This way please

A bit of peace following the hectic last days. I am in a cool large room in Miami, almost pampered in quite comfortable. I am reminded again in their world I am luxury social case. From my window, full air condition blowing, I suspect the heated atmosphere outside is literally rolling over the construction crew earning their day's pay under the sun. It is Sunday. They are to their knees in a mire trying to lay a huge foundation for a big complex. I am one hundred percent detached from the scene, it just has something beautiful and unreal.

You would be pleased to know I have been a good boy, not fooling around at all. I even missed the gay parade in DC. The fever of shopping. Yeah, I got a little bit too carried away. Now I am contemplating personal bankruptcy. Or large loans. Or both. I am afraid I am becoming more and more American by the hour. I just missing the credit card and a true accent. Even as I am writing a can spot the tall mall within walking distance from the hotel. Should I give my GAP flip-flops a go? I will, because I am starving and I should avoid the restaurant in the hotel as much as possible. Saving, saving, saving.

For my birthday I have been surrounded mainly by people who don't really know me, but everybody has been extra nice. I have been wined and dined, and presented presents. I guess I am nice too. Really! there is no other explanation for this display of friendliness. I wish I could take some pictures with this new me. Well, old, or at least older me, but it is funny how other's perception makes us glow or quite the opposite. I honoured the birthday with chocolate cake treat and tiramisu for colleagues and dinner out with friends. There were only two big shadows over the post-birthday period. One I am not going to talk about for personal reasons, the other is related to my new camera. Yes, I've got it! Canon Digital Rebel XT! I feel quite disabled at present with it, but it will come in time. I am just learning about it shortcuts, settings, possibilities. And missing a great deal of pictures I might add. The moment, in photography. But it was not that, but the fact that my camera would go off once I was pressing the shutter button.