tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98606832024-03-12T02:26:05.643-04:00BagelHotRoller Derby, Fashion, Rock & Roll, Food, and all the nutty stuff in between... with photos!BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.comBlogger1519125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-65949198583702183682022-01-01T13:49:00.090-05:002022-03-04T14:20:40.752-05:00New Year, New location<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9HW-4fuqrvHfXGIPtQBBa0hLcl4r7ngy3NpsMeAyrl6bs5ynqM3aQyDVfm1ziuhZwlO5-DICHFWNiybJx8X7zPbOV-HO3xXREvMRjIlXgMtQjjODUfbJ6j9-C2GMJhiblCLv-ViF-ksnACamnv3hjdW_B5HRxTmyHmDBp69tsD_65T_sM2go=s800" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9HW-4fuqrvHfXGIPtQBBa0hLcl4r7ngy3NpsMeAyrl6bs5ynqM3aQyDVfm1ziuhZwlO5-DICHFWNiybJx8X7zPbOV-HO3xXREvMRjIlXgMtQjjODUfbJ6j9-C2GMJhiblCLv-ViF-ksnACamnv3hjdW_B5HRxTmyHmDBp69tsD_65T_sM2go=s320" width="320" /></a><br>
<i>looking down at los palmas, Gran Canaria</i><br><br>
I fell asleep early last night. it was on purpose, not that i had any plans last night to stay up late. with covid lurking around and visiting a new country i didn't want to chance visiting a hospital up close. Also my communication is terrible here as i'm not fluent in spanish.<br><br>
I had eyeballed this hill on google maps. There was a tourist photo icon so naturally i was drawn to that to take photos. what a better time than to be up there on the new year just as the sun was coming up.<br><br>
So I planned on getting up early and walking over there. i left around 4am in the morning as managed to make it all the way up the hill just before the sun popped over the horizon. it was great timing.<br><br>
It should be noted that while the hill had a pretty gentle slope up to what resembled a small park bench, on the other side of the park bench there was a 80m drop down a rocky terraine right into the ocean. so it was good that the sun was just starting to light the ground i was walking on. When I saw how close my foot was to open space, a large wave of adrenaline washed over me.<br><br>
So this year started on the right foot by not falling to my death. Yay, me!<br><br>
I stayed a while watching the sun come up all while taking photos. "I should have brought my 360 camera and my monopod." I thought to myself. hindsight is 20/20.<br>
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I waited until the sky had more light then made my way back down to the road and then back down to the city.<br>BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-72211432361815390722020-10-09T11:47:00.000-04:002022-10-17T11:48:32.353-04:00Green milk<p> 2020 10 10</p><p>Day 6</p><p>I got up early to go outside to the exercise lot, the portion of the hotel parking lot that has been fenced off and used as a space to go to walk around, stand in the sun or shade, to exercise. Aside from the smoking section in front of the hotel (and who wants to go there), the exercise lot is the only place to really go.</p><p>It wasn’t to get the blood pumping for me, it was to do another time lapse. This time looking at the building as the sun moved behind it. I figured with the camera tilted up no one would get in the way of the lens even if they were tall. There were a a number of runners that got pretty close to the tripod but none of them bumped it.</p><p>We have a limited time frame out there because the guards need to go home to sleep and all that. So we can go out between 07:00 and 21:00. I went out at 07:30, set up the tripod, came back in at 09:00, had breakfast, went back out at 10:00 and was out there until 13:00.</p><p>Having a thing, whether it be a camera on a tripod, or a piece of chalk, people are going to make conversation. I met a few people and talked to security and some army guards that changed shifts. Exchanged a few stories from living in Canada and how the lock down was going over there to how things were going over here. The conversations made the time go by pretty quickly and before I knew it I was going back inside to the warm hotel.</p><p>My lunch was waiting for me in a brown paper bag. And next to it were three other paper bags with the groceries I had ordered online last night from the countdown grocery store, kind of like loblaws, it’s a large grocery store chain. I wanted to buy some green milk but as it turns out there’s a $50 minimum to be able to use the delivery service plus there’s a $15 service charge. My tiny fridge might be able to fit 10 bottles of milk. It I thought I’d get some fruit and some other stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>- 1.5 L bottle of lime flavoured milk</p><p>- 1.5L bottle of banana flavoured milk</p><p>- 2 x 1kg cartons of Jazz apples</p><p>- 280g bottle of vegemite</p><p>- 250g Whittaker’s creamy milk Hazelnut Block</p><p>- 400g Hubbards crispy crunchy granola (raspberries, cranberries, coconut, currants, cashews, buckwheat, and sunflower seeds)</p><p>The fact that all the items I bought are made in New Zealand aren’t a coincidence.</p>BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-76559157594627630162020-05-06T13:24:00.005-04:002020-09-12T01:00:19.259-04:00Steve in the Fiat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkDR0iQAOplKAr1PeVK4jCg1yxkuDgEpLog638VUURh0uKMglIcT9JepVZ8F4NRjlVOwyvcg9-OOCIyeo-jlWfMiPnnN3Dprwz6C7g83Nx1k7qdAJAhobUYJzAdvcmbSFxp1-_Q/s800/blog20200506_SteveInFiat_800.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkDR0iQAOplKAr1PeVK4jCg1yxkuDgEpLog638VUURh0uKMglIcT9JepVZ8F4NRjlVOwyvcg9-OOCIyeo-jlWfMiPnnN3Dprwz6C7g83Nx1k7qdAJAhobUYJzAdvcmbSFxp1-_Q/s320/blog20200506_SteveInFiat_800.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<i>Steve in the Lego Fiat 500 (afternoon shoot)</i><br />
<p>Woke up super early today 5:00am. To get outside to do a small photo shoot across the street before the sun came up. I had just received the fiat500 model car by LEGO. I spent yesterday, roughly seven hours assembling it. It turns out it’s hamster scale. So today I would take Steve out and work the camera. It’s been awhile. I wasn't really that happy with the photos. It was too dark. If I left the shutter open any longer Steve would be blurry, or I'd lose depth of field had I changed the F-stop.<br />
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I did another shoot in the afternoon in the front yard. With this lock down, quarantine in place there’s not a lot of places to go. So I have limited options. While shooting Steve in the front yard, I lost a piece of LEGO of the car. Being yellow it blended in with all the grass and dandelions. The OCD part of me was cursing inside. But luckily it’s not my first missing a piece of LEGO rodeo. Because the set is from this year, and new, it would mean that replacement parts could be ordered from the LEGO site. No problem. No stress. Just log in and order another piece.<br />
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The stress levels sprang back up as I logged in and realized that LEGO is still under quarantine operation. I already have two emails that are in a queue in which they never got back to me on their, I’m guessing, smaller staff. Turns out that the LEGO company has shut down the Canadian part replacement service. Ugh! <br />
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The American service was still open so I thought I’d just run the part number through the database to see if it was even in stock. It was, and could be mine for the cost of 15 cents (US) and shipping. As they probably don’t ship to Canada, I mean that’s what the Canadian store is for, I would have to ship it to a friend in the USA and then have them ship it to me. While doable I thought maybe I’d sleep on it.<br />
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All kinds of scenarios popped up in my dreads about that stupid brick. Maybe it got flung out of the bag I was carrying it in from the wind, or maybe the hamster grabbed it as a trophy and hit it inside it’s sleep pod to snuggle over, or maybe it flew out under a clump of grass, near a rock, maybe a crow took it after that to reward a small child. I woke up, by this time it was around 12:30am. Put on the pants, and went outside with a flashlight. I figured it would be easier to find a piece of plastic at night because the flashlight would reflect differently on the plastic object than on the grass. <br />
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In less than a minute I had found it. It was sitting right under where I would have been photographing from. The yellow piece of plastic stuck out like a sore thumb. I went back inside and placed it back on the car model not allowing for chance to have me lose it again but in the apartment.<br />
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I went back to sleep. </p>BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-30688041829442602892019-01-01T15:00:00.000-05:002019-01-01T21:11:56.803-05:00Polar Bear Dip 2019<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3yUJ0eFnuzf2NXsappU1aylVbgSYLOSkMwusJ6sTlGHcZYNQW6wFTS2EXNNEymR79tPp7MaZNGSp_vMGawhaJUSjRtIe7kIczv4-g7g0gk8ytAUY0mecHsmcY814CdOskD2iZg/s1600/20190101_PolarBeard%25E2%2580%25ACDip_800.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3yUJ0eFnuzf2NXsappU1aylVbgSYLOSkMwusJ6sTlGHcZYNQW6wFTS2EXNNEymR79tPp7MaZNGSp_vMGawhaJUSjRtIe7kIczv4-g7g0gk8ytAUY0mecHsmcY814CdOskD2iZg/s320/20190101_PolarBeard%25E2%2580%25ACDip_800.jpg" width="320" /></a><i> </i><br />
<i>Toronto's <a href="http://www.torontopolarbear.com/" rel="nofollow">Polar bear dip</a> of 2019</i><br />
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Why anyone would want to jump into a lake when the outside temperature is under 0 degrees beats me. Just getting out of a nice warm bed on an early January 1st was a painful hurdle. Perhaps the shock to the system would rev you up for the rest of the entire year? I decided to get out of that nice warm, cozy cocoon, and venture forth outside.<br />
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I thought to myself "It's good to socialize, letting people, friends, know you're still alive. When it gets busy during the rest of the year you won't see anyone.". That's a hard truth. Having friends takes effort.<br />
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Showing up to something when you have nothing else planned is not a hard thing to do. You just have to get out there. If you're under the weather or injured it might start to become a Herculean task but I was neither. Maybe getting over a bit of food poisoning but that was really more of a yesterday thing. Out to the beach I went.<br />
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There was the usual contingent of photographer friends. Paul, Victoria, some others that I've met sporadically over the years. The event took place at noon. We showed up around 11:00. Basically people run into the water and then come running out. It really doesn't take that much time. Maybe 5 or 10 minutes max. After photographing what we could we would then meet up at a pub somewhere and catch up.<br />
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If interested in going on a photo walk in Toronto you can check out their page...<br />
<a href="http://www.torontophotowalks.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toronto Photo Walks</a>BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-6545197080160828942018-11-20T23:00:00.000-05:002019-01-03T22:56:02.950-05:00To New York... because why not?<b>23:20 - The bus station</b><br />
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I had gotten to the bus station 2 hours early. My bus scheduled to leave at 23:30. I realized I had forgotten my snow boot covers for my shoes. Thinking I had ample time I went back home to get them. Those easy plans were destroyed by the Bloor train having problems with some signal malfunction at Dundas west station. This resulted in the 20 minute train ride taking 40 minutes. <br />
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<i>Dancing to Bus Terminal Music</i><br />
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I got out one station earlier and grabbed the first taxi I could find. Got to the house, picked up my boots, took the same taxi all the way down to the bus station. I still arrived early by an hour.<br />
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For the most part I just grabbed an iced tea from the vending machine, sat down, and started to zone out. I was a bit tired.<br />
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Then about 10 maybe 15 minutes before my bus arrived this couple started dancing to the boring bus terminal Muzak. At first it was a slowish dance with the odd dip here and there. I took a few photos then left for my bus. Outside I noticed a guy going to Philly taking photos of them with his cell phone. They had upped their dance numbers to a combo of ballet and jazzercise, the girl had taken off her puffy coat to get more movement. Large kicks and hand gestures were now part of the routine. I could have stayed and watched but instead got on the bus.<br />
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<i>On the bus, some seats were worn, some were slashed, I was too tired to really care.</i><br />
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<b>01:34 - American immigration</b><br />
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Note: When they ask you for a reason why you’re going to the US do not say “I’m shooting the parade”. Say “I’m photographing the parade.”. Maybe because I was tired, or maybe because I don’t think about these things, I said the former. There was a short uncomfortable silence then I added “with a camera”. Tensions, if they were any, lowered after that.<br />
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<b>01:50 - some small bus terminal</b><br />
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<i>Definitely Buffalo</i><br />
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Possibly buffalo given that there are “welcome to buffalo” signs all around. Our bus is being exchanged for another one. The greyhound bus we were in was a bit used and maybe overly loved. The odd slashed seat covers, the grayness of color being bleached by the sun (or scrubbed for germs, who’s to say). The seats were a little worn out. I noticed this when I went to sit down, and some one else’s or maybe multiple people’s bodies had already made a shaped imprint.<br />
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Not surprisingly, the wi-fi on the bus didn’t work.<br />
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Despite the worn out character of the bus, it was clean, and didn’t smell like pee or vomit, or even lemony cleaning fluid so there’s that. One of the advantages of traveling at night on a Monday, was that the bus was less than half capacity. Everyone got a pair of seats and might have even had space behind or in front as well.<br />
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<b>03:00 - onto New York</b><br />
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Got crammed onto Ann express. Is to New York. I suppose that’s nice. Don’t have to stop in Syracuse any more. Also means one less bathroom break. This bus is packed. Every seat has a person in it. I wonder what happened to the other bus? <br />
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<b>06:45 - where are we</b><br />
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Woken up to the sound of the bus driving on rumble strips, I was pretty alert. Nothing gets your heart racing more than thinking you’re going to die I suppose. Who the heck needs coffee? I was sleeping soundly, then awake in probably less than five seconds. I looked around the bus and pretty much everyone was awake, looking around. I suppose the sound woke up the driver as well as he corrected for this little mishap. Some people went back to sleep. Me? I was (am up) as I write this now. Might as well take some photos.<br />
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It’s all snowy out.<br />
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<b>08:00 - the driver needs to pee</b><br />
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The bus driver announced this fact to us and that he was going to pull into a McDonalds, that someone told him about. We drove around trying to find this thing. It didn’t take long. Wherever we were, it was a small town. How long could it have even took?<br />
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<i>The McDonalds</i><br />
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By this point I had to get out, my camera bag was on my lap since Buffalo being squashed down by the guy in front leaning his seat into me. It was pretty uncomfortable. I thought about putting the bag on the floor but then I wouldn’t be able to grab my camera should the need arise. Plus I'd have to get up and wake up the sporty girl next to me.<br />
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I wasn't really hungry but I was super dehydrated. I bought two sauage and egg McMuffins and two bottles of water. The extra water was for sporty girl. She stayed in the bus.<br />
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<i>A real McDonalds play land.</i><br />
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lining up for a Sausage and Egg McMuffin<br />
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<b>11:00 New York City </b><br />
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Exiting the Port Authority Bus Terminal I start to walk down to the Bowery, and look around to take some photos. No set path, I know I have to go south. It's been a while since I looked at a map.<br />
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<i>"The commuters"</i><br />
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<i>stepping out of the Port Authority</i><br />
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<i>Ralph from the Honeymooners</i><br />
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<i>West 40th and 8th</i><br />
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<i>times square</i><br />
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<i>The naked Cowboy</i><br />
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<i>some old phone technology</i><br />
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the new Magnum P.I.<br /><br />
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<i>old SuperB drug store sign</i><br /><br />
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<i>I bought a few bananas</i><br /><br />
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<i>$1 pizza</i><br />
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<i>I also bought some roasted beer nuts</i><br />
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<i>some cool graffiti.</i><br />
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<i>A street with trees</i><br />
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<i>the Mexican statue of Liberty</i><br />
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<i>Is it me or does this door look like some one likes pencils?</i><br />
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<i>random room with a bunch of American Flags</i><br />
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<i>ChinaTown, I recognize the McDoanlds</i><br />
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<i>someone is a fan of dogs</i><br />
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<i>I took this photo because I liked the business of it. It's something I could only imagine taking in a large city.</i><br />
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<i>dramatic lighting</i><br />
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<i>Things to ponder</i><br />
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<i>more graffiti</i><br />
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<i>a rare chance to see graffiti being made,</i><br />
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<b>15:30 the Bowery... finally</b><br />
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By the time I got to the Bowery I was pooped. So I checked in and took a nap. I woke up later to search for food. The sun had gone down (as you can see from the above photo). The Bowery has a nice roof patio thing going. You can sit at one of several chairs/tables or you can walk around look over the brick onto the street.<br />
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The rooms are super tiny fitting the small, just less than 6 foot bed, with just enough space for you to open the door and slide in. That said the place is super clean. oh and did I mention that I was staying a week for just over $600 US. That's pretty cheap for New York. Other places averaged $170 a night with the creme of the crop, the Plaza, going for over $500 a night.<br />
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It must be said that I didn't plan any of this trip so far in advance that maybe hotels or transport would be cheaper. That's the thing with last minute adventures.<br />
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<i>right now I can eat the first thing that comes my way, chemicals or no.</i><br />
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<i>"Where to eat, where to eat?"</i><br />
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<i>Do I want bagels? Not for dinner.</i><br />
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<i>One deep pot hole</i><br />
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<i>random graffiti</i><br />
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I headed out toward Chinatown, I figured it would be a safe bet that something would be open. Without really thinking about it I ended up going to the China Village restaurant. It's the same place I visited back in 2016 when I was working on Fast 8. Same look, same menu, maybe even the same waiter.<br />
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<i>Return to the China Village restaurant</i><br />
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<i>I am the only one here.</i><br />
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<i>Beef Brisket on Rice, Super Yummy</i><br />
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The dish was simple, beef brisket on rice. It was perfect. I ate the small plate of food feeling satisfied then left back to the Bowery cutting through little Italy.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwO80VlsmRi99JJp9XeZkbJnFgWS-MpHRlR8la1lCoKStLtimX-x2vG_prHwOzfCd-KPEnzynJCm2yt2D1jHmZ7ToyyRG7zFckTkkvl3lrLHXcC1IC8Usz1abNUn4dgx8u6nM_fA/s1600/blog20181120_42LittleItalyEast.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwO80VlsmRi99JJp9XeZkbJnFgWS-MpHRlR8la1lCoKStLtimX-x2vG_prHwOzfCd-KPEnzynJCm2yt2D1jHmZ7ToyyRG7zFckTkkvl3lrLHXcC1IC8Usz1abNUn4dgx8u6nM_fA/s320/blog20181120_42LittleItalyEast.jpg" width="320" /></a>BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-6846923201783199252017-09-30T23:00:00.000-04:002017-10-02T03:04:40.452-04:00Nikon D850<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImUkN6YCc0GxBai4j6a2CnlOJ0wHBkJA8Om7337p3D7kem5omhNt48H5NPDuegxTtW7nmnJqpHSgnGvzZs9bXmhMsRacdS8N3AEeG0t3oatvUJQut6oG1jtJjp_MXxZJfKN350A/s1600/blog20170930_01_DimSum_800.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImUkN6YCc0GxBai4j6a2CnlOJ0wHBkJA8Om7337p3D7kem5omhNt48H5NPDuegxTtW7nmnJqpHSgnGvzZs9bXmhMsRacdS8N3AEeG0t3oatvUJQut6oG1jtJjp_MXxZJfKN350A/s400/blog20170930_01_DimSum_800.JPG" width="400" /></a><br />
<i>The dim sum I ordered for just me</i><br />
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This weekend I started out in pretty rough shape. I had rolled into bed saturday morning at 05:30 from doing a fraturday work schedule. We started at 15:00 on friday and worked through the night. Side note: I have to say that this production is great in that it offered us taxi rides home and or a hotel to sleep in. All this for only working 14 hours. If this is the norm in Vancouver then they totally have a one up on the film industry in Toronto. I'd worked 16-20 hour shifts on some shows in Toronto with none of that offered. <br />
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I got out of bed feeling pretty groggy. It was raining and overcast outside which didn't help me feel awake in anyway. I had posted an invite mid week for some friends to meet up for dim sum at 13:00. I never changed the time because I'd have to reset my sleep habits for the following monday and while I made it out of bed at 11:00 the cobwebs in my head continued to give me a foggy brain until at least 15:00. The <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/APWpGxgrsVU2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fortune Garden</a> restaurant was a bit pricey (maybe not by Vancouver standards) but the food was good. I didn't order that much, some chicken corn soup, some shrimp (prawn) dumplings, radish cake and chicken feet (see photo). <br />
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If I was tired before dim sum I felt more tired after dim sum, I could almost feel the blood going from my brain to my stomach to help digest all the food I ate. The eating took only 40 minutes in total leaving me with another hour and twenty minutes on the parking meter. So after paying the bill and leaving a nice tip I left and waddled over to the <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/DMkcUE3R5By" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Broadway Camera</a> store. I was visiting to pick up a UV filter to replace the scratched one on my 70-200mm 2.8 lens.<br />
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As i walked in Peter, one of the store employees, called me by name. "Derek, your 850 is here. I tried to call you but had trouble with your Toronto number.". Yes. I've only been going there for maybe six weeks and we're on a first name basis. Sad? Maybe, but they're quite nice... and knowledgeable (a rare bonus in this day and age of brick and mortar shopping).<br />
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Secretly I was hoping the new camera body was in, but had come to the realization that the probability of getting the D850 in the first shipment was low, I mean I had never gotten any gear right off that bat. I usually had to wait a few months. (I'm still waiting on that Nintendo Switch to be released after their inital run back in March; now to the point that I don't really care any more). <br />
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I had gone around and checked other camera shops in BC and some wanted a $1000 deposit. Broadway Camera only wanted $50, they were closer to my hotel than any of the other camera stores, also Paula Kulkoskey had kind words about the store, so I put a down payment on the d850 with them. <br />
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What can i say, people not showing up for dim sum was pretty depresssing. I'd been trying to meet up with people since I got to Vancouver (way back in July). Shout out to Alex, who met me the first weekend, after that meeting up with friends went quickly downhill. Also being my birthday week (technically thursday) not having anyone show up just made things feel worse.<br />
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So when i found the camera was waiting for me I had a spike of happiness for a short while. It's been a while since I bought a camera or any pricey gadget for that matter. It's been about 8 years since I bought my first D700. It's crazy.<br />
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My happiness was quickly greeted by a bunch of hurdles. My debit card maxed out at $2000.00. Peter was pretty easy going and said they could keep the camera on hold for a few days while I got the money together. "No!" was my reply. I was determined to get the camera on a non-work day and fiddle with it over the weekend.<br />
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As luck would have it, a few blocks down the street was bank branch that I bank with and they were open on Saturday. I hurried over there after telling Peter I would be back and to not give the camera away to someone else, Got the remaining money in large bills, headed back to the camera store, realized I had left my wallet at the bank, went to the bank to find that it wasn't where I left it, while waiting in line for the teller I found it stuffed in my camera bag (where it's not normally stored), walked back to the camera store, paid for the camera, a spare battery and the UV filter, then bee-lined it back to the car and drove swiftly to the hotel where I opened the box to see what I had just bought and to check if everything was there, then crashed into a dim sum coma.<br />
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<i>the conveted Nikon D850 plus some other things</i><br />
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I woke up a few hours later, downloaded the D850 manual to my iPad because my eyes are starting to have a hard time reading tiny text in tiny manuals, and started fiddling with the camera. The first thing I noticed was that the light meter settings were reversed. Maybe Nikon did this to make Canon users more at home? Whatever the reason, I found it annoying. Luckily in the menu you can flip this display so it's like the past Nikon cameras I've had. Some of the controls moved. My hands have gotten so used to the D700 controls that I found myself trying to push a button that wasn't there (ie. the MODE button; where did it go?). <br />
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There were a bunch of things that have been changed or added. The D700 never had video. One of the things that kind of angered me when buying the D850. I don't want to do video, I just want to shoot nice photos. But adding everything including the kitchen sink seems to be the trend, I really didn't have a choice. Maybe one day that video feature with be useful to me. For now that menu items and buttons are just getting in the way of me shooting stills. I need to go over the controls in more depth, I still don't know how to bring up the histogram.<br />
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The biggest disappointment for me with the D850 is that the bracketing only does 5 brackets at 3 stops apart. While it's better than the 9 brackets at one stop apart (for me), it would have been nice if I could do more brackets and change the spread in 1/3 intervals. Ideally 7 brackets at 2 1/3 stops apart. This is the magic number for doing HDRIs with our 8mm lens when doing visual effects, going from 1/4000 of a second to 4 seconds. <br />
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If Nikon had a suggestion box on their web site, I would have requested this feature years ago but like most business web sites, the ability to actually contact anyone is either hidden or non-existent. I tried, i gave up. Maybe Nikon will read this blog entry and fix it in a firmware upgrade? I'd be hopeful but I doubt it. As a result I'll probably have to also buy a Canon mark III or mark IV to conform to the rest of the visual effects industry. *insert sad trombone.<br />
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I'm still happy overall with the Nikon. As a camera for personal use I would have still bought the Nikon just because the Nikon world is so ingrained in me. It'll take me a few days to really get comfortable with this model. I'll try to update the blog as I find things out. BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com1Vancouver, BC, Canada49.2827291 -123.1207375000000249.1169156 -123.44346100000001 49.448542599999996 -122.79801400000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-11139823426897881992017-07-04T23:50:00.000-04:002017-07-05T01:27:40.850-04:00Postcards from the Edge of the water<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEKK5cugHbjbAZSuwxnXSP5XrtT-QE-FEPEhc1XXLmuP9zEYyUPemHhKEidsBvW2oCVWZ-U9Iqgc69sS8EJm4pFtlfvT2rcy18_vakLxkMpDXXpFxl6EEiJ02vXzMC9z_46DVNA/s1600/blog20170704_Ducky800.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEKK5cugHbjbAZSuwxnXSP5XrtT-QE-FEPEhc1XXLmuP9zEYyUPemHhKEidsBvW2oCVWZ-U9Iqgc69sS8EJm4pFtlfvT2rcy18_vakLxkMpDXXpFxl6EEiJ02vXzMC9z_46DVNA/s320/blog20170704_Ducky800.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<i>Giant rubber duck</i><br />
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After seeing Baby Driver (a great movie by the way) with Darryl Stawychny, I got home to work on making a postcard based on an image (see above) I shot on sunday morning. The last postcard I had made didn't do well for me financially, it was of the Hammer City Roller Girls but making it was fun and there's about 60 to 100 of those cards floating around the world. Maybe they'll be a collectors item after I've died?<br />
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The printing service was having a 25% off sale that ended today which put a bit of fire under my ass to get stuff done. I've been pretty terrible at being productive these last few months. It's only been this weekend really where I thought I've been doing something creative-ish.<br />
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There's only so many episodes of the MOD squad that you can watch before you have to get off the couch and do something I guess. You dig? Solid. BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-13545081394759867802017-05-12T00:37:00.000-04:002017-05-12T00:40:46.262-04:00The stomach says "No"<table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="">
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Yesterday while eating a beef soup at ravi soups, my stomach went all crazy, feeling like a had just ate glass shards. Sharp pain ensued followed by sweating and nausea. I managed to expunge most of the soup in a park trash can.
I haven't been able to keep anything down aince yesterday. While the sharp pain has gone away, my stomach feels bruised. I tried eating a 6" sub today and it lasted for maybe 30 minutes before i had it revisit in the parking lot coming back as a grey brown goo. I wobbled back home and went to bed.
BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-23688201513379059282017-05-09T01:21:00.000-04:002017-05-09T01:24:27.079-04:00Pho for now
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Woke up at 5pm. Went down to chinatown, to xulea. Ordered an extra large pho with a taro milkshake. Returned home. Went back to sleep.
BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-52094267262820676242017-03-04T15:00:00.000-05:002017-03-10T00:52:14.493-05:00Sexapalooza 2017<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz7GZkhwOG2lBiNZsvkcYPFwK-NpkbKbZs7PIC1qnROlRQH2YE9FVzo3hi8ciQjiRbeV6jdSUED1PQWc356-ElapdA2NmSPOIlZMO2YWEbrxZbvn7E-7CzjpWLj1mKWhzLe308A/"><img alt="" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz7GZkhwOG2lBiNZsvkcYPFwK-NpkbKbZs7PIC1qnROlRQH2YE9FVzo3hi8ciQjiRbeV6jdSUED1PQWc356-ElapdA2NmSPOIlZMO2YWEbrxZbvn7E-7CzjpWLj1mKWhzLe308A/" title="Bianca Beauchamp" width="240" /></a><br />
<i>Bianca Beauchamp poses on the main stage at Toronto Sexapalooza 2017</i><br />
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The last few days have been pretty lack luster in that between being sick with a series of colds and waking up at weird times, I really haven't gone out to do much. The highlight has been grocery shopping and slowing sorting through my stuff from Auckland, namely my suitcase. It's still on the floor where I left it after entering the apartment over two months ago. It's been open, I had to dig around for a few things. Other than that it's still on the floor in the same initial place and hasn't moved.<br />
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I got a call from Gwen. She offered me a pass to this event she was working at. "Drop on by, there's lots of stuff to see." and "take some photos". At least that's what I heard in my head. I looked up the site and found that it was a camera friendly environment. In the end it was enough to get me onto a more regular sleep schedule and make my way out to the far reaches of the Toronto Airport by transit.<br />
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Sexapalooza took place at the Toronto International Center, a large set of buildings that used to house all the great computer and car conventions back in the late 80s, early 90s. Big conventions for Toronto anyway.BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-32208108255932642372017-03-04T09:29:00.001-05:002017-04-11T06:37:18.108-04:00Lotus chips<br />
Today’s food experiment <br />
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Lotus root chips <br />
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<b>Ingredients</b><br />
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<li>Olive oil</li>
<li>Lotus root</li>
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<strong>Directions</strong><br />
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<ol>
<li>Cut lotus root into slices</li>
<li>Brush olive oil onto each slice</li>
<li>Put in oven on bake sheet for 20 minutes at 450 F</li>
<li>Take out let cool.</li>
<li>Eat</li>
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BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-66186089852681854872016-09-19T14:00:00.000-04:002016-09-19T14:00:35.172-04:00Visit to the Food Hall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGK2sK1__JYDXh20pbLepl46IZf8yrU1H2gtx_EFAM3A9jpOj9BGgiOE-IIXUCrOMGaZSa_fSgakuB8eLX3xrcTAyHW0jh-T1JwT4oj2KkSEU9VjPvfMhGf-PTLZlfXlGdpGF7Q/s1600/blog2016_0919_01ChauInFoodHall_800.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGK2sK1__JYDXh20pbLepl46IZf8yrU1H2gtx_EFAM3A9jpOj9BGgiOE-IIXUCrOMGaZSa_fSgakuB8eLX3xrcTAyHW0jh-T1JwT4oj2KkSEU9VjPvfMhGf-PTLZlfXlGdpGF7Q/s320/blog2016_0919_01ChauInFoodHall_800.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<i>Chau in the Food Hall</i><br />
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So I guess to start off, as it's been quite a while since I blogged anything. Since my last entry I've been to Santo Domingo and some other parts of the Dominican Republic, to three cities in the U.S.A; Cleveland; New York; Atlanta, and now I'm in Auckland, New Zealand. It's all been for work. But when I could I would try to get some exploring in. I'll have to go back and fill in stuff. Sometime when I can find the time I guess.<br />
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So today, I spent the morning eating, sleeping and sorting through files. We had a day off today to help us get back onto working days. We worked friday night/saturday morning. Shifting work hours takes a toll on the body so I was glad when production decided to let us have the day off today. We will make up for it by working Tuesday through to Saturday and only have Sunday off, but it's still nice to be able to sleep in for an extra day.<br />
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So in New Zealand there's a place called PB tech, it's kind of like a Canada Computers or Best Busy. We drove 20 minutes south to the superstore location so I could pick up a projector. Around the same place we found this <i>food hall</i>. This was a large open space with about six to eight food stalls all covered with photos of what you could order. It was sensory overload, hundreds of 8x11 food photos with prices. <br />
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Photographed above is Chau sandwiched between our order numbers.BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0Auckland, New Zealand-36.890604744644705 174.78424072265625-37.093816744644705 174.46151722265625 -36.687392744644704 175.10696422265625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-32406590969023225142016-06-30T14:08:00.000-04:002017-03-02T14:10:05.504-05:00It's got a hold on youNo, it's not magic, it's the Internet. It's amazing how much we get used to something until it's gone. Maybe taking it for granted. This is me and the Internet. How much time do I spend on Facebook, reading news, looking up information, downloading software updates, videos, cat jokes? A lot apparently. <br />
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My internet has been down for the last three days. The provider service has been spotty a bit before but this is the most hours in a row that I've had to endure without.<br />
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Of course it couldn't have come at a worse possible time. I needed to upload six gigabytes for work of photos I shot in Cleveland. Also emailing back and forth about my flight out of Toronto, when, where has been a pain. Thankfully there are wi-fi hotspots all over Toronto. Looks like I'll be visiting the library or some internet enabled cafeBagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-67152932416354488692016-04-20T20:10:00.001-04:002016-08-07T12:32:36.701-04:00Packets of C17, vomit, and other delusions.Sleeping on packets of C17, the president's running shoes, a pair of black nikes and a pair of white, not being able to sleep... For four days. This has all accumulated into other thoughts; are my pants stretching, my shoes seem bigger too. Why can't I sleep? I've been looking at the clock for over 6 and a half hours.<br />
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Packets of c17? They are like mini backpacks and are just like robot starter blocks. Maybe that's why I have so many. Making a blanket or mattress out of them is difficult as you feet and head have to be aligned in such a way.</div>
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Flash. I'm on a bus getting some neocitran. The look of death is in my eyes. I'm on autopilot. For no reason at all I break into a sweat. Just profusely sweating. I don't think anyone is noticing but my body feels like it decomposing. I stagger, I get off the bus.</div>
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This has been my day today, wafting in and out of reality, with the odd thing to check off my todo list. Add a small but annoying migraine and you're almost there. C17 packets? They don't exist. The president's shoes? I have no idea why that even popped up.</div>
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Stretchy pants, larger shoes? Turns out I lost 20 pounds since being on this show.</div>
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Just finished drinking a cup of neocitran. My last ditch effort to get sleep. My body is sooo tired, my brain is tired, why can't I fall asleep?</div>
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I wrote the above while in a semi-awake state while trying to sleep. I would come in and out of sleep and these vivid dreams. Unfortunately my skills at writing while in the sleepy state does not read well now that I'm awake. <br /><br />The C-17 is the plane I was working on in real life. I had been photographing it for days in various stages and I think I was taking those packets of emergen-C for extra vitamin C at the time. I'm not sure where the running shoes fit in or why they were the President's.<br /><br />Over the course of thr show I did lose 20 pounds. Mostly from being sick or from carrying all the gear around the Dominican Republic, maybe a little bit of eating healthier. I found the food in the Dominican to be not as fatty as the food I usually eat.</div>
BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-86201666840509185642016-01-14T08:00:00.000-05:002016-01-17T01:00:07.342-05:00Waiting for sunrise<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_9lRDqgXXPbvaPxFS1vatX3nHhJH_KZeD2dl1-rwVzbwtCv7I0DlRRZP1EA0QCojwg_7rIghGa2heEx0cW65bvnnKjE9V5YBjFSpPphVdYriL49f2OHh6Oc8Nu2ol3Te5AaViw/s1600/blog2016_0114_EarlscourtPark_800.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_9lRDqgXXPbvaPxFS1vatX3nHhJH_KZeD2dl1-rwVzbwtCv7I0DlRRZP1EA0QCojwg_7rIghGa2heEx0cW65bvnnKjE9V5YBjFSpPphVdYriL49f2OHh6Oc8Nu2ol3Te5AaViw/s400/blog2016_0114_EarlscourtPark_800.jpg" /></a><br />
<i>Early morning in Earlscourt Park</i><br />
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A few days ago I got the drone up and running. Having odd sleep hours I was up before sunrise, way before sunrise. I woke at 03:00, sunrise being around 07:50. This is not something new if you've been reading this blog, I've been keeping really non-standard hours when I've not working.<br />
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The day I got the drone out I left the apartment too early in the morning, flew around just before the light broke over the horizon. As the temperature has been cold these last few days, battery life was pretty low which made flying time really short. I actually missed flying when the sun was coming up because all three batteries were spent by that point.<br /><br />The sunrise was spectacular!.. and I didn't capture it. So the next few days I woke up early went out at the proper calculated time and went to shoot. But like most things that happen outside, nature doesn't always play along. Clouds, and lots of them. I managed to get some really nice dark blue clouds at the expense of freezing my hands and fingers for a few minutes but no sunrise photos.<br />
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It wasn't until today and the forth try that the sun started to peak out from behind the clouds just enough to give me an orange sky. (see picture above), I'll take it.BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-3061755413262411512016-01-13T20:00:00.000-05:002016-08-07T12:59:07.118-04:00The VR meetup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl95Cwx1bIs7lByXbFGNvCA7d1xj6FOAUUQyqIYomBwTsU24MtmB5tNJo8GdjRQ7o8Xjvsy4-oeIaDd2mO6RdtsTCj3V3eBU3aDx_jzjddCoRrORN8iGME20dVkcOw2_z80mGDIw/s1600/blog2016_0113_Noel_VRmeetup_800.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl95Cwx1bIs7lByXbFGNvCA7d1xj6FOAUUQyqIYomBwTsU24MtmB5tNJo8GdjRQ7o8Xjvsy4-oeIaDd2mO6RdtsTCj3V3eBU3aDx_jzjddCoRrORN8iGME20dVkcOw2_z80mGDIw/s320/blog2016_0113_Noel_VRmeetup_800.jpg" /></a><br />
<i>Noel Chaput and I at a Virtual Reality meetup</i><br />
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Today was kind of a write off. I had woken up at 01:30, stayed awake until just before sunrise to realize it was snowing out, fell asleep and stayed asleep until 15:30. Half asleep I did laundry and read the book of faces. Then by the time I had to leave for the grocery store I realized I had to be at a VR meeting at 07:00.<br />
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The VR meeting was a bunch of nerds getting together to talk about the latest virtual reality technology to come out of this year's CES show in Las Vegas. It had been a while since I had been to a tech meeting and I have to say, I fit right in. Talking to other people about nerdy applications and making the odd computer related joke that everyone around me seemed to get. Yes, I was in my element. <br />
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It also helped that I was carrying around my theta (m-15) 360° camera. Having gear that people had only really read about made me into a nerdy rock star. I showed off the device with flair while trying to stay humble. I was the kid with the cool toy at show and tell. BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-77459120377805539002016-01-03T15:00:00.000-05:002016-01-04T01:17:59.019-05:00Fly, be Free<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuWePj-lKBWR-bSQuvySDwFobiwf-H-PWVHfuZz9NsFf3LkeN7LojNl5Sj2N7IIRc5SI2OTQj5gZZuAMKgUH1-Ytm5uQfuS53v_vAVcTRTwxljfWmwUInAnjohhgmcKPGfXHEvw/s1600/blog2016_0103_Bebop.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuWePj-lKBWR-bSQuvySDwFobiwf-H-PWVHfuZz9NsFf3LkeN7LojNl5Sj2N7IIRc5SI2OTQj5gZZuAMKgUH1-Ytm5uQfuS53v_vAVcTRTwxljfWmwUInAnjohhgmcKPGfXHEvw/s320/blog2016_0103_Bebop.jpg" /></a><br />
<i>The Bebop Parrot in action</i><br />
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So today I continued this year's tradition of setting tiny goals for myself. My goal was to go outside and fire up the drone. Maybe shoot some stuff, maybe not. The main thing was to get the drone up and running. It had been almost eight months since using it and I just wanted to see if it still could fly.<br />
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The park nearby was all brown and green, there was no snow. An odd thing for this time of year. Probably one of the warmest winters I could think of since I've been here (there was that one year I lived in Boston).<br />
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I set up and had the drone in the air. One of the batteries was faulty, I'll have to replace it. After a few minutes I realized my hands were getting numb. It was cold. Despite no snow the temperature was 0°C. Of course it was. It had been in the plus temperatures for the last few weeks until today, the day I wanted to fly the drone with no gloves. Sheesh.<br />
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I drone in the end flew and I figured out what things I needed to replace/repair, today's goal accomplished!BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-72196033509347304262016-01-02T07:00:00.000-05:002016-01-04T01:21:55.545-05:00Rice Krispie ClumpsI woke up at 03:00. I slept through new year's day, all 24 hours of it. It never existed. I didn't even stay out that late the night before. I guess I was tired, more so than usual. Some people being the superstitious sort might say this was a bad omen to start off the new year like this. A pattern will emerge and continue throughout the year. Luckily I'm not the superstitious type. I just enjoyed a good sleep.<br />
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It wasn't like I had big plans for the day or had to work. Actually I had absolutely no plans. No plans at all. If my blog in any indication the first few days of January are generally pretty dull and non-eventful. Could be the winter blahs as I push off depression.<br />
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The main highlight of the day was to venture out and buy groceries. Yes, not that exciting, baby steps and all that. I went out to go outside and to acquire the ingredients to make rice krispie clumps™.<br />
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The goal was completed, the day was a success! Maybe doing small goals like this is a good start to the year? Uh, yay me!<br />
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<b>Rice Krispie Clumps™</b><br />
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Ingredients <br />
<ul><li> 3 tablespoons butter</li>
<li> 3 cups of marshmallows</li>
<li>3 cups of Rice Krispies</li>
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Directions <br />
<ol><li>Melt butter in pot on low heat.</li>
<li> Add marshmallows.</li>
<li>Stir until marshmallow butter mixtures is smooth and consistent.</li>
<li>Add Rice Krispies.</li>
<li> Stir until rice krispies are evenly coated. </li>
<li> Transfer contents of pot into a casserole dish.</li>
<li>Let cool. Eat.</li>
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BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-3933116381323609552015-10-22T02:23:00.001-04:002015-10-22T02:26:44.167-04:00Back to the FutureWell, I haven't really been doing much these days. Partially burned out from working Suicide Squad and perhaps liking sleep a bit too much. About three weeks ago I got invited to a Back to the Future meet up to see the first two movies. The person that created the event then changed the date to the 25th to see all three movies.<div><br></div><div>Having already bought two tickets and feeling to lazy to see if I could get my money back, I bought the three tickets for the 25th and decided to go see the first two movies as originally planned... Today.</div><div><br></div><div>When seeing movies, especially a double feature, it's better to go with another person or a group. The reason is that someone can hold your seat while you get food between movies. I went to get popcorn missing the credits of the first movie only to find my center seat had been taken and I had to sit in the front corner, possibly the worse place in the theatre to sit.</div><div><br></div><div>Overall it was a fun time. Because the theatre was packed with fans, people cheered in the audience. Cheering at the opening credits, at seeing the clock displaying today's date, George punching Biff, during the line "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!", the end credit roll. It was like seeing a movie back in the eighties. </div><div><br></div><div>Some people were even in costume. One guy dressed as Marty McFly from 2015 had the jacket, hat, the sneakers that self laced (also with LEDs) and was even carrying a hoverboard.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm glad I went out.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhnupfKmkQiYa3O8ObaGD9128ckgV-JfvF4kQjPowxyanINjpKT1pFdo_F0U8FtWKmHlHltIjaBcTkh6dIBZxvoJWJPwDD6S2IjSsf_uSlo9U1wOR3ELxRhCba-rd1AWBg4advA/s640/blogger-image-1440788359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhnupfKmkQiYa3O8ObaGD9128ckgV-JfvF4kQjPowxyanINjpKT1pFdo_F0U8FtWKmHlHltIjaBcTkh6dIBZxvoJWJPwDD6S2IjSsf_uSlo9U1wOR3ELxRhCba-rd1AWBg4advA/s640/blogger-image-1440788359.jpg"></a></div>BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-85469228406645602172014-10-06T20:48:00.000-04:002014-11-11T16:15:47.605-05:00Early morning walk to work<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IlWj5gDJ1pf9tOXKXhNCQdE0iVUH_c455ol0tkx7KMSl6qVdgAj4EO1JUM3aCDySKJt8MZpkLfZUTl2HaxG_wmnWzvQgyxom_UXCjh4hwmhu-gvVd2ec51HB2UOEoInZapwwUA/s1600/blog2014_1006_BackToWork_800.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IlWj5gDJ1pf9tOXKXhNCQdE0iVUH_c455ol0tkx7KMSl6qVdgAj4EO1JUM3aCDySKJt8MZpkLfZUTl2HaxG_wmnWzvQgyxom_UXCjh4hwmhu-gvVd2ec51HB2UOEoInZapwwUA/s320/blog2014_1006_BackToWork_800.jpg" /></a><br />
<i>Heading to work early in the morning</i>BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-24792001904276106012014-10-05T20:46:00.000-04:002014-11-11T16:15:36.223-05:00Home Depot for Goo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XN44DjgpICKHHqjk2KdJqIkJuAGBnwGC47jQDZu3yR0__CtaMJQ_5cw5x2GEOnJ7SdTAzQ8FOxDSDx6YuSQJN5ufkNvX3gIvcT0JCbvy5-aSD4tnsR-rt_Cqsuoyve4XSorpsw/s1600/blog2014_1005_01_HomeDepot_800.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XN44DjgpICKHHqjk2KdJqIkJuAGBnwGC47jQDZu3yR0__CtaMJQ_5cw5x2GEOnJ7SdTAzQ8FOxDSDx6YuSQJN5ufkNvX3gIvcT0JCbvy5-aSD4tnsR-rt_Cqsuoyve4XSorpsw/s320/blog2014_1005_01_HomeDepot_800.jpg" /></a><br />
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Looking for adhesive to make a blimp.BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-52718044326299339132014-10-04T10:00:00.000-04:002014-11-17T18:12:47.802-05:00Busy Day<b>Free Poutine/Poutine Eating Contest</b><br />
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I walked downtown to visit the camera store to buy a UV filter for my camera blimp project. On the way I stumbled upon a poutine eating contest at Yonge and Dundas. Smoke's poutine was celebrating it's fifth year in business. To celebrate they were giving away free poutine in one area and having an eating contest in another.<br />
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<b>Group against the ivory trade</b><br />
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Right next to the all you can eat potato extravaganza was a march to increase awareness of the ivory trade. I always wondered who these walks were aimed at. It's a weekend. Not a lot of people were really paying attention with the exception of waiting for them to pass. I wondered if there was a more efficient way to help the rhinos. I like the idea of getting up off your couch or office chair and actually doing something real, more real then clicking a 'like' button. I somehow felt that the message these people were trying to spread wasn't getting received.<br />
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<b>Second Outing</b><br />
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The Sony 95mm UV filter came out to about $400.00. It's a lot of money for a small round piece of glass. Included was a nice white pouch with a magnetic clip. Insert "wooo" here.<br />
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From the camera store I took transit back home and napped. When I came to it was around 6:00pm and I was on my way to meet some friends for dinner.<br />
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<b>Nuit Blanche</b><br />
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On Queen and John there was this dinosaur like installation. Some sky lifts with potted plants. I thought it was neat. After dinner Tony and I walked down to the Tiff building where they had HAL 9000 take your photo. The photo showed up on a URL but I still don't have it. My photo will probably show up in a newsletter for TIFF or some such thing. Meh.<br />
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<i>It's HAL 9000</i><br />
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<i>Virus testers...</i><br />
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<i>Tony gets tested</i><br />
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<i>INFECTED... has to report to Nathan Phillips Square by midnight.</i><br />
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<i>Window displays</i><br />
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<i>The Virus gathering</i><br />
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<i>15 minutes past midnight still nothing happening</i><br />
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<i>It's cold and still nothing happening...</i><br />
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<i>Adam photo bombing; what he does best.</i><br />
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<i>Look it's Mia Culprit ala TORD</i><br />
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<i>Posing on a dark street</i><br />
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<i>Adam and his bike</i><br />
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<i>self-portrait. I look pissed off.</i><br />
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<i>The Maze</i><br />
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<i>The best installation of the night (that I saw)</i><br />
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<i>Gosia (on the right) with her cousin</i><br />
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<i>Musical elves</i><br />
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<i>Light up art</i><br />
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<i>Aly at the Lakeview</i><br />
<br />BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-9398725522249985202014-10-03T11:30:00.000-04:002014-11-04T18:24:56.474-05:00Leanna's Wedding<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0j5weILNYcLQeo6mEHIW1zyrUgM1ndq0ni2bJQ3IbC7jaJJrSgys4EJYgTut1FLtkHPUg31CSyj_Gx6WkhyxJNYBkSzN7s16aq1Ea1rUdiWyWhr3L8xJo1owZT_Q_HczvqrF6XQ/s1600/blog2014_1003_01_LeannaAndDerek_800.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0j5weILNYcLQeo6mEHIW1zyrUgM1ndq0ni2bJQ3IbC7jaJJrSgys4EJYgTut1FLtkHPUg31CSyj_Gx6WkhyxJNYBkSzN7s16aq1Ea1rUdiWyWhr3L8xJo1owZT_Q_HczvqrF6XQ/s320/blog2014_1003_01_LeannaAndDerek_800.jpg" /></a><br />
<i>Leanna (the bride) and me</i><br />
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Friday? Who gets married on a Friday? My friend/makeup artist Leanna did and it was a good thing I double checked the invite. I initially read it wrong and thought it was Saturday (which was when the post wedding brunch took place). Luckily I looked at the invite again and saw the Friday date.<br />
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The hard part was getting off work. Taking the day off when you're a department of one doesn't just cut into your wallet, in order to leave work; as a responsible worker; I had to find someone to cover me. I didn't prove an easy task as there are not a lot of 24 frame playback operators out there that are familiar with the set I work on. It came down to a handful of people, less than a handful. One was just starting a vacation and wouldn't be in town, another was on another show and the third was missing in action. Eventually I managed to find the third and as luck would have it he wasn't working; but more importantly he was available to work on my show.<br />
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The second problem was getting out to the barn that the wedding was taking place in. The location was between Toronto and Kingston. Since I don't have a car that would mean renting one. As luck would have it Greg and Beth had the same idea about a car rental and offered me a lift. I split the car expense with them. It was a win win.<br />
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<i>Beth and Greg</i><br />
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Sometime before the wedding Leanna asked if I could help out with some flashes for a photo booth. I had a spare camera and some triggers so I set up a tiny studio looking toward the barn wall decorated with Christmas lights. The camera was prefocused and the trigger made the set up easy to use. Press a button and click your photo was being taken. We managed to get a few hundred photos of people having fun dressing up and framing themselves.<br />
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<i>Me and the wedding photographer</i><br />
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<i>Beth and Jen</i><br />
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<i>The table setting</i><br />
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Getting married in a barn. That's what I heard. It seemed weird. I didn't see any photos of the location. I thought there might be animals. I thought well that ought to make for some nice photos. When I walked in I was amazed. It was a really nice venue... and I'd still get some good photos.<br />
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<i>Inside the barn</i><br />
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<i>Greg parked next to the farm</i><br />
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<i>The outside of the barn</i><br />
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<i>Leanna and Daniel achievement level: Married</i><br />
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<i>Greg and Beth</i><br />
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<i>The first dance</i><br />
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<i>Showing how to move sparklers while keeping face in focus</i><br />
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<i>The Wedding conga line</i><br />
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The wedding ended up being a lot of fun. Greg, Beth and I stayed until about 10pm. We took down the photo booth, packed up the costumes and frames and drove back to Toronto. I got home around midnight and realized I still had a weekend... yay!BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-26121345483980387502014-09-30T05:00:00.000-04:002014-10-30T12:09:53.144-04:00Back to Work<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4Lm11FLkJJY5jOZfCa808f0gtJFA0OimKkbSjooqfrbb2j_NLKVPtghuFjpJkuSgy5lRH7QXiwFSKP9UDZ3d-TuzEFyxJOaqur8Qeu45nCu7fdYxFvaNEObzJlFDZk8DgRidoQ/s1600/blog2014_0930_01_LegoDerekIslington.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4Lm11FLkJJY5jOZfCa808f0gtJFA0OimKkbSjooqfrbb2j_NLKVPtghuFjpJkuSgy5lRH7QXiwFSKP9UDZ3d-TuzEFyxJOaqur8Qeu45nCu7fdYxFvaNEObzJlFDZk8DgRidoQ/s320/blog2014_0930_01_LegoDerekIslington.jpg" /></a><br />
<i>Waiting for the 5:00am bus.</i><br />
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<i>It's like morning of the Zombies</i>BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860683.post-56578494251352096252014-09-29T13:00:00.000-04:002014-10-02T13:21:27.286-04:00The BLIMP project continues<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9EpbYGSrOegWY3Nr6mYGZLTIV0V1wopoxBEEdnPpkZnHK_K0iowKkY0vitdkOFar5X5pY9tMCCjC8RWW8Rpe3ZnWhAAtlbIrn3L3sNLiqhFPs-ARqvfb38ElMWnU9gWA07gLTA/s1600/blog2014_0929_01_SandyCamping.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9EpbYGSrOegWY3Nr6mYGZLTIV0V1wopoxBEEdnPpkZnHK_K0iowKkY0vitdkOFar5X5pY9tMCCjC8RWW8Rpe3ZnWhAAtlbIrn3L3sNLiqhFPs-ARqvfb38ElMWnU9gWA07gLTA/s320/blog2014_0929_01_SandyCamping.jpg" /></a><br />
<i>Sandy poses with a LEGO tent</i><br />
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John standing at the golden doorway near Victoria and BagelHothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025565613827004444noreply@blogger.com0