It’s a hooray kind of day.
Hooray! I found a camera shop with a hardly-touched demo box model of my beloved old Canon, now discontinued. And for cheaper than I got the first one, no less, by a long shot. Now, if I can just sel the Olympus to be able to afford to get the other Canon repaired, I’ll have two that I can hang on to for some time. Note to self: no more bringing either on bike rides. Bring the old, crusty G2 instead, okay?
Hooray! Mark is en route from the airport right this minute with my Dad in tow. Idiot that I can be sometimes, when he said he’d love to fly during the day so he could see the views, I didn’t bear in mind that the daytime flight I found meant he needed to leave his awful neighborhood at 5 AM when it was still dark. So, glad to know he made it okay, and great to hear him kvetching about cell phones when Mark called. My Dad gives great kvetch, and I love him enough that I even miss his brand of bitching when he isn’t around.
Hooray! Can’t toss it up here just yet, but the mockup of the revised cover for the book, with the shots I chose, came in and it looks SO much better. Not only are they now totally unoffensive and bright and positive, they made a so-so cover design look pretty darn awesome. I’m supposed to have the finish on it soon that I can show off.
Hooray! It’s Sunday market day. The Ballard Sunday Open Market is one of my favorite parts of my neighborhood, and bless the west coast for the ability to have markets year round. Maybe I can drag my Dad down there so we can have some yummy goodies with dinner tonight.
March 11th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Can I add a Hooray, seeing that it is a hooray day?
It is now just over 12 weeks untill I move to Vancouver!
Hooray!
: )
March 11th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
I’m adding a Hooray too
Today was the first day this year that was warm enough to be outside with no hat or mitts and an undone coat. Hooray!
March 12th, 2007 at 5:20 am
WOO-HOO! The camera karma bus heads in the right direction for you (again!)
So glad to hear you won’t be going nuts with that, hopefully;-)
March 12th, 2007 at 7:04 am
What’s your beloved old canon? I had a couple at one time. Curious to know what you’re using.
I’m looking at the specs for the Olympus, considering. So let me think a mo or three. There are some things to consider, such as, I live in Canada, and need auto-focus but full manual too. Dedicated off camera flash. Like that.
I’ll get back as soon as my coffee is ready, and I’ve finished staring out the window at the hoar frost wishing I had a camera again.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:07 am
You have my e-mail so if you’d rather, please contact me. Oh. And I’m a technophobe?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:42 am
I have to say, regretfully, it’s far too big and too much camera for me too. I read through a couple sites on it and watched a video, so I am fairly certain I’d be overwhelmed. Don’t know what to do. Very much enjoyed my last Canon EOS l (many years ago), but now owing to failing vision need autofocus. I’ve always maintained these camera bodies are built for men, size and weight. Sorry Heather, if I had your heart palpitating but I will say not for me.
I do love your work. I am just enthralled with it and would love to watch you work. Someday I hope to see your area of the world again.
Pony
March 12th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Pony: the one I adore above all else in the Powershot Pro 1. In fact, the G7, the new version, is missing a few things I need, but it might be a good one for you to consider w/your new needs.
And I hear ya on the big people cameras.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Emily and Megan: I’m all for adding on to the hoorays!
March 12th, 2007 at 11:57 am
I’ll check those out. May be able to find one or other at a pro shop re-sale.
I’ve spiked you on IBTP. So you may have some visitors.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
There are also a couple longtime readers here who are camera shop workers, so they — Lisa and Christopher are who I’m thinking of — may be able to lend a word in your hunt, too.
Good seeing you around here, btw, Pony.
Women’s Space crossover makes me happy.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:57 am
Heather I can’t find an e-mail address so I’ll just drop this in here. From the Toronto Star on young women and anger:
The fire within
KEITH BEATY/TORONTO STAR
Repressed anger in young women is linked to overmedication, finds a new study by York University professor Cheryl van Daalen-Smith.
York U professor Cheryl van Daalen-Smith says the voices of the countless girls she saw over her years as a school nurse prompted her Living as a Chameleon project:
“As a Canadian public health nurse for over a decade, my practice has been primarily situated in high-school settings. Over time, I have become increasingly concerned about the all-too-common medical practise of medicating young women’s anger, sadness and anxiety.
“What was going on? Why were so many of their (doctors’) visits ending with a prescription? “Stories of dismissal, rejection, harassment, abuse, misogyny, addiction and denied rights are only but a few of the examples of anger stories I was both privileged (and angered) to bear witness to. They came to their school nurse to be heard, affirmed and respected. They left experiencing, sometimes for the first time, an opportunity to speak about their from a position of authority, and to speak of their anger without fear of judgment.
“And so, thus commenced a two-year, cross-country study that sought to understand the relationship girls had with anger.
“Anger is not hostility, aggression nor violence. It is a human emotion. For centuries anger was considered a sin, a weakness and a madness to be avoided or contained. But anger is a signal that something is wrong. Several common themes emerged. These include injustices, denied rights, societal devaluation, abuse, harassment and dismissal.
“For young women, the lesson learned about anger is powerful: Do not be angry. They learned to divert it, came to self-dismiss it, loathe it and to doubt it.
“To be disconnected from anger is to be disconnected from self. Knowing oneself, being valued, is wholly linked to mental health and a positive quality of life.
“The first recommendation is the necessity to reframe anger from something that is negative, sinful and wrong, to something that is valuable, important and brings with it the opportunity to be authentic.”
See yorku.ca/nursing/vandaalen for more information about Cheryl van Daalen’s Living as a Chameleon project.
Etc.
http://www.thestar.com/article/187273