What are your jeans doing today?

[morse9443]

Mount Lafayette NH

[smittybat]

Its been a while!

So as some of you may not remember, I currently work with a astronomical research group at the University of Utah. We work with a .8 meter telescope in Southern Utah.

Where in Southern Utah is the telescope? I used to live in Page, AZ and used to drive about an hour north into Utah to check out the stars at night. One of the benefits of living in the middle of nowhere is you can REALLY see the stars.

[-Z-]

...some from last weekend round midtown central park and newport, nj.

[HoustonChris]

Truth; I used to live in Flagstaff and did the same thing occasionally.

[riff]

It's been fairly quiet here. Lot's of work, plus we had a few weeks of rain, which had us going stir-crazy cooped up inside . But summer's here finally - some slices of life from the last little while..

Everything is green & blooming

Pups finally getting out to play

Staying cool

Checked out an antique car meet - 2 favourites

[riff]

Took some hikes downtown

The view looking east

Had an amazing dinner with friends

Learned some new stuff

And of course, the denim

Parting shot - one of my favourite local billboards!

[ThinFinn]

great to see your back graytrain.

morse - looks like a pleace to find your inner-peace and all...lovely!

great pics there Z and riff...that hdr shot of the car looks mighty fine!

any info on "Learned some new stuff" in the photo thread maybe?

[beatle]

a day in NYC

[tvshooter]

ah so jealous. wish i coulda been around. Riff- them pic's are supersharp. what were you shooting inside the lightbox?

[Graytrain]

Thank you all for the kind words.

Where in Southern Utah is the telescope? I used to live in Page, AZ and used to drive about an hour north into Utah to check out the stars at night. One of the benefits of living in the middle of nowhere is you can REALLY see the stars.

Its on frisco peak in Milford UT. Out there, there is little impeding your sight of the stars.

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Looks like NYC treated you well, beats. Sufu meet-ups are boss.

Great shots, riff! What boots are these?

[FabGeek]

morse, that waterfall picture is awesome, did you use a ND filter or just long exposures?

[Baeyer-Drewson]

This was pretty amusing:

Ate at Din Tai Fung instead.

What the hell is a "pre-opening" clearance sale? Confused face.

[rapunzel]

accompanied my bf to a ink parlour

the final product

[robbie]

It's 100 degrees out, my jeans and I needed a Sno-Cone.

I am addicted to black cherry these days, it's like crack in a cup.

[kansas]

Daughter's 6th party today. RRRRR, pirates.

Playing DJ for party games!

Fit pic.

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The daaayyyyys ahead of role-playing with Barbie.....

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Fun times.

[Max Power]

Did some walking in the nature today:

[chambo2008]

more in burger thread...

[misterh]

trimmed the hedges today.

[louisbosco]

continuation of tokyo trip.

a visit to sanrio purioland for the lady.

Lunch

[louisbosco]

Ueno. like denim street. americaya and hinoya

[louisbosco]

one of the Sales assistant eternals 811.

sex toy shop

Dinner and dessert

another issue of tokyo. hope you like it.

[easy_hk]

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[dkatz]

Today my ROYxCones are having a big day, friends. After 20.5 months, today is my last day of work! This is what i look like today:

I have learned an absolutely insane amount through the course of this job, but I'll be honest: the work and my life here has been one of the roughest experiences of my life, and I'm ready for it to be done. I'm proud of myself for having made it through and having accomplished what I did - there were not a few times where I was toeing the line of saying "fuck this" and walking away. But - whether I call it "stubbornness" or "perseverance" - I made it through, and I'm stronger for it. I genuinely feel that, having made it through this, I can do absofuckinglutely anything.

So. What's next? Well, first thing will be to drink the delicious Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA I have been saving for this occasion since returning in January, promptly at the stroke of 5:00pm, GMT+3 (raise a toast to me then, eh?). Then... probably a lot more beers tonight. And then, the next adventure begins!

I'll be spending the next bumming around here - visiting a couple places in Uganda I've still not been, visiting a friend in Nairobi and checking out Kigali.

Next, it's off to India for six weeks with Homegirl. Woo!

On my way "home", I'll be taking an extended layover in Instanbul and popping up to Germany to have a couple weeks' holiday with my brother, who will be flying in to join me there.

After Germany... well I might as well spend a few days wandering around Istanbul, eh?

And, finally, homeward bound in late September... and restarting the job hunt.

I'll try to keep you all updated as I gallivant around, but not having office internet, nor having my mobile internet subsidized by work, will significantly reduce my internet-time. I hope you all can forgive my occasional absences!

Cheers from Uganda!

[LC_Miey]

Congrats dkatz for made it through your time there! will certainly miss your uganda-related posts

[Max Power]

Yeah, congrats Dkatz!

[morse9443]

Thanks a ton for all the pics during your stint over there dkatz. For better or worse, I feel like I've actually been to Uganda

[Bokkepoot]

I feel like I've actually been to Uganda

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And thanks for the updates:)

[setterman]

Took the setter for an ice cream cone after supper. He loves summer time and trips to the ice cream stand!

[TheNorthern]

here setterman. makes things easy.

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& @ easy_hk, this is not a waywt thread. please post that in another thread from now on.