bday.. blah blah

Dang, I was reading through my recent blogs and realized.. I have not updated (well almost haven't) about ANYTHING new at all since last year... minus the review or dupes.. but even dupes I didn't complete!

Ok so I haven't posted anything about my birthday this past March because.. umm.. I've been lazy!! HAHAHAHAHA!! So.. I have to dedicate a whole other entry to my bday story because shit happened but better things helped heal it.. and so on and so on. Anyways.. if you follow me on twitter and facebook you'll know what I got for my presents! My favorite out of them all?

My PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-LX3, I've been lemming and lemming and lemming and lemming and lemming since like.. fuck I don't know.. since I stumbled onto XiaXue's blog back in 2008, which was when it first came into production. It's absolutely hands down the most perfect point and shoot camera but with SLR quality, which again you'll be well aware of if you follow my twitter. I think I tweeted every month about wanting THAT or the DMC-z5. BUT.. at the time DMC-z5 wouldn't be out will April/May.. and my mother offered to get me a present early. I VERY JOKINGLY mentioned the camera of my daily-use dreams.. and SHE COMPLETELY WITHOUT HESITATION told me to get it and she'll pay. That being said, it's hard to find one that's brand new now, as they're actually very popular among photographers, being a great starter camera in general for anything.

I'll do an official review of THIS and my Canon ISO.. i forget which model I'll look it up later. When I went to Japan last year I got gel things and stuck each individual cherry blossom petal to my camera.. took me almost 40 minutes to finish but in the end I had a gorgeous not-like-yours camera! But.. something had always been off about it.. like.. picturewise it'd be more washed out blue. I tried reseting the settings but that wasn't the problem. I don't even know what was!

Now this camera is my baby. Panasonic is a kicked in the corner brand since many prefer Canon and Sony. Well.. there are it's ups and downs. Panasonic lacks GOOD zoom. Seriously, even the new ones, SUUUUCK. So if you're hoping to use it for far pictures, scenic pictures, concerts, parties.. nope. Get a Canon for that, Canon on the other hand has AMAZING zoom. Options are quite different too.. with Canon they have the isolating colors effect whereas Lumix does not. Canon takes WONDEROUS macro shots.. Lumix.. eh. Not with flash on anyway or near a reflective surface.

That being said, the Lumix is still my baby. I'm still trying to choose a crystal color to completely bling it out. I've drooled and dreamed about this brand/camera for almost 3 years and it's finally mine. I'm saving points on my American Express Gold Card (yes, i have a gold card, ppl usually wonder how since I'm so young) and I'm going to redeem them for something special~ you'll see when I get there! Might take a while though!

my long ass blog name is kind of irritating me. I'm thinking of just creating a different one.. maybe on wordpress instead of here. I don't know. We'll see.

@sarah I've filmed my intro video but completely hated it. I said UMMMM ... LIKE... UHHHHH.. UMMMMM... UMMMMMM.. UMMMMM too much. EFF IT! I'll keep practicing until I get better and more natural. Also need to find a webcam that's good and works with Mac's photobooth and imovie.. or just comes with it's own picture taking/video recording software.

I love how some people pretend to be so into technology by buying the newest this or that, or the most expensive this or that, but in the long run they don't know how to use it pass the basic functions or if something's wrong with it they don't even know where to start looking for the problem. It just makes it look like you're trying too hard to act as if you have money and knowledge.

It's 6:30AM.. I've been up since yesterday 8:30AM.. yup.. haven't slept except a nap i took yesterday from 5pm-6:30pm. LOLS