The Quick and Dirty

I gotta be quick. I didn´t realize how hard this would be. These computers aren´t exactly compatable with my vision, but I´ll make it work. Of all the pictures I brought to the internet cafe only two would download. There´ll be more
So It took about 51 hours to get to the capital city Merida of Merida the state. It was a fucked up journey that left me feeling trapped and home sick. Rock bottom was the bus station in Barquimeto. It was insane. Nowhere to sit and people yelling non-stop. I had to drag all my bags on torn up pavement and it was raining, luckily it´s warm when it rains.
Flying in was one of the most amazing things I´ve ever seen. The Andean mountains butt up against the Caribean coast. I have some really bad pictures from the plane. You were right, Patrick. But you can get the gist of it. I´ll probably put those on Flickr
Caracas and the big citys I´ve travelled through are really modern and primitive at the same time. So many fucking cars and no smog control. Sometimes I feel I´m going to pass out from the fumes.
Merida is even more beautiful. It´s right in the middle of the andes mountains, so every direction you look there are peaks and the clouds seem to just hang out in between ridges.
There´s just to much to talk about. I´ll have to figure out how to make this quicker. I´ll probably write it all out ahead of time on my mom´s computer.

The whole building is just cars, I´m sure it´s like this in New York or other spots in the states, but this just looks crazy

A bike cop chillin´on the divider of a freeway-like avenue. On this same road I saw an old pickup stopped in the middle of the road with a guy inside the engine compartment, all you could see was his head. I wasn´t quick enough with the camera.

Love you all. email me or message me on myspace. I´m a little homesick. more to come

Working Poor

Living expenses (from Wikipedia)

The popularity of the region, owing both to its mild weather and its cultural and economic diversity, combined with strong anti-growth sentiment (both local and statewide), has led to high housing costs, especially for ownership and for commercial property leases. Owing to the relatively lower costs of outlying housing and limited public transportation, long, expensive, and often unpleasant automobile commutes are common in the region, and these costs tend to trickle down throughout various activities, making many other activities such as dining out, theater tickets, etc. more expensive than in other areas of the country. For only a limited portion of the population have wages kept pace with the increased expenses and many minimum wage earners, even those holding multiple jobs, (and many families with multiple members employed) are classified as "working poor", while the higher incomes necessary for a satisfactory lifestyle in the region lead to higher taxes, especially at the federal level for persons not qualifying for high mortgage or self employment related deductions.

This graph compares the income distribution among Bay Area households to the national level.<sup>[7][8]

MOVE TO OAKLAND</sup>

Photoshop

I've been taking a photoshop class and this is my first project. Kaya and James rocking out. It reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes dancing in one strip. This was from Kaya's going away party, before he left for a 6 week vacation in Thailand. You have to click on them to really see the differences.

Before

After

testing, testing, 1 2 3...

Um. Hi. i guess this my blog. It won't get very interesting until I go to Venezuela. For now I'm just learning to use this. This'll be the place to see my photography, if that's what you want to call it. I just bought a Canon 30D. I'm also learning to use that.
Regarding this blog. I can use all the advice I can get. I picked Blogger because It seemed the easiest. If anyone knows of a blog service that's mainly for photography and allows adult content, please tell me. I'm also wondering how to put up a blog that doesn't show where it is hosted. I don't like that blue bar at the top. Can I customize this one or do I have to design a complete blog and pay for my own site? I don't know these things. Here an of what I like.

I guess this is hosted by wordpress. I wonder how good that one is.