Spanksgiving

it's spanksgiving today. that means instead of the normal stuffing-filled american version, we get the yea-boo african version.

the good news is that after much deliberation and sweat we've cobbled together a plan that makes us happy. on saturday, we're flying to kampala, uganda where we will attempt to resist the expensive urge to visit with mountain gorillas. from there, likely on to kenya briefly before flying to ethiopia and egypt for a romp through the middle east to eastern europe. we're saying we'll trans-siberian to mongolia but we'll see what happens. the money will run out sometime...

the bad news is that although we successfully developed our film and it looks like we've got some really good shots we can't tell as the scans they made of them are so freakin' piss poor you can't tell a photo of a lion eating a wildebeast from one of me in the morning (just watch it, buster!).

hopefully the negatives are fine and we can have them rescanned. somehow. africa seems a non-promising continent to try again. let's just say i'm not wholly impressed with their IT. if i can, i'll post some lousy scans here. no promises.

so, thankful that i'm alive, well, tickets in hand, adventure ahead, and in the best of company. less thankful that i've spent the past two hours working on showing you pictures and have zero to show for it.

if anyone has access to a good negative scanner, we'll send 'em your way (9 rolls!). otherwise, you'll just need to imagine me being offered monkey brains. 'cause there's a photo.