022109 8:00am >
Ok, after a long time suspicion, I have a myth to debunk here.
A lot of digital cameras like to boast that they can produce "HDTV Quality Photos". The initial reaction I recieved from some friends was almost a, "Well, does your camera produce HDTV photos? I'm not gonna buy a camera unless it produces HDTV quality photos. I need photos that are good enough to put on my HDTV" And just for your information, no, my Nikon D50, does not come with this new fangled feature.
But hold on, k? Today's average megapixel count for cameras seems to be around 10 MP and up. So I wondered, "What's the megapixel count for a 1080p (maxed out) HDTV?" So I did the math (hang on tight):
HD TV: 1920 x 1080 = 2,073,600 = 2 megapixels (approx)
Oh yeah, and if you have a 720p TV? That's 1280 x 720 = 921,600 pixels, which doesn't even make it to 1 megapixel. These camera manufacturers are advertising this as a "Photo Enhancement" on their more expensive cameras, when really it's just shrinking the photos... in essence getting people to overspend on an 8, 10, 12 megapixel camera...
Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!...... ANSY (Angry Nerd SYndrome)
012709 4:30am >
For the first time in a really long time I'm excited about music.
I came back home and received the no gift to bring EP by The Almost. As I was listening, I was examining it note for note, admiring it, replaying tracks in my car - and it just hit me at that moment, "I'm savoring music again."
And it made me smile to myself.
010909 6:43am >
Had Kevin McAllister just called the cops right when he found out about the burgalurs, I think Home Alone would've ended a lot sooner in the movie. This is what I was thinking during the entire last house battle between him and the wet bandits. Like, "Dude. Call the cops before they show up. Call them now. Call them before you eat your mac and cheese. Oh, cmon kid." Alas, he calls the authorities long after the criminals have entered the house. Then I wondered - how is it that I never realized this before?
I mean... does that mean when I was a kid as a result from the movie, if burgalars were to have come to my door, instead of calling the officials I would seriously have let them in and try to booby trap them as long as I could?
Yes. And it's gonna be AWESOME.
010709 1:00am >
rock band 2 memory card: "We are launching the SanDisk Rock Band 2 SD card to enhance the playing experience on the Wii," said Christopher Moore, director of product marketing, consumer products division, SanDisk.
I've seen things like this in stores. It reminds me of how they sometimes have CD-R's for "Data" and CD-R's for "Music". 0's and 1's are all the same, people.
Sorry, angry nerd syndrome (ansy). I know it's a gimmic that probably works, so I'll just leave it alone now.
123008 11:10pm >
Not one of the happiest nights of my life. No.
So today I came up with a new invention. I'm tired of asian shaved ice slushes that don't have an equilibrium of condensed milk. So I realized that what they really should do is mix condensed milk into the frozen ice, so it makes shaved ice that has milk in every bite. I win.
Eh, sucky. I'm so weird. I had to lighten the load on my hard drive so I've been deleting music from my computer (I have it backed up elsewhere). It's so funny... it's like survivor, just voting things off of the island. I have so much music on my hard drive, and yet I get so scared to delete anything. I still need to delete more, but it's scary... hold me.
123008 9:00am >
"I approach the Bible as a fixed product. It presents universal truth that each new community must adopt and apply to their own life situation. Communities don't adapt it; they adapt to it." - Dr. Barrett Duke
When the humans stepped out of the ship at the end of Wall-E, I thought they were all going to die from lack of oxygen on the planet. Of course that would've made the movie way more complicated =/
Last night I succesfully finished an entire roll of toilet paper on my nose. There is no real reward for this sort of thing.
I do wonder what it might be like to have lots of friends. I wonder if it entails... a lot of assuming? Because with many friends, you can't have a deep connection with any of them, so you're either forced to assume things about who they are, or you just accept that you really don't know who they are. I mean... I have close friends, so the not so close friends I accept as being distant. I have... clear boundaries or expectations (at least on my end) for close friends, and for not as close friends.
But I cannot begin to fathom what it must be like having NO close friends, and only not-so-close friends in place. There have been so many events popping up as of late that include long guest lists. Is it part of the internet generation? Creating and sustaining relationships that really aren't sustainable in reality?
122408 9:30am >
My nose is a suicide snot machine.
122308 8:30am >
At this exact moment I am thankful that my toilet has a plastic seat - although it's very cold right now on my behind, I'm sure that a cermamic seat would be way worse right now.
On this eve of the eve, I'd also like to mention that I enjoy shopping for, and giving Christmas gifts (it's just the spending part that I'm not fond of). It's not a duty, or an obligation, but I always think of it as chance to show how much I appreciate people in my life. Ok, well... for a few it does feel like an obligation. Ahh... I won't go into that, but I love everyone anyway. Then again... now that I think of it - God did give all of us this gift of salvation, even though none of us deserved it.
122208 10:46pm >
I've been fighting off a cold on and off for the past two weeks now, but tonight I'm getting some light hints that a fever might be on the way. I loaded up on meds, so I'm sure by morning I'll find out what's really going on. If I ever have symptoms for anything, they're always magnified early in the morning, and late at night.
My assignment from my counseling session is to assess the things/people I've lost in the past - figuring where possible wounds in my life came from. I'm fascinated to see what exactly will arise from counseling and from rpm sessions.... if I had to be honest, I'd say that I feel like everything is already resolved on my end. I don't feel emotional about it (though years ago I was emo about it), and I do feel like it all happened for one reason or another and I've already sorted it all out in my mind. I don't really have any lingering questions about anything. But even so, I do wonder what I'll learn from this, or if issues will appear that I'm not presently aware of.
When I went to counseling, there was a couch and a box of tissues. Tissues. *Shrug* I don't think so, but we'll see.
121908 9:50pm >
My face is dry. I needed something to make my face not dry. Why can't they label products as, "Liquid to keep your face from getting dry". It feels like health care products are given such exotic names now that I can't figure out what they are anymore. Soap is not soap. It's... body wash? Moisturizing body wash?
Ok, this is a stupid entry.
121908 4:18pm >
Brian Lew and I were on a mad hunt to find a version of "Hail To The King" online (the Vineyard version). Apparently Hillsong United came out with another song called "Hail To The King" which has completely dominated the internet and made the old version now impossible to find. Anyhow we eventually found ONE, count, ONE single version on iTunes (there are usually several versions of every worship song in existence).
What I found most fascinating was of the 25 other songs named "Hail To The King" out there, majority of them were heavy metal songs, haha. Which king are they singing about???
121808 11:30am >
The living room clocks in now at 62°F. I know my bedroom is usually colder. I'm currently fortified in Ira's old bedroom. Here in the atrium of the complex, I am borrowing Victor's proximity heater (while he's at work). With heater powered at 1500W, my thanksgiving meat thermometer reads my current location to be at a lovely 73°F. All is well in Dawson's Creek.
Yes, I still need to study.
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So my back has been really really bad lately. I've been trying to figure out how to get rid of the pain. I have sciatica it seems like, which is a pain caused by my muscles tensing up and irritating the nerves that go to my legs... the pain varies, but it's always there. Please pray for me. Most of the day it's a really huge distraction and it's all I think about.
I have my geology final today, but not looking forward to it. I should be studying right now. It's an irritating class because the teacher is not all there, and it's always really fuzzy as to what he expects of the class. He would always teach us on the go, so for the students the learning process has been by trial and error. Sigh, I just want to get it over with and pass. In other news I found out that I only need a 30% on my leisure final to pass the class with an A. Awesome.
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I really want to have a slumber party... where we all take sleeping pills, and see who can stay awake the longest. It sounds really funny to me.
Or we all take laxatives and see who can hold it the longest. Ok, that one is a joke, eww gross.
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My house has scavenger ants all over the place. It's been on and off for so long now that it doesn't seem to bother me that much. The main issue is that when it does bother me, I can't seem to locate their place of origin anyhow, so I'm forced to sort of... live with them.
But what's interesting today is that I used ant spray in the bathroom, and after a moment a single thought popped into my head, "oohh.. peppermint?"
Not good. How much have I been using the bug spray lately? Am I acquiring a taste for bug spray? Is that possible? I thought the bad smell was put in there to repel humans? Am I.. not human?
I'm not human.
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Phrases to remember: "For the lust of the game" and something else I already forgot. Sleep for the cure.
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Buy a new can opener.
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Upon passing a "Cold Stone Creamery" tonight, I imagined the failed success of a store named "Hot Stone". Such a place would try to mix icecream on fiery hot slabs of marble. I giggled as my brain conjured up images of Hot Stone employees burning themselves as they took on the impossible task of mixing rapidly melting icecream. Customers walk out explaiming to one another, "I don't know why we come here!" as they leave with dripping, soggy, nearly empty icecream cones and waffles.
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Someone today called roast beef, "roast beast".
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So I got the job at Liferay and I start in January. I'm gonna be really busy with 40 hours work, 10 hours church, and 8 hours of class each week. I need to figure out what to do about all of my other involvements as well: iHouse dinner, transformers, counseling, rpm sessions, sunday hangouts.. and I need time for homework. I'm gonna have to cut a bunch of things, regardless of what people might think.
I was briefly talking to a classmate on Thursday.. she came into class late and was all covered up in a beanie, scarf, and layers of clothing. I asked if she had had a cold, and she said she did. But she also went on to mention that this had been the hardest semester of her life: a full load of classes, 2 jobs, and depression. Without asking, I assumed she was paying herself through school... I didn't want to pry, but man, I could tell she was going through a lot.
But oh yeah... I am thankful, haha =) I'll be making more income than I ever have... so I can bite into my debts and start saving for life. I just need to adjust now to a different life phase.
Sigh... progress can be bittersweet.
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Hello Episode 12. Learning PHP.