Day One: Portland Again. Cool.

Well we finally got here. Its been a long fucking day, though. The two of us never went to bed last night. As we live a ridiculous distance from Indy airport we have to leave really early in the morning because our flight was at 7:00 am. By the time we got to Salt Lake City (there are no no stops out of Indy) we both were exhausted. We had about a three hour lay over so we managed to ingest some Starbucks and threw some food down our throats. God forbid Delta should feed anyone. Well they did but it was snacks and a few bucks a pop at that (they charged us $15 a bag to check in.) They also charged two bucks for headphones too. Fortunately, most people have iPods and such so they don’t need them. Anyways, the connecting flight out of Salt Lake was delayed for what I don’t know (and he’s on third.) So we left about 25 minutes late. I slept the entire flight only to wake up with a headache. When we arrived we got our bags and took the MAX to downtown. One bus transfer got us three blocks from our hotel. We’re staying at this place called The Jupiter. Cool place but definably ranks high on the weird scale. Its like out of a John Waters film. Really. Our original reason for staying here was because our favorite industrial club, Dementia was at a nearby club. But by the time we got here (actually a few months ago) they switched to another place, which is about 20 blocks east of here. To make matters worse they only run it the first and third Saturday now. So no Dementia this year (we will be doing Hive, Shadowplay and Embers. Portland is a hotbed for the Goth/Industrial scene. One of the reasons we like it.)

So today we just roamed around, ate then went shopping. Hit the Apple store for new headphones for my iPhone. Let me say that this device is the most handy thing to have when you’re in an unfamiliar city. The GPS, compass, and always on internet is a godsend. I found an App that tells you the bus schedule, so you know how long you gotta wait. I even used the camera today, exclusively. Actually I was way too tired to carry my Nikon around. I rented two lenses, a Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S and a Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G AF-S ED for my D60. The wide angle is really cool and I can’t wait to use it I fucked around with at home with the kitties. Fun stuff. The normal lens is one of the best lenses I’ve ever used. It’s extremely useful in low light with its wide aperture. Anyways, I was way to tired to lug the camera around today. Tomorrow will be different. I got a new bag to play with a Temba Messenger Bag. Its about the size of a Timbuk2 laptop messenger but its designed to carry camera equipment. It has a sleeve for a laptop (my 15” PowerBook fits fine) plus a billion pockets. One really cool feature is a zipper on top that accesses the camera, you don’t have open the flap. Stay tuned for more in the coming days.

Oh, this is for Holly. Doc Martin sandals. Really.

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