About Me
About Memore popular than I thought
today at walmart, someone stopped me.
"you look familiar, do I kno U"
I guess I have one of those faces. walked away. I always get caught off guard by things that are out of the norm. so I just stand there like a deer in the headlights.
more community channel stalking, and I'm just picturing a youtube video about how it would be done... ya when I get into something I tend to immerse myself aka go crazy. I did record a vlog, too cheesy. I want to redo it. and I'm super picky, so I'll keep redoing it too. which is why I never did it in the first place. plus if I look at myself for too long, I'll want to throw up.
Mood: uhhh... what just happened?
Location: princeton walmart.
shocking situation
I got a shock today....
no really... a shock...
from a camera flash capacitor...
kinda made my arms tingle for a few min...
and this is why...
so at work one of the managers in my group has been cleaning out the tech closet. he's pulled out more old things than I thought possible. laptops that are about 8 years old. digicams that are so old sony mavica digicam that takes floppy disks. not even memory sticks... ya... old. we're talking the homo habilis of digicams. I think that my new dslr camera body is smaller than that. and there was a handful of 35mm FILM cameras.
so, I haven't gotten too many assignments, so I thought I'd take apart one of the mavicas, it was broken anyway. it was stored without a lens cap and something smashed into it with enough force where the lens was sitting crooked. and the floppy wouldn't eject the disk of who knows how long it's been there. every little piece inside is out. I put it back together, and charged some 10 year old battery to find out if it can still work after disassembly. and hey! look at that! still works. so I dismantle the whole thing again. and I wasn't paying attention and hit the capacitor for the flash. bzzzzzzt both hands made contact so it went up both arms.
I've been watching lots of videos from comunity channel she's hilarious! it makes me want to start a vlog. it seems fun and interesting. plus I'm very sarcastic in my daily speach, it doesn't really carry over through text. unless you know me, then I pretty much type how I talk. this post even is one of those... start off excited, then you start to mumble the embarrassing parts. then UR almost silent at the end.
Mood: maybe. I did start flickr to augment galleries. maybe youtube to augment some of the posts. like how I use this blog to augment some of my facebook. wow they're all connecting. trippy...
homeward bound
I'm moving back home. no, it's not that I can't afford my place, on the contrary. I've been doing lots of money saving things, paying off credit cards, refinancing my mortgage, as well as doing a stellar job at work. my father retired, him and my mom plan to live between jersey & taiwan. he wanted me to move back home to keep an eye on the place. that of course means I'll be moving out, since no one will be here. I'll rent out my townhouse. I have a room that is being rented out now. it'll be weird having other people live in my house...
unfortunately my idea of renting out a room at my parent's house is squashed. it is their house after all. I just figured that it would be a good way to pay for maintaining the place. and maybe help me keep the place a little cleaner since I'm a slob and she's a bit of a neat freak. I feel bad tho, since she can't afford her place anymore, a good tenant candidate. but I live 40 minutes away. on top of the fact that in the morning, traffic will be heavy adding time to it too. so I told her my place will be her plan c since she's looking for a place now. it always feels like I always want to help people I kno that need it. it somehow makes me feel like it's my duty to do something about it
little things in my life are shaping up. good & bad things are going on at work. my only complaint about work is that it's not coming at me as fast as I'd hope. it seems like the managers want to take on as much as they can, so that leaves me pretty bored some days. for some reason I like being busy, slightly overloaded. or on a project where I have no clue on what to do. I like the sense of accomplishment when I get something done.
Mood: it'll be weird moving back home. it won't feel like MY home
Location: roaming between home & homehome
peat and repeat
I few weeks ago, I had a dream. no. not as revolutionary as THAT dream. but a dream about facebook and 2 friends. that I read a status of 2 friends. announcing to the world that they're dating. I was really happy in my dream. I didn't think anything of it. since well.. one of them didn't want to. a few days later. and hey look at that! maybe I'm watching heros too much.
I had a deja vu moment today. it feels so familiar. the same topic, the same people, the same positions. maybe everything is melding in together.
Mood: it's always weird when you realize that future events come true
Location: passed out
venn diagram
ok well maybe not. but there are things I'm liking about the d7000 that I got vs the rebel xt.
good:
-buttons, dials, options galore! almost everything can be controlled quickly and easily. lovin the dual dials.
-pictures come out stunning! something about the colors of the picture. I do less editing with lightroom!
-fast raw(nef) performance.
-no more 100 picture folder limit! altho from what I read, it was fixed with rebel xti
-live view. I'm able to use the screen like more recent digicams, I still love using the viewfinder for shots though. plus less battery usage, so more picture taking!
bad:
-I keep hearing things can be adjusted, trying to find that in the menu system... it's another story. I need to go back into the novel that is the manual.
-I'm not a fan of the shutter button. supposedly, it's closer to the type that's used on professional models. but I don't feel like there's enough haptic feedback to let me kno the button's down.
-the shutter movement, sounds like a windup toy. goes with the button, I's harder for me to tell that the picture's taken. for rapid shots, it's probably better, less vibration on the camera.
-grip is a little oversized for my hands. I'm adjusting tho.
ugly:
-neckstrap is hideous, first outing and it's already fraying, a quick flame helped melt the edges, but it'll be back! it's thinner than canon, with the added weight, it'll most likely dig into my neck after a whole day's worth of shooting. thinking about RS-Sport
overall, yes it looks like I'm not happy with it, but that statement could not be more wrong! I think with the pictures coming out they way that they do, I'll spend less time playing with the picture and more time just enjoying the shots. that to me, makes it worth the price.
I want to buy a 35mm lens and a flash, then help out a coworker with a photography business he has, as a volunteer first, until I get used to my camera. or maybe try to work for him until I can buy a lens & flash.
Mood: more pictures! more pictures!