Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
5/12/11
I'm testing out the auto-posting via phone. If this works, this is a pic I snapped while walking into Panera with Sonia. We had soup and talked about children's books of the 1940's.
EDIT: So I guess it works but there are some limitations. I can auto-post on blogger via my phone's camera app, but I can only do one photo per post. Only in-phone photo editing. Can't decide the placement of the photo - looks like it's set to auto-post on the left side. And the images are pretty small, I think the phone compresses them. But now we know.
5/11/11
May 11th, the day I murdered my Canon point and shoot camera.
At work, we had a 2 hour picnic lunch to celebrate Ben's upcoming wedding, which was fun. It was also Bobby's birthday, his 35th. (We'll be celebrating next week sometime.) I left work at 5:45ish to head up to Methuen to celebrate my papa's 85th birthday. We had a really nice time.
A few minutes before I left, I went to the bathroom and washed and dried my hands. I took my little Canon out of my pocket and turned it on, because I was going to take a picture of something in the kitchen for my photo of the day. Gram had these beautiful flowers that Jesse had given her a few days earlier for Mother's Day, I figured that's what I'd take. The camera just flew out of my hands (they weren't still wet or anything, I was just super clumsy) and hit the floor with force. If it hadn't been on, I actually think it probably would've been fine, but it was on and the zoom lens bent and wouldn't retreat back into the camera when I turned it off. The camera still take pictures, but they all look like this - these are the beautiful flowers I was talking about:
I was going to take it to Hunts in Melrose to see if they could fix it, but the camera is 4 years old. I brought it home and fiddled with it to see if I could unbend the lens (thinking that maybe the problem was just that) but after playing around with it a bit I am pretty sure that something inside the lens broke when it hit the floor.
I was pretty devastated because even though I have an SLR, it's huge and terrible to lug around on a daily basis. It's a vacation/special event camera, not something I can have on me every day. It was also so expensive that I worry about it when I take it out, I can't have it away from my person for a split second without serious anxiety. So it's definitely not something I'd bring to work or leave in my car while running an errand.
Anyway, I was really sad, so when I decided that it was dead, I pulled out the memory card and downloaded all of the photos and videos from the last month. And you know what's weird? All of the videos had horrible feedback and scrambled white noise sounds instead of sound. And half of the pictures were grainy (despite not being on a high ISO setting). I thought that I had murdered my camera, but I now think that he knew he was dying and he jumped from my hands on purpose, to get it over with quickly.
RIP little Canon. I loved the last 4 years with this camera; if I could buy the exact same camera today, I would - but it's old now and a trillion small point and shoots have come out since, so I really need to read up on the reviews before I buy. Over the next couple weeks, as I research and save up a little cash for my new point and shoot (because the truth is, I cannot live without one), I'll still post daily photos. But I'm going to have to change my format a bit, because having a pocket camera is pretty necessary for a one-a-day blog.
I'll post mostly daily cell phone photos.
At least a few times, I'll lug out the SLR.
And to fill in the gaps, I'll post some of my favorite photos that I've taken with the Canon over the last 4 years.
Sadly, this is the last picture I'll take with this camera:
At work, we had a 2 hour picnic lunch to celebrate Ben's upcoming wedding, which was fun. It was also Bobby's birthday, his 35th. (We'll be celebrating next week sometime.) I left work at 5:45ish to head up to Methuen to celebrate my papa's 85th birthday. We had a really nice time.
A few minutes before I left, I went to the bathroom and washed and dried my hands. I took my little Canon out of my pocket and turned it on, because I was going to take a picture of something in the kitchen for my photo of the day. Gram had these beautiful flowers that Jesse had given her a few days earlier for Mother's Day, I figured that's what I'd take. The camera just flew out of my hands (they weren't still wet or anything, I was just super clumsy) and hit the floor with force. If it hadn't been on, I actually think it probably would've been fine, but it was on and the zoom lens bent and wouldn't retreat back into the camera when I turned it off. The camera still take pictures, but they all look like this - these are the beautiful flowers I was talking about:
I was going to take it to Hunts in Melrose to see if they could fix it, but the camera is 4 years old. I brought it home and fiddled with it to see if I could unbend the lens (thinking that maybe the problem was just that) but after playing around with it a bit I am pretty sure that something inside the lens broke when it hit the floor.
I was pretty devastated because even though I have an SLR, it's huge and terrible to lug around on a daily basis. It's a vacation/special event camera, not something I can have on me every day. It was also so expensive that I worry about it when I take it out, I can't have it away from my person for a split second without serious anxiety. So it's definitely not something I'd bring to work or leave in my car while running an errand.
Anyway, I was really sad, so when I decided that it was dead, I pulled out the memory card and downloaded all of the photos and videos from the last month. And you know what's weird? All of the videos had horrible feedback and scrambled white noise sounds instead of sound. And half of the pictures were grainy (despite not being on a high ISO setting). I thought that I had murdered my camera, but I now think that he knew he was dying and he jumped from my hands on purpose, to get it over with quickly.
RIP little Canon. I loved the last 4 years with this camera; if I could buy the exact same camera today, I would - but it's old now and a trillion small point and shoots have come out since, so I really need to read up on the reviews before I buy. Over the next couple weeks, as I research and save up a little cash for my new point and shoot (because the truth is, I cannot live without one), I'll still post daily photos. But I'm going to have to change my format a bit, because having a pocket camera is pretty necessary for a one-a-day blog.
I'll post mostly daily cell phone photos.
At least a few times, I'll lug out the SLR.
And to fill in the gaps, I'll post some of my favorite photos that I've taken with the Canon over the last 4 years.
Sadly, this is the last picture I'll take with this camera:
5/10/11
I forgot to charge my camera battery and I turned the camera on at work, snapped one photo just to see if it was working, and it turned itself off. This is the photo. Took me forever to find the charger - I put it somewhere 'for safekeeping' when I was cleaning and forgot that meant it was in the pocket of my yellow bag. Duh.
5/08/11
After waking up at Becki's and having a little bit of Malandrino family time in the morning, I headed to Derry to see my parents for Mother's Day. I got my mama some jewelry, flowers, and a card, and had plans to spend the day with my parents and brother, then my 4 grandparents would come over in the afternoon and we'd grill burgers and have a simple family lunch. Then my parents changed the plan a bit and asked me and Jesse to get there at 10am and help them paint the pool deck. I actually really enjoy painting INDOORS, but have never been a fan of outdoor painting (decks, houses, garage doors, etc). So of course I said I'd do it for them, but I wasn't even remotely looking forward to it. Oddly enough, it was kind of fun. And it went a lot faster than I thought it would.
Alison came over for a bit, and when we were done, I ran some errands and came back to get ready for a late lunch with the grandparents. Right before they all showed up, I went downstairs to move my clothes from the washer to the dryer and realized that the brand new bottle of detergent that my mom had asked me to put on the washer had fallen off and smashed. Most likely, I'd put it just a tiny bit too close to the edge, and when the washer hit spin cycle, it just fell off. It was absolutely disgusting - the liquid detergent was all over the floor, and it had covered some of my clean laundry (seeped up through the bottom of my laundry bag) and a bunch of laundry waiting to go into the washer. It took me 25 minutes, 3 rolls of paper towels, and a bucket of water to get all of that soap up off the floor. WHOOPS. I still owe my mom a new bottle of detergent and some paper towels.
Apart from that, it was actually a really great family day. Here are a couple pictures of the pool deck - the new pool is coming soon. Forgot to take a before pic - it was gray and very weathered. It looks awesome now. It was a gorgeous day until about 3, then it poured.
5/07/11
Every few weeks, I stay with Becki and PJ for a night. I love these weekends - so nice to spend time with some of my best friends, and their son Liam - my little muffin! We read lots of books, sometimes we play trucks or diner (he has a little 50's diner set, and he makes me of invisible coffee), and between bathtime and bedtime, I get lots of snuggles! He's also the happiest little dude in the morning - we do lots and lots of laughing in the mornings.
5/05/11
Cinco de Mayo. Wasn't thinking when I agreed to meet Josh, Jess, and Sonia at Margaritas - it was mobbed. Tried to take a picture of a guy in a parrot costume but I was slow pulling the camera out. Here's my beer.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
5/04/11
At work, this guy was sleeping outside. That happens a lot when the weather is nice. Our benches are like magnets for the people of Malden who have nowhere else to be.
This other guy was washing the windows of the building next door.
This other guy was washing the windows of the building next door.
5/03/11
I took the day off from work to go to Becki's grandmother's funeral. It was a sad and beautiful day - I was so glad to be there for one of my very best friends and her family, who I love dearly. I almost took a picture at the cemetery, because it was one of the most beautiful spring days that we've had so far. But I thought that might be a bit weird. I took a pic of some graffiti I saw when leaving the post-service lunch in Salem (MA).
Becki wrote a really beautiful tribute to her Oma here if you want to read it. It's very touching. Love you Beck!
Becki wrote a really beautiful tribute to her Oma here if you want to read it. It's very touching. Love you Beck!
5/02/11
Terrible picture but I had just started my car after running an errand and figured I should document what happened today. Pretty big news, I guess.
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