"Hi. Welcome to my office. And we usually reserve this kind of talk for casual sex Friday."

It's Friday! And I got off work at noon! :)
But... tonight's Gear Daddies concert was cancelled due to illness. :(
I hope it's nothing serious. Get well soon Martin, Nick, Billy or Randy!
This knitting thing is quickly becoming an addiction. (shut up, hellbob!)
The hat I made came out cute but too big for me (and I have a big head!) so i want to try another hat. The 4 needle thing was really annoying so i wanted to use a flexible needle for the bottom part up until I start putting in the decreases but the one I have is too long. I remembered my neighbor saying that she had bought a kit of adjustable needles that come with different size needles and different length cables and you just assemble the size you need. So I found them online and they listed the shops, by state, that carry them.
This was a dangerous, bad, bad thing. One of the shops is literally only 2 minutes from where I work. Close enough to run to in my 1/2 hour for lunch. I got the needles, but resisted all the pretty yarn. The shop also wins for the coolest name ever. It's called Yarnzilla. I just have this image of this cute colorful fluffy lizard stomping the buildings in the Opus complex. :)
So yeah, I'm currently working on a scarf for hellbob, a scarf for me, and another attempt at a hat. i will make sweaters some day, oh yes I will. Sweaters with looooooong sleeves for my monkey arms!

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I stopped at National Camera on the way home to get the photo paper the teacher wants us to use & to get more B&W film. While wandering the darkroom supplies I found a used GraLab timer for only $30!! These puppies sell new for over $100, but this one is an older model, plus it was cheaper than the used usually are because it doesn't stop when the hands hit 0, which means you can't use it w/the enlarger for your exposure settings, but that's ok. I've already got a smaller one of those that works. But it will work for me to set the minutes when developing film. I always loose track of where I'm at... as in "Have I been doing this for 4 minutes now, or 5?" Which is a pretty important thing to watch when it's less than 10 minutes total!
So yay! It's one of those things that it's always been nice to have but not anywhere close to neccessary enough to pay $120.

This weeks assignment is still getting to know your camera & exposures stuff.

We have to find some kind of motion to shoot (fountain, etc) and take as many shots as our camera allows using reciprocity. Reciprocity is when the exposure is the same but the settings are different, like: shutter speed 1/250 & F5.6 is the same as 1/15 & F22. This is for us to see the differences in depth of field, and in stopping time/blurring movement. Also, we will be able to see which speeds you really can't handhold the camera. Then the rest of the roll is up to us, we just have to bracket every shot. So I've got to think of somewhere with something in continuous movement. Ideas anyone?