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so i have decided that i am not going to post any pictures while on this trip. i am going to try and fit it all on the 2 x 256 meg flash cards and 1 32 meg card, though i really think that’s pushing it. i have deleted a tonne of rad pictures but taken even more gooder ones. the thing about taking pictures on this trip that is even if i take a great picture, it’s going to have to be deleted if it is not discernably from here in the UK or something that could not be seen anywhere else. i can take macro shots of picket fence tops in victoria. heh.
so i am toootally jealous of people who have f-stops higher than 8 on cameras now. now that i know what an f-stop is. why is it called an f-stop anyway? focus stop? hmmm.. time to do some research.
or not! i am on IRC right now and krishen found the answer:

astHome: http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-575.html
astHome: f means the ‘f-stop’ or the focal length of the camera lens the numbers denote the range of focus from the subject you are photographing… the larger the number the more in focus the objects in the foreground and the background will be… for example the number 16 will mean that the objects in the far background will be in focus… conversely, a number two will mean the background will be blurry (while your subject will be in focus)

so anyways..
..about london..
i am staying with my cousin michelle. she lives in camden town which is a rather insane part of london on the weekend. there’s a market here which attracts what would appear to be half of london each saturday and sunday. i have never seen this many people. jeebus!
i met up with emily and met her friend corinne yesterday. we went to a house party but i was overtired and eventually retired before everyone else. today emily showed me some of the sights to see in London, but while doing this she got me really stoked on seeing Prague. we saw the usual bits today — Thames River, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the gigantic ferris wheel, Trafalgar Square, and that big art exhibition. quite a day! after we went to corinne’s where a bunch of us hung out for the evening. corinne’s spanish boyfriend havier made us some fantastic spanish cuisine and i caught the last tube back here. this is the first time i have had unlimited time to do a post, so i am doing it! i have written most of the postcards already and still have some blank ones .. so if you want a postcard .. reply to that post below!

canadian ice – the video.
(note the dancing dj)
scotland was fantastic. aberdeen is like being inside a giant castle. everything is made out of granite. it’s really something else.
if you want a post card, reply to the previous post!
london in the a.m.!

okay. here it is. i have been thinking about doing this, so now i am going to.
next week, i am sending out postcards from london to my friends. but i have decided to send out postcards to my blogreaders as well, all 3 of them! so if you want me to mail you a hand-written postcard, email me your mailing address and leave a comment on this post saying that you’ve emailed me. i get a lot of junkmail so you’ll have to commen to make sure i check my email for a message from you if i am not familiar with your email address!
pretty easy for a post card, eh?
ps: i wont be offended if you don’t want a post card. but they are pretty cool to receive. cooler than email! (don’t tell strongbad)
kaaaaah-raaaaazy!

just a sec, i gotta go!
a few minutes ago i was the first customer of a new quality record shop here in Manchester that has only been open for a week!
neat! more later,
aberdeen tomorrow,
london on saturday!

i am fairly well settled in here now. i do like England a lot! i had a bit of an experience last night at a club, but i’ll save that for another post.
none of the phone numbers that my mom gave me for my relatives here work but all my friends seem to have working phones. pssssssssst, laurence, get off the internet so i can phone you!
plans for London are falling in to place and it looks like i can navigate here even when in a state of nonbrilliance. fantastic! my camera is operating with 2 batteries so i’m not missing any photos (although i didn’t bring my camera with me last night.. on purpose).
this will turn back into a photoblog when i return.. for now, it is a travelblog! i will bore you to tears with my pictures when i get back. this website will be the digital film projector that your friends bore you with when they invite you to their house for a ‘bbq.’ haha!

the flight over was amazing. so cool.
we took off from Vancouver at around 9:30. our flight path took us on a curve up over northern alberta and past the north west territories and hudson’s bay. since the sun was setting, it was on the horizon and it almost got dark by 10:30, but by around that time, we were far enough north that it was still light out. we went further north and it got lighter. when we passed over greenland, the sun moved from the horizon back into the sky. the sunset was the sunrise. whoah!
we landed in rainy manchester. and .. i am here.
so, initially, for me, without being anywhere besides malls and towns in the day time and houses for tea, i would say the biggest differences between victoria and the uk are:

• the traffic / road signs (they’re much better for traffic navigation)
• all buildings (virtually) are made out of brick (as opposed to wood)
• everybody drives on the left side of the road!
• 8 hours..it’s only 1 pm back in victoria right now. crazy!

it’s definitely neat to be here. most of my exposure to the images of the UK have been from PBS, and i associate PBS with fundraising. so every time i go around a street corner or hear someone say something witty or conclusive in a british accent, i half expect to see someone with a telephone asking for money. really.
okay, i am just jetlagged and tired. but i really do think these things!
happy canada day!

i got my hair mad styled today. yes, this is my quarterly haircut blog post! wooo! leah @ the paul de costa institute used a new kind of colouring for my hair.. and it is completely awesome! she is a great hairstylist, as you can see.
me and krishen are heading to QV’s at 7:45 to meet up with jim and julie.. if you are in the area, drop by and say hello or hang out and stuff!

i don’t work this morning, but i am awake nonetheless. amazing!
so, today i am going to choose between a 1 gig memory card or a big bulky 10 gig card reader. i don’t exactly want another big thing to bring along with me, but it’s *10* gigs for the same price as a 1 gig memory card. conversely, i would only *ever* use the 10 gig on this trip but i would have much use for a 1 gig.
let us do some math for my camera:
16 pictures on the 32 meg card plus
128 pictures on the 256 meg card plus
512 pictures on the 1 gig card
equals 656 pictures.
hmm, that’s probably a bit more than i need…
i would be able to fit 5120 pictures on the 10 gig card. but i seriously doubt i am going to take *that* many pictures. i can fit the other cards in my camera bag thingie, but definitely not the card reader… so there’s not as much value in the big bulky card ready alternative for me. yeah.
update: krishen is lending me 1 of his 256 meg cards, suh-weeeeeeeeeeet! thank you!
and of course, friday is resonance day, this time with DJ Bedlam!