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Aug 18, 2011, 3:10 am
Lately I seem to be drawing a blank when it comes to naming my photos, so for lack of a better title and/or description, here’s a dragon eating a Swedish sun…
Jalapeño-ey! Comment - Like
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Aug 9, 2011, 8:50 am
Kids, it’s that time of the year again, when Auntie Poppins returns loaded with goodies from her two week stint as a nomad, gallivanting around Europe. I have indeed met the Vikings and they are… well… a mixed bag of truly awesome and really really weird (and I can’t stress the “really rea... Comment - Like
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Jul 18, 2011, 5:11 am
Yup, boys and girls, it’s that time of the year again… With less than a week to go till Eurotrip 3.0 (code named “meet the Vikings” this year), your dearly beloved blogger is busy making lists upon lists, shopping for fur-lined bathing suits and implements of ice fishing (or whatever it is o... Comment - Like
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Jul 14, 2011, 6:14 am
Well, I’m back… In the country and in town. And not that I wouldn’t appreciate our average scalding summer just as much the next guy, but I was pretty quick to run to the hills (literally and figuratively) this past weekend and go hiking, tenting, and getting sunburnt to a crisp, through the P... Comment - Like
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Jun 14, 2011, 7:16 am
…Because having felt somewhat more adventurous than her usual self this past weekend, your dearly beloved blogger has ventured into the unknown and treacherous (to the untrained urchin) land of cooking. Well not exactly, seeing as I don’t think home-made Gyros is technically cooking, and what sh... Comment - Like
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Jun 1, 2011, 5:07 am
Hello, boys and girls! Color me surprised, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth… I won’t bore you with how I’ve been trying to maintain the home-sweet-home tradition of painting Easter eggs, while living in a country where major Christian holidays get about as much hype as your average... Comment - Like
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Apr 19, 2011, 4:57 am
These past few days, your dearly beloved blogger has been finding herself to have what must be the famed attention span of your average goldfish… With less than a week to go till Easter and then less than another till that magical time of the year known in my sweet mother tongue as “1 mai in Vam... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2011, 7:26 am
…like a tiny Asian chick with a rejected conference submission. I swear to the almighty, no other woman scorned has a thing on this one.
Anyways, moving along past observations of university wildlife to a more Zen mood, d’you know that awesome ukulele version of “Over The Rainbow”, by the H... Comment - Like
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Mar 28, 2011, 10:01 am
…Whilst I pondered dazed and teary, over many a dull and dusty volume of forgotten bore, I found myself quoting gothic literature out loud in the computer science lab, because for the love of God, Mondays are the worst possible use for approximately one seventh of a person’s life. Rainy Mondays ... Comment - Like
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Mar 21, 2011, 5:20 am
Joy to the world, the state of France has finally acknowledged that your dearly beloved blogger is willing, able, and allowed to ride a bicycle through the streets of Lyon… Scrapes, boo-boos, and Gatorade all ’round!
Returning to our regularly scheduled program, today’s photo-of-the-week is i... Comment - Like
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Mar 14, 2011, 5:34 am
Well hello again, boys and girls, my camera is back from holiday, all wound up and ready to impart more wisdom on its view of the world. Sadly, the photo goodies from my most recent travels outside of Lyon aren’t quite ready yet, but fear not… there’s plenty more Lyonnaise eye candy to make up... Comment - Like
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Feb 28, 2011, 5:35 am
Clearly there’s nothing delightful about Mondays, especially when the weather is about as enthusing as an anhedonic on Xanax, but your dearly beloved blogger is in a good mood nonetheless, mostly because it’s now official… she won’t be spending the next four months in a tent or on a park ben... Comment - Like
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Feb 20, 2011, 6:58 am
…From the land of fine cooking and hilariously stereotypical accents. Your dearly beloved blogger has landed safe and sound, found long-term accommodations, and after one week is currently feeling confident enough about her geographical prowess to try and find shortcuts whenever necessary… “If... Comment - Like
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Jan 28, 2011, 4:33 am
Why, hello there, boys and girls, long time no see. Sadly, as you may have noticed (because I have faith in the fidelity of my audience and whatnot), ‘The World According To My Camera’ has been indulging in yet another hiatus for the past month and a half or so (dear God, has it been that long?)... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2010, 3:05 am
…because that’s exactly the way I’ve been feeling lately, running around for signatures and filling in forms. Oh, the joys of bureaucracy…
On a not completely unrelated note, today’s photo-of-the-week is, appropriately, a swamp. A fairly pretty one at that, but alas… a swamp by any othe... Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2010, 9:21 am
I don’t know if it’s the sugar high from the epic St. Nicholas chocolate reserves, or the excitement over finally having gone ice skating for the first time this season, but your dearly beloved blogger is in a mischievous mood…
P.S. Sorry for the late post, it’s been a busy weekend… Yeah,... Comment - Like
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Nov 26, 2010, 3:45 am
…and a day, to be precise, your dearly beloved blogger was deeply entangled in the complicated process of having been… well… a person… for no more than about half an hour. Which, as the powers that be decided a long, long time ago, is reason enough for one to celebrate and receive presents a... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2010, 3:03 pm
…Since I’ve been feeling more or less out of my mind lately…
In other, not completely unrelated news, your dearly beloved blogger has had a rather unusual house guest for the past week or so, in the form of a real live scorpion, affectionately dubbed Klaus. The little darling was meant as a b... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2010, 11:20 am
Getting back to the Balkantrip series, today’s photo-of-the-week is a gloom-and-doom-ey shot of Belgrade, taken through the raindrop-ridden window of our hostel…
I’m also proud to announce that The Photo Argus has once again found it fit to include one of my photos (this particular one, as a ... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2010, 5:48 am
In yet another break from the Balkantrip series, The World According To My Camera is slipping into the Halloween spirit, or as I’ve affectionately dubbed it, “American holiday that makes its way into other unsuspecting countries’ cultures and makes itself at home, like that annoying uncle that... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2010, 3:37 am
Top o’ the mornin’ ta ye, nice folks! And what a lovely morning it is, after all that pesky rain we’ve been having lately. Moving on, today’s photo-of-the-week is another sunset shot from the top of Kotor…
As for the charming young man channeling Angus, this would be my friend George, bet... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2010, 3:29 am
…In Ljubljana, which was quite possibly my favorite destination this Eurotrip, maybe on a tie with the Muslim bazaar in Sarajevo. Also, as a side note, the tall, narrow houses along the river bank were pleasantly reminiscent of the ones I saw in Gdansk last year, which made them even more likable. Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2010, 4:59 am
…Freezing one’s butt off. Which is one of the things I’ve been doing lately, in between hauling it off to school (it being that time of the year again) and declaring dietary war on it. That being said, I figured I’d take a small break from the idyllic photos of summer, and join the oh-joy-wi... Comment - Like
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Oct 2, 2010, 6:32 am
…Which is a pretty good description of my state of mind at the moment, seeing how your dearly beloved blogger is nursing a royal hangover right now. Screwdriver flavored, if I remember correctly, and yes, the epic get-together was way worth it…
Anyways, in completely unrelated news, it’s bra... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2010, 2:39 pm
…Literally. The Devil being the uber-expensive restaurant with the pretty white umbrellas, and the Deep Blue Sea being… well… the deep blue sea.
This was taken in Dubrovnik, by the way. Lovely town, had it not been so chock full of what we devilishly enjoyed calling “f***ing tourists!”. ... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2010, 4:30 am
I had decided to establish Monday as blog update day, but my inclination towards procrastination had its way with me again. The damn thing joined forces with my recent vegetative state and lo and behold… mutiny on the Bounty! And since my bike is out of commission until I can find a socket wrench ... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2010, 7:27 am
I’m back… You’ll excuse my falling off the face of the Earth again due to a perfectly plausible mixture of exam season, scholarship application season, Eurotrip 2.0, and sheer laziness. The good news is I’m back with goodies. Yes, you read that correctly, Eurotrip 2.0, or more appropriately ... Comment - Like
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May 15, 2010, 2:27 am
For an edifice of megalomania manifested in mall construction, I thought it had a pretty interesting glass roof. Comment - Like
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May 7, 2010, 9:55 am
In case anyone’s wondering, it’s Hungarian and it was written in a small notebook I found on one of my numerous recent antique expeditions. Seriously, antique fairs are just so beautiful! Comment - Like
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May 4, 2010, 11:34 am
Sorry for the late photo, I’m still recuperating after a wild seaside weekend. Either way, this is the second installment in that Cinematography series I started ages ago and never got around to continuing…
The reference should be obvious this time, so no cookies, I’m sorry to say... Comment - Like
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Apr 9, 2010, 3:52 am
…Because passing through this wreck of a subway station looked eerily similar to what I suspect descent to hell would look like. What can I say, I love my city. At least it’ll hopefully look good after they’re done renovating it.
In other (joyous) news, ‘The World According ... Comment - Like
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Apr 2, 2010, 9:36 am
Your dearly beloved blogger is in the usual holiday spirit while waiting for the Easter bunny, so yay! – festive, childish photo time!
In case it’s not perfectly clear for everyone, that’s gingerbread… and oodles of it! Gosh, I can’t wait to dig into that Easter reser... Comment - Like
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Mar 30, 2010, 2:40 am
A few days ago I had the surprisingly interesting experience of viewing (live) the national ‘Quingda’ championship (which I hear is a form of light-contact kickboxing), tagging along with a couple of friends who practice it and were there on research purposes, so to speak. Luckily, it be... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 6:22 am
Old photo, new approach to post-processing it…
The photo was taken at the Dervent monastery, somewhere close to Constanta. Comment - Like
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Mar 12, 2010, 7:41 am
…Because it’s been snowing again. And black and white, because I’m sick of it. Honestly, I’m beginning to think my hands are never going to be warm again, and never have I been this jaded at the mere thought of literally swimming through heaps of the damn thing.
In unrelate... Comment - Like
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