Bah humbug :)
Haven't written anything in a long long long time.. now that I have a break from school I guess I have no excuse not to.
Nothing much going on though really.. managed to get all A's this semester (somehow.. Christmas miracle maybe) :P I guess I must have done well on those worth-50%-of-your-grade finals.. so yaay that takes a load of my mind. Thought I was getting too old and dumb to keep up anymore :P all those darn youngins in class.
I hate when you see someone like an actor or something and you think MAN they're old now.. then you look at their birth date and it's like a year apart from yours.. d'oh.. so old now.. I hear that you keep getting more depressed about being old until you hit 40.. then you start to be happy again. Guess you're so old by that point that you just don't care anymore. I hate what age does to your body though. I remember the good old days when you could fall down and not be sore and bruised for 2 days after and when you could climb trees and do all kinds of junk that cause all manner of pain and discomfort now. I remember when I could get up off the couch without making some kind of grunting or "oof"ing kind of noise. Maybe that's just cuz I'm fat and out of shape though.
It's also hard to believe that people who were born in 1990 are adults now. eesh. I feel like I'm at an awkward stage in life or something. Too old to hang out with the young kids (also I'm so old that I'm MARRIED eesh.. they all act surprised when they hear I'm married. Didn't think I was as old as I am I guess) but yeah too young to hang out with the old couples.. and everyone else has kids and is all into being a mommy wooo.. So not wanting to hang out with those crazies. Plus I can't stand kids.. especially young kids. Once they're old enough to go and be quiet and play on their own they're ok. But babies? toddlers? No thank you. So I feel kind of alone.. not sure I'll ever fit into a group anymore. There are married couples with kids and there are single ppl. Hardly any married with NO kids. *sigh* I'm sure they're out there somewhere tho..
It really doesn't feel like Christmas Eve to me. I always get so excited when December rolls around and I always think how much fun Christmas is and how awesome the decorations are and how I can't wait for Christmas day to come. But the closer it gets the more apathetic and disappointed I am.. not sure what it is. Maybe because we don't have a tree or decorations or anyone to celebrate it with? Also my mom was so late sending presents this year that we aren't going to get them in time D: that makes me mad. Second year in a row. I think it's her way of punishing me for not going there for Christmas. We'll get them on Boxing day though.. which is earlier than last year. :P
I've been reading like crazy lately. Think I read about 6 or 7 books in the last 2-3 weeks. Yep. Gonna need to buy some more soon :P Can't get enough though. Also on a completely unrelated note, I want to go see Avatar soon. And maybe some other movie(s). Not sure if any other good ones are out. But I'd like to see Avatar in 3D Imax at least. Otherwise what is the point of having one so close to my house? And going to see in the theatre at all? Usually I just wait till stuff comes out and watch it from the comfort of my own home, con popcorn and drink and able to pause for the bathroom break and sans tons of loud people and possibly super annoying crying babies.
I've been cranky all day but I'm feeling much better now. Must have needed to vent or something. I'm turning into a scrooge.. D=
I need new LJ Icons.
I'm frustrated with my Nikon D3000. It's a good camera, don't get me wrong but the lenses I have are TERRIBLE for indoors. And I mean terrible. Great for outside but HORRIBLE in low light. So I need a low light lens. I plan on getting the 35mm 1.8 AF-S next. Only $200 and supposed to be a great lens. Maybe that will make me feel better. Maybe it's just this time of year but I haven't taken pictures of anything in a long time. Since I got the camera pretty much. And I feel bad because I think Carey thinks I don't like the camera that much or I don't appreciate it. But I do and I WANT to use it. There just isn't anything nice outside to take pictures of. Besides maybe xmas lights but I'd need a tri-pod cuz again, it SUCKS in low light. I've been a bit disappointed in my pics too with that camera. Can't seem to get things to focus exactly how I want. Bit hard to see on a 3" display though I guess. I just need more practice really. I'd like to learn how to do the HDR postprocessing stuff. I really like how they look even if a lot of people hate it because it looks fake or whatever. I like it though ^_^ fake is right up my alley. Who wouldn't want to escape from reality for a little while and have something look even better than it is? That's my take on it anyway.
Oh, I made the neighbours (or landlords I guess) some cookies for Christmas. :) The only nice thing I've done all month heh. Chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cup cookies. Not very Christmasy but still tasty. And apparently they almost never cook anything or make anything homemade. Anyways when they gave us the mail today they gave my cookie thing back which means they ate them all already. And I gave them a LOT of cookies! So they must have been good! :D yaaay.
So I guess that's enough blathering on for now. Like I said, nothing much really going on. I'm glad for a break and a chance to be completely lazy.
Anyway. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and all that junk.
Nothing much going on though really.. managed to get all A's this semester (somehow.. Christmas miracle maybe) :P I guess I must have done well on those worth-50%-of-your-grade finals.. so yaay that takes a load of my mind. Thought I was getting too old and dumb to keep up anymore :P all those darn youngins in class.
I hate when you see someone like an actor or something and you think MAN they're old now.. then you look at their birth date and it's like a year apart from yours.. d'oh.. so old now.. I hear that you keep getting more depressed about being old until you hit 40.. then you start to be happy again. Guess you're so old by that point that you just don't care anymore. I hate what age does to your body though. I remember the good old days when you could fall down and not be sore and bruised for 2 days after and when you could climb trees and do all kinds of junk that cause all manner of pain and discomfort now. I remember when I could get up off the couch without making some kind of grunting or "oof"ing kind of noise. Maybe that's just cuz I'm fat and out of shape though.
It's also hard to believe that people who were born in 1990 are adults now. eesh. I feel like I'm at an awkward stage in life or something. Too old to hang out with the young kids (also I'm so old that I'm MARRIED eesh.. they all act surprised when they hear I'm married. Didn't think I was as old as I am I guess) but yeah too young to hang out with the old couples.. and everyone else has kids and is all into being a mommy wooo.. So not wanting to hang out with those crazies. Plus I can't stand kids.. especially young kids. Once they're old enough to go and be quiet and play on their own they're ok. But babies? toddlers? No thank you. So I feel kind of alone.. not sure I'll ever fit into a group anymore. There are married couples with kids and there are single ppl. Hardly any married with NO kids. *sigh* I'm sure they're out there somewhere tho..
It really doesn't feel like Christmas Eve to me. I always get so excited when December rolls around and I always think how much fun Christmas is and how awesome the decorations are and how I can't wait for Christmas day to come. But the closer it gets the more apathetic and disappointed I am.. not sure what it is. Maybe because we don't have a tree or decorations or anyone to celebrate it with? Also my mom was so late sending presents this year that we aren't going to get them in time D: that makes me mad. Second year in a row. I think it's her way of punishing me for not going there for Christmas. We'll get them on Boxing day though.. which is earlier than last year. :P
I've been reading like crazy lately. Think I read about 6 or 7 books in the last 2-3 weeks. Yep. Gonna need to buy some more soon :P Can't get enough though. Also on a completely unrelated note, I want to go see Avatar soon. And maybe some other movie(s). Not sure if any other good ones are out. But I'd like to see Avatar in 3D Imax at least. Otherwise what is the point of having one so close to my house? And going to see in the theatre at all? Usually I just wait till stuff comes out and watch it from the comfort of my own home, con popcorn and drink and able to pause for the bathroom break and sans tons of loud people and possibly super annoying crying babies.
I've been cranky all day but I'm feeling much better now. Must have needed to vent or something. I'm turning into a scrooge.. D=
I need new LJ Icons.
I'm frustrated with my Nikon D3000. It's a good camera, don't get me wrong but the lenses I have are TERRIBLE for indoors. And I mean terrible. Great for outside but HORRIBLE in low light. So I need a low light lens. I plan on getting the 35mm 1.8 AF-S next. Only $200 and supposed to be a great lens. Maybe that will make me feel better. Maybe it's just this time of year but I haven't taken pictures of anything in a long time. Since I got the camera pretty much. And I feel bad because I think Carey thinks I don't like the camera that much or I don't appreciate it. But I do and I WANT to use it. There just isn't anything nice outside to take pictures of. Besides maybe xmas lights but I'd need a tri-pod cuz again, it SUCKS in low light. I've been a bit disappointed in my pics too with that camera. Can't seem to get things to focus exactly how I want. Bit hard to see on a 3" display though I guess. I just need more practice really. I'd like to learn how to do the HDR postprocessing stuff. I really like how they look even if a lot of people hate it because it looks fake or whatever. I like it though ^_^ fake is right up my alley. Who wouldn't want to escape from reality for a little while and have something look even better than it is? That's my take on it anyway.
Oh, I made the neighbours (or landlords I guess) some cookies for Christmas. :) The only nice thing I've done all month heh. Chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cup cookies. Not very Christmasy but still tasty. And apparently they almost never cook anything or make anything homemade. Anyways when they gave us the mail today they gave my cookie thing back which means they ate them all already. And I gave them a LOT of cookies! So they must have been good! :D yaaay.
So I guess that's enough blathering on for now. Like I said, nothing much really going on. I'm glad for a break and a chance to be completely lazy.
Anyway. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and all that junk.