Leaving Michigan




Montcalm road
Montcalm road, Lowell, Michigan
My server’s been offline the better part of the last month due to the fact that I’ve been out of town and some errant process filled up my swap partition1. So I’ll be backtracking in subsequent posts and filling in some details of my Michigan sojourn that I haven’t yet had the ability to post.

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When the traffic signs are riddled with gunshot, it’s probably best to wear orange clothing and remove your bambi costume.
But here’s a bit of news from the present, surrounded by photos from my last drive into the countryside2: I’ve been in Michigan for a couple of months working on a film, and today I’ll be heading back to LA to continue working on the film for another month. My plan then entails relaxing for a couple of days with nothing to do, then a freak out and mad scramble to find another gig. I’ll be back in Los Angeles come Monday 10/26/2009. Let the wild rumpus begin3.

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Does the windmill at the center of this field really serve any function at all? And what crop is that? It’s not corn, not wheat. Everything in this photo might represent form without function. I’d have trudged further out into this field to get you a better view, but the wacko crop made it difficult and I was worried the farmer would appear and shoot me.
I will miss some things about this town. I’ll save them for a later post, which would have been an earlier post but for the problem noted in paragraph 1 of this post. Ah well, life goes on. It’s nice to be back online, and will be nice to be back home.
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Oh hey, a cat. Who doesn’t love cats?

  1. Yeah, one would think that swapping partitions was a “Free Love” era tradition, but it continues in all modern operating systems. There are even key exchanges. []
  2. Photos shot on 10/18/2009, click any of them to see them writ large. []
  3. “Begin” is an anagram for “being”. Think about it. Stop thinking about it. []

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