Shout Outs

Some friends have put my face and my photos on their blogs too.

Tom is a way better photographer than I am or will be:

www.tsperspective.com

http://www.tsperspective.com/2011/05/18/dailypic-51811-eric-manny/

Kat is way cooler than I am or will be:

http://thekathunt.tumblr.com/

http://thekathunt.tumblr.com/post/5595497516/eric-skaar

Thanks, guys.

Antiquing Shanghai Style

Antique Kitten
Yeah, that's normal...
Big Head
Piles and Piles.

Went out to the antique warehouse in PuDong yesterday. It's pretty cool. Lots of old junk, piled from floor to ceiling. The mission was to outfit my little nook/office area with the right accouterments for serious taking care of business from home. We ended up getting four big items and four minor items for a tidy sub-500USD.

Favorite item - see picture #2, the statue of peasants holding banners and sickles while riding a missile. Very Dr Stranglove-ian to say the very least.

Moganshan

Had my old man our for a nice last week. We went out to MoGanShan where we did some biking and hiking. These are photos of our hike through the bamboo forests surrounding the guesthouse.

Anyone living in Shanghai who requires some outdoor time could do well worse than taking a weekend in the hills here. Truly worth the three hour drive.

Total cost for the weekend (lodgings for weekend, food from Carrefour, heady beer, drivers, Tsingdao beer, more local beer, Cool Ranch Doritos): 950rmb/person.

Pray, Homie.

ZhaMei Monestary, near Lugu Lake on the Yunnan/Sichuan Border

Manny Pacquiao

Aka:

The People's Champ

Little Man

Manchego

Manitoba

Mansterdam

Pork Chop

Jean Claude Man-Dam

The Congressman

Chortleberg

He's on a boat, yo.

Another from the Lugu Lake b/w Lomo series. This one happened thanks to Andrew and I getting lost while hiking. We ended up 2 hours in, pinned between the lake and a cliff facing a major back track through some shitty hiking when we stumbled across this guy and his buddies cutting down trees in the woods. They gave us a lift in their traditional "pig's trough" boat for 100 rmb and complained that we somehow ended up ripping them off. Whatever. Fun times, good shot. Shot this and the previous photo with the Diana F+ Lomo using their ISO100 b/w film.

Probably The Best Photo I've Taken (to date)

This is up in Lugu Lake, Yunnan/Sichuan Province, China. Went there for a week plus. Shot using my Diana F+ Lomo.