A UXer with an MBA, because UX is serious business
Photography is one of my primary hobbies and is how I experience life outside of work. The thought of traveling and not documenting everything with my camera is nonsense to me. I am a Nikon shooter and I focus on: landscapes, critters, nature, architecture, and toy photography. I currently shoot with a Nikon D500 and Nikon D850, and my iphone 14 Pro Max.
The photo above is from Lundi Gras 2018 in New Orleans; Nikon D500
I took painting in college but never really learned how to paint until around 2019 when I took an online course. I was painting primarily in acrylic and then fell in love with watercolor. I am currently trying to figure out oils, though the super slow drying times do not seem to fit into my rapid creation process, we shall see....
Above: An acrylic painting of a rhino on a textured canvas
The photo above is Kermit da pug wearing banana pajamas, September 2024
I currently have four pets, though I once had eight. My newest critter is a puglet named Kermit! He is very bitey right now. Next is Reggie the terror! He looks to be a chiweenie but honestly, who knows! Then there is Rambeaux the Pug, who is so cute he has his own Instagram! Then there is Princess Buttercup, my lab-mix who dwarfs the other critters!
In 2023, I lost both of my cats. Carlito passed away suddenly in September. He was my eternal kitten, super sweet and playful. I adopted him from Animal Rescue New Orleans in 2009. My old boy Henry, who was anywhere from 18-700 years old, passed away from cancer in January. He was a Katrina refugee from Mississippi who I adopted in 2006.
In 2022, I lost my wonderful Mickey "Mr. Pickles". He was a pug/Jack Russel mix and was the rascalist guy there ever was. He was 14, blind, diabetic, and always elling at me to feed him. I adopted him from Animal Rescue New Orleans in 2012.
My dog Billy passed away December of 2020. He was chiweenie that Animal Rescue New Orleans asked if I would take since he didn't like being in a cage and therefore didn't show well to people. He was a sweet boy who mostly hung out with my dad.
My beautiful apricot puggle Bebe passed away suddenly in 2018. She was a mama's girl and was my grumpy little shadow. My beloved Petey the Pug, who had just turned 13, passed away August 2013. I had him since he was a three pound puglet-he was an awesome pug.
At the same time I adopted Henry I also adopted a wee kitten I named Coco. Coco and Henry bonded immediately. I lost Coco in 2019. A cat I had since she was a wee kitten was Bo, who dissapeared in 2017.
