December 30, 2003 :: 3:32 p.m.
Blink 182 is the devil
My neighbors (or more appropriately, their teenage daughter) have been playing some horrendous Blink 182-esque music very loudly for the past hour or so. It's very annoying. However, it's also made me kind of paranoid. I have this issue with people hearing what I'm listening to, you see. It's a strange thing, totally unfounded, and yet still it persists. So here I am, listening to the raucous strains of three men who know 6 chords between them, and I have to wonder... can they hear what I'm listening to? Just the notion is enough to make me all ashamed. I don't know why. My music is, as a rule, light-years above anything the kids next door blast. And I don't play it very loudly, because I have two working eardrums and am capable of hearing things below Maximum "Dry Your Eyes With Sonic Wind, People In Istanbul Are Getting Headaches" Volume. But still. It's a thing.
Thankfully, the Blink 182 or similar has been turned off, or at least turned down to a level that I cannot detect. I feel much better now.
I've spent the majority of the day reading more about digital cameras. Because I want one, and I will have one, dammit. But god, there's so many. It makes my brain hurt. After much research, I've decided that the Canon Powershot G2 would do very nicely. And it's relatively cheap - under $400. The Olympus C-4000Z is a lot cheaper (about $270), but the images I've seen just aren't as nice. It has better macro capabilities, though, which is kind of annoying. But I can get a wide-angle macro lens for the G2, so no big. And the G2 also has a neat swiveling LCD screen, which I love with all my heart. So now it's just time to start a-savin', I guess. I'll end up being about $500 with accessories and shipping and stuff, so I've got about $300 to go. Oy. I need a different job. Or I could just donate blood 7 times and be done with it. Except they wouldn't let me, which really I have no problem with because I don't want to donate blood anyway.
I'll be taking Buddy out for his second walk of the day in a few minutes, and oh, the cold. It's so cold outside. Okay, well, it's only 41 degrees, but the wind makes it feel like 32. And I'm going with Adam, his dad, Anne, and his sister Sarah (whose birthday is today) to Candylane tonight, so cold = bad. It was so nice yesterday. And it's going to be warmer tomorrow. But tonight it will be freezing, so I suppose I should just bundle up and deal with it, eh? Thanks Old Navy for fleece gloves.
I got my christmas present from Mason in the mail yesterday - a new cookbook! I told him what to get, otherwise he would never have gotten me one. There are things in it that I want to make, but alas, I am lacking time and ingredients. Perhaps tomorrow, after a trip to the grocery store with my grandmother. Or maybe I'll just keep eating mac n' cheese and just read the cookbook like I do all my others. Either way, nummy goodness.
Well, kids, it's off to the dog-walking and the dinner-making and the Candylane-going for me. Happy New Year's Eve Eve.
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