Present Imperfect

December 15, 2006

Fallen Angels, Fall Faster

Lhasa, 2006

Posted by Jan at 12:53 AM

May 23, 2006

Literacy & Understanding

"Did you see what I just thought I saw?"
"..."

"..."
"..."

Posted by Jan at 12:16 AM

May 19, 2006

Love, More Or Less or More Or Less Love?

"I'm looking, but I can't see it"
"Blind wuss"

Posted by Jan at 11:02 AM

May 13, 2006

Not Bitter Or

"Twist?"
"Yeah, twist"

Posted by Jan at 11:03 PM

May 12, 2006

Your Entertainment System Is Below Contempt

"And they still use consoles?
"They do..."
"Beneath contempt..."
"Yeah, below contempt..."

Posted by Jan at 8:37 PM

Waiting To Make It Happen

"Want to wait?"
"Wait to want?"

Posted by Jan at 8:32 PM

Simple, Tons

Gulangyu, 200

Posted by Jan at 1:53 PM

May 11, 2006

And From There Love Blossomed


Posted by Jan at 12:39 AM

December 23, 2005

Information Overload

Beijing Airport

Posted by Jan at 12:58 PM

December 20, 2005

Within Scope, But About To Test Limits

"When he tried to turn, the wheel somehow caught on the strap, the strap that first slowed him down, the strap that would eventually bring him down"

Daoin struggles with the truth, but first struggles with his trolley.

In three shades of hell

Posted by Jan at 11:08 PM

Friend In High Places

Yo(a)ser

Posted by Jan at 11:05 PM

December 18, 2005

Vision, Believed

"Your vision statement lacks vision"

Visions are easy.
Ideas are cheap.
Reality is the (new) reality.

Posted by Jan at 11:58 PM

Emotional Audit

"You'll know when the fight has started when you're on the ground bleeding"
"Yeah, right..."
"..."
"Oh"

Dropping to my knees to punches that suck, from suckers that punch.

Posted by Jan at 10:30 PM

Light Falls On

Accented wall, accent

"Follow the wall, then follow your senses"

Posted by Jan at 9:44 PM

Sk8er Grrls

Skate scene in Chengdu is about 3 years old, with Element, Volcom and Evisu in affect. Some local designs coming through


Posted by Jan at 8:47 PM

Limit To Enjoyment

Mucho foot tapping going on

Posted by Jan at 7:51 PM

Hands When Drawn To

The implications of this are profound

Posted by Jan at 5:54 PM

December 17, 2005

13 Drunk Adopters (1 Happy Wai Guo Ren)


Posted by Jan at 12:08 PM

13 Adopters (1 Happy Wai Guo Ren)

You really need a zoom?

Punkin' at the Little Bar. Tonight's front-row crowd appears a tad obsessive.


Posted by Jan at 12:02 PM

Angels Of Trust / Angles Of Trust

Same people,same time, just different angle

Posted by Jan at 11:58 AM

Visions Of (Selected Reasoning, Ahkmed)


Posted by Jan at 11:55 AM

Drunken Shrimps

"If they try to stop us, just keep walking, OK?"
"..."
"OK?
"..."
"You there? You still there?"

Posted by Jan at 11:38 AM

December 16, 2005

Objects When

Objects when seen up close appear to be.


Posted by Jan at 1:35 PM

Hustle & Bustle

Hustling the hustlers but end up being hustled. Lovely stuff.

Posted by Jan at 11:52 AM

Bearing Witness



Posted by Jan at 11:45 AM

Moving Up, Along


Posted by Jan at 11:42 AM

The Walk

Monks walking past burning furnace

Posted by Jan at 11:36 AM

Oral Accident


Posted by Jan at 11:34 AM

Fallen He(a)roes

"And we shall try this together?"
"We shall"

Posted by Jan at 11:30 AM

December 15, 2005

Insider Knowledge

He's smiling because he knows what happens next.

Posted by Jan at 1:11 PM

Urbane Palace

The second most impressive structure within downtown Lhasa

Posted by Jan at 11:13 AM

Stln

Konka

That typeface does not belong to you anymore. Actually it never did.

Posted by Jan at 10:15 AM

December 14, 2005

Define Legal Rights

Sign at Lhasa airport

Posted by Jan at 12:57 PM

Define Void

And then touch it

Posted by Jan at 11:00 AM

December 13, 2005

Xpttns Adjstd

Yeah, like, whatever

"Is it working?'
"Can't you tell?"
"No"
"..."
"..."

Posted by Jan at 9:08 PM

Mu

The famous sausage artists of northern Chengdu

Posted by Jan at 1:03 PM

Slf


Posted by Jan at 12:06 PM

You Tear Me Up


Posted by Jan at 11:52 AM

Evolution Was Supposed To Sort This Out

What went wrong?

Posted by Jan at 10:07 AM

December 12, 2005

Perfect Contribution



Posted by Jan at 1:05 PM

Visibility


Posted by Jan at 12:09 PM

Things To Cover Ears


Posted by Jan at 12:05 PM

December 11, 2005

King of Shaves [0ptional]

Cycling around Chengdu, finding my way by getting lost. Neighbourhood barber a real gentleman.

Worn & trusted, painful


Posted by Jan at 7:31 PM

Slightly More or Less

Drifting in and out of awareness of surroundings.

Posted by Jan at 2:45 PM

December 6, 2005

You Mistake My Schadenfreude for Delight

Travel broadens the mind?
Travel has the potential to broaden the mind.
Somehow it also brings out the asshole in people.

Posted by Jan at 1:16 PM

Holding Breath Is An Art From

"You can breath out when you like"
"What does that mean?"
"If you have to ask the question, you are already out of step, out of breath"

Posted by Jan at 8:42 AM

What You Gonna Do Now?

It's a serious question.
Your inability to answer is the answer.

Posted by Jan at 6:37 AM

December 5, 2005

Peoples Liberation

Heading back into Beijing from a long day boarding. Army base PLA store passes by and we stop. Remember this moment, please - it may come back to you unexpectedly.


Posted by Jan at 11:39 PM

The Daily Grind, II

Nanshan Mellow Park

Posted by Jan at 11:28 PM

The Daily Grind, I


Posted by Jan at 11:20 PM

# 7: Never Try to Dismantle Any Parts of the Lift

Never, under any circumstances

Um, when you are riding it.

Posted by Jan at 11:06 PM

And On To Where It Counts


Posted by Jan at 9:35 PM

Half a Welcome

The other half saved for later

Posted by Jan at 1:06 AM

December 4, 2005

Eleven (11) on Nine (9)

Watching, waiting for the perfect gift.

Posted by Jan at 1:15 AM

December 3, 2005

Project uh, Fails To Project

"Lights on or off?"

Posted by Jan at 10:46 AM

Airbus

"We can fly you know"
"Yes, but..."
"We will fly you know. One day"

Posted by Jan at 10:43 AM

How You Advertise Yourself

Personal Advertisement

Posted by Jan at 10:41 AM

Weak as (,)(/) is


Posted by Jan at 9:10 AM

December 2, 2005

Factored In

Posted by Jan at 10:55 AM

December 1, 2005

Life Though a Window

Windows

Posted by Jan at 1:43 PM

Mis-Association

Yeah, seems logicial.
But you're all (blissfully) wrong.

Posted by Jan at 11:04 AM

It Makes Sense, You Just Don't Know It


Posted by Jan at 9:42 AM