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  • euicho 10:24 am on 12/20/2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: christmas, , shopping, xmas   

    Sunday Afternoon Shopping 

    This Sunday we had some last-minute Xmas shopping to do.  We went to Bagel Central for a delicious lunch, then to Burlington Coat Factory where I wanted to get a jacket I’d seen on sale.  They didn’t have it but we ended up finding one I liked even better.  Doody probably felt a twinge of jealousy for seemingly no reason as I bought it (he’s sort of an addict when it comes to jackets).

    After that we went on an  epic “winter boots” quest for Amme.  It is almost impossible to find decent-looking, affordable winter boots for women (sure L.L. Bean has fantastic boots, but out of our price range).  All the boots we found were either too expensive, or weren’t really made for trudging through snow and slush (there were plenty of useless, very fashionable ones ).  We finally managed to find some at Target, and Amme managed to talk them into giving her 20% off because they had some scuff marks on the uppers.

    We braved the mall to get some presents and pretzels at the newly re-opened pretzel shop.  Amme had been super bummed when they closed down last winter because she loves the little pretzel bites.  I decided to forgo the caramel macchiato I usually get in the mall, then regretted it later.  If you want a seriously amazing caramel macchiato that puts Starbucks to shame, get it at the Bangor Mall—I’m not even kidding.

    We stopped at the grocery store before heading home, and I made steak, blanched broccoli, and Welsh Rarebit for supper.  All in all, it was a tiring but very nice little Sunday.

     

    • Doody 1:25 am on 1/6/2011 Permalink

      Woot, I just realized I got a mention here. No jealousy at all, I will enjoy the fresh smell and feel of the new jacket along with you. Because yeah, I loves me them jackets.

  • euicho 5:08 am on 6/18/2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: bargains, , , shopping   

    Weekly Del.icio.us links (June 14-20, 2009) 

     

  • euicho 11:58 pm on 8/4/2006 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: shopping   

    First Strike 

    Wow. We just had a very lightning-intense, fast-moving storm come through my area, and I was sitting out in it. I’ve never gotten a lightning photo before, and tonight I set out to do it.

    The damn storm came so fast I barely had time to get outside. Trying to make as little noise as possible (Amme had to wake up at 3am to work) I grabbed a parka and a plastic shopping bag, and ran outside with my tripod in hand. It wasn’t quite raining when I got outside, so panting and trying not to drop my camera, I tore a hole in the bag just smaller than my lens and slid it over my camera (I really need to get a waterproof case). It still had a tiny hint of body showing, but it decided was worth the risk. I carried it out under my parka into the breezy night air.

    I found a spot with an unobstructed view of the sky a few hundred feet away from my building, so I sat down and set up my tripod. Just then the skies opened up and began to pour. With the camera under my parka (except the lens), I began snapping away. I experimented with a number of shutter speeds ranging from 2 seconds to 30. My camera unfortunately has a 1:1 shutter/processing time ratio, so when I shoot 30 seconds, it processes 30 seconds, forcing me to miss a lot of shots.

    The storm clouds were racing overhead and I was doing my best to keep my camera as dry as I could. The storm was almost overhead! Aiming about 60 degrees up, I decided to shoot a 4 second speed, only to shoot nothing, wait 4 as the lightning struck, shoot another 4 seconds with no strikes, then wait 4 as it struck again. This was so frustrating. It was like the lightning was trying to keep off-beat with me. I waited 4 seconds then shot, so that I could sync up to it, but as the lightning got closer, its frequency changed! I could only get tiny hints of a bolt. Frustration started to wear away at my hopefulness and time was running out.

    The rain was beating down hard enough to hurt my ears, and the thunder was deafening, but I had to have my shot. Pointing straight up in the sky now, I decided if I wanted to catch a good strike I had to be patient and use the agonizingly slow 30 second shutter speed, the highest my poor camera can go, even though I only had minutes before the storm passed behind me. About three shots later, I finally got my wish…

    A blinding supernova exploded directly overhead! I stared in awe at the now blackened sky, a shit-eating grin spread across my face, and waited for the comming hammer blow. “CRACK!” The sky bellowed a roar at me that echoed across the landscape like a thousand gunshots. Then, seemingly as fast as it had come, the storm raced off.

    I’d be the first to admit it’s a lame photo compared to some of the astounding lightning shots out there on the web. However this one is *mine*. The wetness, the cold, the danger to my camera… In the end they were all worth it for my first strike.

     

    • Doody 2:54 am on 8/7/2006 Permalink

      Man, thats an impressive shot I say. Great detail on the lightning which is not something you always see. I really like the shots of the clouds being lit up by the lightning beyond your apartment complex. Keep up the good work Tommy.

    • Nyrath the nearly wise 10:11 pm on 8/14/2006 Permalink

      That picture is going into my “reference images” folder, under “lighting bolts” (said folder was made when I was tasked to make the last picture on the page http://www.projectrho.com/SSC/leifGallery/leifCGI05.html )
      Nice job!

    • Euicho 9:58 am on 8/16/2006 Permalink

      Awesome, thank you both!

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