New Toy: Canon Rebel XT

I've been searching eBay for the past week looking for the best possible deal on a DSLR. Long behold i was able to snatch a great deal for just $160. It's true that sometimes, you can find a nail in a haystack. The camera does have a slight problem with ERR 99 codes when doing shots in creative mode. It will need some servicing, but unfortunately - that would cost more than i paid for the camera. I will have to live with only using auto modes.

Eventually i do plan on upgrading to a T2I which has video capability and will need an image stabilizing lens. Nevertheless, this current camera takes some awesome pictures. With a large aperture (4.0 - 4.5) the blurry effects is awesome.

Those of you that have a DSLR and want that blurry background effect when taking portraits try setting the dial mode to AV (aperture priority mode) and use the lowest possible setting, which is generally 4.0 for entry level DSLR's. Zoom in or get as close to the subject as possible. Hopefully you can get some results similar to mine. Practice, practice and more practice.

Song of the Day: GNA - Black and White

Dang, where was she hiding? Nice catchy song. Cute little dances too.

Bad Gas Mileage? Check the Basics!

For the past 3 weeks i've been getting horrible gas mileage on my car. I thought it was because of my city commute, but something didn't really make sense. So, i went back to the basics and checked my tire pressure today and 2 of the tires were at 20 psi. Must be the cold weather. I've pumped them back up to 35psi so i should see some improvements.

If you are getting bad gas mileage, don't forget to regularly check your tire pressure. Also, it's dangerous driving with under inflated tires - and - they wear down faster.

The Perfect Buzz

How many bottles of soju does it take to get that perfect buzz?

Perfect? Yes.. not sober.. not drunk. You feel good and the endorphins kick in. For me it's about 2 bottles. Anymore than that, i get roudy and cocky. 2 bottles seems to be perfect.

Feeling so good right now. Thanks Pae for the company.

Mobile blogging

Testing the new mobile blogger app for android.

Run Pusha!

My sister recently posted this picture of her dog on her Facebook. I just had to share it with ya'll. Isn't she adorable? Running around in the snow so carefree..

What's Your Band's Name?

A friend sent me a neat little experiment you can do to randomly select a band name, album cover, and album title.

1. Go to wikipedia and hit random. The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2. Go to quotationspage.com and hit random. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3. Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” Third picture, no matter what ...............it is, will be your album cover.
4. Use photoshop or similar (picnik.com is a free online photo editor) to put it all together.
5. Post it with this text in the "caption" and TAG the friends you want to join in.

Here was my result, which doesn't sound bad at all...