Astrolope in da bay

And more pics! This time of the return journey on the train. So relaxing. Had my DSLR on me for more practice so only got so many good photos, especially with just a 50mm. Sense this one was super ahead of schedule we had a couple smoke breaks this time.

Oh yea, forgot to post some photos from BLFC! Master DJ’d the pool, and we plus @colinbunny93.bsky.social went smacking balls at the driving range! Used his clubs to give Master his first non putt putt golf swing. I haven’t done it myself sense half a lifetime ago at my uncles house. So much fun.

Daddy’s cummies in my tummies

Huh, so it’s not that I missed the Nikon tilt shift lenses it’s that they never made any. Canon tho, they seem to have more fun over there.

When I get my 75-300 mm in I’ll be so tempted to keep it and the cam on me constantly during daylight in case I get another chance to photograph the worlds onlyist airship. This was done with my new iPhone’s 100mm cropped to about 1000mm.

Lots of turkey vultures in the neighborhood, saw what was probably a dead squirrel. Dunno if it was a car or cat but it definitely got ate up.

How dumb would it be to have one of those DSLR clip on to backpack strap things for going on scooting adventures? I mean as long as I don’t crash…. and if I do coddle it like a baby as I slide to a stop.

On the way home from lunch I saw they have the bridge/ 1-2 minutes of trail I use blocked off for an unannounced 5k run. They can just come outta no where and cut off my commute and force me on the shittiest roads with the shittiest drivers? Fuck.

Idea for fighting game character: trucker with a Sepiroth length maglite sword/club/flashlight

Oh hey, let’s this Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III is cheap! Let’s see why aaaaand it’s crap. I mean, it’s like below $100 and gotta be better than nothing? Something for the flyovers and birds.

It’s raining more today but for as little as it rained yesterday that “rain smell” was sooooo much stronger. The bay got its first rain in many months. It’s like nature released its pent up musk.

I love being master’s little cock n weed slave, hehe!

Well, tomorrow we getting half an inch of rain. On the one paw, YAY things will bloom and greenify On the other, BOOOO WETNESS

Finally got my scooter modded and fixed! Took it up to max speed quickly to confirm it will commute me to work tomorrow. Now switching the back tire should be less annoying. I did not like having to remove the battery and shove it next to cables. Never fit right after first removable.

Really need that canon 75-300mm for fly overs. That would be a sweet range. Just shot the fly over for tonight football game, was a U2 and the camera did do on par with the phone but anything over the 50mm I got now would blow every cam and lens I got out of the water.

$40 solar panel WORKED! My battery that couldn’t turn over the car before con worked perfectly after like 2 days with it attached. Drove perfectly fine. Still gonna take it in for maintenance, maybe ask for a new battery, and keep the panel attached. Then I need a cover and car wash. Shits dirty

Go to your camera roll and search for a boat.

Repost if $30k would change your life right now

Think you’re safe in a 4th story apartment away from fault zones, tornadoes and shit?? Well welcome to 2030 where a car can now kickflip into your wall for some reason. Some rich kid will roll the window down and say “sorry bro”, then kickflip away after activating a deafening vacuum fan.

So I’m going thru the manual for the canon finally and finding all these cool features. Like the completely unlabeled, barely noticeable button that closes the aperture to current settings to preview how bright things will be. Not a thing on my D3300.

Anyway back to looking at crazy VR180° lenses

Ok, gonna do it. Imma start selling my Nikon gear, practice with the Canon we got, and have my eyes on the new mirrorless R8 mkii. The DSLR will help me practice/translate my Nikon to Canon muscle memory.

So on our way from Amtrak to BART we took a free Emeryville shuttle that passed right infront of Pixar! Best way to save on an uber.

OMG also I don’t think I said it yet but our return trip had full on, like stock photo level Amish family and a couple of Tibetan monks. The only other time I can remember seeing that level of Amish was on a southwest flight and which had me you going “ok, no tech but the magic of flight is cool?”

SMH the bay is spoiled for weather and all my nearest Taco Bell’s including the one that closed has squat for outdoor seating. It’s good to chill outdoors like 90% of the year

Master said the long haul train wouldn’t be the same without me. Brings a tear to my eye, so often I think I’m nothing. Even with a room attendant doing a lot of the chores I’d be doing I’m still of value. It’s so stupid but I do need to internalize that I’m more than just physically useful.

Back at work. Not much happening, still slow, but dis bitch can bitch off. Submitted a ticket and waited less than 24 hours to ask why nothing was happening.

We had an idea for next year, sense we capital corridor’d our way to the zypher, that does mean we can do the night stay beforehand anywhere along that route. Have a peaceful night/morning somewhere between emeryville and Sacramento.

Heading into the mountains, even when we have signal I’ll be snapping photos or recovering from con. Gonna spend all the downtime at work editing these babies

I love the Amtrak crew, so much personality. My family always flew southwest cause…. Well the best deal but also these crew usually had an amount of personality and Amtrak has it on steroids. Beacon of light

Note for when I wake up: look for some kind of Siri shortcut that can tally up every zoom level my photos end up being and giving me a graph or something for future DSLR lens considerations.