teching up ...

I have upped my digital imaging capabilities.

Earlier today I bought a scanner. I have tons of old photos that I need to get scanned and saved digitally. At one time I had most of them saved that way, but I lost pretty much all of them when: a. my last comp crashed and burned; and b. I lost my Web site because of issues with one of my credit card companies. Bastards. I lost SOOOOO much. I had something like five short stories on there. No backup. I had more than 200 poems on there. No backup. I had hundreds of photos. No backup. Fuck.

Luckily, one of my very best friends had some of my stuff saved — some photos, some poems, and all the erotica I wrote. So that's something.

Anyway, so now I have a new scanner, and my new digital cam should be coming in the mail this week (crossing fingers). So, I'll be increasing my personal digital photo collection immensely in the coming days/weeks, some of which I'm sure to post here. Lookout for "Child DZER from the '70s" collection ... LOL

Random Guam Fact of the Day:

• The taotaomo'na are the spirits of ancient Chamorros who still inhabit Guam, usually making their homes in banyan trees, which are called taotaomo'na trees. There are some of these tall trees in the middle of the jungle and, where there should be debris — fallen branches, leaves, etc. — there instead is a perfect circle around the trunk, as if it had been swept. I've seen this with my own eyes. Chamorros traditionally ask permission of the taotaomo'na before entering the jungle, and especially before taking anything from it. Taotaomo'nas can be of contrary nature. People have reported getting bruises across their body, as if a giant hand had gripped them. The bruises look exactly like a hand grabbed them, but on a very, very large scale.