{"id":351,"date":"2025-10-13T01:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/?p=351"},"modified":"2025-10-13T01:18:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:18:48","slug":"october-twelfth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/october-twelfth\/","title":{"rendered":"october twelfth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have an awful headache today. It&#8217;s paralyzing. I&#8217;ve had to cancel plans and lie on the couch watching <em>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em> and <em>Smallville <\/em>and <em>Gilmore Girls <\/em>on the TV all day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday one of my oldest friends got married, so I was up a little uncharacteristically late. Now, the following day, like a detective, I&#8217;m trying to figure out what happened to cause this headache! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, here are the potential culprits: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Skipped lunch on Saturday because of poor time management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drank two cokes and two san pellegrinos at the wedding <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spent time inside the Cambie (though didn&#8217;t drink anything) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fell asleep on the couch at two am <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danced like nobody was watching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, who knows what&#8217;s going on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wedding was beautiful though. My friends are just starting to get married now, and this is the first of what I&#8217;m expecting to be a bit of a slew of weddings in this friend group over the next couple years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parallel conversations seem to happen at weddings. Friends asked my partner when I was finally going to propose and I imagine a lot of other girlfriends were dealing with the same. At the same time, the other boyfriends and I shared notes about the expectations, the hints, and the pressure to pop the question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But anyway, the wedding was perfect, and I&#8217;m looking forward to many more! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m still very frustrated that I had to cancel plans today though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whalewatchers-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whalewatchers-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whalewatchers-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whalewatchers-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whalewatchers-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whalewatchers.jpg 1818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>who watches the whale watchers <\/em>by me on thirty-five millimetre <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is another film shot from the trip my partner and I took to Tofino and Ucluelet earlier this year. Have you tried the Harman Phoenix rolls yet? It&#8217;s the new colour film brand from Ilford. I can&#8217;t remember exactly why, but for some reason Ilford isn&#8217;t able to sell colour rolls under the main brand. This photo was taken on one of their new(ish) phoenix two-hundred ISO rolls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the whole roll, I found that they were a little darker than photos tend to turn out when I take them on fuji or kodak rolls. I&#8217;ll have to keep that in mind next time. But phoenix film is apparently known for it&#8217;s graininess and that certainly comes through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/classicmirrorselfie-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/classicmirrorselfie-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/classicmirrorselfie-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/classicmirrorselfie-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/classicmirrorselfie-1038x1536.jpg 1038w, https:\/\/www.markdunn.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/classicmirrorselfie.jpg 1228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Same roll, on the same trip. This one, a classic mirror selfie, is another good example of the graininess of the roll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love reflection photos. I don&#8217;t know why. Is it because it&#8217;s kind of like a two for one? Or could it be because of the unique perspective? Does something ordinary become more interesting because it&#8217;s reflected in a window, clear water, or a mirror?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also nice, because it&#8217;s an easy way to include myself in the composition. I do love that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some days I struggle to hit the word count in my quest for the daily five hundred. Some days it&#8217;s a breeze. The muse sits by my side feeding me inspiration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the muse is absent. Maybe they&#8217;re taking thanksgiving weekend off. Or maybe they&#8217;re here hanging out watching me struggle. There is only one thing I know for certain though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today my head hurts, and I&#8217;m hungry, and it is not a breeze. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have an awful headache today. It&#8217;s paralyzing. I&#8217;ve had to cancel plans and lie on the couch watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Smallville and Gilmore Girls on the TV all day. Yesterday one of my oldest friends got married, so I was up a little uncharacteristically late. 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