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Came back from ‘cago a little later than planned last night. And it started right away. Met up with some of the doos at my place before we went to Purist for Mike Borja’s art showing and other late night festitivies. It was good seeing everybody who I hadn’t seen in what seemed like months, (which was the case for some). SUC DOOOOOO!
Picture from Matt
A couple of the people I missed. -Photo by Joseph
-Photo by Joseph
Internet has been weak over here in Chicago. Sitting here at Midway airport right now, waiting for my flight. Here are some pictures of some of the good to mediocre eats and activities.
The Amnesty International show is going on right now at Works Gallery, so I helped out with some of the logistics for the exhibit.
A small group of us rode out to Hellyer Velodrome to cheer on a few of our guys at the track. Jun just came back from Japan with a new toy. Starf*ckers to the max!
Took some shots from a Cesar Chavez session. Some guys from Belgium were there shooting a video of this guy doing crazy tricks on a single speed mountain/bmx hybrid bike. Ended the night with a brisk ride to McGlaughlin for some Rockband 2.
Tarck fail. -Photo taken by Jared
With daylight savings time in full effect, and good weather, last night’s Tuesday night crowd was the biggest we’ve had in a while. Granted, not everyone made it out to the ride, which consisted of Yerba Buena and Fowler Park.
After our meal at 4th St. Pizza, Dennis stuffed his medium sized Freight Baggage with the whole entire Rock Band kit.
A few of us went on a thrift ride on Sunday. Perfect weather for a stroll down San Carlos.
The morning after. (earlier in the week)
Went to Sacramento on Saturday to pick up Melissa’s new itty bitty bike. Rushed back to Lake Vasona to catch the tailend of a good impromptu overcast day bbq.
Had a good weekend that consisted of an alleycat race in Fremont, and homemade pazooki, among other things that I won’t go into too much detail about.
So why was the weekend also ugly? I got 4 flat tires on Saturday during the race, which was really frustrating because not only was it a hassle for me to change, but it prevented others from finishing as well. A small group of my friends and some other people stayed back with me which made it a lot better. I now owe 5 people tubes. At one point I was riding for miles on nothing but my rim.
The good thing was that SJF took some of the top spots, with JP and Reggie snagging spots 4 and 5. We had at least 10 SJFers place within the top 20.
The following day, Nieman invited us over for some baked goodies, so we rode down to her place. And I got another flat. The once praised Continental Gatorskin failed me again. After inspecting the tire, we all came to the conclusion that I received a lemon. I mean 5 flats in two days? And countless ones before that too. Da succccccc?!/!?!?
Anyway, I think going out and staying late has taken a toll on me, because now I am feeling a little bit under the weather.
Good news for me. Schmap, which is an online map like guide for top destination cities, has decided to include one of my photos in their newly released sixth edition of the San Francisco Guide. Check it here.
Did a fast paced ride to Alviso last night, in anticipation for the race on Saturday in Fremont. I’m hoping my training (or lack thereof) in the past couple of weeks will pay off. Ended the night hanging around downtown and traveling just to end up right back downtown again.
I did a little photo walk around the immediate area where I lived. I love living downtown, because everything is just right there. My place isn’t the biggest, or the greatest, but it is enough for me and my simple lifestyle. And you can’t beat the location, location, location.
Last night a few of us did a brisk ride to Los Gatos during a break in the rain. There is nothing like a cold breeze on your face while mashing down Winchester Blvd.
Visited the Andy Warhol and Frida Kahlo exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art today. The weather is really poo-ish, but that gave the surfaces a nice little sheen. I’m loving my new Panasonic FX37, although the image quality isn’t the greatest, the 25mm 16:9 is unrivaled.
View from the Museum.
I also tried my hand at some overlaying pop art- I think I’ll leave the screenprinting to Warhol.
I’ve been mad at myself lately because of my lack of posts and photos. And it’s partly from now having a camera with me all the time. I’m not one to always carry around my DSLR, as it can be a burden, especially when riding around. There has been so many moments lately where I all I needed was a point and shoot. And my old Canon just wasn’t cutting it anymore.
So I went out and picked myself up a new piece. But here’s a picture of the old first.
I wanted something that could compliment my SLR, something that was light and ultra-compact with decent photo clarity; or simply put, a solid camera. Enter the Panasonic FX37, a small viewfinderless camera with a Leica lens. It lacks a lot of manual controls, but what it lacks in options it makes up for in wide-angleness. The lens is a super wide 25mm, which is a lot wider than the Canon ELPH’s 33mm. When we’re talking about wide angle shots at that level, every mm counts. The FX37 also boasts a maximum aperture of 2.8, while the TZ5’s maximum is 3.3.
Since this camera features a wide angle lens, I returned my Tokina lens..for now. At three times the price of the FX37, I can save some money now and splurge on a new lens and maybe even camera body later on.
I will definitely be bringing this camera along with me everywhere, especially when I can’t lug around an SLR. Hopefully I can update this blog now with more pictures.
So what am I going to do with my old camera you ask? Why, send it over to Gazelle of course. I’m sure someone can put my old camera to good use. You may remember that sometime ago I sent in my mp3 player for some cash. Since my camera is just sitting there, I might as well get a few bucks for it, I mean all I have to do is pack it up and drop it off at UPS. Since my last transaction went without a hiccup, this time should be no different, and I should have $15 in my Paypal account in a few weeks. Drinks on me!
One of my favorite musical acts from the past decade or two is reuniting. Faith No More, who has influenced countless bands, have been confirmed to reunite for a tour this year. Booyah!
