I’ve been a bad friend. I haven’t talked to a bunch of these folks in a while, not directly. I’m have to fix that after this weekend. I’m just so damn busy and run down. But there are Lunches (when all of these photos were taken) and there will be more of them. Sometimes it takes seeing things to remember how important some people are.
She says to me last night, “You know people like looking at pictures, right?” So here are a bunch from her work party, and the drive home. The view from the Oakland hills is really rad. I didn’t get many good pictures of the guests, the house, the spread, or anything you’d expect. If you can believe it, that was only the second cutest dog there. What can I say, I was tired.
This was also incidentally the weekend when my trusty D700 bit the dust, or more precisely, took a bath. I was getting into my tube, and fell in with the camera. It was a brief dunk, but that was all it took. Almost four years of abuse, thousands of miles, and too may drops to count. The sands of Egypt, the streets of many cities, and finally what did it in was tubing in Sierras. I still have all the parts, and I’m eventually going to make it the world’s most expensive photogram machine. It was seriously a great way to spend a weekend; The water in both spots we went to was just cold enough to keep you cool, but not enough to freeze you. There were trees for my hammock and plentiful beers. And then, on the ride home, we had amazing pizza.
These are from the trip out to camping the second to last time we went. The clouds in the background of the first timage are actually a thick fog that Soph piloted us through. I’m pretty sure I took over at the last exit, though; the last road is winding and rutted and pretty fun for me. Camping, in this mode, is mostly sitting in a float in a still part of a river and drinking beer. It’s wonderful. Ther are other kinds of camping I’d like to explore, because you can go places and see things that are impossible to get to any other way (I’m looking at you, backcountry hiking).
I did warn you. I was thinking about how if you really want to do something, do it every day, and how I should be writing more, even if it is just a few sentences. Remember when every other post was a whole essay? When I had strong opinions about selling out? Hey past me, income is nice, but don’t trade it for adventures. Things to write about: my wonderful wife, who makes me want to hurry home… the hella fast bike I built… (“srsly”:https://twitter.com/photomattmills/status/395365967791804416/photo/1) I dunno. Startup culture, and how fucked up it can be, but also how great it can be. Looking at old photos and finding gems. Looking at new photos, and the process of going from hating everything to loving a few of them enough to show the world (This delay has helped me a bit with that). Parentheticals, and how often is too often (right here). Yeah, time to sleep. See you all mañana.
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