CDXLIII: Season's Greetings

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Lani Kai: Christmas is finally here, meaning I won't have to listen to Josh Groban on the radio at work fifteen times a day
Lani Kai: well, at least there's something uplifting to report

CDXLII: Complaints

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Trypto: wow, that lifeguard tower is hideous
Trypto: I will pretend it is not there
Trypto: nice sunset
Lani Kai: specifically, what's wrong with the lifeguard tower?
Trypto: the garish lighting most notably
Trypto: the kitschy wreaths
Trypto: the horrible typographic treatment of the main sign
Trypto: how the door looks oily

CDXLI: A Discourse on French Chocolate

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Trypto: the street of the chocolate?
Lani Kai: yes
Trypto: the use of the definite article is a little odd?
Trypto: especially as there appear to be at least two varieties of chocolate in the illustration
Lani Kai: are you suggesting it should be "la rue des chocolats"?
Trypto: assuming the chocolats are worthy of definite articles to begin with
Lani Kai: so chocolate street?
Trypto: it'd be the difference between "chicken salad" and "THE chicken salad"
Lani Kai: no, "salad of the chicken"

...

Trypto: did you obtain any of this so-called street chocolate
Lani Kai: no, the street stuff is not legit
Lani Kai: you don't want none of that
Trypto: where can I get the good stuff?
Lani Kai: can't say on here
Lani Kai: the feds might be watching

CDXL: Nokton

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Lani Kai: I used high contrast B&W to suit your tastes
Trypto: oh, hmm, it beautiful
Trypto: kind of reminds me of something
Trypto: I feel like I've seen it before
Trypto: no, I must be going crazy

CDXXXIX: Blissful Ignorance

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Trypto: why have you been hiding this!
Trypto: you post a million silly fisheye pictures
Lani Kai: you don't understand how much fun a fisheye is
Lani Kai: because you've never used one
Trypto: I've never eaten poop either
Trypto: but I can tell it's not very fun

CDXXXVIII: Satanic Photography

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Trypto: that's a very sharp turn
Trypto: there should be a sign there
Trypto: like in your other one
Lani Kai: or so you think
Trypto: or so I am mislead to believe by your devil photography!
Trypto: do you know who else has fisheyes?
Trypto: Satan!
Lani Kai: and you know this how?
Lani Kai: did it say so in the Bible?
Trypto: yes, in the appendix

CDXXXVII: America's Hat

© Trypto

Lani Kai: I think it's going to be a picture of a can and a spigot
Trypto: no, I misspelled Canada and spit pog

CDXXXVI: In Which a Bear is Not Seen

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Trypto: where's the BEAR? I want to see the BEAR!
Lani Kai: what, you don't see it?
Trypto: this landscape has no bear
Trypto: it is bear-ren
Lani Kai: I was driving when the bear appeared
Lani Kai: so I could not take a picture
Lani Kai: it was an unbearable experience
Trypto: fiend, I will use my right to bear arms to smite you

CDXXXV: Reruns

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Trypto: atmospheric perspective is tasty
Lani Kai: you said that before
Lani Kai: Trypto: atmospheric perspective is yummy
Trypto: chomp
Trypto: I will eets it fer dinner
Trypto: when was that?
Lani Kai: last year
Lani Kai: to be fair I thought of that comment you made last year when I took the picture
Trypto: so basically you dangled your atmospheric perspective in front of me, and I took the bait
Trypto: sneaky

CDXXXIV: On the Rocks

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Lani Kai: I'm not sure if I like this version
Lani Kai: or if the non-HDR version is better
Trypto: well, I always go for more rather than less contrast (as you've noticed)
Trypto: ...but it's nice

CDXXXIII: In Which Logic Prevails

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Trypto: is that the airport?
Lani Kai: no
Lani Kai: that is Kyoto Station
Trypto: that's what I said
Lani Kai: it was not designed by Renzo Piano
Trypto: is this supposed to be a syllogism?
Trypto: it is not an airport
Trypto: it is Kyoto Station
Trypto: Kyoto Station was not designed by Renzo Piano
Trypto: therefore
Trypto: Kyoto Station is not the airport designed by Renzo Piano
Trypto: actually, that would be non sequitur
Trypto: we did not establish that Renzo Piano designed an airport
Trypto: not in this post anyway..
Lani Kai: we did in the past
Trypto: the past is an illusion
Trypto: jeez, didn't you read the Meditations by Descartes?
Lani Kai: no
Lani Kai: that is from the past
Lani Kai: which is an illusion
Trypto: you think you're so clever

CDXXXII: Not Worth It

© Trypto

Lani Kai: will you be sharing this fabulous photo?
Trypto: if you insist
Lani Kai: I hope it's worth the wait
Trypto: well now I'm embarrassed
Trypto: maybe I wont post it, until you're nicer

CDXXXI: On Thingies and Fishermen

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Trypto: its the thingy!
Trypto: to spy on people on the beach
Trypto: and transdimensional fishermen
Lani Kai: indeed
Lani Kai: that thingy might be the same one that I photographed long ago

CDXXX: Needs More Work

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Trypto: whats up with the file name?
Lani Kai: it was a film scan
Lani Kai: that's what the computer decided to name it
Lani Kai: you can tell that it is exposure 18 in roll 1
Trypto: clever
Lani Kai: it's usually a bad sign when you have to discuss the file name
Trypto: lol
Trypto: yeah I'm not really feeling the compositon
Trypto: I think it should either be totally symmetrical
Trypto: with the lamp centered above the arch
Trypto: or totally asymmetrical

CDXXIX: Taking Issue

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Trypto: stupid woman
Trypto: why would you hold a jar of water on your shoulder if you're just going to pour out your other jar of water
Lani Kai: quite simple, really
Lani Kai: she is emptying the jar in her left hand
Lani Kai: the one on her shoulder is already empty
Lani Kai: once the jar in her left hand is empty she will leave
Trypto: and why is her dress falling off her shoulder
Lani Kai: because she is trying to get the man driving by on the highway to give her a ride back
Trypto: and why did she have to step into the MIDDLE OF THE FREAKING FOUNTAIN to empty her water jug
Trypto: stupid whore woman
Lani Kai: why are you so angry about the situation?

CDXXVIII: Washed Away

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Trypto: he looks like James Bond in Die Another Day
Lani Kai: which scene?
Trypto: when they are at the ice cave
Trypto: he is trying to save Halle Berry
Trypto: but the ice cave is being melted by a giant satellite laser
Lani Kai: and he has to surf his way out?
Lani Kai: instead of drifting an Aston Martin across a frozen lake
Lani Kai: the opening scene involves surfing
Trypto: ok you know too much about this
Trypto: you should be embarrassed
Lani Kai: actually I don't
Lani Kai: Wikipedia told me this
Trypto: ok fine

CDXXVII: Out of Place

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Trypto: the camera seems raised like 10 feet
Lani Kai: I think I was standing on a mound
Trypto: an Indian burial mound?
Lani Kai: I was not aware that they had those in Laguna Beach

CDXXVI: Hairdo

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Trypto: that's how all the cool kids are doing their hair these days
Lani Kai: are you one of them?
Trypto: alas I am not as stylish as the Pacific Ocean
Lani Kai: yeah, neither am I

CDXXV: Black and White (Stripes)

© Trypto

Lani Kai: you've had a lot of thingies that look like this lately
Trypto: what do you think it means?
Lani Kai: it means that you are a zebra, or otherwise attracted to them
Trypto: WHAT THE ZEBRA AND I DO BEHIND THE SHED IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
Trypto: I JUST HAVE A THING FOR STRIPES OKAY
Trypto: IS THAT A CRIME?!

CDXXIV: Guessing Game

© Trypto

Lani Kai: what is it?
Trypto: you can't tell?
Trypto: I would think that you of all people would be able to tell
Lani Kai: umm, the grille on a car?
Trypto: no, it's the pattern of lines on the upper part of the back windshield