Hamburg und Hamburgers

Philosopher Stones
Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

Todlich Ad
red light 4 square
chair and wall in laundry room at hostel
My least favorite/most hated photographer
Hamburg S-Bahn
slant
slanted shadow
brick edge
brick edge from a farther away
self shadow portrait
hell
hellII
yet another bum resting comfortably
beggar in silver paint
Hamburger Spider

not to shit on anyone's religion
but if you think your god wants you to wear a blanket covering your entire head,
than i think you're pretty dumb

a bitch and bum
self mirror portrait
lord knows i'm not very religious,
but even i have a problem with a huge billboard over a church being renovated,
and a madonna ad at that
another look at the small madonna billboard on a church
more swan photos
swan stretch
swan kiss
red, purple, white
Hund und Bum
raise the red lantern
a foo dog
a hamburg chinese festival

a lake in the middle of hamburg,
with a dragon for the festival,
and the rectangle thing is a goal for the World Cup,
throughout Germany at night they displayed blue goals like in the next picture

a subway stop and some of the blue goals at night

buddha and a hamburger
blue goldfish
Bavarian
newspaper
flower saturation
head in the sun
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adorable
pinkoncrete
curiosity
Herbert Herbst
looks fun
it works surprisingly well, after a running start you will glide from one end to the other and back and forth at least 5 times before you have to push yourself again, i played on here quite a while with this young boy, who found it hilarious to see a grown man using the glider, we both couldn't stop laughing for quite some time, it was definitely one of the best, most fun moments in Europe

surprisingly, his shirt is Oshkosh B'Gosh
Reeperbahn~ Hamburgs version of the red light district with strip clubs, and whores
zig zag i saw after i had a zig zag
stage talk
a stage set up on the Reeperbahn, why? beats me
Franziskaner Weissbier~ Delicious, if you ever get a chance Try It,
delicious German munchies
other delicious munchies that i mysteriously ate alot of
typical Hamburg S-Bahn
which surprisingly is free, or in other words doesn't have anyone checking tickets
a Hamburg Hamburger
maybe it's just me but i assumed the hamburger originated from Hamburg,
but i looked and looked and looked,
and this was one of the only hamburgers that i found on a menu,
it was pretty bad
a bunch of trees with branches that are completely vertical, i had never seen trees like this, maybe it's just interesting to me, and other Arbortechs out their, namely Casey
another bum resting comfortably, yet this time in a sleeping bag

while i was here she woke up, had a cigarette,
i surprisingly learned it was an Asian women,
then she proceeded to masturbate for a few minutes,
then she went back to bed, it was around 3 pm

i was here long enough to witness all this because it was a secluded spot
and i was enjoying some souvenirs from my travels

another bum or maybe poor traveler i found close by,
also resting in a sleeping bag, this time they had a suitcase next to them
swan rug
i came to this restaurant for a refreshing bier and the view,
while there a swan wandered up to the door,
they tried to shoo it away but it kept coming back
typical German bread
German sandwiches
blind in the room in the hostel
on the train heading to berlin
Typical rail car
Germany apparently gets a lot of their power from wind,
i saw numerous wind farms like this all across Germany

I shoot cause it’s quicker than drawing. ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson

Well it been a little while, especially since i wrote. what have i been up too? well i am still looking for work, still sending out resumes, still rarely hearing back or getting interviews, but i am still not worried, i know it'll happen eventually, and me worrying about it doesn't help. Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes which i've learned to apply to life, which comes from the movie "Bad Santa" of all places is, "Shit is one hand, wish in the other, see which fills up first." It is simple and silly, but it's true, and wishing and worrying are much the same.

Which reminds me, my friend Ed, was curious of any recent movies i had seen that i recommended, so here is a list for Ed and any others:
District B13~ and amazing martial arts movie, from France, yeah French martial artists, you got to see it to believe it.
Brick~ a film noir styled mystery set in a California high school and suburb.
13 Tzameti~ best thriller i have seen in a long time, its french and in black and white, the less you know going into it the better.
The Descent~ amazing, amazing horror film, best i have seen in maybe ever.
Little Miss Sunshine~ i am sure you've all already seen it, but if not, do.
Talladega Nights~ obviously.
Borat~ even more obvious.
Fearless~ Jet Li's supposed final martial arts film, and its directed by Ronny Yu, Ed you may remember him from directing The Bride with White Hair.
The Ax~ a french film about a guy who losses his job, and spends two years looking for a new job, then he gets the bright idea to put out a job ad for a position similar to the one he is looking for, collect the resumes that his competitors send in, and then kill them all.
Wristcutters- a love story~ the best titled film of the year, its about people stuck in a purgatory only for suicide victims.
Half Nelson~ a crack-addicted teacher, and a young female student become friends.
Lady Vengence~ the final film in Chan-Wook Park's vengeance trilogy, his other films are Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, & Oldboy.
Dead Man's Shoes~ a British revenge film.
The Science of Sleep~ Michel Gondry's new film, it's beautiful, and a very realistic film about people meeting and liking each other, but then both act weird and awkward as they both try to become a couple, it would have been significantly better with out the Gael Garcia Bernal(who i think is a Mexican version of Colin Farrell, simply cause he ruins every movie he is in, simply unwatchable, Gondry was able to make the rest of the film very watchable)
Beerfest~it was funny in the theaters, but it is the ideal movie to watch at home while you drink, drink, drink some delicious golden nectar.
Crank~ a constant action film with Jason Stratham, the idea is he was poisoned with a drug that will kill him if his testosterone levels fall, so he must keep his testosterone very high while he enacts revenge on those who poisoned him.
Jackass 2~ even better that the first jackass movie, more outrageous and hilarious.
Hard Candy~ a child predator meets a teenage girl, they meet, she agrees to go back to his place, and things do not go as he planned, similar to the film Audition.
and Inconvenient Truth~ Just kidding, that would be ridiculous, i haven't seen and won't, i don't want to laugh as hard or frequently as i did during Passion Of The christ.

A lot of my time is spent on photography lately, currently i am watching a Charlie Rose(by far my favorite interviewer, and one of my favorite shows cause of the amazing, interesting, intellectual interviews he gets with lots of interesting important people, and cause he doesn't ask basic stock questions. For example, he interviewed Donald Rumsfeld a few years ago, i had only heard bad things about him, and never really heard him speak, well after the interview i was impressed and surprised by his intellect, and thoughts on a variety of issues, anyways i'll get back to the point) with Henri Cartier-Bresson(my costume for Halloween this year) while writing this, i have seen it before on TV as a rerun, but i hadn't seen it in a while, here's a link. i originally found the link from another photography blog that i read, Conscientious, i read several other photography blogs as well, i will add those links in my list as well. And here are some other links to 2 essays by Bertrand Russell that i enjoyed greatly, Why I am not a Christian, and In Praise of Idleness.

While i still want to work in the corporate world, and do something with IT and/or finance, its not something i want to do forever. i have thought this for a little while, but i came to the conclusion recently, while with my father, we were talking and he told me that when starting out after he graduated college he had the mind frame and desire to be the best computer programmer, and that was his goal. This made me think that "what you want to be the best at" is a good determinate for what you want and should do with your life. Do i want to be the best IT, computer, finance guy? NO, definitely not. What do i want to be the best at, or at least want to try and be the best at, or simply what would i enjoy the most on the way to trying to be the bast at? Simple ~ Photography.

So i ask you, What do you want to be the best at? Please post your answers.