Saturday, May 31, 2008

Cameroon v Cape Vert


5.31.08 - Yaounde - A few shots from the soccer match. Samuel Eto'o sealed the win over Cape Vert by converting penalty kick in the 70thish minute. The funniest parts of the game was clapping to "If you're happy and you know it" (played by the band, yes there was a band) and the people selling plastic bags of whiskey in the stands. It was packed and the stadium is on a hill over looking the whole city. I wish my photos could do it justice, but hopefully these will convey some of the awesomeness.

Until next week (?),

Will


The stands.


The crowd after the first goal, a spectacular header from the 6 yard box.
An almost goal, there were many. 
Victor and Leah watching from the balcony over one of the ends.
Concessions...


African wedding

5.31.08 - Yaounde - Experienced my first African wedding today. Very low key, Islamic, at the Justice of the Peace, etc. etc., but still excellent. Saturday is the day for weddings in Yaounde so all across town people were honking horns in jubilation. After the wedding we popped over to the grooms, head of protocol at the European Commission's house for food...and it was great. Here are a few shots.

Father and son.
A woman celebrating after the wedding before ours.

Groom puts the ring on Aawe's finger.

Little boy's hand, he was fidgety during the service.

The groom is squatting and pointing up to the bride. Victor, our driver is on the far right in black.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

London

5.30.08 - London - Leah and I spent the last three/four days in London, tooling around and meeting Living Earth people. On Tuesday we got up very, very early (actually only and hour earlier than expected at 7:45am) and went to Bristol Zoo to learn about the wildlife end of the project. It was a jaunt, but awesome. We got to see some gorillas and see the British country side on our two hour long train ride.

The last two evenings we've hung out with Rob, Leah's friend from home who works for the Discovery Channel. Here are a few pictures from us talking and having some beers on the Thames. Also, below are the results from my great laundry experiment. Not sure if my clothes are clean, but Leah definitely tried to teach me how to wash my clothes in a sink. It's a lot harder/taxing than I'd imagined. As a result I think I'll be wearing my clothes a good deal longer from now on, a least until I get laundromat land.

Until next time,

Will

Leah and Rob walking and talking about anthropology.

Nice backdrop.
Leah.
Laundry room.
My half-assed attempt at laundry.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Sox v KC

5.22.08 - Standard afternoon at the ballpark (no perfect games/no-nos), but I think I got something out of it. Here are the best.

Cameroon is coming up in three days and I still don't know if I'm in ready. 

Peace,

Will

Lowell Grand Slam.

Celebration of aforementioned Grand Slam.


Ellsbury fields off the Monster.


German's diving catch in the eighth.

Some artsy of Papelbon closing the game.


Tuesday, May 20, 2008

No-no

5.19.08 - Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester threw the 18th no-hitter in Sox history tonight at Fenway Park. Perhaps more impressively Jason Varitek caught his major league record fourth (2001- Nomo, 2002- Lowe, 2007- Bucholz and Lester). It was magical. Actually, it was surprising Mike and I were completely out of it and I didn't realize what was happening until the bottom of the seventh. Kid pitched lights out. Also, that makes it one graduation, a perfect game and a no-no in one week. Pretty action-packed if you ask me.

Scoreboard.

Pitching in the ninth.

Varitek helped his cause with a two-run homer in the seventh.

Celebrate good times.

The After Party

5.18.08 - There was so much food. Everywhere. Including a tire size tupperware full of a seafood salad. All very good. Here Ben is getting some of it. We sat around telling stories and eating. Pretty much so the best thing to do after sitting and hearing 500 names called out in alphabetical order. 


Ben infiltrates the parental combine in the kitchen. 

Hank.


Anna's Bob.
My Bob. Adorable.

Graduation

5.18.08- Graduated. It was cool. The below pictures are evidence of the fact that I sat next to Dom. He probably took more pictures, but I was going for quality.... Anyway, it was fun and now I have a degree.


BU grad, we make 'em extra special.

Fun with the boom camera in the sun.


Maladjusted is a terrible way to describe yourself. 

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Perfect Game/Day at Thayer

5.14.08- Congrats to Thayer Academy who bested Roxbury Latin, 1-0 in an epic pitchers duel on Wednesday. I had the pleasure of weathering two hours of traffic to see the hour long game. Kyle McKenzie threw a perfect game with MLB scouts on hand and had 14 Ks. A sac fly by Tigers' catcher Rich McHugh broke the deadlock with one out in the seventh and sent Ryan Urso home from third. Below are a few shots.

McKenzie throwing some heat in the third.

Outfield collision doesn't break up the perfect game. 
McHugh tags out one of the 14 Latin strikeout victims.


The hit...

Celebration ensues.


A Walk in the Park at Fenway

5.11.08- Apparently, if you're from New England and love your mom you take her to Fenway on Mothers' Day to walk around the warning track and see the World Series trophy. Probably wouldn't have flown in my house, but my mom did say that if we had gone to Sanford Stadium to see Uga and Herschel's Heisman (my parents are UGA grads, Go Dawgs!) it would've been pretty cool, too. I guess there's an equivalent in every culture. 





Saturday, May 10, 2008

Hank

My roommate Hank wanted some photos to send his mom for Mother's Day. He's a HUGE Brooks Brothers aficianado. We tried a few things and broke every lamp in the apartment trying to do the lighting (set up below). It was cool and probably the best thing to do the day after I finished college. Check out some of the best below.

Setup:






Wednesday, May 7, 2008

New Website, etc.

I added this picture from the GSU TEAM retreat  because it's on the front of my new website: willnunnallyphotography.com. You may not believe it but right behind that line of trees is the Mass Pike. The TEAMmates are organizing a game of capture the flag, I think. I was performing duties as TEAM photographer and using that as an excuse not to play capture the flag.

Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for website editing. Still not entirely sure what I'm doing or if I really learned html, but it's certainly a start. Keep the comments coming. 

Thanks,

Will