Sep 01 2007
Dear Mr. Fantasy
(one of the many pictures from Nemberala, Roti, that I've started posting on Flickr)
I'm back in Singapore, after spending an interesting day traveling from Kupang to Surabaya to Jakarta to Singapore on Thursday.
I neglected to post anything here on Thursday or Friday, however, as I took that time to order a much needed thin-crust pepperoni pizza, check on necessary logistical matters, talk to some people back in the States who I thought may want to know I was alive (my parents, chief among them), and to shave off that goddamn beard I had grown after having not shaved for over a month.
I swear, Kara had a great idea (one which I squandered in favor of pride and expediency) of taking before and after pictures — one prior to a shave and haircut, and one immediately afterward. Honestly, I do look about 10 years younger after the grooming.
Anyway, one of the other things I've been doing (other than washing my cloths … repeatedly), is posting up to my Flickr pages some of the great pictures I got while I was in Indo this past month. Arguably, I didn't get as many as I probably should have; however, taking pictures tends to lose precedence in light of actually living in the Utopian conditions I experienced.
Regardless, take a look at some of the pictures. Feel free to comment, and I'll start catching up about the trip, my next destination, and whatever other irrelevant nonsense I deem appropriate before I head out in a couple of weeks to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam for a couple of months while waiting for surf season to start up in Papua New Guinea in the late fall.
Hey Matt,
Glad to see you’re still alive. The pictures are fantastic. Keep posting them. There have been some changes at the Olexa household since you last posted. It has been alternately easy and then tough. I feel very confident that it was the right decision but you know how the mind fucks with you when it’s late at night and you’ve had a pint or two. Anyway, live is good regardless. Keep surfing and enjoy yourself.
Mikey
Muchas gracias para el credito. For the record, the real brilliance of the suggestion was making a stop motion clip in post-production.
BTW- don’t think I didn’t pick up on the “really big hooters” tag on this post. As your respect for my mind is clearly evidenced above I can only assume you’re inferring that you have a nice rack. I s’pose if you’ve got it, flaunt it. I’ll be sure to check FlickR for pics. ;o)
Mikey, I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of editing out some info from your comment. We’ll continue this conversation via email (slightly more private).
K, De nada, bonita senorita. Yes, I forgot to mention the post-production elements of your idea, my bad. And while I appreciate your acknowledgment of my physical assets, I would like to be noticed for more than my body, thank you.