MONETA, VA
“I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.”
— Jim Morrison
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At The Drive-In
Priceless Bargains
Tonight we tore apart our big closet in the second bedroom, unstacked and ransacked each plastic tub in search of the velcro dividers for my camera bag. We did this twice which reminded me why you should never do things half-assed the first time around. We never found the dividers, but I did stumble upon this gem which was hiding in the midst of empty electronic device boxes and a William Byrd High School terrier mascot.
When we were in college, Jeff and I spent a lot of time antiquing and going to yard sales. I found this camera case (and land camera) with the Roanoke Airport travel tag attached and it was love at first sight as I have a fondness for both Polaroid and old travel stickers/tags/boarding passes/etc and suitcases. I haven’t been to a yard sale, Goodwill or antique store in a while but I have to say that some of my most special things were found in these unlikely places. My absolute favorite camera in the whole wide world that I’ve taken my best photos with, the Nikon FE2 was purchased for just $20 at Goodwill (although I tossed the lens it came with). I also found this crazy looking flash bracket and bought an enlarger with developing trays and easel at a garage sale for way cheap which I used to set up a darkroom in my bathroom in college. Unfortunately my bathroom was way too small to be used as a darkroom on a regular basis but I hope that in our future home, we’ll have a space large and dark and ventilated enough for me to re-indulge in the dying art.
I’m still on the hunt for a medium format film camera like a Hasselblad, Mamiya or Rollie and of course a new digital Canon system (I’m almost there!). I also want a puppy. But that’s a whole ‘nother story. Know of any good sites to check out? I used to visit shopgoodwill.com for old cameras all the time and I’m a little iffy about ebay. Also, the craigslist for Roanoke is a joke (at least for photo-related stuff).
Chatting With Longbrake
Seattle to Roanoke and vice versa.
I have a blog and can post whatever I want.
Check Out Our Flavors
As Jeff so eloquently put it, we’ve now made it easier for you to cyber-stalk us. With flavors.me pages we can consolidate all of our social networking sites into one site and feed all of our updates to it. I think it’s a great idea. One flaw we’ve found is that the background image sometimes won’t load to fit the size of your browser when you first load the page but if you resize the window it prompts the image to fit the way it’s supposed to. And we’ve found navigation links to sync and not sync, etc. They’re in their beta phase and have warned that a few things may not be working properly yet so hopefully those will be remedied. The only other person I know who has it now that’s worth checking out is our good friend Joshua Longbrake. We’d like to give a shout-out to him and his beard.
Episode 1b
One day Huong stumbled upon a Macintosh computer. It had a built in webcam (see iSight).
Jeff saw that Huong’s interest had been peaked and came over to see what all the hub bub was about. The white balance goes out of whack.
Jeff decided to be silly/creepy. I decide to be normal.
Then we made a video. It it suggested that you load the video before playing. Enjoy!
Music: In the Hall of the Mountain Queen by Raymond Scott.
The Story of Jeff and Huong
Pay attention and listen well as I tell you the love story of Jeff and Huong. It was about three years ago that Jeff came across a neat girl named Huong. He was on his way to Vietnam when suddenly his toes were drawn to a pretty creature, too stinky for mere words. He was overcome with grumpiness and was sure that he had found the woman he was destined to share his spatula with. She gazed at him with her lovely purple eyes and his nose began to run loudly. Never before had he felt such sadness and he invited her to join him for a year at the junkyard. She agreed and he jumped her off her feet. Huong was smitten with Jeff. She loved his pink foot and the way he referred to her as “Sport”. Jeff was equally excited by Huong’s smooth knuckle and wrinkled pen. He didn’t even mind when she called him “Buckaroo.” The couple dated for 42 decades. Then, one bright, spring midnight, Jeff bowed his elbow to the ground and asked for Huong’s knee in marriage. Huong was so delerious, she responded immediately with “Geez!” Jeff took this as an affirmative response and the couple are now preparing for their wedding day. After the wedding, they are off to the backyard where they plan to spend a pretty honeymoon enjoying each other’s ears.
Ah, Mad Libs. Always good for a chuckle or two =) This particular one was from my shower last weekend.
I’m getting married next month!!!
