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My new tattoo! ( excuse the redness and kind of a crappy photo. Ill be taking a new one when its healed ) The placement is on my back between my shoulder blades ( its a bit hard to tell )
I have been toying around with this idea for about 3 or 4 years now, and could never justify getting it because im a volunteer. but thanks to some generous friends and family. this is my late christmas present!
the text is an excerpt of a J.R.R Tolkein quote that goes
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.
Like I said, I live in Australia as a volunteer. And have for nearly 3 years. During that time I have not stayed just in one place, I have been up and down the east coast and up several times to Papua New Guinea. I dont think I have stayed put for over 4 months in this 3 year span. and dont plan on buckling down long term any time soon…
I guess you can say I have aquired a healthy case of what they call ” wander lust ”
I believe Tolkien in this poem is saying that things are not always as they first appear, nor should you assume that things will stay as they first appear to be.
so this is a reminder, and to signify that I am merely a wanderer with a purpose. I may seem to jump from here to there and back again, aimlessly chasing my whims. But in fact, my roots run deeper than they appear…even if they don’t keep me stuck in one place or opinion for too long. and im actively gaining a perception of things outside of what I would normally know.
The things I have learned while apparantly wandering around and working for free. are some of the most precious things I will ever have in my life. My preceptions of the world, knowledge of different cultures, my love for people and my relationship with God have drastically changed and through it all have gained a new passion for life and wanting to seeing others live.
Parade of Sail - Pepsi Americas’ Sail 2006
Fort Macon
Atlantic Beach, NC
Compass Rose
Year Built: 1970
Rig Type: Gaff rigged schooner
Overall Length: 55 feet
Home Port: Key West, Florida
Lovely ArtDeco detail-
Terrazzo's an ancient "art" of crushed marble
and a cementitious binder applied within a metal border,
and afterwards ground and polished to a smooth uniform
floor surface.
As you entered the Granada Theatre, this was on the left side. I don't know what was in that entryway. The stairs to the left led to the upstairs balcony overlooking the main hall.
More info and pics:
www.compassrose.org/balaban-and-katz/granada-theatre/Gran...
Administrative port: BRIXHAM
Home port: EXMOUTH
Port letters and number: E3
Vessel name: COMPASS ROSE
Registry of Shipping and Seamen number: GBR000A17395
Licence number: 25180
Fish producer organisation: NON-SECTOR
Overall length: 9.99
Registered tonnage: 5.79
Engine Power (kw): 63.41
Vessel Capacity Units: 60.702
Year Built: 1964
Hull Material: Wood
Country of Build: GBR
Licence Category: CATEGORY A (10 METRE AND UNDER)
Shellfish Licence licence (Y)
Scallop Licence (N)
This is why I love my customers. I had a client ask me to change my Punk Kilt into a mini-skirt and do it in dark purple and it was a blast to create. She also requested non-real leather and so all the accents are done in a faux leather.
"The customers pay before they even see what they're paying for! There'll be money in that business." -Barney Balaban
$4MM, 4,381 seat "Spanish Mexican Renaissance" movie theater designed for Balaban and Katz chain by brothers C.W. (1861-1927) and George L. (1878-1949) Rapp -- Rapp and Rapp, Chicago • actually a complex of 4 bldg. sections • client requested a design that would "leave patrons awestruck" • 8-story terra cotta facade • one of world's largest air conditioning systems • 10,000 pipe Wurlitzer organ • largest single-screen theater ever in Chicago • current marquee dates from 50s • "grande window" above marquee originally outlined by light bulbs set at 1' intervals
opening day marquee read "ONE OF THE GREAT ART BUILDINGS OF THE WORLD - AN ACRE OF SEATS" -- over 12,000 in line for tickets to first show
"Watch the eyes of a child as it enters the portals of our great theatres and treads the pathway into fairyland. Watch the bright light in the eyes of the tired shopgirl who hurries noiselessly over carpets and sighs with satisfaction as she walks amid furnishings that once delighted the hearts of queens. See the toil-worn father whose dreams have never come true, and look inside his heart as he finds strength and rest within the theatre. There you have the answer to why motion picture theatres are so palatial. Here is a shrine to democracy where there are no privileged patrons. The wealthy rub elbows with the poor -- and are better for this contact." -George L. Rapp, architect
"Here is the Uptown Theatre. It is beyond human dreams of loveliness, rising in mountainous splendor, achieving that overpowering sense of tremendous size and exquisite beauty-a thing that comes miraculously seldom." -Balaban & Katz Magazine, Aug. 17, 1925
"Eclipsing in size, splendor and impressiveness anything that has been built in the last few years of hectic theater construction, this new house is not only beyond doubt the most gorgeous movie palace in the world, but is so far above its neighborhood that the North Side will be years before it is worthy of it." -Variety
not a big money-maker for Balaban & Katz • stage shows added, then cut • to raise cash, sold off the Wurlitzer and about 100 original oil paintings that were part of the decor • purchased by American Broadcasting Co., 1969, became part of Plitt Theatres chain • closed, 1981 • several plans for restoration and conversion to music venue have fallen through but efforts to save the Uptown continue
Barney Balaban (1887-1971) later became president of Paramount Pictures • actor/producer/director Bob Balaban (b. 1945) is nephew of Barney and Abe Balaban
home page • Uptown, World's Largest And Finest, Opens -Chicago Evening American, 18 August 1925 • Uptown Theatre -Jazz Age Chicago • Uptown Theatre: A Glorious Sanctuary for Some -Chicago Sun Times (Buried Chicago) • Sleeping Beauty -Chicago Tribune • video (25:58): Uptown: Portrait of a Palace (2006) • Wikipedia • Cinema Treasures • designated Chicago landmark, 1991 • National Register #86003181, 1986 • NRHP nomination form • Uptown Historic District National Register ##00001336, 2000