'til my head falls off

I'm coming to a sad realization.

You know those Mac commercials? I love them. Then again, I love my Mac, so there ya go. But anyway, since the 'cancel or allow' commercial, the phrase, "You're coming to a sad realization" has been used at my house. Often.

And I'm coming to one now... and it's that I have to get a D-SLR. And I love my film cameras, and I'm one of the goofy holdouts that said (up until about three days ago), "Oh, I don't have a digital camera". And I'm proud of that. I mean, I have the little point-and-shoot that we take on vacation, but that's it. Cameras? Yep, I have a Bronica ETR(that's a medium format), a Pentax K1000, and a Canon that's really only used for backup. I also have some antique (heh, like the ones I just listed aren't old) cameras, but I don't shoot with them. It's always a project I mean to start, but amazingly, don't have time for. Go figure, right?

But if I want to get back into pro shooting, I'm going to have to bite the stupid bullet and buy a real DSLR. The work I would be doing would kind of necessitate it- because my clients wouldn't be impressed by the shadows and highlights of black and white film, they just want their little angels to have a decent expression.

So. Just because I have to be different, I think I'm going to go with Pentax. Buck the whole Nikon/Canon empire. Besides, I have Pentax lenses, and they're compatible with the digital body. The big question right now, then, is do I go ahead and buy what's available now or wait until the rumored new K2*'s come out? Agh.
Stupid cameras.

But I'm keeping the film. And I'm using a real darkroom, as soon as I'm not pregnant anymore. So there.

posted by steph at Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | 1 comment(s)

Never mind...

ABR to be rescheduled. We've had this lingering chest congestion thing going on here, and Noel's tympanogram is looking pretty flat on both ears (although the left side is better than the right). We're going to see about clearing the fluid, then we'll retry the ABR.
The choice was up to me, and I figured that there's no sense in doing the brainstem response part if the sound isn't really going to make it through the eardrum. I think that's the right choice for now. I think. Besides, it wasn't going to be oral sedation- it was going to be IV, but not general. No sense wasting a poke in the arm for a wonky result, right?

Right?

posted by steph at Thursday, December 13, 2007 | 3 comment(s)

Wish us luck!

We're going in for a sedated ABR tomorrow, because we didn't get a definite answer with our previous hearing test. As it stands now, Noel may have a 30dB loss- we'll find out for sure tomorrow. Poor monkey won't be able to eat after about 7AM, and no liquids after 9. I'm anxious to have it over with, but not looking forward to the doing.

As for the other kid... here ya go:

posted by steph at Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | 1 comment(s)