The Pequon

Today, we celebrate FLASHBACK FRIDAY with a 35mm photo taken in 2002!

The Pequon--a white 1988 Mercury Grand Marquis station wagon with fake wood paneling--was my first car. It was named after Captain Ahab's "Pequod" 'cos it handled like a boat, looked like a boat, was roughly boat-sized, and probably floated. Besides which, my parents had always called it "the white whale" or "the Moby Mercury," so continuing the Moby Dick theme seemed appropriate.

(It's also the car I took to my senior prom.)

This was taken for my first photography class, and I think it was my first experience in taking candid photos of people... and trying to mollify them after they heard the shutter go SNAP and gave me dirty looks.

grate

This photo- which was in fact taken in Monmouth County and does nicely show off the drainage grates present at Brookdale Community College- does not actually fit the guidelines I try to set for this site. And, in fact, I actually do have a surplus of other photos at the moment, so it's not strictly necessary for me to post this now. But I'm allowing it today because I can. ;)

skaters

Rollerbladers in Joe Palaia Park. I cropped a 35mm photograph to get this, so if you're wondering why it looks a little blurry....

starry

Cover of a water meter. I think the stars are kind of sassy. Like, "Hey, I am sporting stars! I am a sassy plate of metal!"

flowing

This is a statue outside Brookdale's Monmouth Museum.

TECHNICALLY, this should be vertical, not horizontal, but who's picking nits?

door

In Sandy Hook's Mortar Battery, there are a few passageways and tunnels. Most of them are locked away behind scary doors like this one; if you try to peer into the crack between the door and the wall, you can feel a steady cold breeze on your skin from the passageway. Once, many years ago, somebody had broken the lock on the door featured above, and I stood in the passage. I didn't venture too far inside, because it was quite dark and filled with puddles of questionable depth.

purposeful

An exercise in backlighting in Asbury Park/Ocean Grove, near the Casino.

signs

Ack! I completely forgot today was September 1! I've had this photo sitting backstage for a while now, just waiting to use it...

Thanks, guys, for the heads up, although I seem to be too late to get the official code, so I'm typing it out myself. (Do I have an hour to spare? No. Has this ever stopped me? No! ;) ) Incidentally, if any of the links are screwed up, let me know and I'll correct them. Hey, anyone got any tips on how to effectively steal code? "View page source" doesn't seem to work for individual posts.

In Ocean Grove (which is not Ocean Township but is closeby), most of the streets are one-way. This makes navigating them a bit of a trick.

For more street signs, check out the Daily City Photo Blog or click on the links below.

Seattle (WA), USA - Ocean Township (NJ), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Cleveland (OH), USA - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Singapore, Singapore - Boston (MA), USA - Mexico (DF), Mexico - Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia - Mainz, Germany - Evry, France - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Sequim (WA), USA - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Nottingham, UK - Toulouse, France - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Manila, Philippines - Mumbai, India - Montpellier, France - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Stayton (OR), USA - Moscow, Russia - Paris, France - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Austin (TX), USA - Lyon, France - Stockholm, Sweden - Hyde, UK - Hong Kong, China - Joplin (MO), USA - Seoul, South Korea - Chandler (AZ), USA - St. Louis (MO), USA - Arlington (VA), USA - Anderson (SC), USA - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Villigen, Switzerland - Sydney, Australia - Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Norwich (Norfolk), UK - San Diego (CA), USA - Bandung (West Java), Indonesia - Albuquerque (NM), USA - Melbourne, Australia - Nelson, New Zealand - Quincy (MA), USA - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Bend (OR), USA - Wellington, New Zealand - New Orleans (LA), USA - Cypress (TX), USA - Nashville (TN), USA - Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia - Detroit (MI), USA - Saigon, Vietnam - Selma (AL), USA - Phoenix (AZ), USA - Miami (FL), USA - Arradon, France - Sheki, Azerbaijan - New York City (NY), USA - Inverness (IL), USA - North Bay (ON), Canada - Melbourne, Australia - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Tenerife, Spain - Auckland, New Zealand - Forks (WA), USA - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Chateaubriant, France - Madison (WI), USA - Wailea (HI), USA - Orlando (FL), USA - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Ajaccio, France - Baltimore (MD), USA - Crepy-en-Valois, France - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Budapest, Hungary - Lyon, France - Saarbrücken, Germany - Adelaide (SA), Australia - Le Guilvinec, France - River Falls (WI), USA - Stavanger, Norway - Naples (FL), USA - London, UK - La Antigua, Guatemala - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Montréal (QC), Canada - Paris, France - San Diego (CA), USA - Trujillo, Peru - Haninge, Sweden - Prague, Czech Republic - Oslo, Norway - Grenoble, France - Shanghai, China - Toronto (ON), Canada - Durban, South Africa - Zurich, Switzerland - Cape Town, South Africa - Singapore, Singapore - Torino, Italy - Flagstaff (AZ), USA

beach

A blustery day at Ocean Grove.

(It's actually been clear for the past few days, so take this approximation of the weather with a grain of salt.)

(The squiggles on the right are kites.)

(35mm)

gazebo

On the campus of Brookdale Community College, students are ONLY permitted to smoke inside seven strategically-placed gazebos. This is the ceiling of one of them. (35mm)

shapes

35mm- Sandy Hook lighthouse over the wall of the Mortar Battery.

go fish

Fishin' in Ocean Grove.

...sort of.

STO

Is this unique to Monmouth County? Hardly. But I'm running low on photos to show you, so you get to see some of my less interesting 35mm stuff.