Uth on fire island, June 2006

A friend sent me an holga camera in the mail as a present. Here are a few shots from the holga, light leaks and all...

Gina and were driving back from a day trip to Fire Island with Jim when I inadvertently made a wrong turn. I tried to convince Gina that I knew where I was going, and that eventually we'd hit the expressway as I was fairly certain that we were heading north. I said as an aside, "Were only in trouble if this road starts turn curve off in an unknown direction, because this has happened to me before, and I have found myself wandering around Long Island looking for a highway I know. The good thing about being lost in Long Island is that you'll either hit the expressway, or a body of water at some point." A few moments after I mentioned the road curving, the road we were on curved to the right. Gina, always a good sport, pretended like she wasn't concerned with my apparent lack of directional skills, but I could hear the fear in her voice.

What Gina did not know is that I have a secret weapon up my sleeve. I have the ultimate intelligent mapping device available to man. Its not GPS, or a Hagstrom map of Long Island, not even google maps, its my brother's phone number. He moves pianos around Long Island and the tri state area, and he has an uncanny sense of direction and a mental map of the island in his head.

ring, ring...

answering machine: We are not in to...

me: Matt, its Mark, if you're there, pick up...

click...

Matt: Hey Mark, what's up...

me: hey, guess what? I'm lost out on the Island, and I was hoping you'd point me toward the Long Island Expressway.

Matt: where you at?

me: I am on Connetquot Ave heading north, at least I hope I am heading north...but this road is ending, and I'm not sure where to...

Matt: ok, you'll see a little curve coming up on the right .

I look forward a bit and see the curve he has just talked about.

Matt: follow that curve around to the right, and in a moment you will see Vets Higway, take a left on Vets and it'll run right into the expressway.

me: great, thanks matt.

Matt: no problem...see you on Sunday.

...click

We follow the curve off to the right, and there indeed is Vets Highway, and in a few moments we hit the expressway.

There have been times when I have been driving with Matt and its seems as if we are lost. He'll ask me to look at a map to see where a road is running, or how far we are from some other road, but by the time I find what I need on the map, he has already sorted it out in his head. It's like the mental query he needs to run to locate a specific place takes a little longer sometimes, but then all of the sudden he knows exactly where we are, and the best way to get from A to Z. You can almost see the light come on in his head, and then we are off in the right direction.

Thank you for using broogle maps, have a nice day...