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I forgot all about this flickr thing, and all about this picture. Luckily someone directed me to some photos, and I thought "hey, I have one of those!" and here we are. I took this while out exploring with cameras with my friend K. The original macro shot of dandelions came out with unusually blue foliage, probably because I forgot the flash. The flower was still very vibrant though. I decided to bring it out, so I blued-up the lowlights and yellowed the highlights. It reminds me of those pictures of bacteria, especially with the stem of the flower that is cut off in the upper right.

I was on the subway the other day. I don't make a habit of it, but I had to get to Port Authority to catch a Greyhound because my shady chinatown bus was cancelled. I digress. If you're a subway rider, do what you can to sit facing another train going in the same direction.

So I was sitting on the A train headed up to 42^nd, and we happened to leave at about the same time as the C. As we travelled through the tunnel, we slowly passed the C. It was rather intriguing to watch. It was like five second silent films of the other cars, with frames punctuated by the dark flashes of support beams. One movie was about a woman yelling at her daughter for stealing a pack of gum from the store. Another was a young couple discussing their plans for later that night. A man stood deep in thought about his wife, his affair at work, his kids. The most intriguing film was one where a man in his mid twenties watched me. Do people really do that? Do they sit on the subway and look into other people's cars, watching them, observing them, judging them while they sit innocently and watch movies?

A British man may hold the secret to a cure for HIV. I can't make heads or tails of it, there's not enough information. Read for yourself.

• Man Claims He Has Rid Himself of HIV (via NYT)
• The man who might hold the secret to defeating Aids (via The Independent)
• Q&A: 'Cured' of HIV (via BBC)
• HIV patient claims to have cleared the virus (via Reuters)
• Experts urge caution on HIV 'miracle recovery' (via nature.com)

To be perfectly honest, I'm thinking it was a false positive right now. I wanna see more actual facts. Part of me still hopes though.

I got really bored with my previous layout, and thusly I'm trying some new things on for size. Basically everything's gonna look really ugly until I figure out what I want, and then it'll probably be worse. I've given up the idea of making my own design. I'm way too lazy for that. I'm just tweaking the hell out of someone else's work. I don't have to feel bad about it though. They zipped it all up nice for me to use.

I've just realized that I'm doing quite a bit towards preserving my previous visual style. You'll just have to take my word for the fact that stuff is changing in the backend. In light of such, you should poke around. Leave a comment here if you find anything broken.