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I want one of these. With all the extra bits and stuff that go with it. Obviously.
Actually I want several. Maybe one of each theme (or whatever they're calling them).

Only problem is it seems they're not out 'til April which is ages away. And I think that might just be in the US.

More info here if anyone else is tickled.

Photog

This weekend I bought a camera. It's a bridge camera. For quite some time I have wanted a digital SLR but they kinda freak me out and are also very expensive. At least if you want a really good one and let's face it, if I'm going to go for it I'm going to do it properly. 
Now, I wouldn't mind spending a fair bit on a good camera if I thought I'd get a lot of use out of it but like I said: they freak me out. I have a feeling I'd get one, try to use it a few times, realise I don't know how to work it/actually take good pictures and just put it in a drawer somewhere.
So I got a bridge camera which is kind of in between a compact and an SLR. Its not as bulky as an SLR and it has a fixed lens so none of the faffing with lenses not to mention they cost a fair bit of money as well. It does a lot more than a compact though and has a big fancy lens and a bunch of settings I don't understand.
And here's my thing: I've researched it, thought about it and talked to people who know and I finally decided to buy it. It was no impulse thing this. I get home, take it out of the box and look at it. Then I put it back in. For hours I kept doing this. I didn't want to put the batteries and the card in and start playing with it in case I changed my mind and wanted to take it back. This is a problem I have, I do this all the time. It;s not that I regret my purchase but that I'm scared I will. Anyway, I texted my sister, she gave me a kick up the butt and I had a play. So far I have to say I love it! I still want to do a course though. I don't understand half of the settings and dials but mostly I don't really know how to take good pictures. You know, composition, light etc.
So now I'm googling courses. I think it'll be fun!

So this was really just my long winded roundabout way of saying: Yay, I have a new camera!

All that jazz

I'm sitting here furiously crocheting granny squares and trying to find some way of watching the Oscars. Apparently that is a luxury reserved for those who choose/can afford to pay lots of money for a Sky subscription.
I don't even want to watch the actual awards (too much blah blah blah from winners and bloody James Franco who just ruins his own hotness every time he opens his mouth by being the most pretentious arse there ever was) I just want to see the red  carpet and the interviews and stuff. You'd think some terrestrial channel would be allowed to show at least that! I really don't think that's too much to ask...
The search continues!

Another reason to love Costa

They serve decaff tea!
I don't know how long they've done this but I only just discovered it. For a caffeine-phobe like me it's great, I no longer have to find the least disgusting herbal crap if I want to buy a tea in the afternoon.
All hail Costa!

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Who's on drugs?

If it wasn't already clear Gaddafi had lost all touch with reality, he's now telling us that Al Qaeda are spiking the protesters' milk with hallucinogenic drugs?!

Kinda begs the question: does he really believe this or does he just think we will believe it? And which is worse? I Almost feel sorry for him. I mean he's either desperate or mentally ill or the scariest option: both.

Information technology

I'm a complete information junkie and since I got my htc it's only gotten worse. With the events of the last few weeks with the popular uprisings/revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya (and quite a few places in north Africa and the Arab world) I've been alternating between my BBC news feed, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Twitter and really anywhere I can find news of what's going on. It's practically glued to my hand. I watch the TV news several times per day and have even bought newspapers a few times in addition to reading The Times (yuck!) the family I work for have delivered every day and the free Metro I usually pick up at the station.
I want to help, to be out on the streets with these people, but I can't. So I absorb all the information I can instead.
And then there's the earthquake in New Zealand...
A lot of people seem to have died lately, in horrible ways.

Anyway, I don't really have much to say about any of this. There are better places to find information, more well informed sources of opinion.
I will just give you a link to this.

Living for the weekend

I'm working on something. I'm not going to tell you what 'cause I don't want to jinx it, but I will tell you it's kinda scary.

I watched The Social Network earlier and it made me kind of sad.

And even earlier than that I looked at cameras. I think I've decided, but I need to do some research and find the best price so I can take it to John Lewis and get them to price match it (they do that you know). The reason I want to get it there is simply that I have £40 worth of vouchers so it'll be even cheaper!

So yeah, that's pretty much how I've spent my Saturday. Oh yeah, I had a nap at one point too.
My life is so riveting! I know you're all living vicariously through me!

(funny thing: I just spellchecked this post and it didn't come up with any mistakes so I deliberately changed a word just to make sure it's working!)