Move Higher - Sub Focus
This is bananas. In a good way. It’s also being added to my 2010 Summer Driving playlist for when I get home (a.k.a. Jams to get pulled over for).
Dearest Habernackery,
When/if you get here, NEVER refer to us as “the Caymans”. We Caymanians shall cut you with the evilest of evil eyes and even I shall demote your status from “Tumblrmigo” to “lowly tourist”. We are ALWAYS to be referred to as “Cayman” or “the Cayman Islands”. Also, be sure to emphasise the “man” (i.e. SuperMAN, BatMAN, CayMAN). There’s little we hate more than hearing “Caymun”.
I’ll be here to do whatever it takes to get you acquainted with our Caymanianisms and customs. You know, teaching you all about how to wear your grass skirt and coconut bra or how to spear your own fish.
Love,
Paul :)
P.S. George Town the capital of Cayman, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana.
This is probably the greatest news we’ve had in years!
Renaissance
Ren•ais•sance |ˈrenəˌsäns; -ˌzäns|
• [ n. ] ( a renaissance) a revival of or renewed interest in something
— Oxford American Dictionary
Hey guys, this summer, I plan to work on a documentary about artists, designers and musicians back home in Cayman. I’ve started my process book here so feel free to follow. Just so you know, the film will be completely free so don’t be afraid to get attached!
Two Caymanians in my last.fm top played list this week! Though, I suppose it doesn’t count if I’m one of them, does it? Dear Natasha Kozaily, I think I kinda love you. Love, Paul
Home Sweet Home
I took a design job in the Cayman Islands out of college in 1998. It lasted a week. Here’s why.
Boss: “Can you start scanning these magazines for the nice landscape photos. We’ll use them later for stock.”
Me: “Don’t you think there might be some issues with copyright?”
Boss: “Copyright? Dis is da Caribbean, we got no copyright here mon!”
Tonight (George Town) - ThE iZ
Now I have my fair share of “issues” with ThE iZ (the alternating caps among others) but there’s no denying they’re incredible musicians. And don’t get it twisted; they’re picky, music-snobby things that would annoy me and ONLY me. Regardless, this is probably the best video that’s EVER been shot in Cayman. Hat’s off to you dudes.
Today, there was an earthquake
And it hit my home country of the Cayman Islands at about 9.30am EST. 5.8 magnitude from the fault line in the sea, 38 miles south of my hometown.
Everyone is alright and there was minimal physical damage. Wish I could say the same for the emotional, though. I’m pretty shaken up about this and lots of people back home are too.
I’d really appreciate your prayers for the safety of, not just Cayman and Haiti, but the Caribbean as a whole. We’re celebrated for our natural beauty and pseudo-utopian scenery which often distracts from the fact that we live in such a disaster-prone spot on the planet.
World Tour 2012
But not really a world tour.
I’m thinking about springing for one of those round-the-world tickets as a graduation gift to myself, two years from now. There are a number of countries I really want to visit and just about as many couches waiting for me when I get to them so why not seize the opportunity?
Nothing’s set in stone and I’m still looking into the logistics but so far the itinerary seems to resemble something like this:
- Cayman to Miami
- Miami to LA
- LA to Auckland, NZ
- Auckland, NZ to Wellington, NZ
- Wellington, NZ (back) to Auckland, NZ
- Auckland, NZ to Tokyo, JP
- Tokyo, JP to Hong Kong
- Hong Kong to Manila, PH
- Manila, PH (back) to Hong Kong
- Hong Kong to Singapore
- Singapore to Beijing, CH
- Beijing, CH to San Francisco
- San Francisco to Sao Paolo, BR
And back to Miami again, I guess. It’d be an interesting venture, for sure, and it’d definitely get my passport back to peak conditioning again (it’s been a while since my last wild international adventure; referring to the Central American Easter Roadtrip of 07).
Just thought I’d share.
I come from a land unknown where people look just as beautiful underwater.
