23 March 2007: Sentimental

Sentimental:
- effusively or insincerely emotional
- appealing excessively to the emotions
- marked by tender, romantic or nostalgic feeling or emotion
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. ‘Sentimental’ seems to have become a dirty word. Except for that last definition – it’s kind of a ‘looking back with affection’.
Out of ideas. May have to sit this one out.
28 March: No, I didn’t have to sit it out. A chance look up on Saturday gave me this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aislinnv/437918290/

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16 March 2007: Heat

OK. I live in Scotland. It’s the middle of March. Heat? Not unless I go out and set fire to something.
Of course, there’s all kinds of other things I could go with that have heat associations. I do have some old failed shots of fire, but they’re really too bad for anyone else to see.
So, the cliched pile of chillis it is then…
22 March: Well, I tried a bunch of things. Here’s the entry I submitted: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aislinnv/430308938/ and here’s one of my alternatives: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aislinnv/430308937/

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9 March 2007: Addiction

Well, having a look through the photos that have been posted so far for this, I see a lot of people smoking. So what am I going to do? Well, I could figure out what I like that could be classed as an ‘addiction’ and use that. What do we have? My jewellery making stuff; books, maybe just cookbooks; tea (many different kinds). Other ideas? What do I think a bad addiction would feel like, and what could I use to represent that?
15 March: It hit me when I was driving home on Tuesday. Well, not literally hit me, but, well, I have a very bad habit when I’m driving: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aislinnv/422014839/

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After more than a year...

Well, the first entry on this goal was more than a year ago. Have things got any better? Not really. Oh, I do try – occasionally my brain pops up a flag: ‘oi! you’re slouching! sit/stand up straight!’ And then I do. For a while.
I guess this is something that just needs perseverance. And maybe a little tool on my desk/desktop that goes off at random intervals and says ‘oi! you’re slouching! sit up straight!’.

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2 March 2007: Alone

Well, what to do for this. I don’t think I can ‘create’ something, so I guess it’s a matter of keeping my eyes open and seeing what, if anything, presents itself. Something doesn’t have to be on its own to be alone – being the one different thing could count as being alone. Or something solitary in amongst groups? It also doesn’t have to be sad.
If nothing turns up, I think I do have a picture that would fit this – although it is a sad one.
7 March: This week, I found what I wanted for the challenge:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aislinnv/413966223/

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23 February 2007: Textured

Well, this should be fun. It’s definitely an ‘abstract’ picture. Possibly use of macro, but then again, not necessarily. I’ve taken a couple of pictures of water that would qualify for this (waves, and raindrops), but I don’t want to use them. I do have another idea, coming from breaking the word down: text-u-red. Wonder if I could do something with that? Although I bet someone already has.

1 March: Didn’t go with my idea. I went with this instead: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aislinnv/406034746/

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