You may have noticed by now that hardly any pictures I take have the other
parties involved in the adventure in them. One of the better reasons for this
is that it saves people embarrasment. For example: If you knew what
FemaleCompanion looked like, and you saw her on the street, you might feel
inclined to ask her why she took the same vacation twice, and why going to
see an outlet mall seemed like a good idea at the time.
However, this general trend conflicted with itself when, during the long
drive to the outlet mall, I realized it had been quite some time since I
took a really dumb self photo. Of course, previous experience had told me
that using a mirror to do this is not the best way. So I simply held the
camera at arms length, smiled like a moron, and *snap*.
Note: Take a look at that beard growth. I had grand intentions of remaining
clean shaven during this entire trip for some reason I can't remember right
now. As you may have guessed, this didn't work out so well. It turns out that
shaving every morning while in a hotel isn't any more exciting than doing it
at home, even if it is ok to leave whiskers in the sink
