May 5 Perigee Moon. 8:15 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012. From apartment building roof, Santa Monica. 0.4 sec at f16. Photo by steve craig.

Perigee Moon. 8:15 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012.
From apartment building roof, Santa Monica.
0.4 sec at f16. Photo by steve craig.

May 3 Steve’s Super Smooth Tall Bike, Beach Cruiser Edition. Fun to ride…not so fun when you stop. For sale! What color should I paint it?

Steve’s Super Smooth Tall Bike, Beach Cruiser Edition.
Fun to ride…not so fun when you stop. For sale!
What color should I paint it?

May 2 On the May Day protest downtown, the thing I found so astonishing was the number of police there. I would wager there were more cops than protesters. I counted eight helicopters in the air. They had about eight of these battalions (see pic) at each intersection. It was a ridiculous show of force. The crowd was probably only a thousand people…at most, three thousand at it’s peak, but I doubt that. I wouldn’t be surprised if they deployed 1500 to 2000 cops. It sure looked like it. I wonder about the Occupy movement and any sort of change coming about in this country. This excessive show of force, just waiting to pounce, to crush any dissent, at the slightest provocation, has me wondering if we haven’t already lost. The 1%, the powers that be, control the money, the media, the politicians, and law enforcement. The deck is stacked against us. The game is rigged. I found it to be very discouraging. All these police, for what? A bunch of people in the street who want to speak their mind? And it happens all over the country. People take to the streets and the police show up in riot gear, ready to bash some heads. The cops are becoming more militarized every day. There is no longer a public square, or if there is, it’s getting smaller and smaller, and it’s surrounded by two thousand cops…with billy clubs. What do you think?

On the May Day protest downtown, the thing I found so astonishing was the number of police there. I would wager there were more cops than protesters. I counted eight helicopters in the air. They had about eight of these battalions (see pic) at each intersection. It was a ridiculous show of force. The crowd was probably only a thousand people…at most, three thousand at it’s peak, but I doubt that. I wouldn’t be surprised if they deployed 1500 to 2000 cops. It sure looked like it.

I wonder about the Occupy movement and any sort of change coming about in this country. This excessive show of force, just waiting to pounce, to crush any dissent, at the slightest provocation, has me wondering if we haven’t already lost. The 1%, the powers that be, control the money, the media, the politicians, and law enforcement. The deck is stacked against us. The game is rigged. I found it to be very discouraging. All these police, for what? A bunch of people in the street who want to speak their mind? And it happens all over the country. People take to the streets and the police show up in riot gear, ready to bash some heads. The cops are becoming more militarized every day. There is no longer a public square, or if there is, it’s getting smaller and smaller, and it’s surrounded by two thousand cops…with billy clubs.

What do you think?

May 1 May Day. Downtown L.A. More cops than protesters. May 1, 2012. Photo by steve craig.

May Day. Downtown L.A.
More cops than protesters. May 1, 2012.
Photo by steve craig.

Apr 30 Successful close up test. The back of an old penny. Reversed lens with flash. Photo by steve craig.

Successful close up test. The back of an old penny.
Reversed lens with flash.
Photo by steve craig.

Apr 29 This is not America… oh wait, it is…

This is not America…
oh wait, it is…

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Apr 22 Went to the Orange County Museum of Art yesterday with the bro and saw the Diebenkorn exhibit. The art peeps on Facebook are right. You must see this. Up til May 27.

Went to the Orange County Museum of Art yesterday with the bro and saw the Diebenkorn exhibit. The art peeps on Facebook are right. You must see this. Up til May 27.

Apr 15 Ciclavia had like a gazillion bicycles out today…people may not walk in LA, but we sure do love our bicycles. I only saw one person I knew…I looked like a dork, but got a lot of positive feedback and met some cool bikers. My drawing machine made $42 today. Good times.

Ciclavia had like a gazillion bicycles out today…people may not walk in LA, but we sure do love our bicycles. I only saw one person I knew…I looked like a dork, but got a lot of positive feedback and met some cool bikers. My drawing machine made $42 today. Good times.

Apr 14 Check out my rig for Ciclavia tomorrow. 4 wheeler pulling abstract drawing machine. Look for me…I will be in the downtown area. It is official. I’ve gone off the deep end.

Check out my rig for Ciclavia tomorrow. 4 wheeler pulling abstract drawing machine. Look for me…I will be in the downtown area.
It is official. I’ve gone off the deep end.

Apr 12 WIDE LOAD. I put my drawing machine on a trailer I threw together so I can pull it with my 4 wheeler at Ciclavia this Sunday. I think I have lost my mind. Going uphill will be impossible and I don’t know if I have the brake power for downhill.

WIDE LOAD. I put my drawing machine on a trailer I threw together so I can pull it with my 4 wheeler at Ciclavia this Sunday. I think I have lost my mind. Going uphill will be impossible and I don’t know if I have the brake power for downhill.