I have an awesome new camera :D

I've been using my phone's camera but that means everything I take a picture of has to be ABSOLUTELY still and also the resolution is kinda crappy. Don't get me wrong, I love my Razr, but it was time for a camera. James took me to Frys (he wanted to look at the speakers) and after much deliberation I picked a Panasonic. I love it so far. The first picture I took was of my ceiling fan. You probably dont want to see that.

But I also took pictures of the peach tree and pear tree in my backyard - both of which are in bloom. If you click on the picture you can see a larger version. The photos of the peach tree blooms are especially pretty.





I also took a picture of one of my favorite signs at Walmart. I like this because it looks like the little guy actually set the fire by the way he's running.

(I'll have to post the picture of the sign when I get home.. I accidentally deleted it.)


Also I made some important decisions today:
1. I am going to send Hiruke a PM to let him know that there's a lot of things going on right now and I want to be demoted to "social status" in the hnmls. I don't want to quit outright, because I like these people and I will need the company in the near future and also because I want to fulfill my obligations to Moonjay because the CoP ppt needs melee and because he's depending on me, but otherwise I can't committ 3-4 nights a week to ffxi. Then I'll let him decide if he wants to boot me or not. That means I won't get to lot on anything in dynamis, but that's the way it has to be. Partly I'm doing this because of #2

2. I am going back to martial arts. I want my black belt. Unfortunately, the school is now a Kenpo school so I'll have to start over at whitebelt, but oh well. I know for sure I want to go to Mr. Goldade's school and not some other. I want to feel like I'm going through a real program. And I want to take the black belt test that I video taped several years ago. The six hour ordeal. I want to know my own limits. So I'm going to write to Mr. Goldade a formal email asking him his permission to return to school. I'll let you know what happens with that. Maybe I shouldn't go because I should be more tight with money right now, but I really want this. I'm scared though... going back will be hard. I almost wish they didn't know me.