Because I'll be damned if I buy an expensive tiny piece of metal and plastic and it BREAKS.
XD cards make me want to cry. Do I get an H or M? (and what the heck is the difference?) Should I get 1x1GB or 2x512GB because the smaller ones write faster, and are apparently safer.
Okay, so I want 2x512MB, WHY DO ALL STORES ONLY HAVE 1 and 2GB ONES?! Fuji or Olympus? Olympus is more expensive, and I own a Fuji camera...
......
GARGH!
ONLY The Source sells the 512MB Fuji ones, and they are GROSSLY OVERPRICED. As in, for an extra $10 I can get the 1GB one... or, for the SAME DAMNED PRICE at Best Buy...
And to make this happier still, apparently you have to be careful to get the Toshiba/Fuji brand that is Made in Japan, versus the Samsung/Fuji brand made in China. Same card, except that one is UTTER CRAP (apparently). And there is no way to tell on the package, until you open the box and check on the back of the card..........
Excuse me while I bash my brains out against the sharp edge of my desk.
So far Amazon.com is looking the shiniest. A guy on there says both his cards were Japanese, so hopefully that wasn't just dumb luck on his part. With shipping and customs and all, it should STILL be cheaper buying from the U.S. than from The Source. Yeah, go figure. $18.95US vs. 39.95CAN. I'm not stupid, ok? I can do conversions just fine.
Except the Amazon seller doesn't accept returns if they've been opened....
I really, really detest this. This would also be a lot easier if someone actually had a coherent REVIEW of an H card. =_= Amazon has plenty of things to say about M.
Is my camera even compatible? (yes it is, btw. =_=)
I think I need to stop researching now. At least the tripods were easier to look up. =_=
In happier news, I had an unexpected but pleasant talk with someone called Belle today in the Dana Porter coffee shop area. That was nice.
I had phoned dad to pick me up, and was going to eat the rest of my lunch in the 15 minutes it would take him to get there. And as I'm approaching the window-seat tables this girl with curly blonde hair looks up from her books and stares directly at me. And I'm thinking "Oh shit, she's looking at me like I should know her. Do I know her? She looks vaguely familiar; I think I should know her? I don't think I know her... FUCK I don't remember, I'm a horrible person!"
And then she pipes up that she saw me around ECH a lot, and stones fell off my chest. Oh good, I hadn't just randomly forgotten someone who's been nice enough to talk to me. Thank GOD.
(Later I remembered walking past her in one of the drawing studios. XD;;)
So since she went through all the trouble to actually initiate a conversation with me... randomly... (apparently I'm approachable?) I invited myself to sit at her table and eat my lunch there. Because sitting at the empty table right behind her at that point would have been just a TAD BIT awkward.
So yeah. It was all good and shiny, yet a bit weird. But good and shiny. :D
And now I will shower and go to bed. Tomorrow lots of studying, reading and poetry await me. Because I'll BE DAMNED IF I FALL BEHIND this term! >:O