Girls Take Alot of Pictures

[Btw, I call females who are younger than 35 who do not have children, girls. Girls become women, in my mind, when they have children even if they are 17. Mothers are women. Non-mothers are girls. My personal definition.]

Last night, monday night, I was invited to a birthday party and went to a new club called "Greenhouse." It's been opened for a month or two and I've heard about it and have been meaning to go. But didn't get a chance to go until last night. It had mixed reviews and I wanted to rate it myself. [I give it 7 out of 10. But I'm sure it's probably, 4 out of 10 on weekends. Bungalow last year was a 9. Now, a 6.]

It's on Varick and VanDamm. It's a smallish place (appx. 4,000 sqr. ft.) The walls are covered with ivy and the ceilings have glass tubes like giant upside down cocktail stirrers hanging down and there are green lasers shooting out of the pillars everso often. I wasn't impressed when I first walked in around midnight. But as I got alittle more acclimated and the scenesters started trickling in, it got better. Monday nights usually have a better crowd. These are mostly non-bridge and tunnel people and they generally have better style than the suburban Vinnies and Lisas. The best part was when they had some MCs with wireless mikes up on a small stage on the end of the lounge singing rap. Every third word was a 'f' word. I found that quite amusing. Very ghetto.

Anyway, I was with 6 girls and another guy and 3 of the girls had cameras. So, every 30 seconds, the flashes went off. I don't know exactly why but girls really really love taking pictures and I'm kind of glad that they do.

I love taking pictures too and have had numerous cameras for that purpose. But I hardly ever took my camera out when I went out. I usually take the new camera out the first two weeks of the purchase. But after that, I tend to just leave it at home. So, in effect, it becomes useless.

Even when I had a fairly small Sony camera, after the first two weeks, I stopped taking it out because it was just another bulge in my pocket and I like to travel light. In addition, I don't think that I like putting a stop to the flow of social interaction by stopping to have people pose for a picture. When I'm out, my eyes and brain is the camera and the camcorder.

Nevertheless, I wouldn't mind making it a habit to take a camera with me wherever I go. Even if I'm going to drop off dry cleaning. I think that it's nice to have visual memory of the memories.

Girls are really good with that. Most of them love taking pictures when they are out and looking back on those memories. It's one of the many reasons that I adore women. They are very sentimental creatures.

Btw, from time to time, there are women who don't like getting their pictures taken. They are too embarrassed about their own image. I do not like those women. I love the women who love getting their pictures taken and making silly, fun, or glamorous poses. It shows that they have a sense of play. I really like playful girls. They make my life more enjoyable.

My new camera is on its way. A 4 oz. camera with video capture and auto-YouTube upload function. I can't wait to carry it with me all of the time. It better be decent under low light conditions because 90% of the visuals will be taken during indoor activities. We'll see. I'll have to make it a habit this time around to carry it with me all of the time. It'll take discipline on my part and I'm quite willing to discipline myself in that area. I may get a business card holder like leather carrying case for the camera and instead of my wallet, I'll just take my cellphone and the camera with the soft case (and 1 credit card and cash in the case pocket) with me whenever I go out. Be very Warhol.

May also buy this Polaroid portable printer (below) and carry that as well. Instant prints in under a minute. The ink is embedded in the paper. The thermal heater in the equipment brings out the picture. Ain't it ingenious?! Very James Bond. Polaroid paper is $4 for a set of 10 paper. It also has a peel off sticky in the back so it's very easy to create a scrapbook. $4 for 10 sheets... I think that's pretty good. Afterall, it's a price of a cup of Starbucks coffee that lasts 10 mins. while the memories can last for years.

Just as this blog is to serve me as a vessel of my life memories and thoughts, I need a visual vessel. Another divine vessel.

I want to see my friends and places that I've been to whenever I want. For example, I only have 2 pictures of Barbie in my cellphone and NO pictures of my dear friends Shane, James, Darrin, Ryan, Summer, Sarah, Maggie, Stephanie, etc. (nor, worst of all, my parents and grandmother!) anywhere. That's got to stop. I want to see the people that I adore when I want even when they are not around me.