Showing posts with label star wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label star wars. Show all posts

Monday, June 14, 2010

The Dream Woken In, And Left Behind

"Enough of washing machines! Of your domestic issues we care not! What of Tibet?"

Very well.

I could tell you that the trip I went on was Tibet Encompassed, and that the following photo was taken on the Qinghai-Tibet Train: I fell asleep surrounded by washed out hills subdued by generations of farming and sky lost in haze, I woke up to find the land rippled with unblemished snow, and watched the sun rise in clean heavens over this so long distant and magical land.

Or, I could tell you that the trip I went on was Blue Harvest, and that the following photo was taken at moisture farming station on Tatooine, shortly before we were attacked by Tusken Raiders and nearly trampled by banthas.



A friend pointed out quite rightly that I am selfish with my photos. Perhaps because I do not go on holiday. When I travel rest and relaxation are not the point. I go out into the world to be confronted and challenged, to learn and be surprised and learn again, to wash out the clutter in my head and heart, and I come back exhausted, wrung out, and bewildered.

It isn't a holiday. It's personal. I'm selfish because what I went through is mine; my life, my mind.

Monday, June 08, 2009

"Don't close the blast doors!" [to your heart!]

A wee while back, Jeff VanderMeer offered me a copy of Star Wars Punch Out 'n Play, to give it user acceptance testing on Omnivoracious over on Amazon.

I accepted the mission, as it has been a while since I futzed around in Comic Life. The results are as follows.

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(Instructions in the back of the book ordered me to decorate my home and office with them, and then play! Hours of fun! So I introduced them to my home, my office, and all the local, er, wildlife. Actually, that isn't even half the junk on my desk.)




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Anyone else want me to do PR for them?