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30 Weeks

I now have less than 10 weeks left until my due date! But when you think about it, I'm only 3/4 of the way done, which makes me think with an exasperated sigh, "That's it??" The impatient side of me wants this baby out NOW. The discomforts of the third trimester continue, and I really really envy friends like Shortie who went into labor yesterday (and probably had her baby by now!), or Sara who is now full-term. I even envy those like Creature Gorgeous who is simply GLOWING and basking in all the comforts of the second trimester. Then the good, motherly instincts kick in and I try to persuade myself that the longer she cooks in there — up to 42 weeks...

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The Longest Photographic Exposures in History

German photographer Michael Wesely specializes in long exposure photography. Using a self-built pinhole camera, his photographs have captured the light of its subjects for up to three years. In 2001, he was invited by the Museum of Modern Art in New York to capture the re-development of their building. He set up four cameras in four different corners and proceeded to record the destruction and re-building of the MoMA until 2004 — that's an exposure of 34 months! With a surreal and almost eery quality about them, I find these photos to be hauntingly beautiful and ghost-like. I feel inspired to take some extremely long exposure shots myself, but I'm pretty sure that J would have a cow if I were to leave...

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