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For my entry, I entered the following:
Please, give me the Battlestar Galactica Zune.
Oh, please, please, send it to me really soon.
On it, I'll play songs in which Sinatra and Bennett croon.
Then, beautiful women would flock to me and swoon.
These are some pictures from one of my summer project trips. In Kyrgyzstan, I designed and built (with a lot of help from my friends) a recording studio for Kyrgyz musicians.
View of the Mountains from Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
Inlet Waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
Wild horses on moutain outside of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Things That Interest Me:
Any place with good lighting (There's a compelling photo opportunity in very place you go; however, not every compelling photo opportunity comes with decent lighting.)
Any music that is very good (There's very good and very bad music in very genre). I especially like finding really good music that most people have yet to hear.
Anybody who can really tell his/her life story. (Nobody's life is boring; you just have to ask the right questions. Unfortunately, life's too short to figure out the right questions to ask some people.)
Better, yet: A great picture that tells a great story while exotic music plays.
e.g., One of my favorite pictures from my time in Istanbul: a cat on the window sill, listening to the call to prayer.
Usually, it's a cat on the inside looking out. Why is this cat on the outside? Is it a stray wishing for a home? Is it a pet who was accidently shut out? Or did the owner put it out to teach it a lesson?
(The picture was taken shortly after the great earthquake of 1999. I suspect that the cat may be a little fearful of going back inside.)