Monday, December 17, 2007

Hurrah! Imagey Goodness



Originally uploaded by petedesuka

Any of you who have been (rather foolishly) holding your breath waiting for my next post can heave a sigh of relief, a few gulps of air, and then check out pete's photostream on flickr.

most of my online time these days has been dedicated to surfing flickr, since I finally got around to paying attention to the thousands of photos I've taken in the last few years (partially spurred on by a friend who is incidentally quite good herself and well worth the time if you would just click on this link already... [hold down the Ctrl key while you do so and it will open in a new tab]) I even managed to start taking some decent ones myself, sometimes by design rather than sheer luck! Yes, even if I do say so myself.

Unshuttered



Sadly, that era came to an abrupt pause about a month ago when my camera decided to turn everything in every photo not only blue, but unloadable onto my computer. Funny trick, that. So, until I get a new one --hint hint to the Christmas Donkey or whatever is sensitive enough to the beliefs of the Red Beanie Worshipers of Mideastern Jengaland to be politically correct-- I'm stuck editing the photos I've already got. At last count I can hold out about three weeks on the food, water, and roughly 15,000 snaps I've got socked away for a rainy day.

Wish me luck! And a generous Christmas Donkey wouldn't hurt!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

as promised so long ago...

I am going to Killyou today!

err, sorry, that's a typo, i meant Kiryu. Yes, the vacation is over, the circus is packing up the tents and all the clowns are drawing straws to figure out who gets to drive. this may be heresy, but it might kinda sorta possibly be nice to not walk all day from temple to shrine to palace to mysterious rock whose plaque i can't read to incredible imperial estate that's not actually there anymore. You know, maybe.
So yes, finally my year of silence is over! Let the random incoherent ramblings begin!
(Fanfare, followed by one pair of hands clapping. thanks mom!)