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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Day 365/365 - La Fin, Enfin



And so my 365 project ends as it began, with me standing in front of the Capitol building and sticking out my tongue. When I started this project I fully expected to get bored and give up after a month. Then, when I hit the 3 month point, it started to become a grind. There was no way I was giving up then, however, and rendering the three months of effort to that point worthless. Oddly enough, I think I'm more pleased with myself for not missing a single day than I am for completing the project.

Here's the tally of the photos I took over the course of my project (although given how bad I am at math these numbers are probably more approximate than they are accurate):

Shots featuring me, in whole, in part, or in reflection - 100
Shots taken in restaurants/bars - 25
Shots about plays - 24
Shots at baseball games - 21
Shots including books/magazines/newspapers - 20
Shots about movies - 15
Shots about concerts - 13
Shots in museums/galleries - 12

Plus 4 Navy football games, 2 parades, 2 kickball games, 2 operas, 1 Navy basketball game, 1 circus, 1 carnival, 1 roller derby, 1 Cirque du Soleil and a week in Venice, an Alaskan cruise, four trips to New York City, and one trip to Houston.

No partridge in a pear tree, though. Still, it was a pretty damn good year. Thanks for letting me share it with you.

The End

(Taken with my Nikon Coolpix S200)

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Day 1/365 - Inauguration



For the inaugural shot of my 365 Project, I decided to use a self-portrait of me being silly in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. My office is two blocks SW of the Capitol and although I've been working in DC for ten years now, seeing that gleaming white dome never gets old.

I've been toying with the idea of a 365 project for a while and thought I'd wait until a special occasion like New Year's Day or my birthday to start, but then I remembered that every day you're alive is a special occasion. Plus, after thinking about it I realized that today is the 14th anniversary of my honorable discharge from the Navy. I don't regret joining the Navy, but I don't regret leaving it either.

I figure my personal liberation day is definitely worth commemorating.

(Taken with my Nikon Coolpix S200)