Here are some photos from my recent trip with my sister to Athens, Santorini, and Prague. They haven’t been modified/photoshopped in any way! Enjoy. (You can click here to get to the photos) Columns from the temple of Olympus Zeus
I finally put some pictures online from my trip to the Bahamas to hang out with my friends Nate and Laura. You can look at them here.
This week, I am in the Bahamas. My friend Nathan Akers is randomly an extra in the next two Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and has a hotel room in Freeport for a while. I decided there needed to be availing of (a) Nathan’s company, (b) Nathan’s hotel room, and (c) Nathan’s hotel’s free wireless, and so here I am. No idea what will happen, but so far the company is fun and the drinks are provided by someone else! Cheers. ...
After over a year of building characters and wandering around the World of Warcraft, I’ve decided to cancel my subscription. The trouble with these massively-multiplayer world-immersive games is layed out in the following set of claims: A monthly subscription is expensive. The game is designed in such a way that, after an initial phase, the entertainment it provides is exponentially related to the amount of time you put into it. In order to get the maximum value out of the game, in terms of both money and entertainment, one is forced to play a lot. Playing massively-multiplayer games a lot can be intrinsically unhealthy if in a person’s lifestyle it precludes other more important activites. It is also potentially addictive, and can be unhealthy in that way as well. Now, I haven’t been playing in an unhealthy way–in fact, I haven’t been playing at all. My decision to quit is more a financial one, and also as a result of the dilemma above, which shows that to get the desired amount of entertainment, one must choose effectively to be unhealthy in some way. ...
I have a tradition (since 2000, I think) where, sometime in the first week of the new year, I drive to see the sunrise at Cocoa beach. I like to spend a few hours watching the beautiful scene, giving myself time and space to pray, meditate, wander around, and generally get centered for the upcoming year. This year, T-Bone accompanied me to Cocoa, where we were greeted by an absolutely amazing sunrise, replete with a flock of gulls that would zoom and flutter about, putting on an amazing show: ...
I went to the UK last week with my family, as we wanted to go and see my sister when she got off from her semester at Capernwray hall, and accompany her home for Christmas. We had a wonderful time wandering around the lake district of England, randomly went to a Delirious concert in Liverpool (my mom is friends with the keyboardist), and then hung out a few days in Wales, hiking up mountains and seeing castles and such. ...
Among the billion other things I felt thankful for last week was this sunset (featuring a brilliant Venus which the photo only barely captures): (Picture taken from our backyard, looking towards Lake Hart–one of the few Orlando water bodies that’s actually somewhat a lake and not a retention pond)
Last evening from Windy Hill: More Photos