1 d2166a76 2023-11-26 aa <title>aa: gallery</title>
2 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa <h1><center><a href="index.html">~</a></center></h1>
6 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <h1><center>Kutaisi (2024 - `date +%Y`)</center></h1>
7 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <details><summary>Best time of my life</summary>
10 4a3ad794 2024-07-09 aa <p>It's like breathing water!</p>
11 f3707e80 2024-07-09 aa <footer>- Anonymous, 2024, regarding the Kutaisi weather</footer>
15 8fc28b61 2024-07-09 aa A very ancient city. The third^Wfourth largest in Georgia. (For the
16 8fc28b61 2024-07-09 aa American readers: no, the other one.) Arrived here at the beginning of
17 8fc28b61 2024-07-09 aa 2024, and will mostly stay here until at least the beginning of 2025.
18 8fc28b61 2024-07-09 aa So far, it's the best time of my life!
21 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa <table align=center>
23 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa <td align=center>
24 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/kutaisi_centre.jpeg"
25 48ce7028 2024-08-04 aa width=500 height=667
26 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa alt="me in the centre of Kutaisi">
27 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa <small><br>Kutaisi centre</small>
32 7e24ce19 2024-08-04 aa <table align=center>
34 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa <td align=center>
35 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/kutaisi_commie_block.jpeg"
36 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa width=250 height=187
37 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa alt="a horrible commie block">
38 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <small><br>the worst commie block ever!</small>
40 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa <td align=center>
41 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/kutaisi_stairs.jpeg"
42 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa width=250 height=187
44 1dda5a7f 2024-05-11 aa title="Behind (i.e. at the top) (not seen) is a statue of King David the Builder. It's pretty much like all the other equestrian statues you've probably seen -- nothing very interesting. Except that this one is in front of a train station.">
45 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <small><br>some stairs</small>
47 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <td align=center>
48 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/kutaisi_wall_art.jpeg"
49 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa width=250 height=187
50 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa alt="drawing on a wall, with a man in hazmat suit">
51 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <small><br>some wall art</small>
55 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa <td align=center>
56 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/small/kutaisi_colchis_fountain.jpeg"
57 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa width=250 height=187
58 de058b22 2024-05-09 aa alt="the Colchis fountain"
59 de058b22 2024-05-09 aa title="just realised I have my finger on the camera :^)">
61 3984e09e 2024-05-15 aa <br>Colchis fountain
62 7ec2867e 2024-05-15 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/kutaisi_colchis_fountain.jpeg">original size</a>)
65 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa <td align=center>
66 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/small/hat.jpeg"
67 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa width=250 height=187
68 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa alt="drawing of a hat, with said hat nearby"
69 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa title="thanks, Polina!">
71 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <br>I can draw!
72 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/hat.jpeg">original size</a>)
75 e9c311b4 2024-04-08 aa <td align=center>
76 bcd135fc 2024-05-11 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/small/kutaisi_white_bridge.jpeg"
77 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa width=250 height=187
78 8f76a6bd 2024-05-12 aa alt="the White Bridge, viewed from the top of a hill"
79 bcd135fc 2024-05-11 aa title="You can climb here using the funicular, though I haven't used it so far, climbing the stairs instead. The hill itself is pretty boring -- it's one of those 'does any of it even work?' amusement parks.">
81 3984e09e 2024-05-15 aa <br>the White Bridge
82 7ec2867e 2024-05-15 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/kutaisi_white_bridge.jpeg">original size</a>)
87 347fe5d4 2024-05-15 aa <td align=center>
89 347fe5d4 2024-05-15 aa <td align=center>
90 63b065ad 2024-05-15 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/small/kutaisi_books.jpeg"
91 347fe5d4 2024-05-15 aa width=250 height=207
92 3984e09e 2024-05-15 aa alt="four books: The C Programming Language, Expert C Programming, You Can Negotiate Anything and The Minimalist Enterpreneur"
93 3984e09e 2024-05-15 aa title="so relieved I can finally get books from overseas without jumping through hoops">
95 3984e09e 2024-05-15 aa <br>new books from America!
96 7ec2867e 2024-05-15 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/kutaisi_books.jpeg">original size</a>)
99 347fe5d4 2024-05-15 aa <td align=center>
104 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <h2><center>Nikortsminda (July 2024)</center></h2>
106 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa A small village in Racha with the eponymous cathedral in the
107 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa centre. Can be roughly translated as St. Nicholas'. For the
108 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa videos from the equestrian competition held there, see <a
109 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha.equestrian/">here</a>.
112 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <table align=center>
114 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <td align=center>
115 7e24ce19 2024-08-04 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/small/racha_view16.jpg"
116 7e24ce19 2024-08-04 aa width=500 height=375
117 7e24ce19 2024-08-04 aa alt="mountain view from a balcony">
118 1afa0b0a 2024-08-05 aa <small><br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/racha_view16.jpg">original size</a>)</small>
123 7e24ce19 2024-08-04 aa <table align=center>
125 7e24ce19 2024-08-04 aa <td align=center>
126 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/small/racha_nikortsmindacathedral1.jpg"
127 48ce7028 2024-08-04 aa width=375 height=500
128 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa alt="the Nikortsminda cathedral">
130 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <br>the Nikortsminda cathedral
131 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/racha_nikortsmindacathedral1.jpg">original size</a>)
134 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <td align=center>
135 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/small/racha_nikortsmindacathedral3.jpg"
136 48ce7028 2024-08-04 aa width=375 height=500
137 7e24ce19 2024-08-04 aa alt="a relief on the cathedral">
139 3adf5ae8 2024-08-04 aa <br>a relief on the cathedral
140 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/racha_nikortsmindacathedral3.jpg">original size</a>)
146 7e24ce19 2024-08-04 aa <table align=center>
148 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <td align=center>
149 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/small/racha_view14.jpg"
150 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa width=250 height=187
151 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa alt="three trees">
153 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <br><!-- nothing -->
154 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/racha_view14.jpg">original size</a>)
157 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <td align=center>
158 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha.equestrian/small/equestrian.jpg"
159 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa width=250 height=187
160 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa alt="photo from the equestrian competition, featuring the audience near a car at the front, and horsemen themselves at the back">
162 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <br>the equestrian competition
163 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha.equestrian/equestrian.jpg">original size</a>)
166 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <td align=center>
167 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/small/racha_view28.jpg"
168 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa width=250 height=187
169 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa alt="view on the city of Tkibuli from a nearby hill">
172 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <br>(<a href="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/racha/racha_view28.jpg">original size</a>)
181 2cae7aa2 2024-08-04 aa <h1><center>Moscow (2000 - 2024)</center></h1>
182 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <details><summary>WARNING: depression and sadness and stuff</summary>
185 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa A terrible city in a rotten country. I existed there for most of my
186 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa life. All the photos are taken inside my home, the only place I
187 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa somewhat cared for there.
190 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <table align=center>
192 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <td align=center>
193 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/me.jpeg" width=500 height=375 alt="me">
194 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <br>that used to be me
199 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <table align=center>
201 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <td align=center>
202 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/angelina.jpeg" width=250 height=187
203 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa alt="Angelina the cat">
204 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <small><br>my cat Angelina</small>
206 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <td align=center>
207 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/belka.jpeg" width=250 height=187
208 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa alt="Belka the cat">
209 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <small><br>my other cat Belka</small>
211 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <td align=center>
212 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/books.jpeg" width=250 height=187
213 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa alt="bookshelf">
214 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <small><br>my books</small>
218 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <td align=center>
220 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <td align=center>
221 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <img src="../../pub/usr/aa/photos/xlib.jpeg" width=250 height=187
222 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa alt="Xlib programming manual"
223 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa title="Arrived from England, and actually ended up costing a bit more than I'd like -- will try to do it a bit differently next time.">
224 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <small><br>2023-07-11</small>
226 a5b28884 2024-07-06 aa <td align=center>
