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2011-03-15T22:50:00.002-04:00

When will this all make sense???

2009-10-19T20:01:00.000-04:00

Chicken

2009-09-24T16:07:00.000-04:00

SAAB

2009-09-21T23:03:00.000-04:00

Meep, Meep!!!

2009-09-21T20:27:00.000-04:00

Multimedia message

2009-09-21T09:16:00.000-04:00

Sun and Shade

2009-09-14T14:13:00.001-04:00

Midnight Sapphire

2009-09-13T20:23:00.004-04:00

Root

2009-09-13T16:12:00.000-04:00

Take Me Home

2009-09-11T21:05:00.000-04:00

Floor & Sky

2009-09-09T23:14:00.001-04:00

Whisk

2009-09-09T14:19:00.000-04:00

Chicken

2009-09-07T21:49:00.000-04:00

Yum

2009-09-05T20:56:00.000-04:00

Chease

2009-09-03T22:27:00.000-04:00

Pear

2009-09-03T21:41:00.000-04:00

Dill

2009-09-01T18:18:00.000-04:00

Peach

2009-08-31T14:08:00.004-04:00

Pepper

2009-08-27T13:09:00.001-04:00

Oil

2009-08-26T20:32:00.000-04:00

LA to DC

2009-05-20T21:05:00.001-04:00

Right

2009-04-04T00:21:00.002-04:00

Everything feels great right now, everything seems to just be right and in place.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Waiting

2009-03-29T19:06:00.002-04:00

I am ready for spring to stabilize its weather mood swings. I am really happy with everything right now, there are still some unresolved issues and some tripping hazards in my path forward so I am stepping softly and watching my tounge. I have things that I want to do and things that I am determined to do in the near future so I just have to wait for the right moment to make my steps. Currently I am content to just keep my cool and slowly move forward with everything and work for the best. I still believe that hard work and proper placement of words will pay off in the end. All I need it the right oppertunities and I will make everything work the way I feel things should.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Reflections

2009-03-18T20:49:00.002-04:00

Today has been a rather nice day. The weather is starting to get better and it is nice to see some things are begining to fall into place. There are still some square pegs that are slowing progress down, but I hope to soon see those too to settle in. Break is coming up and I am excited to figure out what I am going to be doing. I have a lot more things to complete before I can rest but hopefully one day this will all have been for a reason.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

*****

2009-03-18T09:42:00.002-04:00

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Bite Size

2009-03-17T18:06:00.000-04:00

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

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2009-03-10T20:42:00.000-04:00

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Intrigued

2009-03-03T15:27:00.001-05:00

Life fascinates me, reinforced concrete not so much.

...///Brenton A. McCUskey\\\...

I Need

2009-02-26T20:20:00.004-05:00

I cant wait for the day when I have a job where I love going to work and love burying myself with work. I need to have a better vision of the future. I need to a reason for everything. I need to see what I am doing has a value. I need to know everything is going to come out in the end. I need better connections with everything. I need to make a difference. I need everything and everyone to fall into place. I need an out. I need a void to fill. I need to let things loose. I need to catch things before I lose them. I need help. I need to help. I need to understand. I need to be understood. I need nothing. I need everything.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Eyes On The Future

2009-02-24T18:20:00.002-05:00

I am really stoked about getting our new Engineers Without Borders Chapter up and running, it is going to be a great experience and a great humanitarian effort. I cant help but reminiscing on all the things I have done in my life and thinking of things that I haven't but right now I really need to just plunge right into things with less hesitation.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

The Future Awaits

2009-02-23T21:59:00.004-05:00

I have been putting a lot of thought into most everything lately, I am realizing that I will graduate in a year and it kind of scares me yet I am also really relived to have this stage of my life almost behind me. I am really excited about the new Engineers Without Borders chapter here at Marshall and I cant wait to do some truly great things for communities that that could really use our help. I have been really fortunate in life to have the access to knowledge and resources to pursue my dreams but, numerous times I have allowed myself to fall short of reaching the stars because I have become so accustomed to not facing any repercussions. I think my best personal recommendation for myself at the moment may come from one of my favorite childhood teacher, Mrs. Frizzle, you know from 'The Magic School Bus', she always proclaimed 'Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy!' Following her instructions would be excellent for me at the moment, getting out of my safety zone and making a huge splash wherever I go.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Falling On Deaf Ears

2009-02-22T13:41:00.004-05:00

Everything I do feels out of place and lacking at the moment, I am constantly unsure of my footing and what path to follow. I have so many things to say and do but everytime I try and speak up I realize I am wasiting my breath. I am tired of the scilence around me, I hear people but I am becoming more aware that everything they do and say is void of any real connections. I am ready to move on from this place and do somthing that benifits others, be around people who want to listen, who want to speak and act, I am ready to know, I am ready to feel again.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Art Therapy

2009-02-19T19:30:00.004-05:00

I am really glad today went the way it did, I am ready and excited about future possibilities. Today has helped me take a few more steps forward towords reaching my goals and unforseen encounters.

I turned my note doodles into an outlet for my thoughts, aspirations, and frustrations with the world and our perdicaments. It proved to be a good outlet for everything and allowed me to dump excess stress into the paper through the ink of my pen.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Random Happenings

2009-02-19T13:37:00.001-05:00

I am thinking about getting a Minor in Note Doodles.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

Iced Over

2009-02-19T08:07:00.003-05:00

I tried to write some deep thoughts, I have them in my head but they just don't write out in a logical manner. I don't think I need for the world to change for me, but nor do I think I need to change for the world. I refuse to buy into the college norm, I am myself and I don't need some set pointless parameters to guide how I should act and what I should do. I don't fit in with the crowds that I am suppost to and I can't see why I should. I dont like to think that I am mature or restrained I simply find more to the world than the little bubbles that surround me and I don't need to go out and get trashed to have a good time nor do I think it is a daily necessity.

On to my deep thoughts in a nut shell. The world changes, people change too, dont conform yourself to the world set your own standards and let the world follow. Don't become so imune to the world outside you'r safety zone that you build defensive barriers and become iced-over.

Wow, that was fun.

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

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2009-02-16T19:03:00.000-05:00

...///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\...

From My Phone

2009-02-11T18:25:00.002-05:00

New Places

2009-01-25T18:43:00.000-05:00

Brenton A. McCuskey

Tree Blot I & II

2009-01-20T21:48:00.000-05:00

Winter Sadness

2009-01-16T00:56:00.002-05:00

Trapped By Nature

2008-12-14T20:47:00.001-05:00

Cork

2008-12-04T15:16:00.000-05:00

Simply Frost

2008-12-03T19:56:00.000-05:00

...Brenton A. McCuskey...

An Old Photo

2008-12-02T18:48:00.001-05:00

Just an old photo that I have never uploaded here.

...Brenton A. McCuskey...

Numbness

2008-12-02T18:12:00.003-05:00

Numbness is not just a physical sensation.

Numbness chills the soul and butchers all emotion.

It culls your pride, and exterminates your heart like common house vermin.

...Brenton A. McCuskey...

Time of year

2008-12-01T21:44:00.000-05:00

Loaf

2008-11-02T13:59:00.001-05:00

Wrought

2008-10-30T11:38:00.000-04:00

Brenton A. McCuskey

Shattered

2008-10-30T08:45:00.000-04:00

Brenton A. McCuskey

Hatch

2008-10-28T19:31:00.000-04:00

Little House on the Flood Plain...

2008-10-27T23:40:00.002-04:00

This is by far my favorite house along the rail trip. I just wish I hadn't been shooting through dirty glass and power lines...

Tired

2008-10-26T22:32:00.001-04:00

Brenton A. McCuskey

From Within The Fog

2008-10-23T18:47:00.001-04:00

The fog was so dense in some places...

Brenton A. McCuskey

Hanging Out Windows

2008-10-22T16:17:00.001-04:00

Pathetic

2008-10-21T16:27:00.000-04:00

Today has been less than delightful...

Brenton A. McCuskey

Trip by Rail

2008-10-20T22:20:00.002-04:00

Shortly after my last post I lost all my photos from the past three years minus some photo shoots that I had backed up on CD. And this is the first time that I have picked up my camera since then. I feel at a loss for the photos, I could try to have them professionally recovered, but at the estimated $500 that it would require I believe I will simply keep the hard drive that they were on in storage in the hopes of recovering them in the future.

Brenton A. McCuskey

Change

2008-08-24T23:38:00.002-04:00

A lot of things have changed in life since the last update in May, I'd like to think that most of them have been for the better but I cant say since I haven't lived the alternatives. My summer position with the Division of Highways was great and a substantial amount of knowledge was gained. I am thankful and blessed to be surrounded by certain people in my life that help me to further myself while keeping me in check with reality. I have found friends in unexpected places, have expanded my perceptions of people, and allowed myself to be comfortable being me. I hope to begin updating more often at least through pictures.

Good Morning Work

2008-08-24T23:30:00.003-04:00

I cant believe that I haven't been able to update this blog since may.

///Brenton A. McCuskey\\\

2008-05-07T20:27:00.000-04:00

20/20

2008-05-01T20:41:00.001-04:00

Have I mentioned...

2008-04-05T17:52:00.003-04:00

... I'm in love...

with Björk, my car...

2008-04-03T14:28:00.002-04:00

Happiness

2008-03-30T22:40:00.003-04:00

What is happiness? The little things that make the heart race, spine tingle, and blood boil, while commonplace for some, others may find themselves at a loss searching for the feelings...

This one isnt a car...

2008-03-30T22:37:00.001-04:00

Waiting for class....

2008-02-21T16:16:00.004-05:00

Recently

2008-02-17T16:03:00.004-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted for such a long time, but life has been a little sketchy here recently.

...//Brenton Andrew McCuskey\\...

Wedding

2007-11-15T13:46:00.001-05:00

SAAB

2007-11-05T23:45:00.001-05:00

I hvent posted in ever!!!

2007-10-15T22:14:00.001-04:00

Cut

2007-09-11T17:42:00.001-04:00

Slice

2007-09-10T22:55:00.001-04:00

Arbor

2007-09-10T01:04:00.001-04:00

Matchbox

2007-09-06T23:45:00.001-04:00

first post in like 4 eva

2007-09-01T00:53:00.000-04:00

Photoshop Madness

2007-07-18T21:32:00.001-04:00

Stuff

2007-07-18T21:07:00.000-04:00

P5017164 B&W.jpg

2007-07-16T21:41:00.000-04:00

Ford Discovers Turbos

2007-07-08T15:56:00.000-04:00

Ford Discovers Turrbocharging!!!

It amazes me as to how Americans (don't yell I am one too) find it necessary to apply some gimmicky name to simple things like engines. Fore example: Duratec, Duratorq, Hemi, Northstar, Vortec, Ecotec, Duramax, just to name a few recent names. Why does the American public buy into these gimmicks why can’t we just use less convoluted alphanumeric names that immediately identify what design the engine was based off. For example the BMW M67, it is one specific engine design of produced during a specific span of time. Even more ironic is how reluctant the majority of Americans are to purchase a small displacement engine even if that engine has a better power/weight ratio than the large displacement V8. V8_s seem to hold some sort of mysterious power over most of America which lures people to purchase a large heavy sedan with a massive engine, with little driving prowess. Even stranger is how American manufacturers seem to have this uncanny ability to produce engines with less power and poorer fuel economy than foreign manufacturers. But since most Domestic manufactures design vehicles to perform in straight lines and little else I can see how they could easily contract tunnel vision and blindly stare at their lackluster performance and wonder why they always seem to be losing ground to foreign producers.

Can you tell?

2007-06-15T21:29:00.000-04:00

Can you figure out which one has the fake sky?

Job site Pano

2007-06-13T21:03:00.000-04:00

Work

2007-05-27T21:06:00.001-04:00

Photo Shoot...

2007-05-03T12:13:00.000-04:00

Lil ol' lady...

2007-04-30T21:03:00.000-04:00

So, I went to the gas station earlier and this little old lady pulled in the slot across from me and she had apparently never used her credit card to pay for gas before and she asked me to show her how to work the pump. So, being me I was tickled to death to help her out, it was kinda funny because she was so intrigued by using the card to pay. Anyway, showing her how to use the pump was probably the highlight of my day. It really does make you think how quickly things have changed over the past few years, I mean I grew up initially having to go inside to pay with my mom or whomever to the point where it is such an oddity to find a pump without a card-swipe in the pump itself.

I was bored... : (

2007-04-30T20:38:00.000-04:00

Pittsburgh

2007-04-14T21:41:00.000-04:00

Yeay EXCITING!!!!

2007-04-02T20:21:00.000-04:00

So I received my letter of acceptance from the West Virginia Department of Transportation DOH for their Summer Civil Engineering Co-op Program... I am soooooooooooo excited... I know that it may be a little weird to be working over my entire summer but, it isn't like I am going to be doing anything else that is truly worth my time... Yeayz Excitement...

Yet Again...

2007-03-24T20:23:00.000-04:00

Annoyed

2007-03-23T20:23:00.000-04:00

Why is it that whenever I am stressing out I either edit photos or bake?

...//Brenton A. McCuskey\\...

Life

2007-03-23T00:07:00.000-04:00

There are many things in life that seem to happen without warning or reason. Whether these events are planed for us before were born by some omnipresent force or maybe these happenings are just simple circumstances of life remains to be resolved. But it remains clear that these events are unavoidable and therefore life must simply progress as before. Life is full of riddles and secretes that we keep from each other and even ourselves; this world revolves around the secretes we create while here, some may be exposed while others may ride with us for our entire lives, eating away at our mind and souls. Secretes are a vital part or our very existence; they spur rivalries, competition and even more secretes. This ever marching circle of secretes never stops nor does it even pause consider the many lives it affects.

One can only hope that those dark clouds do indeed have a silver lining...

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Democritus

VI VERI VENIVERSUM VIVUS VICI

...//Brenton A. McCuskey\\...

...waiting...

2007-03-22T01:03:00.000-04:00

So, I do hope that these pictures look good on a normal monitor...

.../Brenton A. McCuskey\...

Bored...

2007-03-04T23:17:00.000-05:00

Volvo

2007-03-02T09:29:00.000-05:00

I so effin want a Volvo...

James - Most

2007-02-27T19:47:00.000-05:00

Yet another...

2007-02-18T23:25:00.000-05:00

EYEZ

2007-02-15T01:37:00.000-05:00

TA DA!!!!!

2007-02-06T22:17:00.000-05:00

Hell Froze Over...

2007-02-06T22:14:00.000-05:00

Dune

2007-02-01T22:54:00.000-05:00

So I am trying to achieve a Dune effect, I'm still not satisfied with this iteration so I will proably post a new one later...

I find it a little creepy...

Year to Date II...

2007-01-28T21:44:00.000-05:00

So as I said earlier on Monday, I have had my camera for a year now. I received it on January 26, 2006 and since then it seems as if I cant lay it down or stop editing photos in Photoshop.I have become very attached to it and dread the thought of loosening it, or breaking it. Overall there are only a few flaws with it, the main one being the inability to change focusing screens. But other than that I have been very happy with its oddities and after using and handling other cameras I even more proud of this one. As of now I am only envious of three other cameras: the E-1, DMC-L1, and E-400. Most other cameras that I have had the chance to hold seem to be either flimsy, poorly constructed or just simply don't feel 'right'. I do wish my camera performed better at high ISO but it is what it is and I shouldn't really complain since it still performs better than a many others.

JWU

2007-01-25T19:46:00.000-05:00