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As seen on the first day of the Reiwa era, Reiwa Gannen.
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The Mt. Tam Effect
Create your experience.
Yet another Mt Tam shot in winter?! I think not. It's entertaining to me the modern day photography scramble. Watching photographers evolve through their abilities in Photoshop, hearing photographers complain about their original comp being stomped, hiding locations so that others won't find their secret gem.
I think the primary reason this bothers photographers is money. Many people dream of monetizing their photographic hobby and when making that leap from weekend warrior to struggling artist it becomes a point of contention when someone appears to start making money from what you perceive is your idea! As if we can stake a claim on a particular location for it's artistic value.
The entertaining part of this is that most locations have been regularly visited and photographed for at least the last 50 years. There's some film jockey that your comp stomping right now.
I doubt this shot I've taken above Yosemite valley facing the least popular direction will become popular or loved, and it's likely that it's been done before. The fact is, I love it. I love the fact that I had to travel 22 miles in snow shoes to sit above the clouds, in the snow, and watch the sun fall down over Yosemite valley. I love that my love for the art takes me to places I wouldn't go without this love and passion.
I also love that I get to share these moments with people who might not have the technical abilities, or physical capabilities, or just flat out don't have the time to get out and see these things for themselves. I hope that sometimes people might see something and be inspired themselves to head out into the world for the simple fact that life is an experience.
Create your experience.
LE on a Haida 10stop. f13, Nikon d810, 25", ISO40, 200mm
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BEACH FRONT MODERN
Artist: Amanda Rhodenizer (@amandarhodenizer)
Location: NEO Architecture, 243 King Street East
Medium: Oil on canvas
Amanda Rhodenizer holds a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2006) and an MFA from the University of Waterloo (2014). Recent solo exhibitions include The Larger Forgetting at Open Sesame in Kitchener, and Parallel Play at ARTsPLACE Artist-Run-Centre in Annapolis Royal, NS.
Rhodenizer wishes to acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund.
Beach Front Modern explores the narrative potential that exists between hosts and guests within the short-term rental market. Inspired by a photo shoot that took place in one such property in Kingsburg, Nova Scotia, this painting is part of the 2017 series Parallel Play.
In this piece, the interactions between figures speak to contemporary concerns surrounding accommodations within the sharing economy, while also making reference to colonial settler life.
The Canadian landscape is depicted with a limited palette and framed through a specific vantage point; a mark of our ongoing legacy of monetizing the beauty of the land we live on.
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As a fan of no.1 singer /diva in Malaysia, Dato' Siti Nurhaliza, i really like and love all her songs. and i make music videos of her song in my own way /style using my second life avatar. I love to find and wearing outfits almost alike Dato' wear in her actual music video. Its hard job actually to find accurate fashion as Dato' wearing and most of SL fashion not comply with polite fashion by Dato' and in real life South East Asia / Malaysia fashion. At least i find similar. It also hard job to find dance that suit the songs and places accurate like in original music videos.
The original music video was Konsert Mega Siti Nurhaliza Bukit Jalil 2001 was held at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Video recorder : BANDICAM pc version
Video editor : KDENLIVE free software (i newly downloaded n learn yesterday, sorry for its SIMPLYSITI. will improve later.
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PERFORMANCE BALL ROOM, THE ANGEL MANOR ESTATE
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Angel Manor. How people imagine and describe this place ? At first, i found this place by using search. Visiting for the first time at the Rose Theater although not finish visited all area make amazed of the build. So i bookmark the landmark for future visit. Coming again n again i decided to make recording here and until now i am still not finish visit and i don't know how to describe in words the amazing build, realistic textures, very large areas which has so many rooms. You should come and see yourself the majestic of The Angle Manor (landmark and web link are given above).
Again thank you Angel Manor, maybe in next music videos i still make recording here.
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1. I do not own this song.
2. I make this music video for non-profit activity. (not monetize)
3. This music video is for fun only as hobby and i am learning video recording and editing techniques.
4. My intention, I do not make this video or song purposely dedicated for ANYONE. So please do not make STUPID WILD ASSUMPTIONS / GOSSIPS. Only fool n crazy people finding bad of someone and spreading like hell.
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Hi Scott,
I will try to be brief (it's not easy for me), I've got a lot of work to do over at Google+ today (which is where I'm spending more and more of my time) -- we have a photo hangout show there tonight that I should be working on right now.
First, congratulations on your new appointment as CEO. As a long-term critic of Yahoo I wish you the best and believe every new CEO deserves a fresh chance. I hope you succeed beyond your wildest dreams. The Street does not like the news of your appointment, but Yahoo's stock would have probably gone down with *ANY* CEO appointment. The Street wants Yahoo to be sold off and your appointment makes that likelihood a little more murky (why hire a CEO to come get a boatload of severance cash if you're just going to sell the company in 2 weeks anyways -- unless the CEO is being hired to actually sell the company).
I'm going to give you some advice about Yahoo. It probably won't make a bit of difference (it didn't for Carol).
1. Flickr represents your *BEST* possible chance for social at Yahoo, but it's probably too late. Social is key. Social is winning. Facebook is social. Google is social. Twitter is social. Every great web company *must* incorporate social going forward. It's imperative. You can start from scratch or you can try to leverage your best shot at social which is Flickr. I know Flickr is not the most profitable thing Yahoo does -- and I know that profits are very important to CEO types like yourself, but trust me, forget about the immediate profitability, social IS important for your longer-term sustainability.
Google has spent hundreds of millions of dollars so far for social on Google+ -- with *NO* advertising or paid accounts. Why? Well for many reasons that have nothing to do with short-term profitability, but just assume that they can siphon off even 1% of the supposed $100 billion value of Facebook, that's a billion dollars for spending a few hundred mil. Not a bad return. Of course they have plans to siphon off *FAR* more than just 1% and far better ways to monetize things in the longer run beyond even just the network itself.
2. It will be challenging to turn flickr into a full fledged social network. Too many people think of it as a photo sharing site. This is one of your challenges -- but fix social for photographers and you'll pull in other accounts... maybe. But the competition for social is fierce. The competition wants what little photo social Flickr has left by the way. They are siphoning it off right now as we speak. There's a reason that Flickr's uniques are down 20% since June (according to Compete.com). Look at this last flickr post by Ingo Meckmann. Ingo's a great photographer by the way. This is what is happening to Flickr right now. Photographers are leaving. Google+ is siphoning off your flickr accounts and you're losing your best social asset at Yahoo. Ingo's move away from Flickr is just one of many, many, many such moves.
3. Flickr lacks vision and a leader. Maybe this is because most people at Yahoo don't care about Flickr (again, it's not the most profitable thing in the world). Maybe this is because Yahoo cannot recruit a strong leader. I don't know. Again, this is your challenge. I've been on Flickr since 2004. Remember when Bradley Horowitz bought Flickr for Yahoo back in the day? Back when Stewart Butterfield ran the show there. Stewart was a bold visible leader. It helped that he was cofounder of the site and it was his baby, but he was a big personality who was out there banging the drum, interacting with the community, selling flickr to the world. Even if you didn't always agree with his management decisions, he was at least visible.
Who is selling flickr to the world now? Nobody, that's who. Do we even know who the General Manager of Flickr is anymore? Who is out there drumming up Flickr photo walks like Google+ is doing? Nobody. Who is out there talking about weekly Flickr innovation? Nobody.
Look at the big bold leadership of Google+. Look at Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz -- the very top guys. These guys are constantly promoting their baby. They live and breath it. It's in their blood. I had a little censorship hiccup over on Google+ the other day and within about 10 minutes of posting about it at 1am in the morning Vic Gundotra himself responded to the issue and it got fixed. Go to their Google+ accounts and look at what they are posting. Now look what your Flickr Chief is posting (sorry Markus, nothing personal). Who is rallying the troops at Flickr? Who is leading the charge?
4. You have an excellent opportunity to turn Flickr into a stock photography powerhouse and you should. Why? Well for two reasons. First off there are only two companies in the world today who can compete with Getty Images. Google and Yahoo (with Flickr). It's a multi-billion dollar industry ripe for disruption. But secondly, if you really reformed the stock photography market you'd attract all of the best photographers in the world today to Flickr. If you came out with something fairer than a 20% Getty payout and you really put the muscle behind promoting Flickr as a stock powerhouse, you'd retain many of your top photographers who are leaving and you'd attract many more. It's a hook, and a big hook, what social person doesn't like being *paid* to be social? Best of all, you get a cut. How many bored housewives with cameras are sitting out there who wouldn't want to earn a few extra hundred bucks a month? Make this dream come true not just for some of the accounts on Flickr, but open it up to literally everyone.
5. Innovate, innovate, innovate. Apparently you are a tech guy. Flickr needs circles (like Google+). You need to spend about 3 weeks studying Flickr Groups and why they are one of the stickiest social things on the web over the past 10 years. Alot about Flickr Groups need to be changed (you need more robust blocking tools, you need better ways to track threads across groups, you need to integrate group threads into your mobile experience, etc.), but at core, they are highly social little mini social systems buried deep inside of Yahoo. Figure them out. Free them. Promote them. Use them to their full potential instead of letting them languish in obscurity buried in the basement of flickr.
6. Get a flickr account yourself. I gave Carol this advice too and she never took it. Really. You are CEO of Yahoo. You *should* at least have a flickr account. It would be best if you really used it of course, but even if all it is is a puppet account that your assistant posts vacation photos to for you, do it. If you don't support your own product, why should we? More importantly, what kind of message does it send to your employees working on Flickr if you can't even be bothered to set up an account.
7. Overhaul community management at flickr. It's gotten better now that Heather's out (I finally got off the Explore blacklist that Heather always denied ever even existed), but barely. Follow Google's lead and beef up the community management team (I think Google has like 20 community managers or something like that). Get folks in there who will interact with the community, who will promote the community, who will celebrate the community.
Look at Vic Gundotra's last post over at Google+. What is it? It's a post celebrating an interesting article by Trey Ratcliff, one of the photo community leaders who has emerged on Google+. How do you think it makes Trey feel when Vic Gundotra himself comes out and brings up one of his posts? How do you think it made Mike Elgan feel last night? Look at how popular a flickr account Trey has. Who at flickr is reaching out to him and making him feel as special as Vic is making him feel? Who is community management?
Vic is leading by example here. And his community managers are doing the same thing. That's so smart. This is one of the many reasons why Google is winning at social. I hope Brian Rose and Chris Chabot and Natalie Villalobos and Michael Hermeston and Ricardo Lagos and tag team of Dave Cohen and Vincent Mo, and Tony Payne and Chew Chee and Sparky and soooooo many more Googlers got big fat year-end bonuses at Google, because they deserve it (and wayyy more Googlers that I know I left out, sorry).
Where is the community manangement at Flickr? Where is the outreach? Where is the social?
Finally, try this. Hop on the Verge's (don't you love cutting edge new tech sites?) article about your new appointment today, or wherever and ask the question, "what is the best internet property that Yahoo has today?" Watch how many people say Flickr. Flickr represents your best chance to funnel positive technology out of Yahoo in a highly visible way. People care more about Flickr than any other Yahoo property. It's highly, highly visible, despite profitability issues. Let your other sleepy little businesses provide the profitability why you hold Flickr up as your beacon and proof that Yahoo can innovate. Do something bold. Get rid of the paid account. Facebook and Google+ don't charge for accounts. I know there's probably a big gasp there as paid accounts are probably the number one thing contributing to Flickr's profitability at present, but do it anyways. People will love it. It will get great press. It will be a big bold move and a signal that Yahoo has much bigger plans for profitability going forward than paid Pro accounts.
That is all Scott. Best of luck. If you ever want to talk about Flickr, I have many, many more ideas on how you can turn that failing ship around. Show us you've got what it takes.
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Hi guys Cam and Brenny here .. yes 'click bait' lol.. but in all seriousness we are trying to grow our YouTube channel so that we can monetize a bit .. and we NEED your help .. all we need are for our videos to be played... pretty please ....
Thank you much,
The check in at the Mirage Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas Nevada.
If you look close you'll see that yes, she's riding on her suitcase. Pretty sure that she was some sort of "INFLUENCER" on some social media site, along with the guy behind her at the desk. They both shot me dirty looks when they saw the camera as they zipped away. I figured they were probably mad because there wasn't a way for them to "MONETIZE" the shot!
If you should recognize these folks please let them know I'm open to having a "COLLAB" with them even though I think they're self absorbed narcissistic twits! 😄
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Main gate of Ryoginan Temple, which is classified as an important cultural property. When Ryoginan is open to the public, another gate to the right is used for entrance, not this main gate.
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Challenge: take a photo during day time without any visitor on the bridge.
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Sorry for a bit of inactivity I saw the Mortal Kombat movie last week, it got a lot of hate but all in all it was a great movie & the ending really showed how a part 2 of the movie would set up Johnny Cage, I hope Kitana will be in the sequel as well. I'll be making some figs from the movie. This show was so great, at the time I really wasn't making figs like these at the time but I decided to do it now. I didn't have all the right parts to make Queen Maeve which is why she's not here. I just decided to make some of the many characters from the show, I think I did pretty good. If you haven't watched the show I strongly urge you to watch it, it's on Amazon Prime. I also just bought the LEGO® Marvel Shang-Chi Escape from The Ten Rings (76176) from Amazon so I just have to wait for that to come. Anyways let's get to the figs...
For those of you who don't know The Boys is set in a universe where superpowered individuals are recognized as heroes by the general public and work for the powerful corporation Vought International, which markets and monetizes them. Outside of their heroic personas, most are arrogant and corrupt.
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Bottom: A-Train, Starlight, Billy Butcher, Translucent, The Homelander, Black Noir, Hughie Campbell, The Deep, & Lamplighter
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Sort of what I've been doing for a while here.
Sick of social media, so I've slowed it to a large degree. I don't want to post much beyond snapshots there because they have to mean something to someone or they don't count, at least that's the culture of IG. When I do share film, which generally is more rooted in an artistic expression, the images aren't well received. And what should I expect anyhow from IGers at large?
Aware of the pitfalls of letting those feelings dictate what I do, I've still taken two steps back as a precaution. For me that's slowing the pace and diminishing the quality of what I post so I don't feel the way I have been about the dynamic that exists there. Oh, and how that will hurt my "brand"!! Ugh, really? If we can't somehow monetize what we do as artists, are we trees falling in the woods?
I have always loved slide film, especially medium format E6. A little over a year ago I had a little show at my favorite little coffee shop in downtown Portland and while I did have prints up to share with the regular customers, I mostly didn't care about those after my opening night. That was because at the slide show that I presented there was a feeling that not only was I present, but so was everyone in the room. There was a story with most images, and a narrative shared among them. The images looked like you could walk into them. Like you were there. For sharing my work, it was the polar opposite of the typical method today seems to be: someone "engaged" in conversation with others, quickly scrolling past 2" images on their phone, liking, liking, liking.
My point is that I have not only been shooting, and mostly on slide film, but I haven't been willing to even scan the film I have processed to share with anyone because I feel the medium is both being disrespected and cannot adequately convey what my P66 or even print can. Hell, flickr is even still the much better place.
So, while I wait to pivot to whatever fills the void, I can't help but only want to be back in a room with my people who are present, soaking in the glow of images that will be just a memory when the lights came back on. And it that's exactly how I would feel had I been there at each instance without a shutter to open–just a memory. And that's all I need.
Maybe I'll find a way to being in LA. But not having the connection I do to a place and not having an outlet like I used to at the moment is leaving a lot of film piling up, waiting for to find the light in a dark room.
Moss everywhere at the temple ground! Especially the hairy and long sugigoke moss, my personal favorite. Sugigoke moss is life!
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...leading to the subtemples Ryoginan and Sokushuin.
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Now what will he do? His brand depends on stoking the fires of fascism. He either needs a new platform or...he runs for office. How big does he think he is?
It irks me that we have to think about twerps like this guy. But it's not really about him. It's about the monetizing of hate and those who are willing to build their careers around that business plan. Carlson's just one of the bunch. Exploiting unhappiness has been an industry on the right since Limbaugh.
From a series of illustrations on Bitcoin's emerging role as both a currency/store of value, and as a way to monetize stranded renewable energy.
For example: Hydro, wind and solar are all cyclical. Meaning they only produce part of the time. Wind when it is windy, solar in the daytime and hydro (mostly) in the rainy season. This leads to a feast-or-famine calculation that can make renewables more costly to implement.
You can transmit/sell excess power. But that is only economical up to a distance of 1,000 miles. You can store excess power in batteries, but that is expensive to scale. Using stranded renewable energy for Bitcoin mining gives you a way to monetize the periodic excess power much more efficiently.
Even more significant, shipping container-sized Bitcoin mining rigs are being used to monetize the vents from natural gas wells, which would otherwise periodically be *venting unburnt methane directly into the atmosphere.*
Yes, BTC uses a lot of power when viewed empirically, as does any scaled store of value. But the top-line numbers are very misleading, until you start to dig more underneath the surface.
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The famous little moss island which some of you may have already seen competely in pink. Believe me, that was photoshop ;-)
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This issue is from Norman Osborn’s perspective.
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“I was mistaken about Peter Parker. The Oz “injection” may have granted him extraordinary abilities, but it has also ensured a premature death. I fear that an autopsy will lead to a game of ‘connect the dots,’ thus pinning his death on OsCorp. That’s why I’d like you to perform a hit, Horatio.”
Clearing his mind, Horatio takes a deep breath and shuts his eyes. To an onlooker, it may seem as if he’s stressing over the risks involved. In reality, he’s decisively planning the killing shot. His eyes jolt open and he mouths his two favorite words…
“Gladly, sir.”
Easing out of the building, Horatio slides on his sunglasses with surprising finesse. With the conversation cut short, Norman Osborn throws himself back in time.
I formerly believed that Peter Parker would be the key to creating the next super soldier. In the wake of a freak accident, he unintentionally became the first human test subject for my Oz formula. Fortunately, we had the forethought to observe him. The results were spectacular. Having been injected with the Oz through the bite of a spider, he gained unique abilities similar to the arachnid’s.
Things quickly turned sour, though. Anxious to monetize Oz, I subjected myself to it. However, I went for a more direct approach and left the spider out of the equation. Seconds after doing so, a violent reaction occurred. I was ablaze: veiled in flames. Something else we were working on didn’t agree with the introduction of fire and a nasty explosion took out a large chunk of the building. Impervious to the heat, I streaked out of the facility and found an alley to hide in.
That’s when I first noticed that the Oz had horribly disfigured me. Having startled a homeless man, I looked at my palms to see gnarled, green skin. Suddenly the warmth my body was emanating dissipated and I felt cold. As the heat left me, my hands returned to their original state. Everything from there was a blur. I woke up in my bed, far away from the chaos.
Dealing with the media was easier than someone might expect. Because I didn’t know what really caused the explosion, I didn’t need to lie.
Why was Parker so—so perfect? I needed to know, so I decided to run tests on his blood. In doing so, I learned that the Oz is slowly killing him.
The silence breaks as quickly as a twig underfoot. Norman is severed from his cloud of thoughts as the only other person in the room speaks.
“Norman, the kid’s not dying.”
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9.4.09
The flight arrived on time; and the twelve hours while on board passed quickly and without incident. To be sure, the quality of the Cathay Pacific service was exemplary once again.
Heathrow reminds me of Newark International. The décor comes straight out of the sterile 80's and is less an eyesore than an insipid background to the rhythm of human activity, such hustle and bustle, at the fore. There certainly are faces from all races present, creating a rich mosaic of humanity which is refreshing if not completely revitalizing after swimming for so long in a sea of Chinese faces in Hong Kong.
Internet access is sealed in England, it seems. Nothing is free; everything is egregiously monetized from the wireless hotspots down to the desktop terminals. I guess Hong Kong has spoiled me with its abundant, free access to the information superhighway.
11.4.09
Despite staying in a room with five other backpackers, I have been sleeping well. The mattress and pillow are firm; my earplugs keep the noise out; and the sleeping quarters are as dark as a cave when the lights are out, and only as bright as, perhaps, a dreary rainy day when on. All in all, St. Paul's is a excellent place to stay for the gregarious, adventurous, and penurious city explorer - couchsurfing may be a tenable alternative; I'll test for next time.
Yesterday Connie and I gorged ourselves at the borough market where there were all sorts of delectable, savory victuals. There was definitely a European flavor to the food fair: simmering sausages were to be found everywhere; and much as the meat was plentiful, and genuine, so were the dairy delicacies, in the form of myriad rounds of cheese, stacked high behind checkered tabletops. Of course, we washed these tasty morsels down with copious amounts of alcohol that flowed from cups as though amber waterfalls. For the first time I tried mulled wine, which tasted like warm, rancid fruit punch - the ideal tonic for a drizzling London day, I suppose. We later killed the afternoon at the pub, shooting the breeze while imbibing several diminutive half-pints in the process. Getting smashed at four in the afternoon doesn't seem like such a bad thing anymore, especially when you are having fun in the company of friends; I can more appreciate why the English do it so much!
Earlier in the day, we visited the Tate Modern. Its turbine room lived up to its prominent billing what with a giant spider, complete with bulbous egg sac, anchoring the retrospective exhibit. The permanent galleries, too, were a delight upon which to feast one's eyes. Picasso, Warhol and Pollock ruled the chambers of the upper floors with the products of their lithe wrists; and I ended up becoming a huge fan of cubism, while developing a disdain for abstract art and its vacuous images, which, I feel, are devoid of both motivation and emotion.
My first trip yesterday morning was to Emirates Stadium, home of the Arsenal Gunners. It towers imperiously over the surrounding neighborhood; yet for all its majesty, the place sure was quiet! Business did pick up later, however, once the armory shop opened, and dozens of fans descended on it like bees to a hive. I, too, swooped in on a gift-buying mission, and wound up purchasing a book for Godfrey, a scarf for a student, and a jersey - on sale, of course - for good measure.
I'm sitting in the Westminster Abbey Museum now, resting my weary legs and burdened back. So far, I've been verily impressed with what I've seen, such a confluence of splendor and history before me that it would require days to absorb it all, when regretfully I can spare only a few hours. My favorite part of the abbey is the poets corner where no less a literary luminary than Samuel Johnson rests in peace - his bust confirms his homely presence, which was so vividly captured in his biography.
For lunch I had a steak and ale pie, served with mash, taken alongside a Guinness, extra cold - 2 degrees centigrade colder, the bartender explained. It went down well, like all the other delicious meals I've had in England; and no doubt by now I have grown accustomed to inebriation at half past two. Besides, Liverpool were playing inspired football against Blackburn; and my lunch was complete.
Having had my fill of football, I decided to skip my ticket scalping endeavor at Stamford Bridge and instead wandered over to the British Museum to inspect their extensive collections. Along the way, my eye caught a theater, its doors wide open and admitting customers. With much rapidity, I subsequently checked the show times, saw that a performance was set to begin, and at last rushed to the box office to purchase a discounted ticket - if you call a 40 pound ticket a deal, that is. That's how I grabbed a seat to watch Hairspray in the West End.
The show was worth forty pounds. The music was addictive; and the stage design and effects were not so much kitschy as delightfully stimulating - the pulsating background lights were at once scintillating and penetrating. The actors as well were vivacious, oozing charisma while they danced and delivered lines dripping in humor. Hairspray is a quality production and most definitely recommended.
12.4.09
At breakfast I sat across from a man who asked me to which country Hong Kong had been returned - China or Japan. That was pretty funny. Then he started spitting on my food as he spoke, completely oblivious to my breakfast becoming the receptacle in which the fruit of his inner churl was being placed. I guess I understand the convention nowadays of covering one's mouth whilst speaking and masticating at the same time!
We actually conversed on London life in general, and I praised London for its racial integration, the act of which is a prodigious leap of faith for any society, trying to be inclusive, accepting all sorts of people. It wasn't as though the Brits were trying in vain to be all things to all men, using Spanish with the visitors from Spain, German with the Germans and, even, Hindi with the Indians, regardless of whether or not Hindi was their native language; not even considering the absurd idea of encouraging the international adoption of their language; thereby completely keeping English in English hands and allowing its proud polyglots to "practice" their languages. Indeed, the attempt of the Londoners to avail themselves of the rich mosaic of ethnic knowledge, and to seek a common understanding with a ubiquitous English accent is an exemplar, and the bedrock for any world city.
I celebrated Jesus' resurrection at the St. Andrew's Street Church in Cambridge. The parishioners of this Baptist church were warm and affable, and I met several of them, including one visiting (Halliday) linguistics scholar from Zhongshan university in Guangzhou, who in fact had visited my tiny City University of Hong Kong in 2003. The service itself was more traditional and the believers fewer in number than the "progressive" services at any of the charismatic, evangelical churches in HK; yet that's what makes this part of the body of Christ unique; besides, the message was as brief as a powerpoint slide, and informative no less; the power word which spoke into my life being a question from John 21:22 - what is that to you?
Big trees; exquisite lawns; and old, pointy colleges; that's Cambridge in a nutshell. Sitting here, sipping on a half-pint of Woodforde's Wherry, I've had a leisurely, if not languorous, day so far; my sole duty consisting of walking around while absorbing the verdant environment as though a sponge, camera in tow.
I am back at the sublime beer, savoring a pint of Sharp's DoomBar before my fish and chips arrive; the drinking age is 18, but anyone whose visage even hints of youthful brilliance is likely to get carded these days, the bartender told me. The youth drinking culture here is almost as twisted as the university drinking culture in America.
My stay in Cambridge, relaxing and desultory as it may be, is about to end after this late lunch. I an not sure if there is anything left to see, save for the American graveyard which rests an impossible two miles away. I have had a wonderful time in this town; and am thankful for the access into its living history - the residents here must demonstrate remarkable patience and tolerance what with so many tourists ambling on the streets, peering - and photographing - into every nook and cranny.
13.4.09
There are no rubbish bins, yet I've seen on the streets many mixed race couples in which the men tend to be white - the women also belonging to a light colored ethnicity, usually some sort of Asian; as well saw some black dudes and Indian dudes with white chicks.
People here hold doors, even at the entrance to the toilet. Sometimes it appears as though they are going out on a limb, just waiting for the one who will take the responsibility for the door from them, at which point I rush out to relieve them of such a fortuitous burden.
I visited the British Museum this morning. The two hours I spent there did neither myself nor the exhibits any justice because there really is too much to survey, enough captivating stuff to last an entire day, I think. The bottomless well of artifacts from antiquity, drawing from sources as diverse as Korea, and Mesopotamia, is a credit to the British empire, without whose looting most of this amazing booty would be unavailable for our purview; better, I think, for these priceless treasures to be open to all in the grandest supermarket of history than away from human eyes, and worst yet, in the hands of unscrupulous collectors or in the rubbish bin, possibly.
Irene and I took in the ballet Giselle at The Royal Opera House in the afternoon. The building is a plush marvel, and a testament to this city's love for the arts. The ballet itself was satisfying, the first half being superior to the second, in which the nimble dancers demonstrated their phenomenal dexterity in, of all places, a graveyard covered in a cloak of smoke and darkness. I admit, their dance of the dead, in such a gloomy necropolis, did strike me as, strange.
Two amicable ladies from Kent convinced me to visit their hometown tomorrow, where, they told me, the authentic, "working" Leeds Castle and the mighty interesting home of Charles Darwin await.
I'm nursing a pint of Green King Ruddles and wondering about the profusion of British ales and lagers; the British have done a great deed for the world by creating an interminable line of low-alcohol session beers that can be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner; and their disservice is this: besides this inexhaustible supply of cheap beer ensnaring my inner alcoholic, I feel myself putting on my freshman fifteen, almost ten years after the fact; I am going to have to run a bit harder back in Hong Kong if I want to burn all this malty fuel off.
Irene suggested I stop by the National Art Gallery since we were in the area; and it was an hour well spent. The gallery currently presents a special exhibit on Picasso, the non-ticketed section of which features several seductive renderings, including David spying on Bathsheba - repeated in clever variants - and parodies of other masters' works. Furthermore, the main gallery houses two fabulous portraits by Joshua Reynolds, who happens to be favorite of mine, he in life being a close friend of Samuel Johnson - I passed by Boswells, where its namesake first met Johnson, on my way to the opera house.
14.4.09
I prayed last night, and went through my list, lifting everyone on it up to the Lord. That felt good; that God is alive now, and ever present in my life and in the lives of my brothers and sisters.
Doubtless, then, I have felt quite wistful, as though a specter in the land of the living, being in a place where religious fervor, it seems, is a thing of the past, a trifling for many, to be hidden away in the opaque corners of centuries-old cathedrals that are more expensive tourist destinations than liberating homes of worship these days. Indeed, I have yet to see anyone pray, outside of the Easter service which I attended in Cambridge - for such an ecstatic moment in verily a grand church, would you believe that it was only attended by at most three dozen spirited ones. The people of England, and Europe in general, have, it is my hope, only locked away the Word, relegating it to the quiet vault of their hearts. May it be taken out in the sudden pause before mealtimes and in the still crisp mornings and cool, silent nights. There is still hope for a revival in this place, for faith to rise like that splendid sun every morning. God would love to rescue them, to deliver them in this day, it is certain.
I wonder what Londoners think, if anything at all, about their police state which, like a vine in the shadows, has taken root in all corners of daily life, from the terrorist notifications in the underground, which implore Londoners to report all things suspicious, to the pair of dogs which eagerly stroll through Euston. What makes this all the more incredible is the fact that even the United States, the indomitable nemesis of the fledgling, rebel order, doesn't dare bombard its citizens with such fear mongering these days, especially with Obama in office; maybe we've grown wise in these past few years to the dubious returns of surrendering civil liberties to the state, of having our bags checked everywhere - London Eye; Hairspray; and The Royal Opera House check bags in London while the museums do not; somehow, that doesn't add up for me.
I'm in a majestic bookshop on New Street in Birmingham, and certainly to confirm my suspicions, there are just as many books on the death of Christianity in Britain as there are books which attempt to murder Christianity everywhere. I did find, however, a nice biography on John Wesley by Roy Hattersley and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. I may pick up the former.
Lunch with Sally was pleasant and mirthful. We dined at a French restaurant nearby New Street - yes, Birmingham is a cultural capitol! Sally and I both tried their omelette, while her boyfriend had the fish, without chips. Conversation was light, the levity was there and so was our reminiscing about those fleeting moments during our first year in Hong Kong; it is amazing how friendships can resume so suddenly with a smile. On their recommendation, I am on my way to Warwick Castle - they also suggested that I visit Cadbury World, but they cannot take on additional visitors at the moment, the tourist office staff informed me, much to my disappointment!
Visiting Warwick Castle really made for a great day out. The castle, parts of which were established by William the Conquerer in 1068, is as much a kitschy tourist trap as a meticulous preservation of history, at times a sillier version of Ocean Park while at others a dignified dedication to a most glorious, inexorably English past. The castle caters to all visitors; and not surprisingly, that which delighted all audiences was a giant trebuchet siege engine, which for the five p.m. performance hurled a fireball high and far into the air - fantastic! Taliban beware!
15.4.09
I'm leaving on a jet plane this evening; don't know when I'll be back in England again. I'll miss this quirky, yet endearing place; and that I shall miss Irene and Tom who so generously welcomed me into their home, fed me, and suffered my use of their toilet and shower goes without saying. I'm grateful for God's many blessings on this trip.
On the itinerary today is a trip to John Wesley's home, followed by a visit to the Imperial War Museum. Already this morning I picked up a tube of Oilatum, a week late perhaps, which Teri recommended I use to treat this obstinate, dermal weakness of mine - I'm happy to report that my skin has stopped crying.
John Wesley's home is alive and well. Services are still held in the chapel everyday; and its crypt, so far from being a cellar for the dead, is a bright, spacious museum in which all things Wesley are on display - I never realized how much of an iconic figure he became in England; at the height of this idol frenzy, ironic in itself, he must have been as popular as the Beatles were at their apex. The house itself is a multi-story edifice with narrow, precipitous staircases and spacious rooms decorated in an 18th century fashion.
I found Samuel Johnson's house within a maze of red brick hidden alongside Fleet Street. To be in the home of the man who wrote the English dictionary, and whose indefatigable love for obscure words became the inspiration for my own lexical obsession, this, by far, is the climax of my visit to England! The best certainly has been saved for last.
There are a multitude of portraits hanging around the house like ornaments on a tree. Every likeness has its own story, meticulously retold on the crib sheets in each room. Celebrities abound, including David Garrick and Sir Joshua Reynolds, who painted several of the finer images in the house. I have developed a particular affinity for Oliver Goldsmith, of whom Boswell writes, "His person was short, his countenance coarse and vulgar, his deportment that of a scholar awkwardly affecting the easy gentleman. It appears as though I, too, could use a more flattering description of myself!
I regretfully couldn't stop to try the curry in England; I guess the CityU canteen's take on the dish will have to do. I did, however, have the opportune task of flirting with the cute Cathay Pacific counter staff who checked me in. She was gorgeous in red, light powder on her cheeks, with real diamond earrings, she said; and her small, delicate face, commanded by a posh British accent rendered her positively irresistible, electrifying. Not only did she grant me an aisle seat but she had the gumption to return my fawning with zest; she must be a pro at this by now.
I saw her again as she was pulling double-duty, collecting tickets prior to boarding. She remembered my quest for curry; and in the fog of infatuation, where nary a man has been made, I fumbled my words like the sloppy kid who has had too much punch. I am just an amateur, alas, an "Oliver Goldsmith" with the ladies - I got no game - booyah!
Some final, consequential bits: because of the chavs, Burberry no longer sells those fashionable baseball caps; because of the IRA, rubbish bins are no longer a commodity on the streets of London, and as a result, the streets and the Underground of the city are a soiled mess; and because of other terrorists from distant, more arid lands, going through a Western airport has taken on the tedium of perfunctory procedure that doesn't make me feel any safer from my invisible enemies.
At last, I saw so many Indians working at Heathrow that I could have easily mistaken the place for Mumbai. Their presence surprised me because their portion of the general population surely must be less than their portion of Heathrow staff, indicating some mysterious hiring bias. Regardless, they do a superb job with cursory airport checks, and in general are absurdly funny and witty when not tactless.
That's all for England!
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