dear diary...

I woke up this morning at a reasonable hour and read my chapters for a little bit. Then I started feeling icky and fell asleep in the Big Yellow Chair which now resides in my bedroom. I slept until 2:00. Ridiculous. I can't believe I did that. I feel like my whole day is shot. Meh. And such a pretty day too.
The camera should arrive on Monday. I hope it comes in the morning; I have class in the afternoon. I am ready to start snapping pictures. I am planning a day trip to New Orleans soon to take photos. One of my neighbors, Gabe, is also an amateur photographer and has expressed interest in going. I'm sure others will come along as well.
Tomorrow night I am going to watch "Me, You, and Everyone We Know" downtown at the film festival. I am interested in the movie, but truth be told, I am really looking forward to the chance to play dress up. It should be a fun evening.

gratitude: cool weather

a snapshot

I, being the rude and ungrateful person that I am, forgot to mention my True gratitude when it comes to the camera. The camera didn't just pop into my lap out of thin air and I sure couldn't afford to by it myself.
Wesley gave me the camera many months ago. He knew of my love of photography and was generous enough to give me a wonderful tool with which to practice my hobby. Not only that, but I am grateful for his belief in me. He instilled me with the confidence to learn some things about photography and really push myself with this hobby. So, thank you Wesley for the camera and the vote of confidence.

I bet my camera knows Spanish now

Waaaaaaaaaaay back in the first week of July I sent a wonderful digital camera to be repaired. It had a small defect and was recalled. The camera was first sent to New Jersey. Then it traveled to Connecticut and stayed there for a while; neglected. By the first of August, the camera was in Laredo, Texas and I had spoken to every customer service rep in Sony's digital camera department.
After the camera hung out in Laredo for a while, I get a call saying that they don't have the part that my camera needs and they will be shipping it back to me with the option to sell the camera to Sony or to keep it as is. By this point my determination was through the roof and there was no way they were going to get by with that maloney.
After a few more phone calls with the Middle Eastern man named David, it was arranged. I was to send my camera back in a couple of weeks when they got the part back in (which I think they had all along). So the camera went back and stayed for a little over a week, I believe. And now? My camera is on its way home! I can't wait to start taking photos. I've been reading photography guides at Books a Million and online. I'm ready to try it out.

gratitude: friendly customer service people