I started shooting again (long story). And I've resigned myself to the fact that I need a new camera. The auto focus is not working on my camera, and while I wish I had the catlike reflexes needed to focus my lenses to their sharpest, my eyes are not that good. Even with glasses. I know I should probably just send the camera in to be fixed. It should be simple, the motor still works fine, it just won't focus on anything. Maybe it just needs to be cleaned or something.

I figured out what I was doing wrong when I was uploading pictures to DA, and so I should be using this site more now. I get more feedback here than on flickr, and it helps me out.

So, we're FINALLY in our house. Got the keys a week and a half ago, finally finished painting and now all our stuff is in... It's not arranged, but at least all our stuff is here. I never thought I'd enjoy being a homeowner this much. Painting is awesome. And it's hilarious watching my cats try to run on the hardwood floors. Especially when they run in place for a second before they realize their claws do them no good. Bwahahahah...

...I can't stand Halloween. I don't like dressing up in costumes, I'm very easily annoyed with people that do. Today was pretty chaotic, or I would be handing out candy to little children. I like doing that. But that's the extent of it. I'm one of those people that shakes their fist whenever someone walks on their lawn. ...Damn kids.

So, an update...

Work is going well. Still training. I like mostly everyone I work with.

I finally entered some pictures in the fair. One of them even received first place in its division. Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked. The prize was only $15.00, but I don't really care. The idea that my photos were hung in any public place for people to see was enough of a perk for me.

I'm starting school in a couple days. And moving. We're in the final stages of escrow and should have our keys late this week or early next. Should be an interesting couple of weeks.

I haven't uploaded anything in a long time. Hmmmm...

So my photo buddy moved back to the city. And I'm starting a fulltime job next week, so that's really going to impair my freetime for taking pictures. I just have to force myself to get out there and take pictures. Going to another classmate's wedding this weekend, maybe I can get some shots there.

Hopefully we'll be moving in a couple weeks. That is, if all goes according to plan. Can't wait to get the hell out of this apartment. My new neighbors use the stairwell as their personal smoke spot, don't even bother going all the way down the stairs, nevermind that it seeps into my apartment and stinks the place up. They also have huge parties on the regular. Last weekend, I swear fifty of them poured out of there at once, it was like a damn clown car. All making entirely too much damn noise, hollering and basically stampeding down the stairs. I also can't wait to not have to deal with carpet anymore. Looking at the carpet here, it just looks so dingy. I don't know how it got to be that way, we take really good care of the carpet! Whaaaatever.

Uuugh, fulltime job. I can't wait to have my own money again, though. While I was waiting to be interviewed, a former boss of mine from Subway walked out on her lunch break. That was weird. She wished me luck on my interview. The place is probably so big, I'll never see her, but... Still, that's weird, right? I wonder if she's changed at all... Shit, with my luck, she'll be in the next cubicle over. /groan

Gotta love that cashmoney though.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, or if it's just deviantArt wanting to frustrate the hell out of me, but every time I upload something in color that I've processed using my Raw converter, the colors come out faded and retarded and I'm sick of it, so I got a flickr. I'll still be uploading stuff here, but probably only black and white stuff.

My flickr account: [link]

Some of the stuff is locked, and you have to be my friend to see. Right now I don't have too much there. Just some snaps and some pictures of Addison.

Off to see Harry Potter, yippeeeee!