I didn't do much shooting today.
I did packing instead. I thought I might have a pretty good shot at a two week job in Mongolia.
Yeah, Mongolia the country, not the BBQ place down the street. I was pretty excited to be headed to the country that has more yak herders per capita than anywhere else on the planet. (I'm totally guessing, don't quote me on that.)
And why not? After sitting around the house, watching paint dry since September, I'm ready to go back to work! Mongolia, how bad can it be? Genghis Khan fucking loved it there. Afghanistan redefined what I would consider acceptable living conditions and working in Louisiana completely altered my view on what is considered "edible food".
The motto there seems to be if you can kill it, you can eat it. The method doesn't seem to be important. Shotgun, bow and arrow, cage, boat propeller, pick-up truck. If you can stop it from moving in some fashion and slather it with enough spicy seasonings that you could light a cigarette off of it, you can shove it in your mouth. They're a little more fickle in Afghanistan. Who saw THAT one coming?
How bad can yak be compared to crawfish?
Well, it turns out they filled the spot, so I'm getting up bright and early to watch paint dry again tomorrow.
Since I didn't have much time to do any shooting today, I went out back with Emily and shot the lilac buds. I love lilac. The smell is amazing. I have a lot of great memories of summer and childhood associated with that smell. I know shooting the buds is kinda cliche at this time of the year, but there you are.
I wonder if they have lilac in Mongolia. I wonder if it smells like yak shit.
It was snowing while we were shooting. That's frost you see on the buds.
Music tonight:
Better Than You by Metallica
Dreams by Van Halen
Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
Layla by Eric Clapton
See You Tonight by Kiss
You Really Got Me by Van Halen
A Lil' Ain't Enough by David Lee Roth
Remember Walking in the Sand by Aerosmith
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