Normally I don't change gadgets as often as people thought of me, but this year I had a rewarding experience converting from Olympus E-P1 to Panasonic GF1, both micro four third cameras.
Lucky me got a Korean friend's help to get an Olympus E-P1 20% off from retail, I even made a leather strap for it myself, but soon I found the sex appeal of this PEN died off fast because of its lack of built-in flash, electronic view finder and slow focusing speed. Having tested Panasonic's GF1 from a colleague, I decided to switch. I sold my white PEN at a good price over Yahoo auction just when Olympus announced an upcoming E-P2.
An ex-colleague happens to work at Panasonic so I managed to get discount again while most other people are still waiting for stock to arrive. GF1 exactly won over E-P1 for features I thought I didn't need. Then, a few days ago Panasonic GF1 is awarded "Best of What's New" in gadget category by Popular Science. So smooth.
In case you want to know, that leather briefcase from the first photo is from Saddleback Leather and I love it. If you need something more modern, 78% released a series of handsome leather/canvas briefcases.
via Bloomberg, Nov. 25 -- Kokuyo Co., a maker of stationery and desks, will buy the rights to operate The Conran Shop home-furnishing outlets in Japan to expand beyond office products. Details here.
SELF PORTRAIT THURSDAY!
11.26.09
This is some vintage Craig (and technically not even a self portrait).
HOWEVER, this is SO APPROPRIATE because it's me at the age of seven or eight on Thanksgiving at my aunt's house.
And I'm hugging her pet turkey!
Who the hell has a pet turkey?
My aunt had a female one, too, but they're smaller.
She also had TONGS of other birds at her ranch house including peacocks, chickens, macaws, parrots, guineafowls, etc.
I hope you all have a good Thanksgiving.
I'm spending this holiday with Ben J.'s family in D.C., where they have two lovely Boston Terriers. =)
(While in the area, we'll also be visiting the Baltimore Aquarium and the textile museum in D.C.)
Eat up!
Well, so much for writing more often. I guess the occasional post is better than no post at all. Anyways, I know in my last post I mentioned we were going to be having a baby in March. Well, that's changed. We are still having a baby. Just won't be in March. It will be April 9th. The health unit was off about 3-4 weeks. I will be 21 weeks this Friday. We found out on the 19th that we are having a little boy. A precious, healthy baby boy who will be named Landon Scott. We couldn't be happier. We are so excited. Not only that it is a healthy baby but that it is a boy. It's what we both wanted. He has just recently started to kick. Bryan finally felt him kick last night. He looked so happy when he felt the kicks. He is going to be such a great father. I can't wait to hold my baby boy in my arms. Just a few more months to go. Anyways, I just wanted to fill you guys in on what is going on now. :)
朝、新聞を広げると、枯葉が満載。
保存して絵の材料にするとのことだが、出来れば昨日の新聞にしていただきたい。
