Photography with Joe

 Friday the 13th BAD LUCK DAY Friday the 13th  Scholz and Zeno and Wallace Friday the 13th, that date whose superstitious reputation is both absurd and compulsively compelling (or so I tell myself as I watch a snowstorm, small and unheroic but sufficient to make every pedestrian regret having emerged), began, as is typical, with the residue of a fractured sleep—the kind where the mind doesn’t quite leave the dream, doesn’t quite register the morning, and yet somehow is simultaneously alert to every minor failing of the world outside. The air was colder than yesterday, which was mild, reminding me that temperature can itself be a petty adversary, and the snow—enough to inconvenience but not enough to glorify—settled over the city like a layer of passive-aggressive criticism. I left the house around ten, intending to attend a medical appointment, which, like minor wars or particularly tedious court cases, is best approached with low expectations, and I was not disappointed: the ...

The Photo #9590 1. Subject & Styling The person is dressed in a sweet, doll-like aesthetic : long wavy hair, a gingham-pattern dress, puffed sleeves, and soft accessories. There’s a small stuffed animal tucked under the arm — adding a playful, whimsical feel. The peace-sign hand gesture gives the image a cheerful, approachable vibe. The hair partially covering one eye adds a sense of mystique or stylized cosplay fashion . The choker necklace and the pearl necklace suggest a mix of cute and classic elements. Overall style: kawaii / cottagecore / playful cosplay hybrid . 2. Pose & Expression The subject is smiling brightly, giving the image warmth. Hand is raised with a peace sign, fingers slightly curved — the gesture is confident but relaxed. The shadow of the hand on the wall creates a subtle doubling effect , adding depth and a second point of interest. 3. Composition The shot is framed from about mid-thigh upward, capturing enough of th...

  Capitalism is also a scam — or dead, more correctly. Adam Smith’s world is long gone. Socialism too, in its glossy textbook version, was just another pitch that never delivered. Capitalism’s trick:  it promised free markets, opportunity, and competition, but the road always bends toward monopoly, enclosure, rent-seeking, and oligarchy. The “invisible hand” was really just a cartel’s hand in your pocket. Socialism’s trick:  it promised collective ownership and liberation, but what it usually delivered was bureaucracy, party elites, and suppression. Instead of “the people,” it gave us a new class of managers playing aristocrat. Feudalism 2.0:  both systems slide back into hierarchy. Capitalism piles ownership into corporate castles; socialism piles power into state palaces. Either way, most folks end up as tenants on somebody else’s land. Cyberpunk reality:  what we’ve got now isn’t Smith or Marx but a mash-up: data-lords, finance-kings, algorithmic serfs. Corpo...

.... Once upon a time, the deal was simple: You start small. You hustle. You scrape by on commercials, on bit parts, on late nights waiting tables. Those jobs were the ground floor — the space for the hungry, the unknown, the ones still chasing the dream. But now? The giants come stomping back down the staircase. Not content with the penthouses and the spotlights, they reach for the crumbs too. They take the ads, the cameos, the scraps — the very scraps they once left behind. It’s not ambition. It’s gluttony. It’s the greed of wanting every stage, every paycheck, every flicker of attention. They eat from both ends of the table — the feast and the leftovers — and leave nothing for the ones still starving. This isn’t just unfair. It’s a betrayal. The ladder was meant to be climbed — not ripped away once you’re on top. And so the newcomers wait in the shadows, staring at doors that no longer open, jobs that no longer exist, opportunities swallowed by the same people who ...

 This site "VSCO was introduced to me by Alexis , a talented photographer in her own right and a full-time academic in psychology as a random link in her instagram bio . A chance encounter with street photography opened doors to an entirely new world—one that reshaped my perspective and deepened my appreciation for the art form. The Street Photography was my on going Temporal Photography, in this case my child hood elementary School, almost unchanged!  VSCO: History, Economic Model, and Cultural Impact History VSCO (Visual Supply Company) was founded in 2011 by Joel Flory (a photographer) and Greg Lutze (a designer) in Oakland, California. It began as a mobile photo-editing app offering high-quality filters and presets that mimicked the look of film photography. Over time, VSCO evolved into a social platform where users could share images in a curated, aesthetically pleasing environment without likes or public comments—differentiating it from Instagram. Key historical mome...

Notes: Mr. Floccinaucinihilipilification &  The End of the World Millions of Americans believe that Christ will not come again until Israel wipes out its competitors and there is widespread war in the Middle East. Some of these folks want to start a huge fire of war and death and destruction, so that Jesus comes quickly. According to French President Chirac, Bush told him that the Iraq war was needed to bring on the apocalypse: In Genesis and Ezekiel Gog and Magog are forces of the Apocalypse who are prophesied to come out of the north and destroy Israel unless stopped. The Book of Revelation took up the Old Testament prophesy: “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.” Bush believed the time had now come for that battle, telling Chi...

2016 March 21st, Floccinaucinihilipilification -Library screwed me and removed me from being first for printer lessons to not on the lesson list at all. -Watched "Gothem" the TV show where Gordon goes to jail for murder -My foot still hurts, and swells. It alternates between one and two. -Spend the day on the blog sphere -Not major tasks done including walking.