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09/06/2007 17:29 #40973

Camera !!!
Category: hobbies
I got a new lens today, it is a 30mm normal/wide prime lens that I adore already. Here is my first photo from it:

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(bigger size here)

I sold some other stuff to pay for this but man oh man it was worth it!
ladycroft - 09/07/07 05:53
puppy!!!
james - 09/06/07 22:34
Ben loves the ladies. So you may pet away Felly.
fellyconnelly - 09/06/07 20:40
BEN! one day i will pet ben.

(oh yeah and nice lens)
leetee - 09/06/07 19:02
cute puppy
drew - 09/06/07 18:46
Great dog. Great lens, too.

Do you know of anybody with an older but still ok digital camera that they might want to sell cheap?
jason - 09/06/07 18:07
Your dog has tons of charm. As if you didn't know that already!
lauren - 09/06/07 18:01
aww pretty puppy!

09/06/2007 12:20 #40968

Meow



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jim - 09/06/07 19:09
That is the one. Cheap and mediocre food!
leetee - 09/06/07 19:03
uhm... were you at Zhang's Buffet on Union? It looks familiar and until you mentioned it was at a buffet, i couldn't figure out where i would have seen such a... uh... lovely piece of art.
jim - 09/06/07 17:23
It is at a Chinese Buffet ( I forget which ) and I think it was made out of rabbit fur. Paul had to sit next to it and almost died I think.
libertad - 09/06/07 15:51
you are a freaking freak~~! Is that really real cat fur?
lauren - 09/06/07 12:52
That is creepy and weird.
And why does the kitty look sooooo sad?
james - 09/06/07 12:26
you have some 'splainin' to do.

is that a needle point kitty made with actual car fur?

09/05/2007 11:13 #40944

C is for Cookie
Category: namesake


fellyconnelly - 09/05/07 22:50
i am posting a response on my own journal.
james - 09/05/07 15:31
Muppets make this world so much better to live in.

That song makes me cry tears of joy. And I'm not even drunk.
lauren - 09/05/07 14:41
Mmmm, chocolate chip cookies, oreo cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, cookie dough, cookies and cream, cookies cookies cookies!!!
leetee - 09/05/07 12:37
Thanks for the song that will go round and round in my head for days. :)
tinypliny - 09/05/07 12:23
That's very poor timing - I got to work late today and now I want one of those enormous oatmeal-raisin cookies. Tsk Tsk.

09/04/2007 18:37 #40934

This is totally not like me at all.
Category: life


I am never like that.
fellyconnelly - 09/04/07 20:15
awesome.
tinypliny - 09/04/07 19:18
Whew. What a relief. Neither am I.

09/03/2007 17:01 #40918

Dream House
Category: buffalo
Considering...

1. I love mansard roofs
2. I am jealous of not have a mansion like (e:MPT)
3. I think I could afford the mortgage, but probably not the heating bills

This is my dream house:

Huge double lot, brick, second empire house. A bit in a bad area maybe though... Niagara Street near the college and armory.



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matthew - 09/04/07 22:25
$333! that's crazy. what temp do you keep it at? 85 degrees? :) We kept it at 70 during the day and 65 at night. It can be chilly but you could just throw on a sweater. Do you have storm windows?
tinypliny - 09/04/07 20:23
If "Mansard Roofs" are the ones with the hexagonal/pentagonal tiles, I adore them! They are perfect.
carolinian - 09/04/07 18:53
$450 a month in a 4000 sq. foot 100 year-old house? I have an 850 sq foot apartment in 100 year-old house. My highest heating bill was $333. Did I mention I did the whole plastic thing and caulked the windows? That's just not right. Not right at all, I say!
matthew - 09/04/07 17:33
very nice! The heating might not be as bad as you think, if you're careful. Our house is about 4,000 sq feet. and our highest heating bill last winter was $450. We had a new high efficiency furnace installed this summer, so this winter's heat bill should be even lower. and just imagine if we tweaked our windows! i remember everyone telling me i was crazy when we bought our Linwood house because the heating bills would be "crazy". But they were wrong. if the house is built well (which i have no doubt an 1860's buffalo 2nd empire is) it contains the heat well and keeps the cold out for an 100 year old house. Just heat the main rooms during the day and the bedrooms at night. Also, it says that one of the fireplaces is in working order. Score!
jim - 09/04/07 17:02
Now if only it stays on the market until the spring!
jason - 09/04/07 16:00
Looks like a fantastic (although freaking giant) home. Living in a little apartment for so long, I think I might feel odd having so much space.
joshua - 09/04/07 10:22
That heating bill has to be murder though. Murder, I say!
fellyconnelly - 09/03/07 21:36
oh thats great!
buy it and invite me for parties!
drew - 09/03/07 20:22
Wow! This seems like a great deal.
jim - 09/03/07 17:20
Yeah... I think we'll end up staying in Buffalo just so we can buy an awesome house and waste all the earth's resources in keeping it warm through winter.
joshua - 09/03/07 17:19
Hmm - that is in very good condition for its age, at least from the outside.

Personally, my dream house is a beach home in California... but I'm still saving my nickels.