In a Flat Place

I spent much of today in a flat place.  A very big flat place, thought not entirely flat.

And then I got to a less flat place.

And now I'm in a very not flat place.

And I've cleaned my camera lens, which I probably should have done a long time ago.  (Or maybe I should take it in and have it cleaned?)  I also just realized that the grippy part of the camera, the sort of bulgy area on the right side of an DSLR, had a grippy film on it, which is now about half worn away.

At any rate, I'm on my way to a reunion of my Peace Corps group, and then will do a road trip with my Mom who's never driven across country this way.  I hope it goes well all around.

Showing Pictures

I went to visit a friend this evening, and took a CD with some pictures to show. It took a while and a few false starts, so the CD wasn't exactly what I'm after as far as showing pictures, but I learned something about making the CD thing, and I think my friend enjoyed the pictures.

I'm trying to think of a good number of pictures to put on a CD (with labels), and then actually get printed into regular prints (because sometimes you don't have a computer, right?). So, wisdom of the internet, how many pictures would you put on a CD to represent your 5 months away?

I'm thinking of a few from Borneo (orangutans! sunset!), a few of Host University and the apartment (for some folks who would find that interesting), and then the bulk of various places I really loved visiting, people, and cherry-blossom viewing.

But what's a good number. I don't want to bore folks. But there's a LOT to choose from! So how many?

My Sibling got our Mom a digital picture frame thing a couple years ago. You put a flash drive or memory stick or one of a number of other computery things in it with pictures on it, and then when you plug it in and turn it on, the frame shows a slide show of the pictures. I loaded it up with some of the pictures from our trip together, and it was pretty cool. So maybe I should think of doing something like that? (But I'll get some prints made, anyways, since prints are fun.)