for some reason i've gotten into downloading ebook mags and have not been able to stop since. i've moved from downloading just scientific american and national geographic to digital camera world and popular photography, then onto electronic gaming monthly and newtype (even though i have the subscription), and even random playboys and fhms and reader's digests... then finally now i am on JAPANESE mags. i'm downloading vivi, cawaii, seventeen japan, cutie, zipper, popteen, and random other mags respectively called soup, kera, ps, with, and fruits. it's like i'm just d/ling to d/l. OBVIOUSLY i'm not gonna be reading either playboy or the jap mags, though i'm probably providing mike the opportunity for the former
-__-;; the jap mags i'll probably browse through for celebrity faces (i got a vivi with ayumi on the cover) but otherwise, i have no idea what i'm on. i race through phases when i have free time, i guess. although i suppose getting more educated wouldn't hurt either. i have to work in less than 3 hours so i do realize that not sleeping isn't doing me any good, but i am not sleepy at all. which means i'll be half dead at work, which should come in handy might i add. still dying to read the stolen child. i think i remember it was only offered in hardcover, though i thought the soft prints usually come out first?

anyways, mike just bought me a memory card on newegg, 1gb, sandisk xd card, type m. i should be able to keep shooting for a while before memory runs out, and my camera should be compatible with the card since it's fairly new. the card itself was $50. next up, i'm aiming for the vakaadoo case or the stolen child book. price comparison:

• The Stolen Child, $14.37 (paperback), Amazon.com
• Fujifilm FinePix F30, $348.84, digitalfotoclub.com
• holy fuck i'll skip the vakaadoo

revision: i found an ebook of the stolen child, just now! looks like all that's left is the vakaadoo and the finepix f30.

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i was just reading reviews on the f30, so i was away from typing for a while. it really does sound like what i want, with fast shutter speed capabilities and even a flash or no flash comparison of the same shot. and its flash is called "intelligent" flash, supposedly it can determine what level of flash to use depending on how the sensor detects exposure in the surroundings. but still... i paid so much for my last camera, must i gorge myself on another one? with an average of $400? not to mention there isn't a case out for it yet. so maybe either holding off until they release a case at least, or just holding off altogether, until they release the next model. and now, sigh. oh well. helps me save ^__^

EDIT: OMG IN JAPAN THERE ARE CARS THAT PARK THEMSELVES!! my oh my... maybe i would consider driving if some of those came over to america =D