Hello again from my Mom's office. Still no internet access but here (and the library, but I owe them a small fortune in late fees before I can get on), and I just wanted to check in with you. You know, just in case you were getting concerned or something. You were worried, weren't you? Oh, poor thing. shhhhh...there there, it's ok.

ANYWAY, I've been cultivating a good friendship with someone I've known for a while, but has previously only associated with through Ruben (Zen Master, and all-around swell guy). She's just started a photography course at a local college, and I've volunteered to be her go-to guy for Q's and A's. We've been hanging around a lot going out and shooting projects, and it's such a trip because I remember going through the same learning pangs that she is now... figuring out aperture and shutter settings, focal lengths, depth of field, equivalent exposures and whatnot. So... without further ado, I introduce Brey (pronounced "bree", like brie cheese) to the cast of characters here on "Treasures". I've been taking tons of great photos, but don't have any way to post them. :-(

Aside from all that, I'm just keeping on with the keeping on. Life has gotten pretty non-eventful since the holidays ended: Wake up, have Mom's Wii Fit tell me I'm obese, maybe work out at the Y, come down here and check the normal gamut of job sites, maybe submit a resume or two, get coffee with Ruben, maybe go out to Dark Haired Girl's place... my standard quotidian routine of late.

I've started volunteering my photography for a local Dayton agency, but am still otherwise struggling for photo gigs, not pulling much bread, and am having snags with the unemployment system. But I still have a roof over my head living with the folks, and I'm trying not to fret too hard over the sorry state of our economy.

It'll get better. It has to. :-)