If you keep your eyes open, there's no telling what you'll see.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Year of the Rat(s)
Picture this:
Tuesday evening. You inch forward in your car amidst dozens of cars filing into the muddy parking lot. A snowstorm is threatening, and the wind has a wicked bite - but you stand, dedicated, with a thousand other people in a long line that snakes around a huge building. After about half an hour you finally get to trudge inside and enjoy the warmth of thousands of people pressed shoulder to shoulder, cheering and glowing with excitement.
No, it's not a Jayhawks basketball game. It's the State Democratic Caucus!
It was very exciting to be in a room full of people who were so eager to create (here comes that c-word again) change and exercise our great privilege to vote. Enough dumb-ocracy -- we're ready for Democracy. Here's to a great Year of the Rat and a thrilling election year!
Photo courtesy of the Lawrence Journal-World
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Faces
OK, so I take some artsy photos of old bottles and start editing for more artsy and the next thing you know I start seeing faces! Sheesh!!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
A Breath of Fresh Earth
Okay folks,
We are leaving Durban tommrow at 1600 local. I have had such an amazing time during this port call. All the BS from my previous experience ashore and all the hardships of my time at sea are 100% worth the hassle. I've also got a new boss and an entirely new ship mission and science crew to look forward too, so Im feeling good. Hopefully the ship will be on a heading agreeable to staying connected with the internet, but if not, it might be 2 or 3 weeks before you hear from me again. Hopefully thats not the case. But either way, South Africa is a dynamic, remote and beautiful powder keg of potential or tragedy and Im glad too have experienced this country, in this region, at this time.
So, by the looks of things, the ship is going to hit some big seas right out of the gate again, but I'm hopeful that my sealegs will be intact right off the bat. Otherwise I might be short a couple of meals worth of nutrients.
Ill fill in the details if we are still connected.
Love
Brandon
We are leaving Durban tommrow at 1600 local. I have had such an amazing time during this port call. All the BS from my previous experience ashore and all the hardships of my time at sea are 100% worth the hassle. I've also got a new boss and an entirely new ship mission and science crew to look forward too, so Im feeling good. Hopefully the ship will be on a heading agreeable to staying connected with the internet, but if not, it might be 2 or 3 weeks before you hear from me again. Hopefully thats not the case. But either way, South Africa is a dynamic, remote and beautiful powder keg of potential or tragedy and Im glad too have experienced this country, in this region, at this time.
So, by the looks of things, the ship is going to hit some big seas right out of the gate again, but I'm hopeful that my sealegs will be intact right off the bat. Otherwise I might be short a couple of meals worth of nutrients.
Ill fill in the details if we are still connected.
Love
Brandon
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