September 2009

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I envy the relaxation smokers get after that first puff. I’ve been on enough smoke breaks with friends to see the complete and utter surrender look they get after they light the first stick and take that first breath.  I don’t know any other thing that gives people relief faster, as cheap, or easier than… Read more

Orchestras rock. Well they don’t in actuality, but I love them. They rock in that a guitar can never portray deep longing quite as well as the mournful tones of a violin, and that the simple ting! of a well timed triangle can really end a long incredible song, unencumbered by words. (Don’t get me… Read more

Finishing a whole tv series, with ice cream, huddling under the covers, so cold ’cause it’s raining. That would be a perfect perfect day. Read more

Last Saturday night, while on the way home from a birthday party, one of my dad’s best friends was shot and killed. He was 57, retired from the police force a number of years. Reportedly, he was trying to fix things with his wife, whom he was separated with for a long time. The woman… Read more

So today marks one year I’ve had with my d40. And what have I learned? 1. Settings are tricky, and having friends who are more adept with the camera makes you lazy to learn everything firsthand. 2. This is an uberbulky camera that is almost never used when island hopping and snorkeling. 3. It’s a… Read more

I was talking to a friend last week, let’s call her D. Now D is what I used to call a hopeless, sappy romantic. Watching every local or foreign romantic comedy, and praying that the same things she watched, would happen to her in her life. We used to spend hours contemplating life, love, and… Read more