Cloud contrasts

Cloud contrasts - #124/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Night time in Chinatown

Nigh time in Chinatown - #123/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Spring buds

Spring buds #122/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

3 seasons in one

3 seasons in one - #121/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

More Champion

I heard a great Haiti charity song just this week on my friend's blog - it was a very gritty version of the classic, I Put a Spell On You.  As you may be aware, I'm a big of a band called Champion and I have all their albums.  As I was looking on iTunes for the track, on the first page of hits of I Put a Spell On You, I noticed Champion had a version of the song as a single.  Nice surprise coincidence.

Wet street abstract

Wet street abstract - #120/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Philth(y)

A friend of mine in university once gave me the nickname Philthy.  For the record, she was a rather sloppy character herself.  I named a soccer team The Philthy Kickers and my first ultimate team I put together was called The Philthy Flyers.  My CKMS radio show was called The Philthy Show.  The name morphed into just Philth and some people still call me that moniker. My mom was never a fan of the name and today the name is perhaps a little like a poorly chosen tattoo you got when you were drunk once.  It's cool sometimes, but not really appropriate for someone who works in an office and has two children.  PJMixer seems much more my style these days.  Although I see the name quite often in my neighbourhood because there's a bar called Philthy McNastys, I was quite surprised to see that there are lots of references to Philth and Philthy on the internet.


I was at the Champion concert last night and DJ Champion (Max) was wearing a bright yellow t-shirt with Club Filth on it.

TMZ

My wife was talking about music sensation Justin Bieber this morning.  I'd never heard of him before, it seems this young kid is just massive these days.  I guess my wife was doing a little research to find out what all the fuss was about, so she tells me about some stuff about him on a web site called TMZ.  Again, I've never heard of TMZ.


On the walk to the subway, I'm listening to Hedley's song Cha-ching (I saw their performance at the Olympics closing ceremony) on my iPod and he sings "watch TMZ".

Misstress Barbara

Mistress Barbara - #119/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Opening for Champion and Beast at The Guvernment.

Andy

Andy - stranger #45 and daily photo #118/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.



On my walk to the subway, I occasionally see this gentleman walking the other way wearing an Arsenal hat.  I'm an Arsenal fan.  Arsenal are one of the top football (you may say soccer) teams in the world.  I've been meaning to stop and talk to him and take his photo for my 100 Stranger project and today was a perfect opportunity as Arsenal had qualified for the quarter finals of the Champions League just yesterday.

He name is Andy and he's been an Arsenal fan for about 4 years which is about the same time I've been following The Gunners.  He remembers watching the 2004 World Cup and loving the game, not to mention the lack of commercial interruption !  He's originally from England too, but was only 3 when he came to Canada, although it seemed he hadn't really felt the football in his blood until 2004.  His family were Crystal Palace supporters and Andy wanted to support a London team, so he chose Arsenal.  We talked enthusiastically about Arsenal, football and sports in general for quite some time.

He hadn't seen yesterday's game, but reads a lot about football on the BBC's web site.  Andy loves the world of football, the UK newspaper headlines, the big business aspects, the politics, the personal rivalries, and the complexity of the various leagues (especially relegation scenarios - where would the Leafs be playing if the NHL had relegation?) and international competitions.  And of course, the passion of the fans.  He compared what he'd seen at a Univesity of Michigan (American) football game, the singing, chants and crowd participation with what is common with football (soccer) in most parts of the world.  He'd seen a lower league Colchester game a few years ago on a visit back to England and commented on the football way of life, traditions and importance of football at all club levels.  I couldn't help connecting his comments to some of by blog posting about football, especially pjmixer.blogspot.com/2007/07/passion-of-football.html.

He finds that hockey is full of chippy violence today and recalls there was far less violence when he used to watch the "original 6" play.  Another reason he now focuses his time on football.

Andy is #45 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com. 

Chinatown multiples

Chinatown multiples - #117/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Submitted for blogTO's 99cent CONTACT project.

Soaking up early March warmth

Soaking up early March warmth - #116/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Trashy collection

Trashy collection - #115/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Coconut to coconut

Coconut to coconut - #114/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

AGO Galleria Italia

AGO Galleria Italia - #113/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

2 minutes to go - Ryerson Engineering 2010 Charity Bug Push for Sick Kids

2 minutes to go - #112/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.


See the set Ryerson Engineering 2010 Charity Bug Push for Sick Kids for the full story.


I heard about this great charity event on the radio and made a point to go out and capture a few shots when they wrapped up their 24 hours on Thursday March 4, 2010.

Josh was the spokesperson for the group and the one in most of my photos. There was a large group of Ryerson University students on the committee and they had about 30 people help with the 24 hour push. They even got some people just passing by to help push for a little while. This was the 8th year Ryerson has done this and the 2nd year for this 1957 VW Bug. They had a pretty serious emergency this time around when the axle broke, in the last shot in the set you can see how they fixed it - the amazing thing, Josh fixed this while lying on his stomach as the guys continued to push it around the loop (and keeping with rule that the car had to keep for 24 hours).

Next year, they plan to have a bigger sound system. Well done lads. 

Concert announcement, Echo, PIL and Massive Attack

Just saw some very interesting concert announcements for Toronto.


Down beat electronica, hoping for more than just a DJ set, decent ensemble players and mix of singers (a la Thievery Corp.) would be nice

Massive Attack Sound Academy Toronto, ON Fri, 05/07/10 more dates   03/05/10

Johhny's back...


Public Image LTD
Kool Haus
Toronto, ON
Fri, 05/07/10

  03/06/10

Old time alternative...

Echo and the Bunnymen
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Toronto, ON
Fri, 04/23/10

  03/06/10

100's and 1000's of strangers

I've been doing a photo project called 100 Strangers for about 9 months now and I'm up to over 40 strangers.  I  met Pam, #43 on Monday night before my ultimate game.  He talked about a lot of different things, including 100 Strangers and she told about her friend, Hilary Leung and his 1000 Stranger project.  Hilary takes photos of people in public spaces, then draws an illustration of that person.  He is exhibiting his work at a gallery starting this week on Queen West in Toronto - see his blog and website for details.  What a cool coincidence.

Heart of Glass

I have a playlist on my iPod that contains recently downloaded tracks.  Along with some new releases from Phoenix and The Courteeners (both great albums), I also just downloaded my 2 favourite hit tracks from Blondie's classic Parallel Lines album.  So as I'm listening to shuffled tracks from this playlist this morning on the way to work, I hear the line " all the girls singing Blondie with heart of glass"" from The Courteeners' Good Time are Calling.  Blondie had come to mind recently because of a few new bands that had some of that Blondie early new-wave sound.  So I had downloaded Heart of Glass and One Way or Another and those tracks were in the 41 song playlist.  Next track that my iPod automatically selected in the shuffle, Heart of Glass.  Beautiful.

Spartacus

I was channel surfing the other night and paused briefly on The Rat Pack on HBO Canada.  I wasn't that interested, so I was ready to flick to another another station.  Instead if going through the on-screen guide, I was using the Info button so I could just scroll up and down to other channels.  Just as I heard one of the characters say something about "Spartacus", I hit Info and went to the next station and is showed Spartacus: Blood and Sand on The Movie Network.  Nice one Spartacus.

Oakville boats awaiting

Oakville boats awaiting - #111/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Reed grass corner

Reed grass corner = #110/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Dundas Street West March sunset

Dundas Street West March sunset - #109/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

The importance of sport, The Olympics or your local footy team

Photo from www.ctvolympics.ca

 

The 2010 Olympic Winter Games wrapped up yesterday with a massive party right across Canada as the Men's hockey team clinched the gold medal and put Canada in the history books with the most medals of a host nation in the Winter games.  After a fantastic, but stressful overtime win, I had tears in my eyes and joined my family for a quick walk along Yonge street to take in the party atmosphere.  I caught a few good photos and then finished off the evening watching the closing ceremonies.  I thought they were really good, especially with the comical, clever and heart warming opening in light of the mechanical failure during the opening ceremonies.  I thought the comedic segment was kind of quirky, but it worked for me (but not sure if the rest of world appreciated it as much).  The musical finale was ok and pretty representative of popular music here in Canada.  I managed to see many of the Canadian medals live and must say I'm very proud to call myself Canadian and proud of all the athletes wearing the Maple Leaf.

Now, on to point of this blog post.  I believe that sport is the one thing we have in this world that consistently and unequivocally brings people together.  And I don't just mean at the global level of the Olympics or the Wold Cup.  In every town and city all over the world, people get together every week to play and celebrate sport.  For me, I have an ultimate (frisbee) game tonight.  Although sometimes it's a little hard to go out in the dead of winter for a late night game, once on the field, there are few places I'd rather be.  When I have to miss a game, it is very disappointing and takes a little chunk out of the valuable stuff in my life.

As I've stated previously, sport can bring a whole nation together for a common goal and we all share in the glory of victory or the agony of defeat.  When it's our local teams, the same rule applies, but on a smaller scale,  and after a hard fought game on your own sports field, the thrill of sport can create new meaningful, friendships.  There's a lot you can learn from the sports field, hey, that's why there's so many sports analogies for life.  But remember, life lessons also come from playing fair and having respect for your opponents.  I prefer team sports over playing an individual sport or working out at the gym.   One reason is the camaraderie, but the other is the feeling of commitment, the team needs you and you need them.  It's a lot easier to give yourself a break and not go to the gym when you're too tired or it's not convenient.  There has to be something pretty significant for me (family mostly) for me to tell my team I can't make the game. 

Could it be that sport in modern times has taken over the team building and fellowship of going to war ?  You may be able to say that world charities and coming together to help out victims of devastating disasters is a decent analogy to fighting evil and protecting those less fortunate, but you can't really count on (nor do you want to) have an natural disaster or deathly disease fundraiser every week.  That's just way too depressing.  But it's healthy and a valuable part of living, to fight for a common goal with our fellow men and women.  

In the closing official words on the Olympics, they ask for youth to reassemble in 4 years for the next games.  We need this regularity in our, often times chaotic lives.  We need to cheer on our local professional sports team throughout the season and follow all the highs and lows of the campaign.  We need to play with our teammates once a week to experience the unfiltered emotion of the playing field.  After each game, whether we win or lose, don't we always say "see you next week" ?  Take a photograph of a team after they've played together and you'll see a consistent look of joy, weariness, disappointment or relief.  You're rarely see hatred or loathing, or an expression on one face that differs to the expression of their teammates.  We're in this together and we'll bravely share the outcome.  Some people don't like the pressure of team sports, I feel that they just haven't found the right sport or group of players.  And a book or camera club just don't deliver the same things in your life. Take the worst guy on your team for instance.  You're not going to ostracize this guy, you need him to pitch in and play the best he can.  And you'll help him improve and yell words of encouragement from the sidelines.  What if your job was like that ?

But why stress youth ?  Maybe because we're in danger of losing the value of team sports in our society today as kids turn to more individual pursuits on their game consoles.  Maybe, the lack of team sports today is the cause behind the growth of gang violence ?  Gangs after all, fill the need to fight with your brother against a common enemy.  And this is perhaps why the line grays a little between team passion, national loyalty and bigotry, intolerance and hatred toward your opponent.  Occasionally we lose the plot and forget to acknowledge the skill and determination of the other team when they gain the upper hand one day.  And that unfortunately turns into violence on the field, nasty chants from the stands or post game hooliganism in our cities.  

Kids, join a team, it's good for you to play hard for your team, trust me.  But remember be as good a loser as winner, you can't win all the time.  And play fair. There are many kids in the world today that do want to play sport, but sadly many of them don't have the opportunity.  And that's why I contribute to Right to Play.

There is a lot more I think I could write on this subject, but that'll have to wait to another time.  Game on.

More photo sources:

Megapixel men of the mountain - photography at the Olympics.

Official photos from Vancouver.

Some spectacular Olympic shots from The Big Picture (Boston.com)

Yonge Street celebrates Olympic Gold

Yonge Street celebrates Olympic Gold - #108/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Olympic gold inspired

Olympic gold inspiration - #107/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Quiet cosmetic colour

Quiet cosmetic colour - #106/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

The man behind the camera

The man behind the camera - #105/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Commuting choices

Commuting choices - #104/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Blue dog smirk

Blue dog smirk - #103/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Avatar and the TTC

Quite a weird coincidence. This afternoon, I got my ticket to see Avatar tonight.  ON a completely unrelated online activity I'm looking for how to get a to a friend's house in Scarborough and I type in ttc.com (guessing on the URL for the Toronto Transit Commission).  It takes me to http://ttc.com/index.html which has an embedded image of Avatar and the company's tech connection to the movie.  Wow.

Snowy West Side CNE

Snowy West Side CNE, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Not bad for handheld at 1/5 sec (with VR).

Moe. No.

I'm watching a concert on HDNet - it's a band called moe..  Never heard of them before.  I was been enjoying their rock sound, very good musicians, some nice on-stage energy, interesting progressions and catchy rhythms. Then I heard one of their singers.  Sorry dudes, that's probably why I haven't heard of you.  No offense, especially from this bloke who can't sing happy birthday, but vocals are very poor.  I'm not drawn to singers, nor pay a lot of attention to lyrical content, but holding these guys up as an example, it just shows how important a good voice is to the success of any band.  I sampled a few tracks on their web site, big on the instrumental laden tracks, vocals again weak.  Another singer now singing on HDNet.  No better.  If these guys had a decent voice up front, we'd probably hear more from them.

Sunnybrook veteran's inukshuk

Sunnybrook veteran's inukshuk, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Lamborghini Gallardo

Lamborghini Gallardo - #101/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

At the Canadian Auto Show.

Bodyworlds

My wife and I went to see the Bodyworlds exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre today.  I had missed a previous exhibit, so I made sure I didn't miss this second chance.  The exhibit was much more comprehensive than I thought it would be.  This specific exhibit focused on the heart, but (I imagine) like the other exhibits it presents all parts of the human body in real life graphic detail.  I found that I had many, many questions about the human body, medicine, disease and the process of plastination.  I kept asking my wife (BSci in micro-biology), but the macro questions were perhaps rather newbie or out of scope for her.  Unfortunately photography was not allowed, but it was actually nice to just take our time (2 hours) and enjoy the exhibit rather than be distracted by trying to photograph it.   The written descriptions were quite technical, but really weren't enough to explain what exactly I was looking at and left me with more questions.  There were audio guides but we didn't purchase them.  After the exhibit we bought the book and the DVD, so I'm hoping those will fill in many of the details and they include lots of beautiful and very educational pictures.


The exhibit gives you a very special opportunity to view the internals of real human bodies and body parts up close.  Based on the quiet reading and intensive viewing of other viewers, I wasn't alone in being awestruck by the exhibit.  I don't think I've ever been to an exhibit where almost everyone was reading almost every description and viewing every piece.  It was marvelous, but rather overwhelming.  It was good to hear many comments from people educated in human anatomy and physiology, but once again, I wanted to stop and ask them lots of questions.  I also wondered how many people were taking notes on what their bodies could look like as smokers, drinkers or fatties.  Along with technical descriptions they were some wonderful quotes from deep thinkers and artists about the human heart and the one that got my attention was about optimism or pessimism.  It went something like pessimism is a bigger cause of death than age or heart disease.  Having trouble finding the exact quote or fact.


The human body is just a massively complex, but perfect machine.  I don't think we do a good job taking care of it in our lives, but amazingly it's pretty resilient.  However, in the end, we just wear it out.  Be good to your body, give it some lovin', be proud of it and respect it.  Santé.

Imperfect passions

For a while now, I've been hearing talk about the importance of following your passions in life.  Or for those still a little lost or in a mid-life crisis, maybe truly discovering what your passion is.  We all know life is short and if you can spend a good chunk of time focused on what you love the most, then you're going to be happy puppy.  Furthermore, if you manage to devote your working life to your passion, then you're most likely to be better at your job and enjoy your working life much more than the average Johnny.


But what is a passion ?  Formally, in the context I'm referring to, it is: a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music; or the object of such a fondness or desire: Music became a passion with him.  Over some deep conversation over lunch at the pub with my wife today. I suggested that one way to think about what you are passionate about is if you have an afternoon off work and nothing else you have to do, what would you do ?  I would assume that a person with a passion would have no trouble saying they'd paint, or another person would say they'd play golf.  


But what if someone has many things they're enthusiastic about or have lots of activities they love doing ?  Is it fair to say they have many passions in life.  Are people who have more than one or many passions less passionate about any one of those passions.  I'm one of these people.


I love finding and listening to new music.  I'm enthusiastic about photography.  I really enjoy watching football and playing ultimate.  Skiing and golf are great days out and of course, I always want to travel more.


So I said to my wife, if I had an afternoon free, I'd probably do something I miss doing.  That could be one of my passions I've perhaps been neglecting or maybe just something a love to do that falls short of being a true passion.  Today, if I had the afternoon free, I'd go and see a movie.  Of course, some things require the right timing and preparation, but putting that aside to try and make a point, I'd choose a movie over listening to music or doing a photo project.  How can I then say I'm really passionate about photography or music if I'd consciously decide to do something else ?  So this worries be a little and chips away at those grandiose theorems about what makes us happy.  Would following my "passion" and becoming a professional photographer really make me happy.  What if I could listen to music all day, find new bands, promote concerts and festivals and  be able to see the best bands in the world on a regular basis.  Sounds perfect for me right ?  Maybe not.  Am I spreading myself too thin, not focused enough to really appreciate the things I love ?  Am I destined to flirt with a pocket full of passions.  Well, put that way, it sounds kind of nice.

She got me with her eyes

She got me with her eyes - #100/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Delta tabletop winter flora

Delta tabletop winter flora - #99/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Flurry of colour

Flurry of colour - #98/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Back home focusing on her Olympic experience

Back home focusing on her Olympic experience - #97/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

My wife returned home from the Olympics today. We caught up on her wonderful experience, especially being at the Men's moguls to witness Canada's first gold medal at home. We watched a little of the opening ceremonies at home tonight recorded from her video camera. I was trying to capture her simple joy and memory of personally experiencing one of the world's biggest sporting events.

Gold Medal Tower

Gold Medal Tower, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Music menu

One of the ways I align my (wide) music tastes with my life is to listen to specific genres and tempos at specific times of the day.  I don't always do this and not always have my say in what music is played at home, but when I do have the turntable, and when I'm not fussy on specific bands or newer versus older tracks, then I switch on a few large, tailored playlists to fill the specific music gap in the day.   To do this my way, you need to have a pretty good grasp on genre assignments and upbeat/mellow settings.  For instance, I've been able to narrow the number of genres down to 22 and I use the Grouping attribute to indicate whether the track is mellow or upbeat.  My library isn't perfect and I don't necessarily categorize and rate tracks my wife or kids download, but for me it works quite well.

My music genres (with some examples) are:

• Rock/pop - U2, Robbie Williams
• Rock and Punk - AC/DC, The Clash
• Modern Rock and Alternative - Arctic Monkeys, Metric
• New Wave and Early Alternative - New Order, Talking Heads
• Pop, Idol and Kids -Spice Girls, Miley Cyrus
• Pop/Rock - The Script, The Beatles
• Folk/Rock - Devendra Banhart, Diane Birch
• Country - Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton
• Electronica - Thievery Corporation, Morcheeba
• Dance - Tiesto, Madonna
• Hip Hop and Rap - Timbaland, Lauryn Hill
• R&B - Mary J. Blige, James Morrison
• Reggae and World Music - UB40, Matisyahu
• Jazz vocal - Madelaine Peyroux, Ella Fitzgerald
• Jazz instrumental - Chris Botti, John Coltrane
• Blues - B.B. King, Susan Tedeschi
• Soul - Joss Stone, Duffy
• Soundrack - instrumental scores mostly, like Big Night and Snatch
• Classical
• Opera
• Comedy
• Christmas

So, for instance in the morning, the playlist is of course mellow, and I exclude genres like R&B, Hip Hop and Electronica.  Late/easy evenings is mellow again, but excluding Folk/Rock and most Rock categories.  For me, I can't picture listening to Madonna on a quiet Sunday morning or The Beatles when I'm tired and having a night cap.  Of course, there are many more times in the day and music appropriate for different mealtimes, e.g. some get up and go music on a weekday morning (upbeat rock/pop for instance); heading to your hockey or ultimate game (upbeat dance or punk); or jazz instrumental and mellow soul during dinner.

So how about the following menu for this coming Friday ?

• Some gentle mellow folk/rock to greet the day, then changing folk/.rock to upbeat mode during breakfast time and some upbeat new wave for the commute.  
• Over lunch, we go with the blues.  
• Heading home we get urban with some upbeat hip hop & rap, but change to mellow R&B as appertizers are prepared.  
• Some jazz vocal and mellow modern rock and alternative (to keep the kids interested) over dinner, followed by some upbeat soul for dessert.  
• Drinks with candlelight with mellow electronica to finish your day.  

Custom music menus available by request.  Bon Appetit.

Where I find new (old) music: Part 3 - iTunes Genius

I just switched on iTunes Genius.  I have used it in the past, but haven't used it since getting our MacBook over a year ago.  There a few people who think that sharing your iTunes library is a little concerning (including my wife), but I don't see any big worry, especially considering all the other stuff I share online about myself.  The one thing I do do (yes, I said do do) is to clear the comments field for the music I have purchased from gray Russian sites.

So, with Genius, you can simply pick a track and hit the Genius button and it will create a new playlist from your library based on a set of magical and mystical attributes from iTunes users world wide.  For me, with a iTunes library that is large, but not very fat, it gives me a refreshing way to create a fresh playlist with forgotten old tracks, mixed with new tracks looking for a home.  It also has a sidebar with purchase recommendations that is good for those people who don't have a large library or those looking for new stuff.

The latest release of iTunes also creates some automatic genre based Genius Mixes with funky names like Neo-Soul, Surf/Garage Revival and Electro-Pop. 

I think the feature is definitely worth switching on and playing with for big music fans.

Another feature in iTunes that I haven't used much is the iTunes iMix, I've uploaded one as a test, but not published yet.  I may spend a little time composing a few if there is an audience out there for my tastes in music. 

Sepia Valentine's Day

Sepia Valentine's Day, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Mini Alley

Mini Alley, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Vancouver 2010 Olympics from the comfort of my couch

Vancouver 2010 Olympics from the comfort of my couch - #93/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Try to spot my wife - just right of the tunnel at the top of the shot !

Oliverio

Oliverio - stranger #41 and daily photo #92/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

I had a 4 day business trip to Orlando, Florida this week.  We were staying at The Grand Floridian, one of Disney's older properties.  As we were waiting for our shuttle bus to take us back to the airport I spotted what I thought was the best dressed staff / "cast member" I'd seen during my stay.  Oliverio is originally from Manhattan and has been working at Disney in Orlando for 18 years.  He started out helping transport guests from one resort to another and is now the head doorman for the Grand Floridian.  He's seen Presidents Clinton and Bush visit the hotel and met many celebrities.  He once met Oprah in her slippers.  She got into her limo and apologized for her casual look - she'd just got up an hour ago !  Oliverio said she was so down to earth.  The weather was cold during the week, but Oliverio didn't mind at all and it reminded him a little of NY, it helped of course, that he was dressed for it !

Oliverio is also #41 in my 100 stranger project.

Disney Palm morning

Disney Palm morning - #91/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Disney morning

Disney morning - #90/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Disney wedding Rolls

Disney wedding Rolls - #89/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Yard collection

Yard collection - #88/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Mississauga suburban vista with self-silhouette

Mississauga suburban vista with self-silhouette - #87/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Psychedelic Friday

Driving home from my barber's, my son and I hear The Stones' Sympathy for the Devil (live version).  During pre-dinner music-mixing with my daughter, I request Trout (Nenah Cherry and Michael Stipe) to be added to the playlist.

I sit down to watch Tropic Thunder on-demand on TMN later in the evening - it gets funnier as the movie progresses.  The source track of Trout (Steppenwolf's The Pusher) is on the soundtrack along with Sympathy for the Devil.

Very psychedelic.

Ashley, my barber

Ashley, my barber - #86/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Cold blue crossing

Cold blue crossing - #85/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Sunset Sunnybrook drive home stop

Sunset Sunnybrook drive home stop - #84/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Late walk look

Late walk look - #83/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Small cheat - the auto in-camera red eye post-processing didn't work on the Fuji FinePix F200EXR for this shot so a quick fix in Photoshop did the trick.

Squeezed escape

Squeezed escape - #82/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.