Passing the Time - Fall 2013 / Winter 2014

Sometimes life is filled with big, glamorous travel plans. Sometimes it's just a series of small happenings. Both are important.

September, 2013. The VERY FIRST Salt Lake Comic Con, back before they got sued into changing their name.

Glad I took such a high-quality photo. Super easy to tell who this is.

Rainy fall days and over-the-top Instagram filters. The view from my old office.

So moody

My first time repairing... anything?? Probably. Definitely not my first time taking anything apart, but almost certainly the first time I put something back together correctly.

I think the repair involved more than putting a smiley face on it, but I can't remember

My mom's cat, though I can't remember which cat this was. I had wanted a cat for the longest time, and my mom waited until I moved out to get one. Something about the concerns around "having two wild animals in the house at the same time."

Cats love flash photography

Geese at Decker Lake, where I usually ate lunch.

Her trunk was open, presumably so she could take some of them home

Dim Sum with my wife and a friend. Notable not for being my first dim sum, but for being my first time trying chicken feet. When I was very young I would occasionally stick my toes in my mouth, and I assumed eating chicken feet would be a similar experience. I wasn't far off.

Special Guest: Mario
They are legitimately good, but a lot of work to eat

Getting into November, now. This was my first ever pie from scratch. I'm pretty sure I forgot some of the liquid, and the pumpkin was probably a little under-processed (you can still see the fibers in this photo), but it was still very much worth the effort.

Making crust always scares me, but it's almost never as hard as I think it will be

Getting into December. My first (and only) Holiday Clothing Drive. Turns out, most of the charities around here are swamped with clothes already, so a big uptick in clothes around December doesn't really help them. Oops.