Learn Some Physics

Before cats on the internet were so cool

I want to be this guy when I grow up

Official Chatter: To Beard

jessica: http://vimeo.com/13664547 thought u might enjoy this

derek: i can’t believe they’re not perpetually being tickled by their own beards

jessica: hahahaha did you see the part where they have to wear bear nets?

beard

derek: HAHA JUST SAW THAT

So aside from the pretty-good production value (interview with director here), which, irish jig natch, observe BEARD NET @ 3:43.

Walk Home Project Pre-Game

Working on a project. Will release if/when it starts to snow in DC.

Possible Future Pulitzer-Winning Novels

The Unequivocal Seamstress SYNOPSIS: A young man dreams of becoming a world-renown fashion designer, but is prevented from doing so by a genetically-inherited verbal stutter and a crippling addition to the words ‘soliloquy,’ ‘lasciviousness’ and ‘chroococcaceous.’ Deeply distressed by his successlessness, the man eventually finds himself 43, single and working as a tailor in a small Virginia backwater, occasionally venting his frustrations by embroidering matching-color curse words in the hems of the pants that rich people hire him to shorten… erstwhile seeking redemption.

The Vagina Whisperer SYNOPSIS: TBD

Buy These Photos (For Charity)

Leave/Fall. $75, 20×20 mounted (all four on a single mount)

“And again he thought the thought we already know: Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which are bad is that in a given situation we can make only one decision; we are not granted a second, third, or fourth life in which to compare various decisions.” -Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

I’m usually not one to sell my pictures.

In fact, as far as the business of photography goes I am probably the least-inclined person I can think of that manages to derive some portion of their income through photography. That is because if anyone else were below me on that spectrum, they would be out of business and doing other things (accounting? anesthesiology?).

Even my mom told me that. I think it was a year ago. I was home for Thanksgiving and our family was going through something of a rough patch, with my dad out of work for over a year (he’s a computer engineer in the Silicon Valley, aging, and lacks a convincing grasp of the English spoken language–quite hard to hire these days, I understand). My mom, being the main breadwinner of the family at the time, must have felt justified when she told me “you’re just like your dad. Smart, honest, just no good at making money.”

I like to think I’m fairly dishonest thank you, but she nailed me on that second part. Which is why I’m lucky to have a full-time job! And health benefits now, Safe! And now that I have actual income (which is sort of disturbing, and another blog post altogether) I’ve decided to do some sales.