Jan
3
After all the trips JB has taken over the last several months, this week it’s finally my turn. That’s right, I’m leaving on a plane to go stay in a hotel, in a bed ALL BY MYSELF. Where presumably no one will wake me at 3 AM demanding to be fed. Unfortunately, the occasion is a tradeshow, but whatever. There will be room service, by god.
Also unfortunate: my flight leaves Monday at 7:10 AM. That means I have to set my alarm for . . . well, let’s see, carry the two . . . fuck it, way too early, is the point.
While I ponder what exactly I should pack for the thrilling activity of standing around an overpriced expo booth for a bajillion hours a day talking about productivity software with obnoxious Apple fanboys (shoe inserts? pepper spray?), please enjoy:
The boys, stationed in their trap lair hive pillow fort:
The baby, briefly paused in his endless effort to find every single power cord in this house and wrap it around his torso:
The 3-year-old, watching Wall-E and just the tiniest bit worried about all those robots:
The scintillating visual minutiae of our home life (movie details here; short version: still images captured over a period of time in our living room tonight):
Tell me, if a camera was gathering footage of your typical evening, what would it show?
Jan
1
JB gave me an adorable little Canon ELPH camera for Christmas, which was something I’d been wanting for a while. It’s not exactly in the same ballpark as my D70 in terms of picture quality but it has the highly redeeming feature of being small and light and easy to keep in my purse. Plus, it captures movies, which I feel is a handy function to have at the ready, because what if I had one of those alien-abduction experiences and there was no way to accurately document the process of being anally probed? I’d just be another questionable source raving about little green men, instead of a credible journalist sporting irrefutable proof, including length AND girth of the probing materials. Maybe they use special rods, maybe they use giant Oh Boy! Oberto Sausage Sticks — really, there’s no way to know by photos alone, you really want video for this sort of in-depth information.
Anyway, while I remain vigilant for any close encounters, it’s been nice to be able to grab an image or two of whatever we’re out doing. Like dorking around at the library:
Watching the kids riding the various coin-operated vehicles at the mall:
Whiling away time as I wait in the car with the kids:
And driving by a couple of Seattle’s more colorful businesses:
Really, I kind of love this camera. It’s a nice way to detach from my normal fiddly process of trying for the Best Picture Possible and just aiming and hitting the button to create a memory. Very cool present, and one that’s going to get used a lot this year.
Tell me, what was one of your favorite holiday gifts?
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