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Well, Go Bears, we beat Tennessee! That should silence any doubts about the Pac-10. What a game, it was a lot of fun to watch and see all of my old friends all in one place!

My new camera remains awesome, especially for those night scenes. [Nerdy photographer text follows, feel free to skip] I also picked up a 50mm f/2 Macro lens at a great bargain, widely regarded as the best lens available for the Olympus DSLRs, and I was amazed at all the beautiful portraits I got out of it, not to mention how fast it is! If you’ve never used an f/2 or wider lens, I highly recommend it. It sure it something to shoot at ISO100 under stadium lighting and still get 1/80-1/125 shutter speeds. My other lenses (f/3.5-5.6ish) were at ISO800-1600 for that, and the photos were barely passable with all the noise (though the E-510 is great about the noise, much more so than the older models). It certainly is a big step up.

So the point of this post, I guess, is that I’m turning 23 in a couple hours. This is my last post as a 22-year old. Woooo, big deal. Heh. I’m listening to Jimmy Eat World’s “23,” which is appropriate and a great song, and I always promised myself I’d listen to it when I turn 23. “Amazing still it seems / I’ll be 23 / I wont always love what Ill never have / I wont always live in my regrets.” God, that just hits me right now. I guess I’m growing up or something. And I think I ain’t doing half bad.

To my family and friends and everyone who has been a part of my life in the past year, Thank you. Now’s as good a time as any to say it. You’ve all made my life brilliant, and I can only hope I’ve been as good to all of you as you have been to me. Thank you all!

Alright then, now that I’ve said all that, time to have a fun birthday!