Archive for the 'Random' Category

I’m sure most of us have a personal expensive wishlist – a list of items we wish we had but don’t because of the price. Yet, if someone suddenly dropped a ton of money on our lap, we’d buy something off the list in a heartbeat. Well, I have that kind of list. It includes things like…

Electric Car
I’m tired of spending so much money on gas and having to fill often. I want an electric car. The thought has been on my mind ever since my father-in-law bought a Chevy Volt. I’m jealous of how he just charges it overnight. I’d like to have a Volt or something similar. The charge is enough for me to get to-and-from work, and it can run on gas if I need to go longer distances. I’m hoping there will be more options in the next few years, because I’d really like my next car to be electric.

Full Frame DSLR
I currently have a Canon 50D, which is considered semi-pro/semi-casual but has a cropped sensor. The next step up would be a full frame DSLR, which is what a lot of professionals use. I’ve had my eye on the Canon 5D Mark II for a long time now. (Why not the new Mark III? Because it’s three-thousand-five-hundred-freaking-dollars.) There’s been a couple times where the 5DII was on such a good sale, I almost bought it. I keep stopping myself because I have a hard time justifying it. Sure, I take photography seriously, but it’s still a hobby to me. Should I really be spending $2,000 on a camera?

Tablet
Yeah… ok, I knocked this one off the list. Someone dumped money on my lap. Remember that “hack-a-thon” back in February where work gave us a week to work on any project we wanted, and then they chose winners? Well, my team’s first place win (in our category) got us a money prize. Even after splitting it with my teammates, it was more than enough to get a tablet. Thus, I chose an iPad Mini :)

(I still plan on writing about our project, but if you want a sneak peek, check out our interview here.) A tablet was another thing that I’ve been hesitating on. I wasn’t sure how much I’d use it, but I’m looking forward to bringing this on travels instead of a bulky laptop, and I’m using it to read e-books now :)

I have a few other things on the list, but these were the ones I’ve been really wanting. Is there anything expensive that you wish you had?

I remember one time, my brother and I were walking towards the grocery store, and we noticed a man pushing his car out of his parking spot. We stopped by and asked if he needed help.

The man said his car was fine; it just couldn’t reverse, and he hasn’t bothered to fix it yet. He thanked us multiple times anyway. We walked off, and he stopped his car next to us, and thanked us again before driving off. I suppose it’s the thought that counts because we really didn’t help, other than ask if he needed it.

Well, somewhat recently, I drove on a flat tire, destroyed it, and had to pull over into a restaurant’s parking lot. Since it was near my house, I called my husband to drive over and help me put the spare on.

As I waited, several different people walked by and simply stared at me – my trunk open, spare tired propped against the car, and me fiddling with the car jack. None of them asked if I needed help. Well, none except one young woman, who didn’t know how to change the tire, but offered to call someone to help me. I thanked her and assured her someone was on the way. Other than her, no one else bothered.

It made me wonder about that time at the grocery store. Was the man grateful because of all the previous times he did that… no one stopped to see if he needed help?

Read the rest of this entry »

Tis the season for… freaking out about gifts and doing a lot of last minute work before the year ends. Well, that’s what my life has been like lately: working and Christmas shopping. Since I don’t have anything exciting going on lately, let’s talk about me, I guess!

1. I don’t like looking at injection needles.
I specified injection since it’d be sad if I didn’t like looking at my own sewing needles. Getting shots or having my blood drawn doesn’t scare me, but I always turn my head and look away. Sometimes it makes people worried that I’m about to freak out over it, but I don’t. I just don’t like seeing sharp, pointy objects being stuck in me.

2. My husband and I don’t share blankets.
Because he’s a blankie thief! I noticed this when we were dating, and I’d wake up cold with no blanket on me anymore. I’d look over, and he’d have it all. After we moved in together, we started using separate sets of blankets and still do. Plus, I normally like thicker blankets than he does, so this works out anyway.

Read the rest of this entry »