Check out my Review and images of the Secret Machines on MyDentonMusic.com! I took some nice concert shots and talked about how much the newest member of the group is the defining factor in their sound. Enjoy!

a tribute to Lasik Surgery

One week ago, I spent a morning at the refractive surgery department of the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital (NOT pictured above) getting Lasik surgery. Lasik is a simple procedure (though highly technical) in which a flap over your cornea is cut with a laser (or less expensively with a surgical grade can opener) and pushed aside as your cornea is reshaped (effectively barbequed – you can even smell the smoke!). The flap replaced and Voila! You can see. Just don’t do anything too vigorous (or underwater) for a few weeks and it’ll heal like a little cut on your knee. I’m already enjoying my new life without glasses or contact lenses. It’s quite a relief too because I’ve been wearing glasses since I was about 8 years old.

Below are a few shots of the eye shields I had to wear the first day. Photography below by Jing Jiang on her mobile phone. Shot above by me, of Composer/Arranger John Guari (Shot in Harlem, New York)