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Saturday, April 30, 2005
No sleep till Dublin:
Due to my bizarre combination of narcissistic tendencies and occasionally poor body image, I've decided to do a nude self-portrait series over a period of time, which will debut at the fall Artwalk. Not the upcoming one. Hate to disappoint. Anyway, make of that what you will, and make travel arrangements accordingly.
In other news, the fucking exchange rate between USD and GBP is fucking horrid. It's literally 2:1. The Euro is a little better, more like 1:.72-ish, but good lord the dollar is weak. Therefore, I won't be spending a lot of money in Ireland or the UK next week, so for those of my 2.5 readers that I like and actually know in real life, expect either really cheesy (read: cheap) souvenirs, or none at all. I may very well end up just bringing back whisky. Besides, I'm only taking an 18" rollaboard and a small duffel (both carry-ons, as I hate checking bags), which is, in my view, overpacking for an 8-day trip, but I am willing to make an exception to my general travel rules for whisky that you can't get in the States.
I'll have very sporadic internet access while I'm gone, but feel free to comment or send me messages, especially if you're in Dublin, London, or NYC, you know, 'cause I'll be there and stuff. I'll also attempt to hijack China Vagina's computer for a little while and upload a photo or two.
Also, I went to the camera store today and bought 16 rolls of film - 10 b&w and 6 color. For the photography geeks, I'll detail it here: 1 roll Maco Ort 25, 2 rolls Maco Cube 400, 3 rolls Ilford Delta 400, 4 rolls Ilford FP4 125, 2 rolls Kodak Portra VC 160, 2 rolls Kodak Portra VC 400, 2 rolls Fuji NPS 160. I'm also bringing 2 rolls of Agfa Scala 200 and 2 rolls of Kodachrome 64, one of which I intend to cross-process. AND I'm using a lensbaby for half that roll. AND it's about four months past-date. Expect funky results!
Oh, and I also bought a new lens for the manual SLR - a Tokina 28-70mm. It's not super fast - I mean, what do you expect for a zoom in the ~$100 price range - but it'll do fine as long as I use the faster film with it. Now I'm just going to tape the shit out of the camera so it looks even crappier and more beat-up and everything will be fine. I mean, I like to look classy and shit, but if I'm going to be taking photos of heroin addicts in Phoenix Park (accompanied by an escort, of course), I need to dress everything down. Including the camera.
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