I can't believe I did that...

About two weeks ago, the Circuit City near us relocated to a new shopping plaza. So they held a fancy grand opening. Jason Campbell was there to sign autograph. No, I'm not really a Skins fan but my husband is. So he told me to just drop by after work and see if I can buy the charity football and get Mr. QB to sign it.

I got there an hour before QB's appearance. Stood in line for... you know, 2.5 hours then stupid store manager told us the line will get cut off! I was close enough to actually SEE the QB's face yet still so far. Mr. store manager could and should have cut the line off like say 2 hours ago?!!! What a total waste of time! People were PISSED OFF! A couple sheriff was there just in case :) Some ppl yelled out "LET'S GO TO BESTBUY!" haha sort of childish but funny :)

There was this one kid (probably 12 yrs old?) stood in front of me, so funny! He was complaining to his mom the whole time how he KNEW we'll get cut off. So he said "let me just go inside and look." He came back 10 mins later and guess what??? He got QB's autograph. He told his mom that "I just stood there and look sad..." The story doesn't end there! He then told this kid behind him (probably couple years younger), "do you want me to take you there? All you have to do is stood there and look sad! If they won't sign it, you can come back to line. You got nothing to loose!" haha what a smarty pants!!! Too smart for his age! So 5 mins later, they both return w/ big smiles AND autography on their football! I wish I can do the same...

The only thing I have to show for is this picture that I took w/ my little compact camera:

WTF???!

Some prick stole part of our barrier wall decorative bricks. Com'on!!! These bricks only $1.99 @ Home Depot. My inlaws walk the dogs every morning by our house. They told us they only noticed ONE brick was missing @ 7am - yes, they checked. By the time we finally saw it (around noon), 6 of them were gone. WTF???! So this prick took one then came back w/ a car to take more? I'm so annoyed! We've filed a police report and notified all the neighbors. Agrrrr!!!! Should we move or just get a yappy dog?! :)

DIY Bokeh

I finally get a chance to try the DIY Bokeh and I'm LOVING IT! Below is my DIY Heart Shaped lens hood. The black paper cost $0.39 from local craft store and lots of tapes. I was able to make 3 of these fake lens hood from it.

This is the result. Not bad huh??? I'm still working on trying to get the foreground/target to focus right. This is the first time I have to use manual focus and as you can see, I'm not very good at MF.

Here's another shot with the snow flake cut out. I've used Martha Stewart's paper craft puncher for this cut out - the heart cut out I just did it by hand. The only problem I have w/ the snowflake puncher is I couldn't get it to center where I want it. The puncher only allow you to slide the paper edge in so much.

Both of these shots were taken w/ my 50mm lens at between f/1.8 to f/2.8 w/ tripod and a string of multi-xmas lights. Enjoy!!!

Peeping Tom

My father-in-law's bday was last week. I've asked him to poss a pic for me with the cute card my niece gave him. When I was checking the picture in the computer, I've noticed Peeping Tom, I mean Peeping Bingo has struck again! (heehee..)

Similar shot last summer:

Free car history report - VINCheck

My brother is in the market for a pre-owned vehicle. He came across a very good deal 2007 Nissan Versa on craigslist. He called the owner and was told it's in great condition, no accident, etc. I told my brother better ask for the VIN number to check. There are many of companies provide car history report around $30. VINCheck is FREE though - it is a service provided to the public to assist in determining if a vehicle has been reported as stolen, but not recovered, or has been reported as a previously declared total loss vehicle by cooperating NICB members.

Back to my brother's story - we ran a check on the VIN number, it said "TOTAL LOSS"!!!