It's been quite a while since I journaled here. I kind of miss it. Let's see, I've been cast in The Taming of the Shrew as Baptista Minola, the father setting up the initial conflict. It's the first time I've been cast as a single character in Shakespeare, and while I enjoy the challenge of doing multiple characters I'm jazzed with the opportunity to do a more principal character.

I've continued to pursue photography, no big surprise there. I'm currently saving up for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, applying loan repayments as the come in to my camera fund. I visited the folks again this year in Phoenix, and got some nice pictures, quite a few with a 100mm macro lens, which will also serve for shooting theatrical productions with it's f/2.8 aperture. Here's a couple favorites with that lens. (Both look nice in higher resolutions if you want to click through.)