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This won't be a long entry, but it is one that means a lot to me.

Going up North always meant something special - free time, weekend, vacation, new tools to work with, films, darkroom material, and so on.

I'm amazed to think how much things haven't changed in fact.

Anyway - there was one compelling reason to make a road trip up North: A shiny new device that's hard to find.

...and we succeeded:



There were some things I had to pick up as well, like two covers for my developing tanks (bought a set of ze german developing tanks on that auction site, but they had ze old style caps), a load of film (TX, Delta, Portra) to stock up before moving, and a two-eight lens.

Somehow I'd forgotten how good this lens was - used to have one, but had to let it go for another lens I got in a super deal.

After picking up all our shiny new toys, I shipped my ol' trusty film scanner to a friend - hope it has safe travels.

Then, classic Texas road trip, we headed to the mall, and it was a weird experience.



Then walking around the place, we tried to find a restroom.

We headed into Joe Brand, and we had to visit a not so public second floor to get there.

It was a very weird experience.







Before leaving there was just one stop: food.

Quick, easy solution: burgers.



Then we drove all the way South across the border, and after a couple hundred of kilometers, we got home.

That's probably the last time I'll visit McAllen, Texas.

Hope life catches you well,

J

Life as it happens.

As it brings joys and tears. As it gives you all, then nothing.

I drove a bit across the border looking for something that's been missing for a while.

Not inly did I find it, but I had an awesome time while at it. Small details of things that will soon be long forgotten.

The temporal void where I am makes me think of photography not only as a hobby, but as work. For good or evil the lovely L-word engraved on the camera can only be considered serious if the client (or studio owner) knows about photography.

In any case, time will tell.

Open doors, or doors to open.



Hope life catches you well...

J

About the title?

Well, N and I saw Counting Crows at last ...and it was sooo awesome.

The Traveling Circus and Medicine Show. Counting Crows and Augustana... they both hit the stage at the same time, and they both sang lots of songs.

Pure awesomeness. Two of our favorite groups onstage.



So what have I been up to?

Too many things to mention.

Some things have just been awesome, others have just been things you sort of have to do.

And as usual, here's the small (!) amount of things I want you to know... (110 photos this time)

Like a roadtrip to Bainbridge Island... driving up to Mukilteo, and then up, up, and a bit farther, just to cross over at Mt. Vernon, and then South I-5 again.

I like pie... I mean... ferries film (portra 160vc or ektar 100 -- dunno) on the m6:

























Moral of the story: Rewind the film before opening up the m6.

Now shifting to the f3 with good ol' portra 160vc. First some leftovers from Poulsbo:



















Now back to the Fremont Solstice Parade



I've realized that having more that 1 film camera screws things up. I know... maybe I just suck, but since sometimes I feel a certain camera would do fine, I leave another at home.

Anyway... when I ran out of portra, I put on a delta 400 on the F3. Still on the Fremont Solstice Parade...





















TMAX 400 on the m6 - leftovers from the Fremont Solstice Parade















I love the Seattle music scene. Looots of bands I really like. This makes me think about all the "cooool; trendy" hipsters that will go to the Killers' Concert (in either Mexico City or Monterrey). Been there... months ago. :). For what it's worth, these are from a Third Eye Blind concert. TEB rocks really hard!!!. This was with the m6 and Portra 800. These were edited in Aperture. I'm learning how to use it. Rocks on the MBP screen!! Not a big fan of Portra 800, though...







I hated the tones, so I just BW'd the rest...

















These are other frames from our every-days...

m6 + p160vc...























And that was it for that Portland getaway.

There's no sales tax in Oregon... so if you're thinking about getting a new laptop... you can go there... I did. :)

Anyway...

I took N to Ballard for a concert where Trespassers William played. Cool stuff... m6 + portra 400VC:















Then, near the end, came the big event where they took us downtown in buses... and closed down 520 and I-5 at rush hour. Yeah... I guess this is how Microsoft makes friends... oh well... it's mostly MS people in 520 anyway.





That same weekend we had hamburgers at Pablo's.... truly delicious delicious stuff... ektar (?) on the m6:





After a quick N-stop to Anthropologie...









Mariners! Well... I'm a Red Sox guy (since I met Hamza - credit where credit is due). Anyway... we went to couple of games... this is against the Blue Jays, I think... f3 + p400vc:





















Quick rewind to Portland... using efke25 on the m6... mostly personal stuff, so not sharing more than a few...:







Then, I got a delta3200 on the m6 to see what could happen:

























On a lighter note, I remember a conversation I had with my cousin about Tweeter.

Two types of people use Tweeter: Truly useful information sources or poser attention whores.

Now, I wonder what's the logic behind microblogging for the second type...

I'm doing some very very interesting/cool stuff.

...right.

No joke, I'm getting beaten up and the police has actual crimes to solve, so they're not coming.

Awesome. That last one was by Perez Hilton FYI...

Now... really... do we need a microblogging engine to know that a certain dumbass is waking up? or dressing up? or being just generally pretentious?

Naah... didn't think so.

Bitter Moon is on the TV now. Love that movie. I have not opinion about Roman Polansky, so I'll digress.

Still, it's a good movie.

Anyway... carrying on...

Approaching the end of this kilometric post... ektar on the m6:

















I made an arrangement with a friend... she'd cook delicious food, and I'll make her a portrait.

It was an awesome experiment.... apparently I don't suck terribly at portraits.

N was the art director.

Shot with the Rolleiflex T, using Portra 400VC -- perfect for the light. Here's my fave:



Say goodbye to long-ass posts.

It's hard to define the past six months of my life in a single thought. I guess not everyday you get to work on changing the e-mail management paradigm in the world, or work with the most awesome team I've ever worked with (IAM dudes... rock on!!!).

Also... I've never followed the phrase "Work hard; Play hard" so strictly.

But it paid off amazingly well... :)

I've got the tools for exactly what I want to do. My favorite camera ever, with the only two lenses I'd ever want for it - too bad I had to trade in two sweet two-eight's, and a CV one-four to get those, but well... there's a point in life where you know exactly what you want.

Last, but far from least... getting home, seeing N at home (working her genius and magic over long distance), and just thinking that I'd become an adult... in OUR place.

Can't really explain how that feels... I guess you aren't there, I could suggest to cut microblogging, the rest of your bullshit, and grow up... but anyway it's cool... I mean... not everyone can handle being a grown up, and being treated like one.

And this is now... in a break from all that... listening to the raindrops hit the glass behind me, in the big man-zoo that Mexico City is... raining at night as only it can rain in this wicked place.

There's no looking back, and there are no regrets.

This year has been better than the last; maybe as good as it gets.

Hope life catches you well,

J

June in Sea-Town...

Found: Old 120 negative. Delta 400, I think... stuff from Mexico, and Steilacoom.



Fast forward two months...







I got a pretty sweet deal on a second hand F3. Since I sold my F100 and the D100, it's the only thing I can mount my lenses on. I like the F3. It's compact, light, and handles like a tank. Don't know if I should keep it, or sell it

TMAX on the F3:













Then I decided to use a PanF on the m6 - these are random May leftovers









Fast forward to Memorial Weekend, and a drive to Portland.



N and I happened to bump into a street fair on the waterfront















The PanF ended, so I replaced it with a Delta 100...













Fast forward to after we came back to Seattle...















As we came in, I put a delta 400 on the m6:

















Did I mention that Mariners lost? I guess I needed not make it clear.

...And time fot more Delta 100 on the F3

























Delta 3200 on the F3



























And just because I've fallen in love with Ektar... I put some more on the F3.





























So that's it.

I am feeling much more into a colour mode now, so I will shoot more Ektar/Portra.

I have a pending photoshoot with a friend. I never do photoshoots, so I am a bit scared... more excited than scared, though...

I've been thinking many things lately... will probably elaborate on them one day... once I have enough time.

...for the time being, I think I've never been so well in my life. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all the good things that come in small packages - or a sheet of paper - or a simple tick box.

Hope life catches you well!!

J

Now, bringing that dualities thing back... here is the big colour entry for may...

Portra 400NC and the ol' trusty m6.















Then N and I drove North (like we use to do), and ended up in Canada...

I did not have a really fond of Vancouver, but this time, I really liked it.







...and that was about it... I took a lot more, but traveling, I use much more the digi-slr













This is one of my favourite colour films... Portra 160VC - again using the m6.





And now... switching to 50mm.... and doing the tourist thing... TULIP FEST!!!





















One Sunday, I simply woke up and told N... "let's go to Tacoma". I'd never been there for more than 15 mins, so she agreed, and off we went.

Portra 160VC

The first stop was the glass museum...





































Reala 100

















This other weekend we just drove North to visit Whidbey Island.

















Then I ran out of film, and loaded the LAST Portra 400NC i'll ever use (unless I am shooting under Tungsten -- which is not often):



















Last Saturday, there was a street fair in the U-district... very pintoresque, if you ask me. I had a good time with Thomas, and Arturo... Internz hittin' da streetz type thing...







Then the rewind lever became stiff, indicating that there was no more film available.

Life's rolling...

I don't know when I'll post more.a

Hope life catches you well.

J

This one day I got an e-mail message.

I had to dial a certain phone number.

I wanted answers so I called.

...and then life decided that second chances were in order.

So I decided to wait for my films to be developed professionally.

Well, I would have done it myself, but I was too damn busy with projects and exams.

...anyway.

This is film... as usual:

One sunny December day, Sam, Diego and I went street shooting.

Delta 400:





























Back in November I got the chance to shoot a show that reminded me about my age. (note to self: Insert fragment from Pulp - Like A Friend). Teens... some even brought their parents.... damn...

Anyway... it was a good show.

Delta 400 pushed + 1:





Then in December came the time to say goodbye. Goodbye and an awesome Christmas reunion... chez Romualda.











































*going through Facebook photos*

I've always wondered how is it possible that someone who had the chance to move abroad, live new things in a different culture, be in a more evolved society (leaving a small ranch and moving to the city), simply goes back and keeps on doing the same things as before leaving. I think it is just like having an amazing gift and not only throwing it away... but crushing it, setting it on fire, and then flush it down the toilet.

I guess you can take someone out of the ranch, but you can't take the ranch out of that someone.

*back to the blog*

Portra 400vc:

















Squared Portra 400vc:

















...and then I packed bits of my life and moved on again...

Delta 400





This is as far as I've come right now.

There are many things left to solve, but in a way the need to control my uncertainty has pushed me during this last year to make things happen.

Not that many rants for now... just things as they are.

Hope life catches you well,

J

...So there were some reasons to go back to Mexico City...

I won't go into the strongest personal reason... none of your business whatsoever.

Some are just waiting to get back... others like me are just trying to move on.

It's weird how things work. I love home, I love the city, but I think I'm over it.

In Mexico, certain people from the countryside blog about this place, and rant about how awesome and great, and fucking special it is. I guess it is thaaat special when you grew up in a stinky town, and long to feel special in a place where you're not that unique. Anyway... I'll digress.


I still got a sweet spot for Mexico City deep within me. It's too bad I had to leave N temporarily, but well, she's tough and can kick anyone's ass without my help.

...So there was a photo-workshop...

Not any photo-workshop, but the meanest, baddest workshop in town: Foundry Photo Workshop.

Here's some name dropping if you're turned on by that:

• Kael Alford
• Paula Bronstein
• Andrea Bruce
• Renée C. Byer
• Guy Calaf
• Tewfic El-Sawy
• Stanley Greene
• Ron Haviv
• Eros Hoagland
• Hugo Infante
• Scott Mc Kiernan
• Michael Robinson Chavez
• Benjamin Rusnak
• Shaul Schwarz
• Stephanie Sinclair
• Khadir Van Lohuizen
• Holly Wilmeth
• Adam Wiseman
• Adriana Zebrauskas

Last, but not least... not teaching but helping veeeery much:

• Rodrigo Cruz
• Hugo Infante

I jumped between 3 classes: Multimedia Storytelling (Tewfic), Building a Reportage (Eros) and Photojournalist Bootcamp (Renee, Paula, Scott). It's too bad there were so many great photogs teaching at the same time.

Sort of reminded me of a little kid in a huge candy store, and only seconds to grab a few things before mom or dad calls.

And so a week passed by.

A somewhat strange week... with photographers from all over the world, lots of beer, avid desires to learn, to teach, to grow aware of what's around you, and introduce yourself to truly awesome guys... friendship in the air.

I did 3 things: Help translate, get access, and shoot.

Multimedia Storytelling

We headed to Sonora Market, to shoot traditional Mexican stuff.

Well, it's a market where you can find from toys, to herbal medicine, live animals, and healers. It was a bit daunting at first because I had not heard any good things from my father... he was a bit reluctant to let me go... but you know... I've been in worse places.

After trying to convince Lukcero Aghakán to let us take pictures, we looked around for someone else who would be willing to let us take photos and provide us with information about healers and the healing process. We actually never got to talk with Ms. Aghakán; one of her assistants made a point in saying that they had an arrangement with the big-evil Mexican TV network Televisa.

It sucked... I mean... traditional healers with their exclusivity contract with a tv station. Pleaseee...

After wandering around the market for some time, we spoke with Angel Guarda who was truly amazing. He explained the healing process, and was quite friendly when it came to share experiences and take pictures. Angel, you rock!

So here is what I did in the end...

It's not much but I liked the result:

...and well... being in Mexico City, I could not neglect my long time friends Betty and David.

Time was short, but we had fun. David showed us his latest creations and well, Betty smiled.

We went to El Hijo del Cuervo to have a couple of beers and just talk about everything we have always done.

The next day was calm. During the morning I attended the Building a Reportage lecture, and discussed some cool things about coherence of the story, and closeness (image-wise).

But since I had my wheels, I told Matt we could drive downtown and just walk and shoot pictures.

He's funny, and an awesome photographer. Check out MJR. N O W ! ! !

Also met Mustafah from MJR. He did a hardcore project about crime in Mexico City. He had awesome shots as well.

Mustafah was sitting down half awake, half asleep in a couch, so I approached and said:

J: Rough night?

M: Man, last night I was in a police raid and so sooo many firearms... like I'd never seen before. And it was hardcore... safeties off and just ready to shoot.

J: I don't think those guns had any safeties.

M: What do you mean?

J: Safety devices are considered "extra" in here... y'know... guns with safeties cost more, and well...

It was cool he did not get hurt, or shot. A police raid in Tepito... that's harcdore.

PJ Bootcamp.


This seemed like an interesting class, and since I was free, and not shooting, I thought I might as well go in.

So I opened the door and everyone went quiet and looked at me.

Typical "oh shit" moment.

M: Is this PJ Bootcamp?

Scott: Yes.


M: Can I stay? I'm interested to hear what you have to say.

Scott: Yeah, grab a chair.

And they kept reviewing people's projects, and I just felt infatuated with this class. It was about three teachers with incredibly trained eyes for photography telling you how to build a small story with images... and you brought them your photos straight from the camera and they would tell you what worked, and what sucked.

To have the three guys discussing out-loud about what photos were cool and which ones weren't - priceless.

So it was Thursday morning... Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday went by quickly (as when you have lots of fun), and Thursday morning I met Tewfic, Chris, and Adam at the Mother's Monument, where people were protesting naked.

Peasants and fishermen from the Mexican state Veracruz were removed from their lands. Eventually, the local government seized these lands without providing the original owners any type of restitution. Since the local government was not opening any channel for communication, the peasants and fishermen brought their families to Mexico City to obtain an answer to their situation.

Their marching and dancing naked is a symbol of the fact that without lands they do not have anything; not even clothes.

This is one of the first times I've photographed public manifestations up close and personal.

I met a really cool guy called Pedro who guided me around. He had a cool sense of humour... which made me wonder how much humour I'd have if I were protesting against the government.

Well... never mind.

So Thursday Morning I met with the Multimedia Storytelling guys, and shot this. Later during the PJ Bootcamp class, I decided I wanted this to be my project (originally it was supposed to be low-level cantinas, but the window for that project was killer for waking up early for class).

I did not like any of the pictures I took in the morning.

It felt good to see the whole material on the big screens. The colors sucked, but the atmosphere in the auditorium was cool.

My favorite panel was the one with Stanley, Khadir, Scott, and David (from NatGeo), and the discussion about the future of photojournalism.

And that was it for Foundry 2008.

I spent the rest of the time with my family, and was quite happy about it.

Too bad couldn't go out to dinner the three of us, but well... there will be other times.

Better times, hopefully.

Mexico City's airport has seen me many times in these past years. With lots of luggage, with only a backpack and a camera, exhausted from intercontinental flights, but this time was weird. I had this strange satisfaction you only have when things go perfectly sweet, and there's no way someone on Earth can take that from you.

... a small realization, maybe.

They sky on my way back just gave me a pretty good image to close this chapter down... youth, dreams, and good times... here and far.

Hope life catches you well.

J

Here, in the Sonora Market, there are many elements of the occultism.

Many spiritist, santeros, witches, magicians and chamanes are found here.

To do any witchcraft work, there are four main elements that rule the planet: Fire, Water, Air, Earth. Everything is energy. Witchcraft does not exist, it’s only energies.

But how are energies created? Chamanes dance around a bonfire until they reach ecstasy to create energy; there are people who mourn/pray; there are those who work with herbs and manipulate herbal substances to whatever end… good or bad. But there is a greater power that people do not recognize: the energy of the human being. There are those of us who have a great mental power, there are some who are not aware of their own power.

The human body is a receiver and an emitter of energies, that is while after some time there is a need to cleanse the body. For this end, there are many many methods... like temazcales, baths in rivers or cascades, cleansings, quartz stones, etc.

The easiest and most traditional way to heal oneself is an egg, or some herbs from nature. Most of the time, no-one knows how to do it properly, nor how to use the 4 elements.

At the beginnings of time, there were two parts that controlled the stability of the planet: the good and the bad. Since these are two extremes, a fusion becomes a saint... the balance.

Saints desired more power so they discovered red magic and green magic.

Red magic is a very powerful energy, and uses blood from sacrifices or donations.

Green magic is based on nature; herbs. It does good or bad to the humans. There are very powerful herbs that may kill humans, so everything depends on what is used.

Most of the people doing this, are not aware of the foundations of how to handle magic. A lot of them have read literature from undocumented sources that worked for a particular case, and most likely won't work for other cases.

Black magic by itself does no harm... you need to have a combination: a duality.

There are four main types of magic: Black magic, green magic, red magic, white magic: four elements: Water Earth Wind and Fire.

Many recipes or preparations just use a couple of types of magic, without considering the others... for the product to work, you need the presence of four... it's like a two-feet table.

I'm 53, and I've been doing this since I was 12. There's nothing I haven't read... but many don't know a thing. I was taught by ascended teachers whose names I can't mention.

There are three fundamental steps to a complete process:

1.- Consacration of the elements: that prepares the energy in them.
2.- A rite: All the movements and gestures for the process: whether good or bad.
3.- The spells: the most important step. The spells create an enchantment; they close... they create a trascendency in the process.

For a healing, herbs or natural elements are used. Oils, soaps, lotions, perfumes... many elements can be used as well. In reality, to heal a person you need energybecause the human being is energy.

There are four other steps for a healing process:

1. destroy all bad energy. Spirits and negative energies exists. Even though people don't believe in them, we are not alone at all. They exist beyond our capacity to understand them.
2. The human body is comprised by seven energy points called chakras. When someone is not feeling well, it's because their chakras are not stable. Once a person stabilizes and harmonizes his/her chakras, healing occurs... this can be done with herbs, with energies, with many different elements... even with conventional medicine.
3.- We are all immersed in the energy of the human being. There's a polarity; once a person is polarized he/she becomes a human magnet. Bad energy can be repelled and good energy can be attracted. For all this, you need a process... this polarity exists on Earth. There's people whose polarity is so unstable that good things that arrive to them are repelled unconsciously... same with health. When you're correctly polarized, you attract good energy.
4.- There are many protections (like the tetragrammathron), and elements that serve as protection. Unless those things have a healing and spell process, they are only material things, and cannot provide real protection.

Once you have a connection with divine energy, the universal energy, you become immune to many things, and no energy can affect you; you have an energy field that protects you.

(shows book by Barbara Newmann - hands that heal)

The most special cleansing is by using quartz.... it has an energy by its own.

In Sonora Market, in order to know who knows about magic and who is fake, one should ask them how many types of magic exist. If they don't mention the 4 magic we have mentioned, don't waste your money.

If a person uses an egg for a cleansing, they use white and red magic because the egg is in principle a living being, and it is used as a sacrificed to absorb all bad energy in the person.

If they use plants to cleanse, they use black and green magic.

The trick is in consacrating the elements and ritualizing the process. In wrong hands, this processes can hurt people, or do evil upon others.

In this market, there are not many people left who know about magic... the only way is to approach someone who knows magic.

In a human being the energy terminals are in the palms of the hands and the feet; those are the sources of energy flow in all of us.

Strange feeling sitting on the corner waiting.

My favorite one is still burning... this old flavor of youth. Yeah. Trying to prove something.

You try so hard, and it all comes to a brief hit.

...and this is the last one.

I just love it when electronic devices sort of sync to the body. Like... songs that really fit your mood... even though the device it's set on random.

Silencio - Ely Guerra. Headphones and the remains of a certain period of my life. No one talking around.

The wind whirs around the headphones and remind me how you cannot totally disconnect from what happens around.

Strangers passing by and well, the heat of this oven-like city.

I was watching America's Most Smartest Model on tv (yeah, like there's so much to do around), and found some interesting words:

• Nincompoop
• Emaciated
• Variegated

There ya go. If you're bored go look out for their meaning.

I'm listening to Muse. It's been a while since the last time I was really into Muse... (I can picture Checo telling Galo: "duuude, you don't know them... you're not a fan"). Well, I never really listened to them. I saw them live, and I pretty much enjoyed it.

*zap* Subject Change *zap*

A man who ran the board of directors of my uni died last week. As expected, Monday morning was a pretty hectic day. I had to create spots for the huge tv screen outside campus, send EVERYONE on this campus the formal PR communication about the decease, and some other stuff. Couldn't attend this journalism workshop I was supposed to be at. This workshop is quite interesting... I'm much more into electronic media and publishing, but well... theory of journalism will come in handy sooner or later.

Today I had to write a small article about whatever I wanted as long as I included context and impact of the product/action itself. So I presented the Kindle, and while getting info about it, I found this:

*Loved* the wired book.

How come most reviews are boring (except for engadget and techcrunch (lately) )? I know... not all business people care about this, but I do. If it makes me smile with witty humour, I'll probably like it.

Anyway...

By the way... how come Photoshop doesn't have a "Auto-all my photo"? I know... it's oh so powerful... I guess it could even photoshop the hunger out of the world, and photoshop world peace, and stuff. Yeah... it's a damn verb. Like BillG said about Google being a verb (to google-it). The point is that I sometimes don't carry a somewhat decent camera, and I'm stuck with the cellphone camera which sucks royal.

So here's the scenario: I take a photo with my crappy phone camera, then import it into Photoshop (which might be overkill now that I think of it.... there's only so much photoshop can do with a crappy photo), and then I have to:

• Auto Levels
• Auto Contrast
• Auto Color

But we're missing a super ultra mega useful:

• Auto Don't Suck

Something like this:



Yeah, well, that goes for the guys at Adobe. You need a functional spec for that? Hahaha. "Auto don't suck v0.3 build 0012" hahaha. Riiiight.

*zap* Subject Change *zap*

I got tired that my journalism class had all the class documents, references, research papers crammed in a single gmail account with no filters, so I did the geek thing and created a blog for all the stuff in our class. Yeah, I *LOVE* content management systems (you could say blogs, but technically unless you can actually manage tags, categories, and authors, it's not properly a content management system).

An asshole once accessed the mail account, and deleted everything.

So much for being in college; that bastard will get it sooner or later.

Anyway

Photos:


Then......... wedding time!!!





A week later, we drove up North... we drove to North America (as if we weren't already there - In case you did not know, FYI North America comprises Mexico as well).

Laredo... here we go!!! Yay!!!








And that's it for somewhat decent photos.

Moving on to simpler photos...

Finally The Sharper Image went bankrupt. I mean... how many "Ultra-massage 9000 VX" chairs can you sell???


And for our grand finale....

There was this woman in Laredo's Old Navy that carried two huge bags stuffed with sandals to the cashier.

Yeah, those ones you grab at the entrance of outlet stores.

I insist... HUGE

The lady behind me whispered to me "Oh my God, two bags... it's too much". I told her.. "Well, it could be worse".

And then it became worse.

...

...

The woman stepped out of the cash register to grab a SHOPPING CART FULL OF SANDALS.

I told the lady... "Well, yeah, it was worse".

Everyone started looking at the cart, and I grabbed my P&S and took her picture.

So now you know... this is what a shopping cart full of sandals looks like.



That's a goooood moment to switch cashier lanes.

Comment on this... what do you think she was going to do with all those sandals?

• Wear a new pair every day for a year?
• Sell them twice the price in a flea market in Monterrey?
• Give them to their children and grandchildren so they never get sandal-less?
• Prepare sandal recipes at her place?
• Build a castle of sandals one on top of the others?

Hope life catches you well.

J

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