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February 28, 2007
February 16, 2007
still no clue
i still have yet to find a clue as to how to use my lovely d200. i took this the afternoon i got the camera.
it's actually a great shot. it was a beautiful day.
February 15, 2007
geeking on the office
okay, i have a myspace page. and so does jenna fischer (pam on the office.) i totally stalk her page.
well, i made my myspace avatar the cam cupcake cutie picture and posted on her blog that i loved my new cupcake courier.
i woke up the morning after valentine's day with an email that she'd left a comment on the picture. woohoo! i'm totally geeking about that. jenna visited my profile! she said my kid was cute (of course, she had no choice- he IS cute.) it was like she went to my house and left a note on my kitchen counter.
yes, i know i'm a doofus of the extreme kind. so i took a screen shot and am sharing it with you (mom) who read this blog.
February 13, 2007
cuppie cakes
i made the CUTEST cupcakes this afternoon...
cam was kind of bummed that they weren't for his class, but he's already taking cute valentines for his friends. i bought my messages m&ms that say on one- your friend and on the other- from cam. i put them into tiny cello bags and stapled a 2.5 inch square of ivory bazzill. on one side, he signed his name, and on the other (i'm in the process of) put a circle cutout of the above picture, just his face. i'll probably also put some sort of patterned paper behind the circle picture sticker. i'll post tomorrow when i've finished.
February 12, 2007
out for delivery
out for delivery, out for delivery (in a sing-song voice...)
this bad boy is on the truck, headed out to my house even as i type. i can't wait for it to be here. i've been driving jefe nuts dancing around the house. there's also a nikon 12-24 mm wide angle zoom on board. the sigma 30mm is backordered, so i'll have to wait for that one. i have a couple of lenses from my N90 that i can use as well, but knowing more about lenses than i knew when i bought the film camera, i know they're crap.
i also bought aperture from apple only to discover i was a little sparse in the RAM arena to run it. i bought a 2gb RAM kit a few minutes ago and paid the extra $$$ to have it overnighted. aperture is "unrivalled photom management," something of which i am in dire need. it also supports "advanced RAW image processing."
i'm dying to get into the craft of photography, to move beyond the program mode. i'm going to have to find an experienced photographer who is willing to take me on as a student, preferably a patient one. too bad tara whitney is so expensive. joe buissink doesn't have any local workshops coming up either. maybe i'll have to hit craigslist.
la, la, la, la la la.
only problem is that while i have the day off (thank you lincoln,) i offered, weeks ago to volunteer at cam's school. so i have to put off unwrapping the camera until i get home after school. that is if our wonderful UPS driver leaves it at the side door behind the gate. they usually do, but i don't know if they have a signature required tag on it. which means i'd have to wait until tomorrow. sigh. i hope it's here when i get home.
February 11, 2007
naturally...
my favorite show, the office, has been awarded the WGA award for best tv comedy writing. steve carell also won for best single episode- Casino Night- season 2 finale. yay! smart writing is being recognized- take note network television- the public deserves better!
gratuitous office shot (not from the WGAs, but SAGs- Angela Kinsey and John Krasinski):
February 08, 2007
February 07, 2007
i still have it...
okay, i've proven over and over again that i'm a big huge goober geek. now i'm going to solidify that reputation with this story and follow-up.
when i was in 9th grade, i visited the exploratorium in san francisco (with my camp boyfriend mitch b., yeah, we kissed and stuff at the palace of fine arts and at the pier 39 arcade, but that's as far as it went.) i bought a rubik's cube, all the rage back then in the early 80s. i set off on a mission to solve the darned thing. i took it to school with me and spent every spare moment solving it. i was in a race with todd b. to see who could reliably solve it first. well, i won.
eventually i could solve it, given the right conditions, in a little over a minute.
i loved that cube, and solved it repeatedly, every time i saw it, far into my adulthood. it was my greatest party trick. still is, i guess. sadly, that rubik's cube bought oh so long ago, blew up. it was grooved and worn and just couldn't take another twist of the inner axels.
this morning, my mom, cam, and i were at the discovery store at century city and i saw a sparkly new rubik's cube on display. a stack of them even. i raced to the checkout counter with my purchase. as we walked out of the store, cam claimed it as his own. okay, i thought, i'm driving home anyway, can't solve it wilst driving. so, i'd do it at the stoplights.
there's something about that little cube that's addictive.
i still have it... not my best time, but good for these old fat hands... 2 minutes 25 seconds. and that was after practicing about 5 times from mixed to solved.
