things in my notebook. I made some t-shirts on CafePress.Com.


Derek explains how ArchEnemys, a fetish clothing store on Water Street in Augusta Maine, got its start as a comic book shop.

Earth Year 2008 Day 2

Lithgow Library & Reading Room serves Augusta Maine on the second day of Earth Year 2008.


Duct Tape Auto Body Repair:Will snow cause an increase in light fender benders and slide-related collisions? The duct tape industry would like to know.


Removing snow from Augusta Maine, after midnight.


The temperature is low, -2.


I stop at the store on the way home.

2008 day 1

The first thing I ate in 2008 was a hand-fried bacon quesadilla.


One New Year's resolution is never to eat at China King.


Augusta Maine crosswalks.


Looking east on Western Avenue in Augusta Maine.
Damons Subs, Augusta Maine.


Sea of Snow: Maine is a sea of snow. And they plow it all onto the sidewalks I walk. Woooo!


Sun Tan City and Pine State.

Last Day of 2007, Augusta Maine

Homeland Security Maine: Steve Arsenault, a Neighborhood Watch commander, patrols a neighborhood of west Augusta Maine. He said the Neighborhood Watch Program, founded by the National Sheriffs Association, now falls under the Department of Homeland Defense.


"In weather like this I try and do my best to help people out in the snow."


Neighbors: Some neighbors relaxing in the snow.


Father Curran Bridge: The Father John J. Curran Bridge is kind of creepy. According to a recent newspaper article he is being accused of sexual abuse, postmortem. And had been accused several times in his life.


Augusta Maine 123107: A view of Augusta Maine from the Father John J. Curran Bridge, Dec. 31, 2007.


Sidewalk Snowblower: A sidewalk snowblower cleans a side of the Father John J. Curran Bridge in Augusta Maine.


But the sidewalk snowblower is needed on Western Avenue on the other side of town. On Western Avenue in Augusta Maine they plow all the snow onto the sidewalk making it impassible without snowshoes. I watched this guy walk the edge of the road (as I once had to, and the next day got snowshoes), an only resort if you are walking with no snowshoes.
The plowing snow onto the sidewalk is so bad, I even had to walk in the road a few times on the way to work, and I was wearing snowshoes.



Hard boiling eggs.


Snowy trail up the embankment to the Kennebec Journal. The path I take to work.


Maine Capitol The beginning of 2008!

Signs of the Times from Augusta Maine

Arby's Ball &: What used to be the "5 for $5 Deal" at Arb'ys, which included 5 roast beef sandwiches for $5 is now $7. They still have Jamocha shakes. And most recently free WiFi.


2-Pack Special: Two packs of cigarettes are now more expensive than 2 pizzas.