We Apologise For The Inconvenience

Rocketeer

2010-11-07T23:12:00.000-08:00

Foucault pendulum, Griffith Observatory

"There's a world out there that we should see"

--Far East Movement

Streets on Fire

2010-10-03T12:29:00.000-07:00

"no safe zone no cure and no protection
no symptoms define the signs of an infection
no vaccines, remedies, and no corrections
Quarantine the dreams and seal off the connections
don't let them in not a friend not a reflection
everybody's got it and want you to have it next and
don't accept them if you want to stay as an exception
no pill can heal the ill of this
sickness some are still in doubt of its existence
some call it forgiveness and some call it the vengeance
some say it's an exit and some say it's an entrance"

--Lupe Fiasco

Dirty Lenses

2010-10-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

"If we don’t escape

We’ll turn into
Everything we
Hate but tell me do
We even have a chance?
If we don’t escape
The things we do
Won’t make a difference
It’s just me and you
& all our best laid plans"
--Hooverphonic

Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground

2010-10-03T11:05:00.001-07:00

Worthless part deux

2010-10-03T10:55:00.001-07:00

Welcome To Mystery

2010-10-03T10:28:00.000-07:00

"There is a place where your mind can escape
All the problems today and go far, far away
This is a time with no history
Feel no misery, come and visit me
Welcome to mystery"
--Plain White T's

If I Ruled The World

2010-09-06T22:14:00.000-07:00

"My world would be a beautiful place
Where we would weave such wonderful dreams."

--Jamie Cullum

Wonderwall

2010-06-10T13:40:00.001-07:00

hot or not

2010-04-27T08:27:00.001-07:00

it's not just coffee, but a vessel for conversation

2010-04-08T19:06:00.000-07:00

dirty laundry

2010-04-07T15:17:00.001-07:00

age of innocence

2010-04-05T13:15:00.001-07:00

the method to the madness

2010-03-24T00:02:00.000-07:00

freedom of speech is something i very strongly believe in, which is why, even though i might disgree with the content, i will publish any comments short of mud slinging.

Float'n Flow

2010-03-23T00:17:00.000-07:00

"Drifting like the waters

Coming all night long"

--M-flo

I♥SF

2010-03-18T10:30:00.001-07:00

405 metres, NGVD 29

2010-03-17T00:14:00.000-07:00

at the summit
only the withered bouquet
must be a nice sight
day and night
ever changing
never changing

invisible wall

2010-03-15T21:54:00.000-07:00

new beginnings?

2010-03-15T13:11:00.001-07:00

Let Go

2010-02-22T22:35:00.001-08:00

take two

2010-02-02T09:34:00.000-08:00

The Summer Wind

2009-10-05T21:48:00.000-07:00

"Then softer than a piper man
One day it called to you
And I lost you / To the summer wind
The autumn wind and the winter wind
Have come and gone
And still those days, those lonely days
Go on and on
And guess who sighs her lullabies
Through nights that never end
My fickle friend / The summer wind"
--Madeleine Peyroux

Skipalong

2009-09-27T18:57:00.000-07:00

"So I'm gonna skip along
Quite merrily baby
I'm gonna revel in hating what's going on
And I'm like a sugar bomb
And no harm will come
No harm will come if I just skip along"
--Lenka

Brothers In Arms

2009-09-27T18:29:00.000-07:00

"There's so many different worlds

So many differents suns

And we have just one world

But we live in different ones"

--Dire Straits

Nightbirds

2009-09-26T23:11:00.000-07:00

"And nightbirds sing you
An empty tune in an empty house
In an empty room in an empty moment
All the nightbirds sing
We were supposed to rise above
But we sink
Into the ocean" --Ryan Adams

In A Manner Of Speaking

2009-09-25T15:41:00.000-07:00

"In a manner of speaking

Semantics won't do

In this life that we live we only make do

And the way that we feel

Might have to be sacrificed"

--Nouvelle Vague

Moon Over Bourbon Street

2009-09-25T15:25:00.001-07:00

"There's a moon over bourbon street tonight
I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight
I've no choice but to follow that call
The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all
I pray everyday to be strong
For I know what I do must be wrong
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there's a moon over bourbon street"
--Sting

borrowed time

2009-08-25T22:45:00.000-07:00

"Step, step right over the line

And onto borrowed time

When it's life, not waiting to die"

--A Fine Frenzy

the time comes

2009-08-25T22:39:00.001-07:00

"I wait for the day to break me
I look up to the sky
/
The time comes
Then it goes away
Don't try to read the silence
Don't try to live it down
'cause I learned a thing or two
About patience
And I've found" --Nina Gordon

one headlight

2009-08-25T17:28:00.000-07:00

"Nothing Is Forever

There's Got To Be Something Better Than

In The Middle" --The Wallflowers

ennui

2009-08-14T11:24:00.001-07:00

sunset solitude

2009-04-12T22:12:00.000-07:00

city

2009-03-22T23:34:00.000-07:00

directions

2009-03-15T23:07:00.000-07:00

reflection eternal

2009-03-15T23:03:00.000-07:00

hide & seek

2009-03-13T10:59:00.001-07:00

life's mysteries

2009-01-26T23:05:00.000-08:00

simple.
hot on the left.
cold on the right.
shit flows downhill.
easy enough.
then you get broadsided.
not so simple anymore.

trains

2009-01-14T01:06:00.000-08:00

"I have trains advancing through my veins

I build stations and playgrounds for my mind to wander around"

--Marlango

taken for granted

2009-01-11T15:54:00.000-08:00

new year, new shit (or is it all the same?)

2009-01-11T15:42:00.000-08:00

none of us are free

2008-12-19T17:40:00.001-08:00

hindsight is always 20/20

2008-12-19T17:30:00.001-08:00

bas ek pal

2008-12-19T17:28:00.001-08:00

in the waiting line

2008-12-18T09:52:00.001-08:00

"Wait in line / 'Til your time
Ticking clock / Everyone stop
//
Do you believe / In what you see
Motionless wheel / Nothing is real
Wasting my time / In the waiting line
Do you believe in / What you see"
--Zero 7

"les yeux sans visage"

2008-12-13T02:25:00.000-08:00

black 'n' blue

2008-12-08T17:41:00.001-08:00

me myself and i

2008-11-24T18:19:00.000-08:00

"Yesterday I got lost in the circus,
feeling like such a mess.
And now I'm down,
I'm just hanging on the corner.
I can't help but reminisce."
--Amos Lee
self portrait listening to the same song

west end girls

2008-11-17T23:48:00.000-08:00

"Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
And which do you choose, a hard or soft option?" --Pet Shop Boys

left outside ...

2008-11-13T20:43:00.000-08:00

oooh lookit the purty colorz

watchin'

2008-11-11T23:42:00.001-08:00

curse of the traveller

2008-11-11T23:24:00.000-08:00

"On the restless road to nowhere
There's no certain peace it seems
Desire to keep on moving
Till the river of dreams
Is it just because someone told you
Is it just because you found
Old freedom feels uneasy when duty is around
When allegiance asks the questions
Old freedom twists and turns
And chokes on codes of honour
On the sword of no return" --Chris Rea

river, run me dry

2008-11-11T23:12:00.000-08:00

"So much noise and

So little time

Oh river, run me dry"

-- Dido

worthless

2008-11-11T22:56:00.000-08:00

eternity - memory of lightwaves

2008-10-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

letter read

2008-10-28T20:10:00.000-07:00

"Time passes by;

I hear nothing at all."

--Rachel Yamagata

catalyst

2008-10-28T01:20:00.000-07:00

"LA lights
Never shine quite as bright as in the movies
Still wanna go?
Cause something here
In the way
In the way that we're constantly moving
Reminds you of home" --Anna Nalick

Wrigley Building, Chicago.
Long way from 'home.'

opium

2008-10-18T20:56:00.000-07:00

"Why / I wonder why you sigh
there's no reason for you to cry
don't / don't believe your own lies
there's no reason
there's no reason for you to sigh
music / music is opium for free
try a little try to consume me
music is Prozac for free
don't get stuck in greed
don't" --Hooverphonic

waiting around

2008-10-17T09:40:00.001-07:00

pellegrino

2008-10-17T09:29:00.001-07:00

i have to admit, the stuff tastes pretty good. ice cold. with or without a wedge of lemon and/or lime. i'll still keep drinking source municipal, from the tap, thank you.

last night/live for tomorrow

2008-10-15T16:41:00.000-07:00

downhill

2008-10-15T16:35:00.000-07:00

(tangible, hand written) letters are a lost art. so are cards.

e-this e-that these e-days.

one of these days.

I'll write one.

landing

2008-10-15T16:27:00.001-07:00

raining again

2008-10-15T16:19:00.000-07:00

being met with cold water on taking the back exit isn't such a bad thing. that's just me. bring on the rain.

one of these mornings

2008-10-15T16:14:00.001-07:00

sunday

2008-10-15T16:10:00.001-07:00

i think i'm on a moby roll...

inside

2008-10-15T16:05:00.000-07:00

another moody shot from an abandoned building, taken though grates on windows, with another moody moby song title.

great lake

2008-10-15T15:46:00.000-07:00

on seeing this (and it just so happened to be in chinatown) immediately thought of a repeated motif from 'in the mood for love,' (one of my favourites) also used by wong kar-wai in his other movies. took the photo.

here i was ripping a criterion copy of ITMFL borrowed from my best friend, going through moby's discography, came across an entire brilliant album, 'the end of everything,' and the picture, movie, songs and post title. they all came together.

255, 0, 0

2008-09-20T22:07:00.000-07:00

not at all funny

2008-09-20T21:56:00.000-07:00

El Pueblo & Chinatown, Los Angeles

2008-09-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

call on me

2008-09-18T16:58:00.004-07:00

the end is near

2008-09-18T16:58:00.003-07:00

It's The End Of The World As We Know It

2008-09-18T16:58:00.002-07:00

browns vs yellows

the endgame

it's coming

soon

dead & dying

2008-09-18T16:58:00.001-07:00

orly?

2008-09-16T16:28:00.001-07:00

oh why not (or how it all began)

2008-08-30T23:49:00.000-07:00

longtime (or more recent and dedicated) readers will notice this blog started out with the intention of posting interesting photos on a regular basis--daily, if possible. somehow along the way it took a turn down a dark alley and turned into what it is now, where posts (usually) follow unpleasant occurrences.

so here are a few photos that wouldn't quite work in the usual morose way.

simplicity

2008-08-12T11:32:00.001-07:00

the simplest things in life can make you smile: driving to a mountain lake, feeling the chilly wet air envelope you in the dark; smelling sickly sweet pungent pine; hearing the faint buzz of insects; realizing the band of light above is the Milky Way galaxy, blinding when you're in the middle of absolutely nowhere; walking though a patch of greenery, dotted with dew, sparkling as the sun comes up, long before anyone else is awake. the moment is yours alone. you savour it, and can make it through another day.

trippin' me up

2008-08-05T20:35:00.001-07:00

"No good when you're rockin' the boat,
it's a slippery slope to nowhere.
Wonder why you're tryin' to hide what you're keepin' aside and won't share."
--Kylie Minogue

my friend[s]

2008-08-03T21:52:00.000-07:00

"Whenever I'm down
I call on you my friend
A helping hand you lend
In my time of need"
--Groove Armada

mary jane's last dance

2008-08-03T21:39:00.001-07:00

"Well I don’t know but I’ve been told, you never slow down, you never grow old.
I’m tired of screwin’ up, tired of goin’ down,
Tired of myself, tired of this town,
Oh my, my, oh hell yes - Honey put on that party dress.
Buy me a drink, sing me a song,
Take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long."
-- Tom Petty

clarity

2008-08-03T21:11:00.000-07:00

"And I will wait to find
If this will last forever
And I will wait to find
If this will last forever
And I will pay no mind
When it won't and it won't because it can't
It just can't
It's not supposed to"
--John Mayer

strawberry fields forever

2008-07-25T10:31:00.000-07:00

"Let me take you down, cause I'm going to
Strawberry fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Strawberry fields forever"
--The Beatles

bottle it up

2008-07-14T18:15:00.000-07:00

"Started as a flicker meant to be a flame.
Skin has gotten thicker but it burns the same.
Still a baby in a cradle got to take my first fall.
Baby’s getting next to nowhere with a back against the wall
You meant to make me happy, make me sad.
Want to make it better better so bad.
But save your resolutions for your never new year.
There is only one solution I can see here." --Sara Bareilles

in her own world

2008-07-14T12:57:00.000-07:00

"There's a place I like to hide
A doorway that I run through in the night
Relax child, you were there
But only didn't realize it and you were scared
It's a place where you will learn
To face your fears, retrace the years
And ride the whims of your mind"
--Queensrÿche

dancing barefoot

2008-07-14T12:21:00.001-07:00

"I'm dancing barefoot

Headed for a spin

Some strange music drags me in

It makes me come up like some heroin" --U2

don't make 'em like they used to....

2008-07-14T10:57:00.000-07:00

nothing's free

2008-07-09T12:39:00.001-07:00

lost?

2008-06-30T01:44:00.000-07:00

"Just because I'm losing/Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop/Doesn't mean I will cross
Just because I'm hurting/Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserve
No better and no worse
I just got lost/Every river that I've tried to cross
And every door I ever tried was locked
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off..." --Coldplay

pithily titled self portrait

2008-06-27T19:05:00.000-07:00

wake up call, 5 minutes at UCLA

2008-06-27T18:52:00.000-07:00

yes, all three were taken less than 5 minutes apart at UCLA

there is a light that never goes out

2008-06-27T18:34:00.001-07:00

homecoming

2008-06-27T18:21:00.000-07:00

life in technicolor

2008-06-27T17:53:00.000-07:00

insight

2008-06-27T17:47:00.000-07:00

"Wisdom of ages
Rush over me
Heighten my senses
Enlighten me
Lead me on
Eternally" --Depeche Mode

tears from the moon

2008-06-27T09:53:00.001-07:00

"there is freedom within, there is freedom without"

2008-06-27T09:36:00.001-07:00

sxsw

2008-06-27T09:31:00.001-07:00

"the sky was the limit

2008-06-12T00:32:00.000-07:00

Into the great wide open,

Under them skies of blue

Out in the great wide open,

A rebel without a clue"
--Tom Petty

something to be

2008-06-03T01:17:00.000-07:00

"I've been looking for something

Something I've never seen

We're all looking for something

Something to be"
--Rob Thomas

takin' the red-eye

2008-06-01T03:13:00.000-07:00

"Sometimes I can't let go,
Sometimes I move too slow,
I swear it's not a show,
I don't know if I'm tired or crazy,
Or If my blood sugar is dangerously low" --Mozella

on, to never & forever

2008-05-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

"... lead me into your darkness.
When this world is trying its hardest
To leave me unimpressed
...

I'm shying from the light,
I always loved the night.
And now you offer me eternal darkness." --Depeche Mode