Ben

Seems strangely familiar.

I was going to document my crappy little studio in encruciating detail. However, my camera died after the first picture. It now takes very blue pictures:

Adjusting the contrast (in Photoshop) makes it look kind of neat (Why yes, I am bored. Thanks for asking.):

This blog seems to be all about navel gazing. I really don't like that phrase... or the sound of that sentence. Here's the post from the night I got the camera. If I remember correctly, I was staying at Austin's. Changes.

My poor camera was a Canon Elph SD110. 3.2 megapixels! It was a big step up from the junk Fuji I had before. I think that was 1.something. It didn't have a zoom, so you could turn it on very quickly and snap photos. I liked that.

From the file names, I know I took 1108 pictures with the Elph. Assuming it cost something like $200, that's about $0.18 per picture, or $6.50 for 36.

I also feel compelled to point out that I'm a little odd in the way I use digital cameras. I don't tend to take photos indiscriminently. The Elph has an intentionally tiny memory card, which forced me to use my precious 10 photos carefully. I like that, somehow.

When I try to load the camera application on my BlackBerry Curve I get an out of memory error. So, these are probably the last photos for a while.

I bought a couch. It seems to be very ugly, but I like it anyway. I want to buy two and do the Seattle, two couches facing wine and cheese thing, but I don't think they'll fit. Suggestions?

I can't express how wrong it is that a river boat called the Dixie Queen is floating on the Thames.

I can hear them announcing the trains.

The top one has quite a bit of tape on it. Under the tape is unpainted canvas. I'm considering leaving the tape... but I can't decide... I'd really like to see what's under it.

I'm also running out of time. I have one more day, then maybe two after skiing, then one final day after New Years.

I'm going out for mineral water and masking tape.

I wrote a story entirely about breasts earlier today. I seem to be fixating.

I used a chair as a tripod, but I think we're seeing the limits of the crap lenses in my incredibly cheap camera. It doesn't really matter, seeing my brush strokes will only confirm what you already know.

12'x6' (if you care about that sort of thing)