5-16-05 - 5

5-16-05

Tomorrow I leave for my cross-country trip. I'll have my lap-top and my camera and stuff so perhaps I'll do a bit of a photo-blog. The thought of that excites me a bit, but at the same time I don't want to spoil the genuine experience by living it as a documentarian. There's an interesting way that experiencing things as a reporter, as a blogger, as a photographer changes and often enhances your experience - people will talk to you more, take you back stage, try to impress you, give you their time & attention, and you yourself can live as an observer and not feel out of place.