Amanda Takes Off...

While I was waiting to meet Good Man to have fish eat our feet, I saw a guy taking pictures of a guy skateboarding. So I took pictures of them. Actually, at one point I was standing next to this...raised platform/sitting/meeting/thingy area and the skater zoomed past me, about 6 inches from me.

I guess he figured I wasn't going to move.

After that, I figured I had every right to shoot photos of him.

All photos taken with the D80 and 50mm lens. I shot in shutter priority, 1/80th and 1/125th.

First Try I

First Try II

Second Try

After these shots, I decided I needed to focus on the last half of the run more (I had tons of boring shots of the first half of his runs). I got the last half of this run. The "X" he's making tells me that he wasn't happy with the run.

Third Try I

Third Try II

Third Try III

Tonight I got some terribly, terribly long messages on my handphone.

"Good Man, what do they say?"

"They're from a lover."

"A lover?"

He nodded. "Yes."

"Well!?" I looked at him, "What do they say?"

"I miss you all the time...I love our time together...when I can't call you I can't get any work done...I can't sleep...I really like our time together."

Earlier I'd sent the guy a "Who are you?" message (in polite Korean). He'd written back an apology, that he'd meant to send it to his girlfriend. After Good Man told me his messages, I texted the man again, this time in English. "Your girlfriend is very lucky! You really love her! Good night! ^^"

Good Man was curled up next to me on the couch. I looked at him. "Hey. Why don't you send me sweet messages like that?"

He lifted his head to look at me, smiled.

"I'm serious," I laughed, "I want sweet messages like that. You need to go back to a military day. Send me messages from your helmet."

"But I do your dishes."

I burst out laughing.