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After the American float passed in the street parade for the Wellington Sevens:¹

“I didn’t cheer for the Yanks,” man number one said.

“I have a shirt that says the US bombs the world. I should have worn that,” man number two said.

Yea, as if the rugby players care. And that shirt is uninformative and lame. Where’s the wit?

_{1. A rugby tournament between 16 countries}

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Something a bit different…

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Photoshop was not used on this image (although I admit I stamped out some dust from the scan).

I’ve been documenting Mount Victoria and I might submit some prints for the New Zealand Affordable Art Show.

Last year the show exhibited about 900 artists and they collectively earned just under one million dollars. I almost submitted paintings, but missed my chance.

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I would trade sloth for gluttony any day.

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“Hey,” someone shouted at me.

“Hey! You!”

I turned around and saw a red faced man wearing a bright blue vest, which identified him as library staff. He looked like Michael Moore because of his glasses and the fat belly, but he sounded twangy.

“Who gave you permission to take photos?” He barked.

“Oh. Do I need permission?” I asked.

“Yes in fact you do, you need my permission before you take photos inside the library, and you haven’t asked me, so you shouldn’t be taking photos.”

I was shocked into silence. The conversation went on for a bit, and it ended badly.

“Well next time you want to take photos you need permission,” he said.

“Don’t worry, next time I’ll ask for sure!”

“There won’t be a next time.”

“Oh.”

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As I walked out of the building he followed me to make sure of something. I don’t know what.

I still can’t believe a librarian yelled at me! Now I have to avoid the library until I recover my ‘I can do anything because I’m free’ ignorance.

I only wanted a picture of the library so I remember what it looks like.

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There are some drawbacks living in New Zealand. For example, now that I have a film camera I have to buy film. The film I prefer to buy costs $12.35 in Wellington. Ouch.

The same roll of film costs $2.69 in America.

Kiwis pay so much for products and I don’t know why.

So this week I’m indebted to Keith, who arrived from Texas with a full bag of film for me! Hopefully by the time I run out someone else can traffic film from the good ‘ol U.S.A. (I promise I won’t call you a mule, in fact, I’ll shower you with presents)

Here’s another photo for kicks. I haven’t been in this slingshot yet, anyone keen?

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Almost one month later and what’s happened?

Not much, sad to say, but enough to keep me going. I sold my Nikon D80 which was a relief. Because the price of imported goods in NZ is high, I made a large profit with the sale. I decided to treat myself to a Lomo, and last week it arrived.

Here’s a sample from my first roll:

_{I look so thin, someone, anyone, bake me cookies}

The camera has a color splash flash attachment, so the color in my portrait is accurate (as far as the negative is concerned) because of the cyan splash. I’m happier with the Lomo’s results, even after the first roll.

I sold my D80 is because the quality of the photos was poor and without feeling. I found myself in Photoshop trying to fix everything and I would rather spend time taking pictures.

The only drawback of shooting film is the extra cost, but I think it’s worth it. Digital photography isn’t much of a hobby for me.

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