"He's photographed more than President Bush." - Royston Graham

I went to pay rent today and contribute Nobby's fish food budget. Nobby is a fish that is photographed more than President Bush according to Mr. Graham our landlord the guy in the picture underneath the two of Nobby.

Bags, Shoes, and Leg Tattoos

Well Mum I got another tattoo. Troy Denning from Invisible Ink, NYC the happy face in the first picture is who tattooed me today. The three chairs in the second picture was what I laid across for nearly three hours for the wonderful results seen in the third picture. I think I will have a kink in my neck until Tuesday but it was worth it. For those hours all I saw were handbags, shoes and leg tattoos. I did notice if someone walked by a few times. I just had to laugh at myself for that. When it really started to hurt I thought of our quote board at home and it put a smile on my face. Especially Brad's quote he won't live down as long as he is a photographer, "He used a Leica, L-E-I-C-A?"

Leake Street and London Tattoo Convention

Since I spent the better half of yesterday in bed sleeping and relaxing in an empty flat (it was wonderful) I figured I should get out and do something today.  Lindsay and I went to a tunnel on Leake Street near the Waterloo station where graffiti isn't illegal to do.  It was kind of neat to see the people doing their artwork.  I wonder how often they go and who decides what can get painted over and when.  Apparently Banksy has put his mark there somewhere.  We think we saw it but I don't know.  I didn't get any great shots but I am putting up a couple that I like.  

After Leake Street we went our separate ways Lindsay having no desire whatsoever to go to a tattoo convention.  So she traveled on to Camden and me to Tobacco Dock where the convention was.  I was there for about 4 hours.  Needless to say I am going back tomorrow in the hopes of actually getting a tattoo.  I saw a few pretty famous guys there (like Joe Capobianco).  I wish that Tiffany was there so we could talk about it and everything there is to see.  It wasn't quite like I thought it would be but there were definitely a few characters to say the least.  

Hair club for men

Well since we are now able to have internet pretty much anywhere in the flat we have repurposed the internet cafe (a.k.a. the kitchen) into an underground barber shop (a hair club for men, the first rule of hair club is you can't talk about hair club).  After Juliette gave Andrew a haircut a week ago or so the rest of the guys got in on the action.  David was the first then Taylor and Will, Levin fell asleep before it was his turn.  I think I would like to relocate where the club meets in to the bathroom for the next go around just too much hair in the kitchen for me.

I just about cried

So I hung out with my friend Lindsay from the States today (September 24, I'm a little behind) she had some issues with the boyfriend so we went and did some retail therapy.  I left her after we did some shopping on Oxford St.  As I was walking home from the tube station I was thinking about how I wasn't in the greatest of moods either.  Just things weren't going well and smoothly.  Then I am like to houses away from mine and I see a dead pigeon in front of a door of another house.  I pass it a few steps and am like well I should photograph it to illustrate how I was feeling and probably Lindsay as well.  So I get out my camera and back track a few steps and I frame up the shot, not a very artistic one but you know.  As I am looking through my view finder the pigeon kind of raises its head a little.  I was like "Oh, geez it isn't dead."  I shot a few more frames while it made a few other head movements.  I felt horrible, I didn't know what to do, if there was anyone to call.  But it was a horribly perfect end to a horrible day, I continued home almost in tears.

The best way to ruin a movie

As part of our instruction in video (matched action, rack focus, cutaways, and all that good stuff) David brought in a movie that you would think couldn't be ruined.  Shawshank Redemption.  Well he succeeded, swimmingly.  Stopping and starting to show us the aforementioned terms.  Fast forwarding to get to certain parts to do the same thing.  Bruce has already done this to me with another movie but did not butcher it as much as David.  So for David winning in that aspect I give you this picture.

Little Venice: There's a canal there, that's all

On the way to Paddington Station there is a canal you have to cross over.  This area is called Little Venice.  Personally, having been to the real Venice I don't see it.  There's a canal there, that is about it.  There are some restaurants there that probably charge as much as Venice would.  And what this guy is doing trying to catch fish in here, I feel, is a bit ridiculous having seen the garbage boat going through this area and not looking like it did anything but stir around the garbage and then leave.