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Alright, okay, yes I know, I don't update this thing enough, but then again, it's not like anyone reads this things either, but here's something that will at least pass for a real update.
Well, first things first, I got a new camera. I am now the happy owner of a Canon Digital Rebel XTi. I'm still getting used to it, it's quite the jump to go from a point and shoot to a DSLR, but it's been fun.
The camera got it's first tryout at Marcelo and Drew's Super Bowl Party (go for the game, stay for the awesome food), where I managed to take some decent shots with it, considering I'd only had it a few days at that point.
About 2 weeks in to my new camera ownership, I lost my first lens, a not very expensive, though extremely good, very versatile and handy Canon 50mm lens, in a freak accident involving the kitchen stove. I was afraid the camera was wrecked as well, but it was only the lens, and that's already been replaced. The camera wasn't even scratched. And this isn't the first time the stove has tried to take a camera, hell, it's gone after other peoples cameras, not just mine. Apparently, I have a camera-wreaking stove on my hands. I wonder if it's any relation to the kite-eating tree.
This past weekend, Brett and I went to the Queen Mary Scottish Festival in Long Beach. Mass quantities of photographs were taken at the festival by me, again using the new camera. After we left, Brett complained that I didn't take a single picture of him at the festival, to which I replied, "Why should I have taken your picture, you didn't even bother to wear your kilt. Who wants to see pictures of a guy in blue jeans at a Scottish Festival?" So, there are no pictures of Brett in the Scottish Festival set. Oh, darn!
Brett has a utilikilt, he barely wears it, even though it looks good on him and gives me opportunity to ogle his legs. It's really very annoying.
Speaking of annoyances, my hairdresser quit the salon she was working at. She's just gone, didn't notify any of her clients, no forwarding infomation, no idea where she may be working at now, no way to get in touch with her, she just disappeared. It's annoying because it can be tough to find a good hair braider in the Valley. I know they're out here, but a lot of people who know where they are act like it's a military secret, like if they tell you, you'll steal that braider away from them. You know, you'll see someone whose hair is done beautifully and ask them who their stylist is, they'll say something like, "oh it's a girl who works locally, but she's not taking any new clients right now." Yeah, right! It can be a pain in the ass to find someone new. But, I did finally get in touch with someone and made an appointment. I've seen her work, she does very good work from all appearances, but the only way to know for sure is to put my hair in her hands, so we'll see how it goes.
I canceled my Friendster account today. I hardly ever checked it, I didn't make much of an effort to find anyone I knew on it, and I got sick of getting "ooh, look at what's new at Friendster" e-mails.
I've gotten my first ban from an LJ community, the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
los_angeles community has given me the boot, an accomplishment, considering how often I didn't post there. As near as I can tell, several members of the community, not including myself, began to complain about the number of posts with giants graphics being posted in the community without the benefit of an LJ cut. The complaints went back and forth, until someone finally e-mailed the woman who started the community, but had been pretty much an absentee mod for some time, and complained to her. She came in and promptly deleted all complaining posts, and also any replies that she just didn't like, then she began to delete post of anyone she disagreed with or who complained about all the deletions. As near as I can tell, the reason I got the boot was a reply to someone who replied to her about all the deletions of posts from anyone who disagreed with her. I (jokingly) posted to them that they should prepare for their post to be deleted, or something along those lines, which (surprise!) it was. And that's the only thing I can think of. I never replied to the community owner, I never complained about the large graphics or her deleting a bunch of stuff, hell, I could have cared less how she wanted to run things, it was her playground. But, damn, to get banned for something that pissy, this chick must be transparent if she's gonna be that thinned-skinned.
And, now, a few words from George Takei:
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Well, first things first, I got a new camera. I am now the happy owner of a Canon Digital Rebel XTi. I'm still getting used to it, it's quite the jump to go from a point and shoot to a DSLR, but it's been fun.
The camera got it's first tryout at Marcelo and Drew's Super Bowl Party (go for the game, stay for the awesome food), where I managed to take some decent shots with it, considering I'd only had it a few days at that point.
About 2 weeks in to my new camera ownership, I lost my first lens, a not very expensive, though extremely good, very versatile and handy Canon 50mm lens, in a freak accident involving the kitchen stove. I was afraid the camera was wrecked as well, but it was only the lens, and that's already been replaced. The camera wasn't even scratched. And this isn't the first time the stove has tried to take a camera, hell, it's gone after other peoples cameras, not just mine. Apparently, I have a camera-wreaking stove on my hands. I wonder if it's any relation to the kite-eating tree.
This past weekend, Brett and I went to the Queen Mary Scottish Festival in Long Beach. Mass quantities of photographs were taken at the festival by me, again using the new camera. After we left, Brett complained that I didn't take a single picture of him at the festival, to which I replied, "Why should I have taken your picture, you didn't even bother to wear your kilt. Who wants to see pictures of a guy in blue jeans at a Scottish Festival?" So, there are no pictures of Brett in the Scottish Festival set. Oh, darn!
Brett has a utilikilt, he barely wears it, even though it looks good on him and gives me opportunity to ogle his legs. It's really very annoying.
Speaking of annoyances, my hairdresser quit the salon she was working at. She's just gone, didn't notify any of her clients, no forwarding infomation, no idea where she may be working at now, no way to get in touch with her, she just disappeared. It's annoying because it can be tough to find a good hair braider in the Valley. I know they're out here, but a lot of people who know where they are act like it's a military secret, like if they tell you, you'll steal that braider away from them. You know, you'll see someone whose hair is done beautifully and ask them who their stylist is, they'll say something like, "oh it's a girl who works locally, but she's not taking any new clients right now." Yeah, right! It can be a pain in the ass to find someone new. But, I did finally get in touch with someone and made an appointment. I've seen her work, she does very good work from all appearances, but the only way to know for sure is to put my hair in her hands, so we'll see how it goes.
I canceled my Friendster account today. I hardly ever checked it, I didn't make much of an effort to find anyone I knew on it, and I got sick of getting "ooh, look at what's new at Friendster" e-mails.
I've gotten my first ban from an LJ community, the
los_angeles community has given me the boot, an accomplishment, considering how often I didn't post there. As near as I can tell, several members of the community, not including myself, began to complain about the number of posts with giants graphics being posted in the community without the benefit of an LJ cut. The complaints went back and forth, until someone finally e-mailed the woman who started the community, but had been pretty much an absentee mod for some time, and complained to her. She came in and promptly deleted all complaining posts, and also any replies that she just didn't like, then she began to delete post of anyone she disagreed with or who complained about all the deletions. As near as I can tell, the reason I got the boot was a reply to someone who replied to her about all the deletions of posts from anyone who disagreed with her. I (jokingly) posted to them that they should prepare for their post to be deleted, or something along those lines, which (surprise!) it was. And that's the only thing I can think of. I never replied to the community owner, I never complained about the large graphics or her deleting a bunch of stuff, hell, I could have cared less how she wanted to run things, it was her playground. But, damn, to get banned for something that pissy, this chick must be transparent if she's gonna be that thinned-skinned.And, now, a few words from George Takei:
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