take me from behind: 2008

Dec 31, 2008

''we are all mortal

until the first kiss

and the second glass of wine''

eduardo galeano

f*** the new bloomberg keyboard

Dec 30, 2008

wisdom ii

"the only thing in which i have been actually thorough

has been in being

thoroughly unprepared."

Alfred Stieglitz

Dec 29, 2008

1 cancelled flight

+5 overbooked/missed flights

+11 hours at pearson airport

+1 successful flight

=1 joyful yuletide travel experience

Dec 23, 2008

Dec 21, 2008

Dec 18, 2008

Dec 17, 2008

Q&A

''what did you think was going to happen when you came here?''

"i dunno. i knew there might be a risk of becoming bloomingdales.''

...because of course there aren't enough reasons keeping me awake at night.

Dec 12, 2008

Dec 11, 2008

wisdom i

ars longa,

vita brevis,

occasio praeceps,

experimentum periculosum,

ludicium difficile.

life is short,

(the) art long,

opportunity fleeting,

experience treacherous,

judgement difficult.

hippocrates

(ca. 460 BC - ca. 370 BC)

Dec 9, 2008

Dec 8, 2008

explain your purpose

so this site was a long time coming but only just conceived a couple short weeks ago. well not altogether "short" weeks to be honest (but more on that shortly).

i had been wanting a forum to put up some photos and perhaps get back into writing on a more regular basis. primarily a selfish need to put some thoughts and images out there - if only to get them off my own mind. a few weeks ago whilst in conversation with my friend dariusz (displacedmontrealer.blogspot) we shook hands on us both committing to posting an image a day over the course of each month. perfect. the impetus i had been too lazy to locate myself.

but this was all before...

things then proceeded to turn upside down a few days later when i was let go from my unfulfilling finance job and tracked down by a long-lost love in the space of two days. the proverbial rug had been most certainly yanked out from underneath.

with regards to the job: great thing, poor timing.

with regards to the long-lost love: inconclusive, emotionally charged, poor timing.

with regards to my general emotional state: MELANCHOLIC.

this blog will perhaps be nothing more than the rambling words and photos of a man caught between life's chapters. i hope it will be more. at the very least it is a document of a definitive time.

(...and if you were wondering, Take Me From Behind refers to an ongoing series of photos taken between 2002 and the present)