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8.02.2011, Tue

categories: baltimore, life

I went to Baltimore this past weekend and took picture of a wedding for an old friend of mine. It was the first wedding I’ve ever done photography for and I didn’t imagine it would be so fun.

Baltimore made me nostalgic for the time when I lived in places that weren’t the desert. I got to enjoy 90+ degree weather plus buckets-full of humidity. I got to be around different types of trees that weren’t palm trees. I got to see buildings that have been around since this country was first officially named its own country.

My trip to Baltimore was a pleasant experience that gave me at least one extra subject to think about as my 6-month lease comes to a close at the end of this month.

Pictures of the wedding will pop up on here soon. But first, I have to get pictures from last week to one of my most awesome paying customers. The virtue for me this week from Benjamin Franklin’s 13 virtues is Order. “Let all your things have their places; Let each part of your business have its time.” (Link to app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bens-virtues/id333333687)

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4.09.2011, Sat

Who Are You?

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categories: insane ideas, life

One of the ideas I consider all the time is how I can’t really see myself unless I look in a mirror or take a picture. So I never really know what I look like or how other people see me. I started relating that to my personality. How the way that I think about myself is probably very different than other people think about me. And how my personality is simply how I choose to act when I am around other people.

I can make that choice consciously and decide how I want to act around other people. Or I can let my personality be chosen subconsciously by agreeing with people who told me how I should be and never thinking about how I want to present my self to other people.

I believe it is possible to decide how I want to act and act that way. I believe people do it all the time. Everywhere I go, I see people that can be easily labeled. And what’s wrong with that?

I bet it’s a blast to see an intriquing personality type and decide to become that. Then one day, decide to pick up a different personality and play a different character for a while. That sounds like fun!

And who can tell me not to be who I want to be?

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4.05.2011, Tue

Reminiscing for Fun and Profit

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category: life

Can reminiscing lead to a happier life?

Every now and then, I use some of my time to reminisce on different stages in my life. I’ve noticed that I focus way more on the awesome things that happened rather than focusing on the things I considered dreadful.

Every phase of my life is a time that I can recreate in my mind (or wherever). I’ve learned that I use that time to think about how much I enjoyed the billions of things that had happened, people I’d met, food I’d eaten, and lessons I’d learned. Even in situations that were less desirable than I hoped, I can recall tons of instances that I’m glad I was there for.

Currently I make an effort to focus more of my attention on the things I want rather than the things I don’t. The people who use my ceiling as their floor have a huge dog. Sometimes the sounds like all of Santa’s reindeer are being pursued by an American Werewolf in London. I get to choose how I respond to everything and I also know that in 20 years, I’ll look back and laugh at that situation even though I could choose to let it make me miserable. It’s not worth my time to think about since it doesn’t really affect anything about my life in the end.

What times in your life do you look back on and remember as being amazing even if the entire situation wasn’t ideal? What made it so amazing to you?

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4.03.2010, Sat

One Hundred Pushups

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categories: change, friends, life, workout

For ANYONE to be able to complete 100 consecutive pushups in 6 weeks sounds impossible. But I’ve done quite a few things that I once thought impossible (polyphasic sleep, live in South Korea, Bikram yoga) so this will be yet another adventure.

I learned about this while I was working with old friend and Detroit’s most talented rapper Stryfe Da Fantam (facebook page | official webpage). Somewhere in between the working, laughing, joking, Black Dynamite watching, and helicopter flying, he told me about how he was able to do work up to doing 100 pushups and showed me the website.

I did my initial test today and I was able to do 30 consecutive pushups. According to their guide, I get to skip to week 3. So 4 weeks from now, I’ll be able to smash my chest to the ground and push myself back up until I hit the ceiling 100 times in a row. And I’ll post a video to prove it. And even if I can’t, I’ll post a video of my failure and we can laugh at me together!

http://www.jermilsadler.com/blog/2010/04/one-hundred-pushups/

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8.04.2009, Tue

I’m Where I Never Thought I’d Ever Be

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categories: life, photography, pictures

When I go to places I never thought I’d be, I’ve found myself taking fewer pictures. Maybe I’m finally enjoying life more.