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I’m getting old...

My bones creak these days and I even groan as I get up. To make matters worse, about half of the questions in ` honz12 journal entry "Symptoms Of Being Over 25" seem to make sense to me (which would be fine by me if I was over 25 but as I'm 19, presents me with many questions about my current lifestyle). I was training with my squad the other day and in the space of one length I lost 5 places (on my defence they were all going ridiculously fast given our rest plus swim times). To make matters worse I managed to more or less destroy my heel whilst swimming and so fell back to arms only work - to end up completely messing up my shoulder as well. I even seem to have the ability to get cramp in my feet these days - in arms only sets. Encouraging isn't it? My squad have even started the "old man" jokes on me - even my coach.

*sigh*

Such is life.

Featured Deviant



Having joined DA earlier this month shapeless-kNt has been quick to show a lot of promise, submitting some quality pieces - especially in the realm of graphic design. I have no doubts that very soon he'll surpass my page views as his skills increase ever more. I know I'll be watching his progress very carefully...


Featured Deviation



Finding a single deviation out of the masses of top quality stuff that litters DA is a tough challenge. I wanted to choose something that wasn't from the "big guys/gals" seeing as they get enough exposure as it is. In the end I decided to go for this photo manipulation piece by ~ninjahamster. As a macro photo the composition is great, cutting off all unnecessary stuff surrounding the eye. I also really love the lighting, retaining much of the detail and although the photo does suffer a little bit of white burn out, the photo has been really well done. The black & white/colour combo may be getting a bit old, but I love how well it's been executed here with no jagged edges etc to give away the game.

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