sxg: December 2005

the longest yard

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

steve attempts an explanation of the intricacies of american football, after several bottles of hard-earned red

HRH and the Little Red Rucksack, off to SE Asia

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

flavia just called from the airport, where she got stopped by security who didn't believe she planned to spend 3 weeks trekking around Laos and beyond with only a backpack of belongings

tangled up in blue

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

what was that you said you would and wouldn't do with him?

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

mile + vincent

it's true, the brussels airport is nicer than most

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

but let's not exaggerate. this is also the site of the most invasive airport frisk i have ever undergone. highly intrusive, especially when sleep deprived and already paranoid

the interminable wait

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

it's about 2 a.m. and our boss decides to get some shut-eye under the desk in the press room as we await the fate of the EU budget.
like everyone was hanging on our every word

another candidate for the euphemism T.B.

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

the oompa loompa

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

he's bright orange and about 4 feet tall.
and he's pissed off at having walked straight into the doors of a closing elevator.

brussels, sweet brussels

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Originally uploaded by s ghieth.

that big old building in the distance is where i spent most of wednesday, thursday, friday and the wee hours of saturday at the EU leaders' summit.
i'd like to say i was out of the weather's reach but alas, much of the time was spent doorstepping outside