Sad News

Bad news, dear readers: This electricity problem is getting to be too much. Turns out that as large areas of India and Nepal rely on hydropower collected by unsophiticated barriers, this time of year (when the rivers have almost dried up long after the previous year's monsoon) there are scheduled power cuts lasting up to twelve hours a day. And the hours when the power is on are craftily chosen to be such times as when I'm usually sensibly asleep. Clearly, as this post is evidence, I do have internet access, but the limited time I spend on computers for the next month or so will be prioritized to loading up my pictures and actual important business. Thus, I am sad to say, there will be an increase in the proportion of "quickie" updates in the short term. By the time I can actually sit down to type I either have too much to do or I've lost the rythmn of my writing process, unable to seam together the uniquely awful notes I take beforehand and can hardly guess the meaning of after a few days. On the bright side, I guess this means I will be focusing closer on some of the more adventurous interludes. Just assume that the time I would have spent amusing you is now being more productively utilized tossing broken coconut shells at buffaloes. I'm sure you'll understand.
-GFB

edit:to lessen the trauma of this announcement on your delicate constitutions, I have just put the finishing touches on a big ol' photo update I've been loading up for-god-damn-ever. -GFB