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July 22, 2005
gesundheit
I personally prefer this to the 'bless you' options since I'm not a religious person... Here's the word of the day description I got today from M-W.
gesundheit \guh-ZOONT-hyte\ interjection
: used to wish good health especially to one who has just sneezed
Example sentence:
"Gesundheit!" said the man on the bicycle as he passed a lady on the sidewalk who had sneezed.
Did you know?
When English speakers hear "achoo," they usually respond with either "gesundheit" or "God bless you." "Gesundheit" was borrowed from German, where it literally means "health"; it was formed by a combination of "gesund" ("healthy") and "-heit" ("-hood"). Wishing a person good health when they sneezed was believed to forestall the illness that a sneeze often portends. "God bless you" had a similar purpose, albeit with more divine weight to the well-wishing. It was once believed the soul could exit the body during a sneeze, causing ill health, so folks said "God bless you" to ward off this danger. "Gesundheit," at one time, also served as a toast when drinking (much like its English counterpart, "to your health"), but this usage is now mostly obsolete.
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July 20, 2005
What Can I Get for Two Dollars?
So I was kinda inspired by the line which originated in Full Metal Jacket and that the 2 Live Crew swiped for "Me so Horny" and then more recently M.I.A. transformed into her own song, "Ten Dollar".
I've had this two dollar bill fetish for a while and like to use them to tip etc. So if you see one around, it might be one that I've been putting back into circulation. They really are quite useful now with the price of things, etc.
Anyhow, I've been inspired to do a photo project merging the two tentatively called "what can I get for two dollars?"
Not sure how it'll work exactly, but I'll get a signed release and the compensation for that will be a $2 bill (which is what I once gave Frank Chu when I took a street shot of him, so perhaps he'll be my first in the series)...
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Save art and our rights!
Damn censorship and freedom of expression is being pressured just b/c people don't agree with the art.
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July 14, 2005
au revoir Taura
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July 05, 2005
excitement!
I saw the trailer for Tony Takitani today and I really am amped to see a Murakami film translated into that medium!
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July 03, 2005
another arachnid
I guess spiders are one of my favorite subjects as they seem to be the animal I most photograph aside from humans...
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