Blogs from Indiana, United States, North America - page 34

Hello all, I am not sure if all of you are aware, but I will be going back to India in a week from this evening. I'm going to be spending a little under a week up in Darjeeling which is in the Himalayan foothills. It is rumored to be stunningly beautiful. I will be taking my new camera set as photography is growing to be my main interest. I am thinking seriously about doing international photojournalism when I get my degree from engineering. So I hope to get enough publishable images from this trip to convince myself and other people that I have the skills required. My short-term dream is to get my photos printed and sell the prints and use the profits to support the orphanage that my brother Nate is helping out at ... read more

After a rough week, I spent the weekend in Indianapolis with my Dad. He was visiting for a conference, so I got to stay at the Hilton. Much nicer than the foul slums I've been staying in to save money. Now I'm in eastern Tennessee, straddling the Smokey Mountains between Knoxville and Chattanooga. Both of those cities are less interesting than Nashville. Not suprisingly, they provided a challenging work environment as well. Even so, this job is so much less stressful than it was in the early days. I don't know if its me or the places (likely both). When I think back to my first days in Louisville, its difficult to believe that was part of this same trip. I feel like an honorary resident of this entire region. The people here in the South ... read more

Considering the scale of this project, the problems I've been having are minor. Nonetheless, I've had a bad cold all week that's been making it hard to work more than a few hours a day, plus I'm still adjusting to the time out here (eastern). I do very vell doing those hours, so I'm not worried about this job. Overall, I couldn't ask for something better to be doing. I've also been having trouble with internet access at my hotel room (hence the late entry), and issues with my equipment. Overall, though, everything is looking good. A couple days ago I took an evening drive into Indiana to visit a friend. Everything is so green from Illinois east. The landscape looks like a tropical rainforest compared to Southern California. Its hard to believe that all those ... read more

Greetings. Well, we finally pulled the trigger and sold our business. Now, with work and related duties receding in the rearview mirror, we are eager to get on with our new lives. Given that we have time, we will add occasional updates to this blog to chart any progress we might make. So, watch this space if you're really, really bored!... read more

Okay, a little late with this post but whatcha gonna do? Headed down to Indianapolis at the beginning of August to catch the Drive-By Truckers/Black Crowes show, the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Nascar race and, oh yeah, visit my sister and brother-in-law! Haha, I suppose not necessarily in that order... Weekend got off on the wrong foot with both my first and connecting flight departing late (the airline shall remain nameless, however it does rhyme with Bontinental...). This translated in me arriving late to the show, only to sit down and see one dang song of the 'Truckers, not impressed to say the least...good thing we had primo seating and the beer vendors were close at hand... Spent the next day with friends of my sister...they certainly run in some pretty fancy shmancy circles...included everything ... read more