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I just want to get this off my chest.

Never before have I felt such utter dread about the New Year. I have NO optimism in regard to 2009, I just want to get through it as quickly and as painlessly as possible.

Perhaps all of this is because I live in California and am watching the State collapse around me. It's going to be a painful year for many people. There's no other way to look at it.

God watch over us all!

Update: 11/30/2009 - things turned out worse than I expected and 2010 isn't looking too good either. I don't think we've hit bottom yet...

Water Taxi

Ready to transport you safely to and from your destination.

Dream big and keep the faith.

Tangled Web

It seems that though we have many means of saying something, we seldom do...

Land of the Setting Sun

These days one could certainly make the case the California is the place of squandered dreams and lost opportunity. A failure of epic proportions that is dragging its citizens into an abyss.

Old Ladder

Another street shot that says I've seen better days...

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A little map I made to highlight Santa Barbara Landmarks

Dreaming of Yesterday

Nearly everyday I drive through this part of town and see these abandoned and deserted buildings.

To me they speak of neglect and better days. With all the news of a global economic meltdown this area seemed to tie in with the state of the world.

I started thinking about taking some photos of this area in a hasty and unflattering fashion.

Yesterday I found the opportunity and time to do just that. I took several photos using a 2mp cellphone camera and post processed them to make them even more grainy and nearly out of focus.

Knock off shots I thought. So, imagine my surprise to get a strong reaction to this image. It was mainly because this was a "bad" photo. I agree and so be it.

The fact that it elicited a reaction seems to say something though.  Isn't that the point?