A Dream Come True

It's been a busy week. M had work of course, and I had work, class, and tonight a meth seminar. Tony's here tonight and tomorrow, and then Jack will be here the rest of the weekend. We're going to the city tomorrow to do some fun stuff, and then there's a birthday party on Saturday and a few other things we'd like to do.

But the highlight of all highlights is the concert next Wednesday. Lots of people know how obsessed I am with The Shins and especially with James Mercer's voice and their lyrics... well, with figuring out what the heck they mean. Pure genius, and I get to see them live!!! And I'm getting a t-shirt!

Go Blue!

Someone didn't want his picture taken, but this is what we look like every Saturday. Good times!

Things This Guy and His Girlfriend Argue About

This is really funny.

Four Years!!!

Today's our four year wedding anniversary. We didn't really do anything out of the ordinary since we're both under the weather, but M did bring home lots of beautiful gladiolas. We just got the huge gift of the darkroom stuff last month, so we were happy just to relax a little. Happy Anniversary to us!

On a completely unrelated note, I heard the funniest thing today. A couple of parents we know, who shall remain nameless (okay, it was Lisa and Mark) told their son that they had to send his pacifiers to the astronauts so they could fix the space station with them. Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! What will NASA think of next?

Our First Print

Our first b/w print, originally uploaded by mpgangle.

As some of you know, we have recently acquired all of the necessary equipment to start our own darkroom. This evening, we shipped the little one off to Bun and Papa's house so we could set it up (sorry, G, you lost your bathroom for now), figure out the f-stop and exposure time using test strips, experiment with chemistry a little, and got down to business.

Here is our second print, which is the same as our first one. The first one resides at Bun and Papa's as a thank-you. It's an 8x10, and it's black and white, although it was all white that day anyway...

We think that it could be improved by using a filter to increase the contrast a little bit. We also need to be careful with our negatives in the future, because you can see two small scratches on the photo.

If you have something you'd like printed or enlarged/reduced (at this time up to 8x10, because we don't have bigger paper yet, just send us the negative. It would be a nice surprise for someone you love for a birthday or holiday. We will start charging soon, so take advantage of our kindness now while you still have the chance! {If you're reading this blog, chances are we'll never charge you anyway...}

Enjoy!