Tag: life
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New Old Camera
While I was in Japan, I took an old Olympus OM10 with me to try out some photos. The thing was a gift for my birthday from a friend, Jo. I did manage to knock out a few snaps, partly filling two rolls of film. The OM10, back in 1979, was a camera that had…
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Flight Out
I may as well get writing while the whiskey begins to kick in. This afternoon, I stuck Jeremy on a plane back to his home up north. Its been an interesting and fun week while he was around to help out with the move. I took the time out to show him around the quiet…
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Moving
I’m in the middle of moving all of my stuff to a new place. Which has been a mixed affair of running around, signing leases, finding boxes and wondering how I managed to accrue so much junk in the last three years. Most of my things are packed now and later I’m going to start…
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Holiday Update
The Christmas holiday has been interesting. I made a roast dinner for a couple of friends who happened to be in town or had no other place to be and then ended up have a marathon of Californication’s third season. I could say I haven’t received anything, but that would be something of a lie.…
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Goddamit
There have been no posts, because things are really crazy right now. I returned to find work had piled up while I was gone and basically it was 5 people doing the work of at least 8. And this means we can only work on the necessary daily chores rather than work on the projects…
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Last Notes from the Train Station
It’s been a week since I made any updates. Time to wrap this Japan business up. I’ve been back for a week, slowly re-adjusting to work and sleeping in my bed. Here is something I wrote on the last day before taking the train to the airport: “I’m early for my next train by about…
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Tokyo Experience
Tokyo was something extraordinary. It’s a city that never seems to end or sleep, at least where I stayed in Shinjuku. There are only a few notes on paper about this part of my trip. The main reason is that you find another person on the road and you tend to hang out a bit.…
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Today in Tokyo
Okay so my trip to Tokyo was becoming a mixed affair. I was spending most of my time with another traveler, a Portuguese fellow named Gonçalo, who was spending the last days of his trip in Tokyo as well. The shopping here for toys and related stuff was overall much better. The food was good.…
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Tokyo
Okay I am in Shinjuku now. I spent about 5 hours on a train and after checking in at the hotel, I spent some time with a Portuguese guy, named Gonçalo (sounds like “gon’ sailo”) wandering around the district at night discovering little parts of the city. Good fun was had. Tomorrow we plan to…
The Screaming Wall 