Some Things New
It's been a really slow process getting this site up and running again. I've opted to start fresh - all of the archives from before November 2005 will be cosmetically separate from all the posts after May 2007. Usually I would try to cover up or ignore the fact that I neglected doing writing for so long, but this time it feels good to own up to not being consistent. The post separation represents a change from my "childhood" years to now living life as an adult. I'm also going to try to keep a new format to posts (actually using categories, oh my!) and I was just too lazy to go back through 1K + posts and sort them all out.
This site will take a decent amount of time to finally come together, and I like that. Now that I'm finally allowing myself to casually enjoy my hobbies, free of any sort of stress or obligation, maybe they'll actually make my life better rather than a living hell.
Despite my pace, I have spent a decent amount of time and money on this website so far: I adjusted my hosting plan ($2/month more), switched over to WordPress, bought $100 in clip art books from Barnes & Noble in preparation for making designs (something I never did or even knew existed before), and just this past Friday I went go Best Buy and got worked by a very "helpful" and knowledgeable sales associate in the Digital Camera section. I had been saying that I wanted a new digital camera for a while now, one with more photo options other than the Artificial Light Feature That Always Comes on and Cannot be Turned Off, so I spent most of last week researching the options. I ended up choosing the Canon S3 IS - not only because it is the best step up from the noob-friendly "point and click" digital cameras and a reasonable step down from the "OMG so high priced I need a loan" ones, but also because of the list that I had of cameras I was interested in the S3 was the only one that Best Buy had in the store. It was fate.
I've had some fun playing around with the camera, but so far what I've been able to accomplish is just seeing how many buttons pushed and settings on I can have at any one time and still be able to tell what it was I was taking a picture of when I review my work later. This camera also has some pretty good video and sound, so I'm sure there will be more than enough videos of our kitten up soon enough.
Speaking of her, this is probably the best time to introduce her: Meet Nala, Matt and I's 8 month old Snowshoe Siamese. She was my Christmas 2006 present and she owns me.
