var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-27669649-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @unabridgedlife)http://lifeisunabridged.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4llcyk99M1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Daydreamed with some turkey vultures today. </p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/23753746938http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/23753746938Fri, 25 May 2012 17:36:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4gl3pIe0c1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Excuse me, I think there’s an ant on your screen.</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/23593918130http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/23593918130Wed, 23 May 2012 00:43:01 -0400<p>oh, hello there.</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/22971397801http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/22971397801Sun, 13 May 2012 10:52:56 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tlqqdiCg1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tlqqdiCg1qjikrjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tlqqdiCg1qjikrjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Le Tigre’s lead JD Samsom has a really great project called <a href="http://www.menmakemusic.com/" target="_blank">MEN.</a> This is them at SXSW back in 2010. Shot on a Holga with Kodak Portra 160VC 120, presumably with a flash filtered by a rolling paper, otherwise unedited.</span></p> <p><span>//WHY PROCREATE   </span><br/><span>AND OVERPOPULATE</span><br/><span>THERE’S INSECURITY </span><br/><span>QUESTIONING OUR LIBERTY</span><br/><span> </span><br/><span>I’M GONNA FUCK MY FRIENDS</span><br/><span>I’M GONNA FUCK MY FRIENDS</span><br/><span>I’M GONNA FUCK MY FRIENDS</span><br/><span>TO GET A LITTLE TINY BABY</span><br/><br/><span>RAISE OUR KIDS</span><br/><span>RADICAL POLITICS</span><br/><span>SONTAG IN THE CRIB</span><br/><span>LOOSE JOINTS LULLABY </span><br/><br/><span>WE WANT SOME OPTIONS  </span><br/><span>THERE IS A WAY</span><br/><span>WHY DON’T YOU ADOPT </span><br/><span>BORROW SOMEONE’S COCK</span><br/><span>CALL UP THE BANK </span><br/><span>WE ALL SCREAM NOW!</span></p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/22789554089http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/22789554089Thu, 10 May 2012 14:52:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tle5CaHo1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tle5CaHo1qjikrjo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tle5CaHo1qjikrjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tle5CaHo1qjikrjo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tle5CaHo1qjikrjo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tle5CaHo1qjikrjo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>.75 cents camera shots on expired Fuji Superia Extra 400 that had been through hell and back before I rescued it. God, Texas is such a weird fucking state.</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/22789216384http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/22789216384Thu, 10 May 2012 14:44:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m32a92AygC1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><br/><span>“On soft Spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars - Something good will come out of all things yet - And it will be golden and eternal just like that - There’s no need to say another word.” </span></p> </blockquote>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/21818423344http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/21818423344Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:48:38 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jnz4HYuj1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>The Resemblance Between Your Life and a Dog</em></p> <p>I never intended to have this life, believe me -</p> <p>It just happened. You know how dogs turn up</p> <p>At a farm, and they wag but can’t explain.</p> <p>It’s good if you can accept your life - you’ll notice</p> <p>Your face has become deranged trying to adjust</p> <p>To it. Your face thought your life would look</p> <p>Like your bedroom mirror when you were ten.</p> <p>That was a clear river touched by mountain wind.</p> <p>Even your parents can’t believe how much you’ve changed.</p> <p>Sparrows in winter, if you’ve ever held one, all feathers,</p> <p>Burst out of your hand with a fiery glee.</p> <p>You see them later in hedges. Teachers praise you,</p> <p>But you can’t quite get back to the winter sparrow.</p> <p>Your life is a dog. He’s been hungry for miles.</p> <p>Doesn’t particularly like you, but gives up, and comes in.</p> <p> Robert Bly</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/21178261567http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/21178261567Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:30:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jnf7p65p1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#insomnia #selfportrait</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/21177511203http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/21177511203Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:18:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1u39zVr3x1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/20333355192http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/20333355192Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:03:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k7zzDuoZ1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My sister and nephew surprised me with a visit this afternoon. Of course I had to take some photographs of the little guy. #makeshiftbeautydish</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/20020786827http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/20020786827Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:09:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1igakj00u1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I went on a nature walk today and met the most righteous Terrapene carolina. The little guy was munching on some blades of fresh, spring grass in a the middle of a Virginian Bluebell (Mertensia virginica) patch. He was so content as I sat there with him for a moment before taking his picture and bidding farewell. I thought of the Einstein quote:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="body">“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”</span><span><br/></span></p> </blockquote> <p><span>Albert Einstein was a true sage.</span></p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19969738104http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19969738104Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:13:32 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1h0nwfl1U1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>To my lovely friend Alex Feather Elizabeth, whose inner beauty shows on the outside too.</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19934732666http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19934732666Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:38:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m188hr7g3c1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Camping with Dave in the Ocala National Forest. A fine, fine forest. </p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19673502118http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19673502118Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:49:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m159ytyeXT1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m159ytyeXT1qjikrjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m159ytyeXT1qjikrjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m159ytyeXT1qjikrjo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m159ytyeXT1qjikrjo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>it is spring.</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19580195301http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19580195301Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:28:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m12gkpTRhH1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m12gkpTRhH1qjikrjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m12gkpTRhH1qjikrjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m12gkpTRhH1qjikrjo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m12gkpTRhH1qjikrjo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m12gkpTRhH1qjikrjo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Where ever I go in a 1000 towns, I know who I can count on,<br/>my shadow.</p> <p>Whatever I learn by the end of the day, I know who I can turn to,</p> <p>my shadow.</p> <p>Whatever I read into a masterpiece, the last of a dead breed.</p> <p>Bitter for sweet I am not complete witihout you here to haunt me,</p> <p>my shadow.</p> <p>Shadow, I will count to 3, any fool can see you belong to me,</p> <p>shadow.</p> <p>Any fool can hope, any fool can love, it is not enough,</p> <p>shadow.</p> <p>Shadow lets just close our eyes, on the count of 10, lets start over again</p> <p>Shadow I will count to 3. Any fool can see you belong to me.</p> <p>Shadow, any fool can hope, any fool can love, it is not enough, shadow.</p> <p>Where ever I go at the end of the day, I know who I can turn too.</p> <p><a href="http://wizardsoftheghost.bandcamp.com/track/my-shadow" target="_blank">paleo</a></p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19499544848http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19499544848Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:58:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcvpuGU31qjikrjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcvpuGU31qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcvpuGU31qjikrjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcvpuGU31qjikrjo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcvpuGU31qjikrjo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>We go down to that corner when our heavy hearts have heard the sound</p> <p>Down to that corner, and the next you know we are down for the count </p> <p>And there are oceans in our shoes, and the way the mountains move</p> <p>As the earth is split in two, we all fall down</p> <p><span>We go down to that corner when our heavy hearts have heard the sound</span></p> <p><span>Down to that corner, and the next you know we are down for the count </span></p> <p><span>And there are oceans in our shoes, and the way the mountains move</span></p> <p><span>As the earth is split in two, we all fall down</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><a href="http://theseunitedstates.net/" target="_blank"><a href="http://theseunitedstates.net/" target="_blank">http://theseunitedstates.net/</a></a> (<-dig that real deep)</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19169803404http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19169803404Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:04:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcbd2FG11qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcbd2FG11qjikrjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcbd2FG11qjikrjo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rcbd2FG11qjikrjo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19169405275http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19169405275Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:52:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbzxrVky1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbzxrVky1qjikrjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbzxrVky1qjikrjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19169174405http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19169174405Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:45:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbj13Jog1qjikrjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbj13Jog1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbj13Jog1qjikrjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>All day, all night. </p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19168821656http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19168821656Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:35:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbe3xpqG1qjikrjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbe3xpqG1qjikrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rbe3xpqG1qjikrjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Spring in New York</p>http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19168714964http://lifeisunabridged.com/post/19168714964Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:32:00 -0400