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“It’s Alive!”
Obtaining a life-size photo cutout of my sister to pimp out to potential suitors was not as easy as I anticipated. There are plenty of companies advertising such services online, but they charge upwards of $100, and the final product is cardboard and anything but portable. Local printing companies charged even more; one West Palm…
The start of semi-retirement
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 50
- Shutter Speed: 1/239 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
Wednesday was our last day of work – at least for a while. We have started calling our current situation “semi-retirement,” which is fitting considering how my last day of work felt. During the exit interview with the woman from HR, my answers to her questions were more like those of someone leaving the workforce…
Before Babies Bucketlist
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 125
- Shutter Speed: 1/20 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
My mom’s version of “The Talk” was sharing terrifying anecdotes about the dire consequences of sex: death from AIDS, ostracization from respectable society and – worst of all – pregnancy. Having a baby, she said, will completely scramble your life. It’s the end of all fun as you currently know it. “And if you get…
From body bag to child’s sack pack
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 1/15 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
Within my family, I’m sort of notorious for my inability to pack light. As a pre-teen, I made up hotel beds with my own pillow and blankets lest any exposed skin come in contact with whatever bodily fluids the last occupants left behind. As a 19-year-old college student, I saw most of Europe at a…
A new toy
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 800
- Shutter Speed: 1/15 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
A couple of weeks ago I took the advice of my guitar teacher and made a purchase to take with me on our journey: The Martin Backpacker. I know that our goal is to travel light and minimize the unnecessary items in our packs, but I’ve made a very large investment in my guitar playing…
DIY passport photos
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 64
- Shutter Speed: 1/20 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
Ironically, one of my most vivid memories from our trip to Spain – the one during which Him ultimately proposed to me – is from our hours-long layover in Newark. I remember absently gazing across the vast international terminal and ultimately settling my eyes on the gate adjacent to ours where cocoa-skinned women in colorful…
Ensuring we’re insured
This week I made another step in the process towards our escape from reality and purchased travel insurance that covers medical emergencies while we’re abroad. When I was a twenty-something rebel, travel medical insurance wouldn’t have really been a major concern. I would have been too focused on how to have the most fun. But…
Blowing the ole tin sandwich
My harmonica arrived today. Proud of his purchase, Him conspicuously placed the instrument on the kitchen counter so I would be sure to see it as soon as I arrived home. Conjuring up every image of Bob Dylan I could, I cupped my hands around the Hohner Special 20 and blew my first reedy shriek….
Notice…given.
- Aperture: f/7.1
- ISO: 80
- Shutter Speed: 1/200 s
- Focal Length: 7.889mm
- Camera: Canon PowerShot A550
At 9AM this morning I approached my manager with what would otherwise be a trivial invitation to chat, “Do you have a minute?” I was holding an innocuous white sheet of paper in my hand. No threat on a normal day. But today was special. The paper I was holding had a simple message typed…
