It’s odd how the threads of one’s life interweave with the threads of others, diverging and converging—random patterns of overlapping memories, coincidental experiences, shared acquaintances, randomly intersecting memes.
In a similar train of thought, I was also pondering how the idea of “six degrees of separation” may now average even fewer degrees than in 1929, when Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy first proposed the theory in his obscure short story, “Láncszemek.”
Anyway…Mac OS 10.4 includes an iTunes album art screen saver. I noticed that many of the songs from CDs that I had imported into iTunes did not have cover art. As I was perusing my physical music collection, I noticed a CD of piano music that a friend had written, arranged, and produced while we were in Russian language school in Monterey. I was curious to see if he had made any more CDs in the last decade. However, I most certainly did not expect to find out that he was an interrogator at Abu Ghraib prison and was a key witness in the prisoner abuse scandal. Wild.
Speaking of Monterey, which is one of my favorite locales in the entire world, on Wednesday I was helping a colleague put together some promotional materials for a conference in Monterey this fall. Ironically, one of the main images they are using is of the Oregon coastline. Aauugh, the sacrilege!
So I told her that I would look through the photos that I have of the most beautiful coastline in the country. Oddly enough, I can only find two rolls. I have dozens of rolls from when I lived in Germany and Bosnia around the same time, and I lived in Monterey for over a year. Surely, I have more than two rolls. I hope I have more in storage.
Looks like I may have to go back there with a digital camera sometime soon.
The Oregon coast line is beautiful, too, although it’s not Monterey.
Would it be possible to add me to your list of links or your blogroll? If you want I could link back. Please post your reply on my comments. The url is http://www.chiraag.co.uk
I’ve seen the Vancouver coast and the central California coast, but not much in between. One of these days, I’ll have to visit (or move to) the west coast and explore all the way up and down the coast.
Chiraag, unfortunately I don’t have a blogroll or a list of links. I may add a blogroll the next time I revise my site.
Oregon has, by far, some of the most beautiful scenery I’ve ever seen. Which I think says a lot since I come from beautiful, mountainous, Colorado which isn’t lacking any pretty sights its self. But it’s so amazingly green up there, I’d move in a heart beat!
I can’t believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $85387. Isn’t that crazy!
Definitely crazy.