how can my camera be that old when it's only four?
a couple weekends ago, when i was in salem, i discovered that a battery had leaked inside my camera. >.< so i replaced the batteries and went on my merry way, by which i mean i took some pictures. but the battery acid had corroded a couple of the contacts in the battery compartment, so today i took the camera to a camera store -
oh hey, preview for thor 2. i am VERY EXCITED.
(on friday at dinner my sister mentioned that she wanted to see rush, and when my cousin asked who was in it, my sister told her "thor". hee. she couldn't remember chris built-like-a-brick-shithouse hemsworth's name. i am so very amused that she knows him as thor.)
anyway! i took my camera to a camera store to ask how long it would take to get it fixed and could i take it to wincon in two weeks and maybe take some photos or would that destroy it, and the helpful woman behind the counter said that a. my camera is now old enough that it has to be sent back to canon for an indeterminate length of time to be fixed, b. i could replace it for what it would cost to fix, c. people are expected to replace their tech in four years because the tech isn't built to last, d. it's already kind of destroyed, and most importantly e. there's no way to tell if it will go kablooey during wincon weekend or not. (i successfully took some pictures of yarnbombed trees today so i know it works right now.) i'm going to bring it with me and hope for the best. and maybe ask for a new camera for my birthday. ahem.
she also told me that you're supposed to take the batteries out of the camera when you're not using it, so i'm going to do that. no one ever told me this.
i still have a film camera, which still has some film in it, which i still use to take pictures of books i've made, and which i've had for longer than i've lived in boston. this planned obsolescence is bullshit.
crap, i forgot to get a level. note to self: buy a level. then you can put the handles on your new kitchen cabinet and return your dad's drill.
spoiler for breaking bad! walt goes into witness protection and that's the beginning of malcolm in the middle. :D i'm pretty sure i heard that from tamalinn, who doesn't even watch the show, and it just cracks me up.
check out the weeping angel mask. it is CREE-PEE.
wonder onesie for wonder babies. but this is ADORABLE.
oh hey, preview for thor 2. i am VERY EXCITED.
(on friday at dinner my sister mentioned that she wanted to see rush, and when my cousin asked who was in it, my sister told her "thor". hee. she couldn't remember chris built-like-a-brick-shithouse hemsworth's name. i am so very amused that she knows him as thor.)
anyway! i took my camera to a camera store to ask how long it would take to get it fixed and could i take it to wincon in two weeks and maybe take some photos or would that destroy it, and the helpful woman behind the counter said that a. my camera is now old enough that it has to be sent back to canon for an indeterminate length of time to be fixed, b. i could replace it for what it would cost to fix, c. people are expected to replace their tech in four years because the tech isn't built to last, d. it's already kind of destroyed, and most importantly e. there's no way to tell if it will go kablooey during wincon weekend or not. (i successfully took some pictures of yarnbombed trees today so i know it works right now.) i'm going to bring it with me and hope for the best. and maybe ask for a new camera for my birthday. ahem.
she also told me that you're supposed to take the batteries out of the camera when you're not using it, so i'm going to do that. no one ever told me this.
i still have a film camera, which still has some film in it, which i still use to take pictures of books i've made, and which i've had for longer than i've lived in boston. this planned obsolescence is bullshit.
crap, i forgot to get a level. note to self: buy a level. then you can put the handles on your new kitchen cabinet and return your dad's drill.
spoiler for breaking bad! walt goes into witness protection and that's the beginning of malcolm in the middle. :D i'm pretty sure i heard that from tamalinn, who doesn't even watch the show, and it just cracks me up.
check out the weeping angel mask. it is CREE-PEE.
wonder onesie for wonder babies. but this is ADORABLE.