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photography travel

Verona, Italy, November 2007

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Verona [wikipedia.org] is supposed to be a romantic city for lovers. A good stop you would say for a honeymoon? Well I won’t be remembering it for it’s romantic qualities, not from this trip. You see it was while getting off the train in fair Verona where I lost my camera. Not quite a Shakespearean tragedy but a quick way to ruin my day nonetheless.

I tried to enjoy Verona. Took a few photos with the Ixus I purchased for Candice before the trip—she insisted I keep it to make me feel better, which did make it easier to put aside my desire to sit in a pub and try to find my missing camera in the bottom of a few too many bottles of good Italian wine (and maybe something stronger.)

So. Only a few photos from Verona but I feel I should still post an entry for completeness. On the bright side I should mention that we had our first really good Italian food at a small tavern in Verona. Possibly the best gnocchi I’ve ever had and it was not even on the menu. The chef made it because they did not have any other vegetarian dishes that day. One more reason that Italians are better than French in my worldview.

You can see a few more photos in the Verona, Italy, November 2007 photoset on Flickr [flickr.com]

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ranting

Chili and Curry

I must have gotten up too early this morning. Or slept badly last night. I don’t know. Whatever I did it screwed up my coordination today.

This morning a piece of tofu grew legs, jumped out of my chopsticks and left an Orion’s belt of chili stains on my shirt. Then at lunch a pea flew out of my curry and left a yellow Hollywood gun wound on my shirt.

Maybe I need to go back to kindergarten and learn to feed myself. Or maybe I just need to go to bed early tonight.

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photography

Red Light District

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Dragon Hotel, Mosque Street, Singapore. Rooms for rent at all hours. Hourly rates.

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ranting

thirtysomething

I have entered mid-life at full stride! In the past year I have gotten married (OK, it was 56 weeks ago but close enough,) my wife and I purchased a house (which we will only move into in April due to renovations and such,) and my wife is pregnant. So by the middle of this year I will be fully entrenched in the thirtysomething crowd with a mortgage and a young child. Thankfully I don’t own a sports car (but I am open to expensive birthday presents so if you are interested in donating your expensive sports car let me know,) and I feel no need to case skirt or drink like a fish.

I am actually really looking forward to the thirtysomething role. I can’t wait to move into the new house. While I have lived in any number of dumps I now feel that I want to make sure any house I live it I enjoy coming home to. I tend to spend a lot of time at home so I want it to be comfortable and pleasant. Candice and I are spending a considerable amount of money to renovate the house before we move it so that it meets our idea of a home we want to live in—and to raise kids in.

I am excited beyond my ability to express it about becoming a father; I have always wanted kids. I think that my desire to have kids got me in trouble in the past—by making girls with young children more attractive. Those bad experiences have made me a lot more bitter about life then I once was but I did learn that I was actually good at dealing with a young child and being a father figure. I need to work on being less bitter over the next six months so I can be a good father for my own child.

Anyway; happy birthday to me!

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photography travel

Como, Italy, November 2007

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Candice and I visited Como [wikipedia.org] as a day trip from Milan. Unfortunately we did not leave Milan until about noon. So by the time we got to Como and walked from the train station to town we have little daylight to explore the city by. And then there is the fact that almost all the photos I did take were with my 40D which was stolen a few days later. C’est la vie. I only have a few photos from Como but you can see the rest in the Como, Italy, November 2007 photoset on Flickr [flickr.com].