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As the great mediocre Aaron Lewis once said, "it’s been a while."
Yes, that song was annoying, and yes, so has been my lack of posts. I would be lying if I sat here and proclaimed a full-fledged return, so I will not do that. I will, however, attempt to bring my readership up to speed on what is happening in the life of MWP.
Let’s see... what has gone down in the month-and-a-half since my last post?
01. At the beginning of December, I officially launched another website, this one geared towards my photography. You can check it out by clicking on the banner below or by visiting MJLphoto.com.
Let’s see... what has gone down in the month-and-a-half since my last post?
01. At the beginning of December, I officially launched another website, this one geared towards my photography. You can check it out by clicking on the banner below or by visiting MJLphoto.com.
If you know anyone in the DC Metro Area that is looking to have some pictures taken for whatever reason, passing my information along would be much appreciated.
02. On December 15th, MWP became MWEP (Marty the Walking Engaged Party). Just shy of the 2-year dating mark, I decided it was time to make it official. To my delight, she said yes, and now we are in the midst of planning a wedding.
The planning process should provide some good / interesting blog material, assuming I stop being lazy and start writing on a regular basis again. Stay tuned, I guess.
03. My fiancé and I took a weekend trip to New York just before Christmas. We ate at a killer steakhouse called Benjamin, went and saw the 75th Anniversary of the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City and took in the many sites. Needless to say, it was quite the time.
A few of the pictures I took are on my photography website, and I hope to post a few more on my Flickr page in the next couple of days. In other words, check back.
04. I got an iPhone. Woohoo!
05. I went to two Redskins games, one against Buffalo -- the first after Sean Taylor’s death -- and the season finale against Dallas. They were very different experiences, to say the least, but absolutely worth the trip out to Landover.
The tribute paid at the Bills game was impressive, but the back-to-back timeouts called by JG were not. The Dallas game was incredible from start to finish, as we began tailgating about 4 hours prior to kickoff and had killer seats in what turned out to be a Burgundy & Gold shellacking of Tony Romo & Co.
Good times.
06. Pictures of mine have been published in both The Onion A/V Club (DC Edition) and OnTap Magazine, a local music and entertainment periodical. It’s pretty cool seeing my work out there, as any exposure is great exposure (even though my name wasn’t included in the OnTap article). Hopefully these two will be the first of many down the road...
If you care to see them, click here.
07. In other photography news, I submitted 3 pictures for the Second Annual DCist Exposed Photography show. Nearly 600 entries were received, so keep your fingers crossed that one of mine will be included in the 50 or so that are chosen for the gallery exhibit.
I will certainly keep you posted after the winners are announced in a couple of weeks.
08. In yet more photography news -- don’t worry, this one’s not about me -- my girl and I went to see Annie Liebovitz: A Photographer’s Life at the Corcoran Gallery this past Sunday. The exhibit is now closed, so unfortunately, those that missed it are slightly SOL. For anyone that was able to check it out, though, I am sure you were as impressed as I was.
If you aspire to do anything with the art form or simply appreciate great photography, the majority of Liebovitz’s work is incredible... and seeing some of it first-hand -- including 8-1/2 x 11 prints that were made before publishing -- was awe-inspiring.
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That about sums it up, I guess. Little things have gone on here and there, obviously, but I certainly don’t need to bore everyone with the minutiae. I had a great Christmas, a drunk New Years and am living as large as I can on an Architect’s salary.
In other words, life is good.
02. On December 15th, MWP became MWEP (Marty the Walking Engaged Party). Just shy of the 2-year dating mark, I decided it was time to make it official. To my delight, she said yes, and now we are in the midst of planning a wedding.
The planning process should provide some good / interesting blog material, assuming I stop being lazy and start writing on a regular basis again. Stay tuned, I guess.
03. My fiancé and I took a weekend trip to New York just before Christmas. We ate at a killer steakhouse called Benjamin, went and saw the 75th Anniversary of the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City and took in the many sites. Needless to say, it was quite the time.
A few of the pictures I took are on my photography website, and I hope to post a few more on my Flickr page in the next couple of days. In other words, check back.
04. I got an iPhone. Woohoo!
05. I went to two Redskins games, one against Buffalo -- the first after Sean Taylor’s death -- and the season finale against Dallas. They were very different experiences, to say the least, but absolutely worth the trip out to Landover.
The tribute paid at the Bills game was impressive, but the back-to-back timeouts called by JG were not. The Dallas game was incredible from start to finish, as we began tailgating about 4 hours prior to kickoff and had killer seats in what turned out to be a Burgundy & Gold shellacking of Tony Romo & Co.
Good times.
06. Pictures of mine have been published in both The Onion A/V Club (DC Edition) and OnTap Magazine, a local music and entertainment periodical. It’s pretty cool seeing my work out there, as any exposure is great exposure (even though my name wasn’t included in the OnTap article). Hopefully these two will be the first of many down the road...
If you care to see them, click here.
07. In other photography news, I submitted 3 pictures for the Second Annual DCist Exposed Photography show. Nearly 600 entries were received, so keep your fingers crossed that one of mine will be included in the 50 or so that are chosen for the gallery exhibit.
I will certainly keep you posted after the winners are announced in a couple of weeks.
08. In yet more photography news -- don’t worry, this one’s not about me -- my girl and I went to see Annie Liebovitz: A Photographer’s Life at the Corcoran Gallery this past Sunday. The exhibit is now closed, so unfortunately, those that missed it are slightly SOL. For anyone that was able to check it out, though, I am sure you were as impressed as I was.
If you aspire to do anything with the art form or simply appreciate great photography, the majority of Liebovitz’s work is incredible... and seeing some of it first-hand -- including 8-1/2 x 11 prints that were made before publishing -- was awe-inspiring.
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That about sums it up, I guess. Little things have gone on here and there, obviously, but I certainly don’t need to bore everyone with the minutiae. I had a great Christmas, a drunk New Years and am living as large as I can on an Architect’s salary.
In other words, life is good.
posted by MWP at
12:00 PM
2 Comments:
MWP...great to have you back writing, even if it will be spotty. Also, as I've mentioned to you already, congrats to you and the lady friend on the engagement, any dates set yet? Of course many of us certainly had our doubts about you, especially that period when you were hanging out with that guy [what was his name again? Ramone?] all the time. Thank God you finally came back around to women!
His name was Enrique, and I'll have you know that he taught me more about love and life than any woman ever will.
Thank you for the congratulations.
(And for the record, I am just kidding about Enrique. He didn't really teach me all that much. Oh, and he doesn't exist. Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
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