So I haven't written in this thing in almost a year? Crazy.

Got a new digital camera for my birthday, and it's wonderful. It's a GE E850, for those of you how recognize what that is. Lovely little auto-filter settings on it, 8 megapixel pictures (THEY'RE HUGE!), 5x optical zoom, 3" screen, capable of taking movies... love love love.

I'm now officially a double major, too. English and Anthropology. I'm such an over-achieving academic, it's almost revolting. Ah well.

That about does it.

Ciao!

So I found myself in Best Buy yesterday, admiring uber-expensive cameras that I may never be able to afford. I got talking to one of the service rep. guys (they like it when you admire expensive things), and he wound up showing me some models of digital cameras that I actually can afford. AMAZING!

So now the question is: do I still just want the Pentax, or do I want a very happy digital camera? Or... gasp!... could I possibly find it in myself to want BOTH?!?!?

ah! the possibilities.

We'll see how much I can afford over the summer.

In the mean time, my dad gave me the version of Photo Shop that we have on the home computer to put on my lappy. Which means I now have photo editing software on my computer! Yay! Which means I don't have to wait for breaks to edit photos and get them up here! Yay!

I would be on an editing spree now, but alas, my camera is at college. *sigh* ah well.

The end!

So we did this photography assignment in my Oral Histoy class. And rather than trusting that we had good cameras of our own, Jamie (professor dude) had us take out cameras from the Folk Life center. Which is good, because my little digital camera is crapping out of me.

So yeah. I had to have my roomie help me with the silly thing, because I didn't remember what did what on it. He told us in class, but it was a week and a half before I started it, so yeah.

But when I figured it out, it was alot of fun. ALOT of fun. And it was a nice camera. Happy and official-looking. Pentaz K1000. Photography people who know more will probably be all "Pfft.... that old thing?" and laugh at me. But I liked it.

Liked so much that I checked on e-bay. And some of them are really affordable. So guess what I'm buying myself over vacation! Yay! It's a film camera, so updates still won't come that often, but hopefully it'll look prettier! Hopefully...

THE END

So last night I actually took the time to go through a bunch of photos and edit them. They're prettier now. Would have done it at school, but alas, the program I have on lappy is not good for much (curse, you Pain!). So I had to wait until a long enough break (and a build-up of ambition) to tackle such a project.

So now you get pictures. Sad, isn't it? My original intent was to fill this with writing. But then I realized I felt more satisfied sharing visual art. So, now I share photos.

So now come the uploading marathon. Enjoy!

Does anyone know where the term "marathon" comes from? No? My seventh grade history teacher told me once. Let's see if I can rememer.

Back in the day, Greecians faught amoungst each other alot. There was one battle between the Athenans and Spartans. This particular battle took place at the field of Marathon. It was long and gruesome. Slowly, little by little, the Athenans won. The Spartans retreated, but alas, it was only a ploy to confuse the Athenans. They were marching on the city nearest to the field. The Athenans came up with a plan: if they could get back to the city before the Spartans, and look as if they were again ready for a heavy fight, perhaps the Spartans would be frightened away.
The Athenan general ordered the fastest runner in the army to run as fast as he could back to the city and warn the people of the invading army and tell them of the plan. The soldier, though weary from battle, ran as fast as he could the one-mile stretch back to the city. He entered the city gates and declared "We won!" to the people (according to my teacher "we won" is greek is "nike."), only to immediately after collapse and die from cardiac arrest.
The Athenan Army did arrive just before the Spartans. They polished their shields and stood ready for battle on the city walls. The Spartan Army, seeing the gleeming shields, thought the Athenans had called out fresh reserves to fight them. Tired from battle fatigue and not wanting to loose more men, they retreated again, this time for their native land.

I'm not sure if it's true or not. Sounds like something he would have made up to keep us entertained in the middle of note taking. But never the less, in the spirit of that story, and in the spirit of all Marathons, I have joined National Novel Writing Month. 50,000 words in 30 days. Kiss your friends and loved ones good bye, all ye phsychotic writers. Lock yourselves away for the month, and write, write,
WRITE 'TIL YOUR FINGERS FALL OFF!!!

FMI: [link]

Thank you.