Yes... I am alive.

So the satelite connection doesn't appear to allow me to upload photos.... bollocks. Will try and get on land and get some up. Wild being back in Hawaii. So busy yet still finding a little time for a good Martini! Getting stoked as I leave in 3 weeks for the Winter Music Confrence in Miami. Photographing Ron Carrol, Barbara Tucker, Jamie Lewis, and Cece Peniston to name a few. It will be huge. Looking at the OM Records party and it appears to be more house than I know what to do with. Um.... heavenly.
Life is good though, although work is tough it generally appears to be getting better. I've been sick, nothing worse than a head cold in Hawaii! I must also say kudos to Nicky D for my happy kitty photo. This one will have to go up first as this pic makes me smile everytime I see it. I printed a few copies for posting all over the ship. Happy Kitty Rules! But beware Nick... 8mm fisheye lens on the way to Hawaii as we speak... you will be Ruled harder than kitty!
What else. Oh yeah, nothing! I'm out.

Quote for the day

Beauty without intelligence is an illusion that is close to disenchantment. It is like a fairy that fascinates us, as long as we look at her through the enchanting prism of her beauty. However, it disappears as soon as the light of reason penetrates beyond the place where the eyes can see.

- Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera, "Concerning Women's Intelligence and Beauty", 1876

SCREW NICKY D!!!

Some photographers, I tell ya, they shoot a couple good images and then they think they are too good to look at any others. Sheesh!

Crickey! So I am in HI and I have walked into a shit storm. So much work on this ship to bring it back up to par. Good thing I have been here before cause Im not getting off for awhile. This place is wild, so many yanks.... so many bad yanks. Thank god the crew has gotten sexier since I was last aboard! I have some pics of Mont Serat blowing its top that I will upload soon plus a few words for a few other wild ones besides Nicky D. Give me a couple days to sort meself out and Ill get some goodies in here!

AHHHHHHH!!!!!

Bollocks to this place, I am in some weird twilight zone with no mobile reception and hardly any internet reception either. Its freaky. I'm out in the morning and will get back to sayin G'day as soon as I can.

Honolulu here I come!

Amatuers, Animal Lovers, and Australia

Hmmm, even I'm not this bad.



A beer's, I mean bear's best friend! Kudos to one of the finer drinking partners east of the Mississippi!



Cultural Lesson V2.0

The SuperAvacadoBowl

So i sat in a bar all day and successfully managed to not know a single score of the game. However I did win a fair amount of table football and sucked at a bit of pool. Snuck a bit of Jaeger back "on base" so i might be covered for the day. This is a repeat of previous training and I must admit..... IT IS STARTING TO DO MY HEAD IN. I will not bore you all with details so I will digress. However our dear Matty has requested some cooking tips so lets move forward to the next lesson.

Avacado Spread for tha Toast
Those of you above the eqautor might not find this as tasty but try it, Great Snack!

So mash up 1/2 Avacado in a bowl
Juice in 1/4 of a lemon
Drizzle olive oil to suite (i prefer a good bit)
Fresh cracked pepper to suite
A fair amount of salt (it compliments the lemon and avacoado and gives a bit of balance)

Mash together and spread on some toast. Tastes best at room temp when first made but can be stored in the fridge and reused. Kate(of C&K fame) you would probably really dig this if you haven't tried it, good luck getting Christian to try!
So what's left....

Rhetorical Question of the Day
"Is it healthy to see ice on the ocean?"

Hawaii is coming, 5 more days. Can't wait for some proper Japanese food. Delicious! Coincidentally while on this break I have downloaded 400 learn Japanese lessons, I WILL LEARN. Brono and Nick keep offering apts and friends in Tokyo, at sometime I will break and give in.

Cultural Lesson for today....

So I checked into Hotel Piney Point.... all these poor kids are on lockdown. Some were so excited just to get to go to Target today as it would be the first time in 3 weeks they were allowed of property. That's desparation my friends! Regardless we discovered that we could A)possibly be breathalized just like on the ship and B) That we could actually leave the property. Given that we are photographers and we tend to drink we had already spotted a bar right of campus. It was cold walk but they had redbull on tap and cold Jaegermeister.... could I have been any happier? After a good 3 hours in the bar we teed up opening drinks the next day for 12 noon. That's opening call, its SuperBowlDay and I think theat a good 10 hour bender will be the only thing to make the game tolerable. (I'm holding out for the Cricket World Cup in March mind you). If anyone feels like joining said bender please resort to the below address for directions as you will get lost....Actually, none of you will join me but at least you can see how stuck I actually am. Nothing worse than seeing the ocean and not having a ship to take you away at the end of the day!

Sorry the link isn't too happy with me but here is the address.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Piney+Point,+Maryland&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1&iwloc=addr

Ummm, This is really Happening

So I checked into Hotel Piney Point.... all these poor kids are on lockdown. Some were so excited just to get to go to Target today as it would be the first time in 3 weeks they were allowed of property. That's desparation my friends! Regardless we discovered that we could A)possibly be breathalized just like on the ship and B) That we could actually leave the property. Given that we are photographers and we tend to drink we had already spotted a bar right of campus. It was cold walk but they had redbull on tap and cold Jaegermeister.... could I have been any happier? After a good 3 hours in the bar we teed up opening drinks the next day for 12 noon. That's opening call, its SuperBowlDay and I think theat a good 10 hour bender will be the only thing to make the game tolerable. (I'm holding out for the Cricket World Cup in March mind you). If anyone feels like joining said bender please resort to the below address for directions as you will get lost....Actually, none of you will join me but at least you can see how stuck I actually am. Nothing worse than seeing the ocean and not having a ship to take you away at the end of the day!

Early Mornings

Hooray, time for USCG KinderCare! A whole week in sunny and warm Piney Point, Maryland. The only thing I might dislike more than winter is being forced to "learn" things I have already been trained on. Might I suggest never taking a job that requires you to be submissive to the USCG. They are bloody demanding, distrusting, slightly paranoid, don't listen, don't care and have all the guns thay need to maintain the philosophy. Maybe i shouldn't be so hard, I am sure they have done some nice things like, like, like...... uh, put a dent in the drug trade (laughs). Maybe not. Too bad they can't rescue kittens from trees, that's always an immediate brownie point or two.

Matty & the Rev, Bobbi, Katie, I am sorry I did not ring, I fell into the grip of the bloggosphere and the podcastosphere. Will ring soon.


Rhetorical Thought of the Day

Why, if I use the setting on the washer and dryer, do my clothes not come out permenantly pressed?

Laundry...

Est fini!
2 am who would have thought.

To that mysterious woman from the past who spent all afternoon on the phone with me.... goodnight, drink well.

Busted!

Must.....

Get....

Fisheye. (and dies in a barren desert of 18-50mm)




Me thinks Nicky might have too much Saporro.... or Karoake?!

Winter?!

What is this thing called winter. One week in Maryland then off to Hawaii. Will be good to be back.

I have lasted 26 hours in this hotel room.... laundry still not done.
It reeks of cigarettes.
Damn winter.
Why can't I smoke in the fresh air

I miss the ocean, my bed doesn't rock me to sleep any more.
Nothing moves
No weird noises

Thank you Nick and Gavin for finally making me go against my constitution and start a blog. I'll just have to get you far too drunk next time I see you! Nick your TOKYO PHOTO LOVE made me so jealous that I am currently downloading 405 Japanese lessons from the podcast library. I WILL LEARN deska!?