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03 March 2006

Photo Friday: "Y'at!? Where ya at?" Show us pics of where you live, work, eat, play, sleep, do unmentionable things on rollerskates and pogo sticks--whatever you fancy, or whatever tells us something about you, where you exist. More Inside.
post by: shane at: 09:39 | 79 comments
Anything that strikes you about where y'at.

Cubicle decorations? Computer mascots? Posters or art in the house or apt? The coffeeshop you read the paper at every day? A beautiful (or ugly or strange) building you pass on the way to work?

The people who populate your life? Or should that be another thread?

Show us your world.

Notes:

A. This should in no way conflict with Fur Friday.

Another thing: You folks rock. Thanks.

C. See? See what?
posted by shane 03 March | 09:40
I took pictures of all the stuff I did one Saturday in January. Here.
posted by sciurus 03 March | 09:41
First and last and always.
posted by Gator 03 March | 09:46
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My desk, which is what I spend 9 hours a day staring at. I was actually viewing MeCha when I took this. On the wall behind my screen is a rasturbation of a photo I took. It makes sense if you're just outside my cube, otherwise it looks like dots. I put it up to cover some messy tears in the wall.
posted by tommasz 03 March | 09:48
See my desk pics, from the earlier thread. That's where I'm at now. : )
posted by sisterhavana 03 March | 09:48
Here is a fairly crappy photo (I don't know what's going on with the reflection off the glass) of the view out my office window. Towards the left are two lighthouses at the entrance to the port (currently closed for the season), to the right is Browns Stadium, and out of frame to the far right I can see City Hall (where I used to work), The Rock Hall, and the Great Lakes Science Center. The building directly across the street (you can see the roof on the lower right) contains a jail.

Yes, I bring binoculars to work.
posted by amro 03 March | 09:50
Oh, I neglected to metion that the large body of water is Lake Erie.
posted by amro 03 March | 09:50
This is where I live. Working from home today, Skynyrd playing loud :-)
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And this is where I work.
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X marks my approximate location. Unfortunately the windows are tinted, so no matter how good the weather is, it always looks dull looking out. The building was blown up by the IRA ten years ago.
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It's astonishing they were able to save it. They kept the same lifts & air conditioning systems when it was refurbished, both of which are usually out of action at least twice a week. False economies never pay.

posted by essexjan 03 March | 09:52
I'm going to cheat a little - here's where I am. at.
posted by Wolfdog 03 March | 09:54
Here's a pic of my bed. The blue pillow is not mine- belonged to my ex. But the cute little puppy is mine! As are the postcards on the wall.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 03 March | 09:55
Well. I had a whole big plan yesterday to do a "day in the life of" montage of photos, but then I got a horrible migraine and was taken out of commission for most of the day. So I'll have to improvise.

I live less than one mile from and drive by the campus of Pat Robertson's CBN and Regent University daily. Note the satellite dishes in the first link - Pat's insane ramblings are passing through my air!

This is where I work. Not the line of ships along the left of this photo. At the very top are the carriers - there are four based out of Norfolk and I can see them from my office window. You can tell, based on how many carriers are in port, what traffic is going to be like. Right now there are no carriers in port, and traffic is so great - 25 minutes to get home. Add 10 minutes to my commute for each one that's here.

Here's my desk from the earlier thread.

I just poked through my flickr stream and couldn't find any decent pics of home. Maybe I'll take a few tonight. I'm sure you will all bookmark this thread in anticipation.
posted by mike9322 03 March | 10:10
Okay, I'm going to cheat a bit and use a photo I already have... if I manage to take something new, I'll post it later.

This is looking from my office toward our living room; I took the shot because the sun shining through the little holes on my window's roll-down shutter was making cool patterns on the door and the wall.

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posted by taz 03 March | 10:14
THIS IS ALL SO COOL!

Heh, sciurus, that's great. I love that last photo, essexjan. These are all really cool. I remember that photo, taz--it's a great one.
posted by shane 03 March | 10:14
I took some pictures for this, but forgot to download them from my camera. Here's a ridiculous one of me standing in front of part of my bookshelf. That's pretty much where I live.

(A note on my outfit: the clogs are awesome for cooking, the pants are some weird liner from army surplus that feel like wearing a cloud, are really warm, and leave my shins to freeze, the hat was a red and white striped gift.)

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posted by omiewise 03 March | 10:17
I'm feeling too crappy to take pics today. I posted my desk previously so here are the people who watch over my desk.
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posted by arse_hat 03 March | 10:25
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Figuring out a bartab.
posted by rainbaby 03 March | 10:40
omiewise, I just ordered those same shoes! Yellow Beach Crocs. Cute.

Hmm maybe I can contribute to this thread around lunch time. Gotta whip out my trusty camera and find something to shoot that isn't covered with crap.
posted by iconomy 03 March | 10:47
Ah! I just realized I had some recent photos I hadn't downloaded yet! Beautiful-sky shots from my balcony a couple of nights ago:

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(look towards the left of the image under the clouds - that's the sea!)

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posted by taz 03 March | 10:48
Do this again sometime, and I will shock and amaze you all. Today, I only have a long lens for my camera so it would all be close ups, and I don't feel like dusting.
posted by StickyCarpet 03 March | 10:50
Omniwise, I bought a pair of those clogs last time I was in the US and they are amazing! Featherlight, and so comfortable.
posted by essexjan 03 March | 10:51
taz, your photos are breathtaking.
posted by mike9322 03 March | 10:52
I don't have any pictures of where I am. Here's one of where I was several years ago.

And yes, I am seriously ducking.

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posted by Hugh Janus 03 March | 10:59
I'm gonna cheat with old pics too: kitchen countertop, dining room window. I can see the Dulles Airport Tower from the window near my cubicle.
posted by danostuporstar 03 March | 10:59
All I have are old pics, really. Here's my front porch in warmer weather.
posted by Miko 03 March | 11:20
The view from my window.

The cat is Stanley, he belongs to my vet whose house backs onto mine.
posted by essexjan 03 March | 11:26
my work desk bookshelf, with lots of out-of-date books:
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posted by Capn 03 March | 11:27
Well, Dieter, I have no hobbies, so I guess you could say in my spare time I enjoy growing my own hair.
posted by Eideteker 03 March | 11:38
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posted by chewatadistance 03 March | 12:02
Oops. forgot to comment. that's my desk where I work when I'm working from home, which is about 50% of the time lately. The chestnut stump is a source of inspiration and a reminder of how amazing nature is. And Opus watches over it all.
posted by chewatadistance 03 March | 12:05
This was so much fun to do! Thanks, shane.
posted by mygothlaundry 03 March | 12:21
MGL! In the town where I used to live, there was a building owned by the sweetest old lady (who passed away just over a year ago) who had all these mannequins in the windows for decades. She'd periodically change the displays to something else. I wish I had pictures.
posted by Eideteker 03 March | 12:32
I've been living in Obninsk, Russia since January 7.
My apartment is in the second column of the largest building in this photo. Behind the pole. Third flat down.

markca street

I work for a school here teaching English. I don't mind teaching but I don't want to do it forever. A few of my students:

students

The schools that I've been in are interesting because they have a fair amount of oldish stuff. Which I'm very interested in. Here's a robot I discovered today:

robot

This town is surrounded by gorgeous forest. It all looks like this. It's enchanting and frightening to walk in.

forest

One interesting thing is that there are lots of plants here. Everywhere. Sometimes they make nice photos.

plants

Most of the buildings here were built in Soviet times. This is a fairly average apartment building. They go from worse than this to as good as any housing in the US.

apartments

This is the view from my window.

view

Finally, I have something special to share. I have made a binaural recording of me walking to the supermarket, buying food, and walking home again. There's a lot of boring in it- walking, breathing, coat noises, and so on. It was just to test my microphones.

Two things about this recording. If you listen to it, you have to listen to it on headphones, period, no matter what. It will sound immersive. On speakers it just sounds funny and you miss every important detail.

The file is a 47mb mp3. So please don't download it if you don't intend to listen to it. It's best listened to once-through, so you get the sequence.. skipping around can be a bit disorienting.

The sound of my life.

posted by fake 03 March | 12:38
My entire photostream is more or less a growing photo-documentary of the world in which I live and my weirdo perspective on it.

One of my recent, larger scale projects has been scanning, color correcting, uploading and annotating hundreds of family photos. I'm just now getting through the first batch of about 60. It's been a moving experience to actively focus on some of these moments and one that makes me feel incredibly fortunate for having had the opportunity to do so.
posted by Frisbee Girl 03 March | 12:48
I loved that, mygoth. What a great idea! Sciurus' "Day in the Life" shots was also a cool thing. Woo! PhotoStories!
posted by taz 03 March | 12:52
MGL, that was beautiful indeed.
posted by rainbaby 03 March | 12:53
fake, your students are beautiful, that forest really is gorgeous and the recording is wonderfully visceral and evocative. Excellent.

Thanks so much!
posted by Frisbee Girl 03 March | 13:05
I want to visit Taz's house. I love the books all over the place in Omiewise's house - I can totally relate to that. I also love how Omie's not ashamed to look like a total dork in front of us all. MGL's house is nice and cozy and I can't wait to visit this fall!
posted by matildaben 03 March | 13:05
here are some pictures of my day and i'll be updating all afternoon. woo!
posted by YouCanCallMeAl 03 March | 13:15
Thanks Frisbee Girl!

My students are great (esp. the one in the front left, Vasya)- that's just one class. I wish I had more photos of them to share- not just these boys but the classes of girls and some of the older students, too.

Thanks for looking and listening. Good to see everybody's place...
posted by fake 03 March | 13:17
OKAY, MY TURN AT LAST!

Please tour a few odd corners of my strange little world...

Heh. Thanks for playing, and thanks for visiting!
posted by shane 03 March | 13:19
This is great! I will post pictures but it will have to be later. (I'm nauseous, and I'm afraid if I lean over and crawl under my desk to insert my thumb drive I'll hork.)
posted by Specklet 03 March | 13:19
This thread is awesome.

Hugh, Gwen Stefani totally ripped you off.
posted by jrossi4r 03 March | 13:25
...crawl under my desk to insert my thumb drive ...

Speck, that sounds very suggestive ;-)

And did you see that we shouted you out in Cleveland last night?
posted by shane 03 March | 13:34
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I am out of bed again. This group of photos is of my neighborhood. I tend to bike through the allys and the pictures reflect that.
posted by arse_hat 03 March | 14:25
Oh, and today you couldn't pay me to take my own picture.
posted by arse_hat 03 March | 14:26
Here I is.
posted by deborah 03 March | 14:28
And now that I've gone through everyone elses - very cool! I hope more people participate.

I agree with matildaben - I really, really want to visit taz and mgl.
posted by deborah 03 March | 14:50
Oh damn, I should've got my shit together. Since I'm working tomorrow I might try and get some photos of my desk - which hopefully will be more interesting than it sounds.
posted by dodgygeezer 03 March | 14:58
My desk at work.. I'll try to post some pix of the home later.
posted by me3dia 03 March | 15:34
I took some photos of my office and bedroom. The rest of the house is too badly in need of tidying to photograph.
posted by mudpuppie 03 March | 15:52
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Dietrich, Wong and Riefenstahl with Van Cleef and Hand keep me company.
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The windowless closet in which I spend my days.
posted by warbaby 03 March | 16:08
My desk at home hasn't changed much since I took this. I took some photos of my theater last night, but I haven't uploaded them yet. Here's where I slave away during the day.
posted by goatdog 03 March | 16:23
I think I remember when you printed out Learned Hand, or hearing that you'd put him on your wall, warbaby. Cool.
posted by Hugh Janus 03 March | 16:27
Well, I'm a little self-conscious about the sparseness of my apartment but this is how I live, so I suppose I'll share. I don't like this apartment and hope to move in the near future into a place more suited to me.
posted by mike9322 03 March | 16:44
I am sick and grumpy today, so I don't have many pictures. Sorry. I'm not terribly exciting.
posted by wimpdork 03 March | 17:23
Okay, I finally felt well enough to crawl under my desk and insert my thumb drive *nudge nugde, wink wink*.

Looky!

The photographs themselves kind of suck, but there you have it.
posted by Specklet 03 March | 18:29
Oh! Some of those are NSFW!
posted by Specklet 03 March | 18:31
Don't think I'd be able to pee in your bathroom, Spec.

*not a euphemism*
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 03 March | 18:33
i'd crawl under your desk anytime
posted by flopsy 03 March | 18:44
Hand is the Man!

The two upper pictures came from Alfred Eisenstaedt on-line exhibit.
posted by warbaby 03 March | 19:01
Yeah, a lot of people take a long time in the bathroom at my house.

*winks at flopsy*

Oh, I also added a picture that sort of shows my back tat, for those of you who are interested. That's in the "pictures of me" set.
posted by Specklet 03 March | 19:05
Rainbaby looks just a smidge like the blonde with the glasses from the Goonies!
posted by Eideteker 03 March | 21:24
speck, you are teh hawt0r with a shaved head, and i like yer rubber ducky.
posted by shane 03 March | 23:39
Damn, I totally missed this and I even took photos of my desk at work (braving the security-paranoid government security people to do so) and everything.

Maybe we can have another go sometime.
posted by dg 05 March | 21:38
Yeah me too dg. Hey, here's my office if anyone's still looking...

the irony is that it's a really dull picture
posted by nomis 06 March | 20:39
Here's my desk at home.

No point in taking a picture of my work desk, as it will hopefully be a totally different desk in a few weeks.
posted by selfnoise 06 March | 21:31
Oh, and here's one of my bookshelves. Aaaand now I'm out of batteries.
posted by selfnoise 06 March | 21:35
Since it's still happening I also photographed a bookshelf and my noticeboard. What can I say, there weren't many exciting options here.
posted by nomis 07 March | 00:01
The noticeboard is intriguing, nomis, all parchment-toned and with strange symbols in the upper left corner. selfnoise, is that Dr Strange?
posted by shane 07 March | 00:24
I think the parchment tone is from the camera :)

For your delectation, here is a closer view of the symbols...
posted by nomis 07 March | 19:14
Here is where I'm at. Sorry it's late.
posted by matildaben 09 March | 21:57
Even later: the BP home base.
posted by BoringPostcards 09 March | 23:08
Very cool! I'll bump them tomorrow.
posted by shane 10 March | 01:51
Yeah, OK, so here's where I'm, uh, at.
posted by bmarkey 10 March | 03:53
A small portion of the Test Kitchen here at Science Manor.

LOL!
posted by shane 10 March | 09:40
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posted by MightyNez 17 March | 12:28
Wow!

Japan, Nez?

Nez pas?
posted by shane 17 March | 12:57
Done!
posted by TrishaLynn 19 March | 08:23
Here's my house, all dolled up for our "Christmas in July" block party last year:

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posted by eamondaly 22 March | 21:23
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