air canada

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posted for this week’s photo friday: Used. wouldn’t you agree?

taken w/ Nikon D70, Nikkor 50mm lens.

5 shanz

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erg.
need rest
listening to lindas immortal advice and will get it today dangit
yesterday was apparently grand however (see above and more:)

came across this software today. one nice thing is that you can customize how data is got, i.e. it’s altogether possible to write something to talk to flickr and write out to the xml file to use as the source for your photos.

wonder if i’ll use it for anything–maybe if i actually try to do some photography display? i threw up a few pics i’m queued up to upload to flickr. Man it makes them look so swank.

DSC_6168.JPG

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hah amazing what i’ve picked up since we parted with the lens nearly 3 months ago. i had been fiending for 18mm goodness, and had no idea until we got our lens back that this is an 18mm – 70mm lens! it was since the time the lens went to the shop that i learned that all those annoying “extreme” shots are (generally) taken with an 18mm focal length.

so…of course after discovering it, i had to take a few annoying shots of my own.:)

good to have it back.

problem with one of the sets of questions is that it asks you about the weblog you linked to, with no selection if it was (another of) your own.

otle mexica

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i took a bit of pics and hadn’t uploaded them.

more ketchup.

mulu’s coffee

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thank you so much, nally and mulu, for treating us to an ethiopian meal.

i’ll upload the pic of the dish shortly (all film :); it consisted of a spongy bread called injera, and two large plates with the actual dish, which was basically a huge salad (i remember the taste of lemon, lettuce, and various peppers), topped with beef that was mixed with various spices (i’ll need to check w/ nally for the precise names of the same).

i was immediately taken aback by the style with which this is eaten–absolutely communal. no plates, except to hold the injera. each person (there were about 10 of us, and i think 3 separate plates, and two big plates with the dish) breaks a piece of bread, and makes themselves a little roll consisting of the meat and some vegetables. if you double dip, well hey, no one’s really watching:)

it was absolutely wonderful, the actual eating, and the food itself. i wasn’t sure if i’d be feeling the bread (it looked like that low carb stuff you see in many places), but it was perfect for the meal!

i wish we could do it every day. nally’s a little concerned with the strong smell, however. (and yeah it was definitely strong :) we’ll be doing it again shortly however, with the hohns — right nally? :)

afterwards mulu treated us to some “ethiopian coffee”. the beans were roasted “by hand”, and cooked in a pot (i did get a shot of that on the D :). hella smooth, and nice and strong.

a perfect meal, and a fun time. many kids got to run around to their hearts content, and we got to know some of our peeps a little better. :)

thanks y’all.

some sunday afternoon viewing: Saturday Night Fever

we had this soundtrack in our house when it first came out. if i remember correctly it was a promo we got from our cousin (who worked for RCA — i always introduce her as that eh lol)…Saturday Night Fever Original Soundtrack. I’m watching the movie, realizing that of course at that age (around 6 or so) i would have *never* been allowed to watch this movie (although to my recollection there was a PG version of this movie available? — i love the movie itself however because IMO it’s quite realistic and above all unpretensious, at least the way it plays itself out as me watching it in 2005).

the soundtrack then was something special to me. listening again, it is timeless. this soundtrack has had to have inspired my love for the kind of hip hop that i enjoy — soulful, rhythmic, with harmonies. i still wonder why disco got/gets the disdain that it did/has. the only thing i could ever chalk it up to was contempt.

just heard something that struck me (again):
“family raises a priest they think they’ve scored points in heaven”, tony’s brother says (who had recently left the catholic church, much to his behaviourally areligious family’s chagrin), as he leaves the house.

at any rate–perhaps i’m just a kid of the 80′s (yeah i’m sure it’s likely) but this movie is an absolute classic.

i just realized that you can get the total # of shutter releases for the camera in your exif data! i looked at the infor for the last digital i posted to flickr and i see it’s over 13000 shutter releases. i approximated that it would have been about $3k in film and developing if i would have taken just as many shots. granted being digital is conducive to making one take a lot more shots, but still…

jolly good show.

j.

das vibeandbass treated

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they got *down* at the tractor club in seattle last night. reminded me of the best of 90′s hip hop. wish i woulda brought a recording device.

check out http://www.hoppro.com/ for details on shows and what not.

j.