A few weeks in, a few weeks out
February 4th, 2010 • chatter
We’re going into our fifth week at school and things are going fine, I suppose. I’m not used to these lower level classes where you only do tests every few weeks. The higher level classes give me grade feedback a bit more quickly than that. I solved my dilemma of sitting with chatterboxes by simply sitting where they never will: in the middle of the classroom. There’s still a little chatter but it’s not constantly in my ear like previously. I just do not understand freshmen sometimes. Why pay $500+ for a class that you’re just going to talk through and/or play on Facebook in? I’d rather take that money and do something with it.
We had planned a Valentine’s Day shoot for this upcoming Sunday but have scrapped it because the time frame was simply too short for most people to be able to make it. We will be trying to arrange a “kids only” shoot for Mother’s Day. Not a lot of details at this time, though. It should be fun, that’s all I know. My photos from the Haiti benefit show at Boardriders Boca on 29 Jan still aren’t done processing, which sucks because I need to get them out by next week when I see Black Weather Shaman and Everymen again. Hopefully we’ll have our cards by then too so we can hand some out.
I purchased the lauded Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX lens last week and problems aside, it’s everything people claim it to be. Fast focusing, quiet, and sharp. I’ve found it to be more sharp wide open than my 50mm f/1.8D AF, but only slightly. I will test it out next week at the BWS/Everymen show in Lake Worth.
I also got my Nexus One this week and so far, I love it. Aside from spending a whole day trying to figure out why my contacts didn’t work, it’s a really nice phone. I think the vertical keyboard could have slightly larger keys but other than that, I don’t have too many problems with the phone. I’ve downloaded Swype and while I do like it, it’s not good for any non-common word with repeating letters in it such as names or words like “between”. It’s got a learning curve but it’s not too bad, just takes practice. Compared to my ex’s G1, this thing is blazing. I could tell her Android install was aging but I didn’t realize the stark difference between 1.0 and 2.1 until this week. What a year of active use and development makes.
