On Monday night, I got a call from Michael (The Metropolitician).  After a few moments of hellos and how are you’s, he told me that he and Clarke were getting ready to watch Batman Begin at his place.  He continued and asked if I knew about the group of people going to see The Dark Knight in Yongsan on Tuesday.  Well, of course I did!  It’s just that I’m in Daejeon right now, and being there was not a possibility.  I did get a chance to see the movie last night, though.  It was very good, and I hope to see it properly on an IMAX screen in the next couple of weeks.

One thing that kept me from truly enjoying the movie was one of my seat partners, an acquaintance of mine.  She’s not a bad person, just a terrible person to sit next to in a movie theater.   She’s one of those people that talks during a movie, which isn’t that bad by itself.  In addition to this, she was talking to the screen, laughing extremely loud when no one else in the theater was, throwing her hands up and gesturing when something frustrating or exciting happened, and felt the need to inform me about what was happening in the movie.  [Stage whisper] “Oh my god, did you see that?  He took all the ballerinas on his boat!  Hahaha!  That’s too funny…”  Ummm, of course I saw it.  Are we not sitting next to each other, staring at the same 60 foot screen?

In other news, I’m going to take the plunge and invest in a new lens.  I’ve been putting it off, saying, “Later.”  Well, later is now.  A friend casually hinted at me photographing his wedding in September, which kind of put me in a bit of a panic.  I don’t even have the correct lenses for a wedding, on top of it being a little stressful!  Even if I don’t end up shooting this wedding it’s about time I go big, or go home.  So, Michael said he’d go with me for some lens shopping, so that makes me feel better.  The lens quality I want will be in the $1000~$1300 range.  That’s a bit more than the cost of my Canon 400D itself, but I don’t see this photography thing being one of my phases.

Speaking of cameras, I loaded film for the first time in… at least 5 years!  I want to experiment with film again and bought a Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim from eBay to play with.  It’s a toy camera, so I’m just trying to have fun with it.  Here are example of shots people have taken with this unassuming camera.  The ones that are really saturated are cross-processed.  That’s something I also want to try, but first, I want to see how this regular roll of film will turn out.  I’m hoping to get lots of lens flare!  I’ll have lots of opportunities to practice, since next week looks to be sunny, sunny, sunny!

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This photos is from a walk in Daejeon with John and Ras on Sunday. We dropped by a convenience store for some ice cream. Unfortunately, I was too eager and didn’t lick the popsicle first. I felt like Flick, from A Christmas Story, who got his tongue stuck on a frozen lamppost. Mine wasn’t as severe (nor was it my tongue), but it lasted at least 45 seconds before finally melting off.

• having coffee and leftover pizza for breakfast. #
• leaving to meet “John from Daejeon” at Costco at noon. #
• got back from meeting John. Got lots of DVDs and books from him since he’s leaving the ROK. Even got potting soil & Miracle Grow! #
• “Welcome to Andong, the capital of mental culture of Korea.” http://snurl.com/39v6x I love it! #
• got treated to an Outback dinner. Had dessert for the first time in an Outback-Sydney Surprise. #
• http://twitpic.com/6e9j - Forgot that I took a picture of my Sydney Surprise. Even with 4 spoons, I ate most of it by myself. #

• Now I know what a Korean M.T. (membership training) feels like. Bonding & LOTS of drinking. #

• My alma mater, the University of Oregon, is one of 11 colleges in the nation to received a Green #
• My alma mater, Univ. of Oregon, is 1 of 11 colleges in the US to get a perfect Green Rating from the Princeton Review http://snurl.com/38q08 #
• I’m going to a prom!!! #
• The prom was more fun than expected. Everyone had a good time. #
• @kevinrose http://twitpic.com/660p - Cute cats are one thing, but this is scary. Don’t like it. Add some rainbows and maybe it’s be we … #