So, Mia and I were walking around Bellevue Square on Saturday, and I wanted to stop by Tall’s Camera to see if they had any Nikon D300’s available to test out. I had pre-ordered a D300 body from Adorama back in September and have been dying to try one out ever since. It just so happened that they had an open one behind the counter.
I asked to try it out, and the guy behind the counter (Bill) handed it to me with an evil grin on his face. He wouldn’t put a battery in it, because the shop wanted to keep the shutter actuations at zero for whomever wanted to buy it. Made sense to me. I really only wanted to handle it. As soon as I put my hands on it, Bill snatched it back.
“Hang on a sec. Put your hands down and close your eyes.”
I obliged and closed my eyes.
“Now, breathe in.”
I could feel the camera body near my face, and I took a deep breath.
“Take in that fresh camera smell.”
It was an odd moment, but, man, I loved it. Mia was laughing the entire time.
I opened my eyes again and asked if they had any available.
“Well, it just so happens that we have two bodies here. This one and another one sitting right over there in that unopened box. You want it?”
Bill had an evil grin on his face again. Mia was squeezing my arm tightly and squealed slightly (she seemed just as excited about this as I was). I couldn’t take it anymore.
“Yes, I’ll take it.”
And now I have a brand-spanking new D300 in my hands. It rocks.
I got a new hat. It rocks.
I like lazy weekends. No major commitments. No schedule to keep. Just go anywhere and do anything that I feel like.
This weekend has been the perfect lazy weekend. On Friday night, Mia and I met up with a bunch of friends at Cupcake Royale in Ballard for of coffee, cupcakes, and conversation. Afterwards Mia, Rachel, and I strolled down to Conor Byrne to get a couple of drinks and enjoy a live show by Tom Catmull and the Clerics.
We kicked off Saturday with lunch at Seven Star Pepper with Benn, Brittney, Bryan, Kyle, and Leanne and then a leisurely stroll in downtown Seattle. We had considered going on the Seattle Flickrite November photostroll in the International District, but neither of use felt like jockeying with 50 photographers for decent shots. We closed out Saturday night with dinner at Mama’s Mexican kitchen and then drinks and a showing of American Gangster at Big Picture.
This morning (Sunday, for those of you who read this quickly) we had brunch at Cyclops and are now chilling at Uptown Espresso in Belltown. We’ll probably go do a bit of shopping before Mia goes to job #2 tonight and then chill some more later tonight. “Chill” is the operative word today. I think I’ll stop writing and go back to chilling right now.
kthxbai
(that was from Mia)
So, in case you haven’t been following my Flickr photostream, the reason for the lack of posts here is because I’ve been a bit pre-occupied having an absolute blast spending time with Mia (awwwww….!!!). We’ve been so busy hanging out with each other and going out with friends that I really haven’t taken much time to write about any of it. Let’s do a quick recap of some of the highlights from past couple of weeks:
- Market Ghost Tour at Pike Place Market on Halloween. Learned a bit of history about the market, did some bar hopping, sat through a séance.
- CD release party for The Kindness Kind (Mia’s friend is in the band) at High Dive.
- Seattle Flickr/Strobist Meetup at the University of Washington. Met tons of new people.
- Blade Runner: The Final Cut at Cinerama. That movie looks incredible on the big screen.
- Brahms piano concerto performance at Benaroya Hall followed by a late dinner at Wild Ginger (omg, that flourless chocolate torte was awesome).
- Seattle Flickriote November Photo Show opening reception at Cafe Vega and after-party at The Jones.
- An overnight trip to Vancouver BC.
- Another Kindness Kind show, this time at Chop Suey.
Sure, it’s been pretty crazy these past couple of weeks, but it’s been a ton of fun, and it sure beats the hell out of sitting at home doing nothing. However, I do need to spend a bit more time working on beating Guitar Hero 3…
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