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Albuquerque bound and other life ramblings

By serene | Published: August 20, 2007

I’ve noticed in this last batch of photos from a lovely dinner with friends that I cut off far too many heads when taking photos of people. I should fix that. I just love faces too much, methinks.  Good thing I caught this before heading to Albuquerque this weekend. I’d hate to ruin a weekend [...]

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Old friends beget new dreams

By serene | Published: June 28, 2007

Albuquerque is a strange, mysterious lady. In my youth I’d shove my fist into it’s face because I was so frustrated with constant ineptitude, lack of culture, and no future. I had a feeling that my window of opportunity to do something grand and important did not exist in New Mexico. Predictably, I hightailed it [...]

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Jambon = Champignon

By serene | Published: June 9, 2007

I was going through some of my Paris archives and this shot in particular took me back in an instant: the feeling of disgust as I picked out pieces of ham from my crepe while faintly hearing the sounds of children in a schoolyard playing. I remember the irrational fear that the pigeons swarmed en [...]

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Itis strikes again

By serene | Published: May 24, 2007

Two months later I finally added some holga shots from my trip to flickr to beef up my France set. I’ve sat there looking at the contact sheets for many weeks feeling unimpressed and disappointed. Unfortunately for me, while in Paris I was struck with “fear-of-taking-photo-itis”. You know, that illness that makes you so worried about [...]

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On the road again…

By serene | Published: April 20, 2007

Today, on the one month anniversary of my 18 hour flight to Paris (and to Houston), I prepare to descend on Sea-Tac airport again. This time, it’s a considerably shorter flight to San Francisco. And I get to have the best traveling partner with me to go visit good friends and get some comic nerding on. Our next scheduled [...]

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Curse of the repeating question

By serene | Published: April 2, 2007

Today I have been home exactly one week from my France trip, and I’m still getting harassed by some of the most annoying words to post to a traveler: How was it? It’s annoying for a couple reasons. First, no one actually wants to hear about the frustrating things, like taking the Metro in the wrong [...]

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