Thank you all so much for your congratulations and your good wishes. I am deeply touched and grateful to have all of you in my life.

I probably shouldn't be doing this, but I am updating from work right now. Things have been more hectic than usual with an upcoming two-week trip to Tokyo with my fiancée and a recent promotion. Actually, the promotion hasn't changed the nature of my work at all, but I thought I should mention it here for posterity.

I am leaving for Japan on Labor Day and intend to use digital instead of film for my pictures, which I feel strange about as this will be the first major overseas trip I've taken where I have forsaken my beloved, silver halide roots. I will return to film when my financial situation has normalized. Until then, I am looking forward to visiting the home city of my two favorite photographers, Araki Nobuyoshi and Moriyama Daido, where I will undoubtedly be experiencing massive amounts of performance anxiety as I attempt to compose pictures with my DSLR's dinky-ass viewfinder with eyes leaking with the tears of self-betrayal.

Okay, back to work.

Currently Reading Lonely Planet Tokyo By Andrew Bender, Wendy Yanagihara see related