sets the canvas for this self portrait on a December 2007 day. For the record, I'm not sure I think this picture actually reflects the way I usually appear, but I like the overall shadow/midtone/highlight spectrum enough to upload it as my personal representation anyway. After viewing the final version on three different monitors, I realized that the colors may not look very good to some people, depending on their individual monitor's settings. There is no way around this due to the fact this was taken in naturally color-intense, setting sunlight, so please no comments about wacky coloration, etc.! =)