#74

without hesitation it comes dripping from the fountainhead in true jibba jabba fashion until the conscience revs its grinch engine and the hours squirm away in catatonia deadlock and philosophy leans the heavy book on the gate like an anvil but when the sun streams in the pages burn up in the river like kerosene junk packed like a diamond torch in the crust of your world where only future miners hang in narrow shafts hoping the distant past doesnt crumble down upon them and pin them to a forgotten memory or an unacceptable desire far from soup on the surface where impulse rules in playful firefights and frivolous marriage is the law of the land at the moment and the moment is king until the gods from below break the surface and speak so loudly no one perceives their voices

#73

the world is a collection of six billion photographs every millisecond and to understand the collage you must get the exposure exactly right so if you want the background to be in focus in egypt set your aperture to f22 and fire away and if you want to isolate your subject in the human throng of tokyo set your aperture to f2 and shoot unless your japanese subject is in the bullet train in which case you will likely want to set your shutter speed at its fastest and adjust your aperture accordingly and dont forget to carefully select your film before you start shooting because some subjects deserve black and white while others demand kodachrome and if you are shooting at night be sure to select a fast film capable of recording the images in low light conditions and also there is the choice between shooting negatives or reversal film depending on how you are going to develop your film and if you want prints or slides and then after you have decided on all the details you must go and shoot six billion photographs a millisecond and then you will understand the world

#72

my favorite coffee shop has turned into the most popular place in the neighborhood and whereas i used to be able to go in at any time and sit in my seat now i have to wait for a few minutes before i can find anywhere to sit at all and they raised all their prices to boot which doesnt thrill me all too much though their prices were much cheaper than everywhere else before the bump and i am pretty sure i liked it better before when it was my place and all these losers didnt even know it existed and the artsy looking girl at the register didnt work here and you would only ever have to deal with the ethiopian guy or the speed girl or the owner who worked the counter to save a few bucks but now im afraid theyre going to open up another store and start a chain which would one hundred percent destroy the charm of this place though i would be glad for their success in spite of the fact that i never thought the owners of this place were the type to want to compete with the corporate biggies and i shouldnt be ranting like this while my delicious cup of coffee sits on my table and gets colder