I am a registered psychologist, a doctoral candidate who has not graduated, a huge technology lover, a man constantly fighting off the fat, and a father.
And after all the waiting, and even marking my Google calendar off for the Nikon unveiling, it turns out Nikon didn’t release a large sensor P series advanced compact as many had hoped. Instead, it released a fast lens P series, which is still welcome anyways. I am unsure if I want to pick this one up yet. I had high hopes on a large sensor compact like the Canon G1X but with a fast lens, which already exists in the Sony RX100. I just prefer the Canon G and Nikon P series bodies and external control over the Sony. Unfortunately, Nikon skipped out on it, but they did produce a very good body/fast lens combo that I would consider over similar priced mirrorless cams. The problem with mirrorless cams at this price of $500 is that they come with kit lenses that are very slow and hardly show any of the promise that a large sensor can handle (other then being able to shoot high ISO pics). I would have loved a fast aperture and high ISO combo, but I also love good handling and the F2.0 lens on this Nikon that ends in a relatively fast F4 at the end of its 7.1X zoom is pretty appealing. I’m not sure if I would rather put that money to a fast Nikkor 17-55 F2.8 though, as my DSLR is still my prime baby even if I use my old Nikon P5100 more so these days. Hmm. First world problems. image courtesy of dpreview.com.
Looked outside and was impressed with how dark the storms this week were getting. This was on Wednesday I think. Looks pretty ominous. Im in a rush to get home at this point haha.
And here’s some more dark storms approaching.
Went to Memory Express to buy some drives for my Sony VAIO that will be coming in tomorrow! Can’t wait for it. I was so excited to get my first draft of my thesis done that I just closed my computer and left for the comp store. And then I went to Mucho Burrito for dinner.
The beef Mucho XL burrito! It wasn’t as spicy as I wanted, got to remember to get the spicy salsa (cost an extra 70 cents for a side of it). The spicy salsa was really good and made me feel like my stomach was going to explode. Very delish and not really heavy at all.
So this week I picked up some things in the mail! I got my bonus Walkman Z running Android and its been fantastic. I think its a pretty hard sell to not use this on my next phone when I see how antiquated Blackberry OS 7.1 is. This might be running an older version of Android through Gingerbread, but its pretty awesome and the level of customization is exactly what I like. I am so happy I chose to get this instead of hoping that Sony Canada would have a bonus PS VITA or PS3. Not only do I love this Walkman, but Sony Canada actually made the next promotion really lame and its just a hundred bucks off, a worse deal than this Walkman that I am using a lot already. The Blackberry Journal leather case is one of my favorite cases and it was on sale at Best Buy so that goes on my currently broken Playbook (which has had so many problems, it really makes me question my sanity of being a BB fanboy). Also, the Sony doesnt sound magically better than my Samsung P3 but its great still. The Samsung was just a really good MP3 player with an amazing headphone amp.
Picked up butter chicken for lunch and had lunch with the sis and brother in law today. That was super cool, I should have been doing these lunch get togethers more often.
And some really really dark clouds today. It was a shitty day at work, with some really bad news hitting one of my colleagues. I’m not going to talk about it here, but it just tears me up inside thinking about the pain he’s in right now.
Those dark ominous clouds I saw earlier? The minute we got to the train line the shit hit the fan and the hail came down hard. I haven’t been in a hail storm in a really long while and everyone was group hugging trying to get under the tiny roof of the train station. Just insane how good the timing was that we got to the station shelter just in time.
Made some carrots, leftover rotisserie chicken and ha gee mein (I know honey, again) for dinner. W has taken a noticing that all I am eating are quick noodle meals and she is totally right haha. I hope that the vegetables that I am taking are helping with the overall health content, but its certainly a lot harder to cook for just myself and the motivation is just not there to go through all of the cooking process just for me haha.
Grabbed a CK leather shoulder bag and a Fossil laptop slip case on the weekend. Great price on clearance at Winners for the CK bag makes it a double Winner! (haha lame I know) and the Fossil case was at their outlet in Calgary on our way back from the race.
Didn’t have time to cook dinner the other night cause I was trying to get that draft out and had Edo for din dins. It was sooooo good, even though I know the portion was smaller than it used to be (when the container wasn’t halved in depth!). With double beef that was cooked just perfectly (and I think a lot of butter was secretly added) plus all those pepper flakes I poured on (I love my spices! These flakes werent that hot though) it really made my dinner super awesome.