2007 was a bad year for me, and I didn't do much photography. So as part of my resolutions for 2008, I'm participating in both Project 365 (a picture every day) AND 365 Days (a self portrait every day). Hopefully it will force me to get back on track and start enjoying my favorite hobby again. :] I'll be uploading some of the pictures from Project 365 here, but if you want to keep track of my progress, you can check out my Flickr [link] .

Project 365: [link]
365 Days: [link]

In other news, I move into my first apartment on Monday! I'm super excited but I'm also super tired of packing. I still have a LOT to do. Between the holidays and work, my packing time has been extremely limited. Luckily I don't work Sunday, so I'll spend the day putting in a hardcore effort and hopefully I can knock it out. Which reminds me, as of Sunday night I'm not going to have computer or internet for about a week, so expect a backlog of photos once I get back online. :]

Okay, off to take my pics du jour. Au revoir!

So I've been playing around with my new camera and so far it's great. I haven't taken any real keepers, but I went ahead and posted a new pic in my gallery anyway: [link] . I don't love it, but it'll hold you over until I get back from vacation.

I took the plunge and ordered a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8. My Canon S2's image quality has gotten worse and worse lately, and suddenly the auto-focus is barely working. I'm pretty sure part of it is because my dog knocked it off my desk a few weeks back...It was sitting on the keyboard tray and he hit his head on the underside of it, right where my camera was, and the camera fell. I tried to catch it but no such luck. I still think, though, that it should have been able to handle one short fall. And, of course, my warranty was up in May. So yeah. Because of that, and also because I haven't been entirely thrilled with some aspects of it, I decided to go with the Panasonic instead of just upgrading to the S3. The only hesitation I had was that the FZ8 is not a good low-light performer. But, meh. I think I can live with that. The included lens hood, RAW capabilities, and sharp image quality all make up for it.

Anyway enough of my photonerd ramblings. Bottom line (so you don't have to read all that crap): I get a new camera!

My work lately sucks. I have no inspiration and the few pictures I AM taking, look like crap. Don't expect to see me around much...I'm doing my best to break out of this dry spell. I have a trip to New Mexico starting the 21st that just may do the job. I guess we'll see. I haven't been very happy w/the quality of the pictures my camera is producing lately either. I took a bunch in Dublin but going through them at 100%, many of them are blurry when they REALLY should not be. I may not have been doing this very long, but I know how to take a sharp picture in the middle of a sunny afternoon. And yet, blur and pixelization. Maybe it's time for a camera upgrade. Anyway that's enough for now. It's 2am and I'm pretty much just rambling. Ciao.

This is an update.

I'm starting college tomorrow at UNT.
I quit my job.
I found an apartment but haven't moved in yet.
I just ate a donut.

Nothing very exciting, really.