I’ve been saying “my new toy” everywhere. LOL.

YES, I have finally bought myself a Canon EOS Rebel Xs, and at a really good price: $550.  Office Depot was having a sale for President’s Day, and I knew this was the moment to get it. I’m happy and excited. I can’t wait to start taking more photos. I also went out shopping for a camera bag, which I found at Best Buy. The camera fits a little snug in there, but that’s good. It won’t be slipping and sliding around inside. :rofl:

I haven’ been able to shoot any video yet, but I managed to get hold of Dustin yesterday afternoon. He said we could try and shoot some video today in the evening. So… we’ll see. Hopefully I’ll get the footage I need. Honestly, I don’t need that much. My professors told me that the assigned 5-minute requirement is just an arbitrary number, and that if I manage to get the point across with 2 or 3 minutes… so be it.

Now, back to the camera! I had ALWAYS wanted to take a photo of myself holding a D-SLR camera. I know it’s cliche, but as I said on my deviantart account… I don’t give a fuck. Mwahaha. Here it is:

AND, here are some sample shots I took in my backyard yesterday:

The above three images are unaltered… meaning THAT is how they look straight out of the camera. Pretty amazing, eh? hehe. The photo of me has color adjustments, some spot-treatment, etc.

Man, I’m tired. I need to get to bed. I need to wake up in 6 hours. Bleh. Ciao, everyone.

P.S.
I don’t know if you’ll even read this, but I love you, Audi.

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I need to escape. I need to just pack my shit and get as far away from here as I can. I can’t function in this environment. Everything I do is wrong, nothing I do is good enough, and all my actions are looked at as if I’m the most terrible person on Earth. What the hell? And then, after I’m done feeling like shit for a good hour, no one bothers to apologize for it! As if I’m expected to just suck it up and not complain about it. When I do complain, I’m called a “drama queen” for it. What.The.Fuck? I’m not the one that made me feel this way. Why should I be insulted for reacting to the situation? UGH.

The one good thing about today is that I got to spend time with Audi. It was great to see him again, since I hadn’t seen him in a while. I treated him to a Japanese buffet for his birthday (it’s on the 23rd, but he won’t be in town that day). It had some really amazing sushi, and the price was quite reasonable. It was much cheaper than the place he and I used to go to. Afterwards, we walked over to an art store in the same plaza. I bought a small sketchbook to use next semester for notes, and he bought some heavy printing paper. We got back to my house, and he started printing out some templates he needed for his studio equipment. However, the printer started saying it was running out of ink. So, we drove over to Office Depot to buy more ink… and there it was.

A Canon EOS Rebel XTi for $399.99. God, I could have died right there. I contemplated for almost 15 minutes whether I should buy it or not. I asked the Office Depot employee a bunch of questions, and decided to wait until tomorrow. He told me they were having a big sale on ALL digital cameras, and that the $399.99 price tag will be the regular price until 2010. So… I left it. Hopefully, he knew what he was talking about and I didn’t lose this awesome opportunity. My only beef is with the lens. It’s only 18-55 mm, but geez…for that price? I’ll take it! I’ll wait until there’s a special on lenses and buy a better one then. For now, 18-55mm would be great. I also have my 18-77mm from my Canon AE-1 Program, but I don’t know if a lens intended for a film camera would work on a digital camera, despite being from the same company. We’ll find out eventually, won’t we? Heh.

As you can see, my mood is already lifting. Getting all that grief out certainly helps to alleviate a person’s mood, eh?

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I just got a phone call from my friend Sandra, saying that she and another good friend of mine have been thinking of doing a Secret Santa gift exchange. That way, everyone can get one GOOD gift as opposed to five not-so-good ones. I said, “Sure, but I already bought your gift so… take yourself out of the drawing!” Haha.

Anyway, I’m on Meez trying to win more Coinz. So, ciao!

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