So today I opened my door to go to UW and pickup my papers, when I saw a large box.  It was my enlarger.   The Omega C-700 I got is in an AWESOME condition.  I was truly surprised.  For $28 I got the enlarger and the lens that were in amazing condition.  I have to test the lens once my chemistry comes in.  The only thing missing was the negative carrier, and they cost $50+ if I buy them of the web, which is crazy since 2 pieces of flat glass would be just as good.  I will post some pictures later in the week when I’ve had some time to play with it.

Also it has been a great start for the new year.  Had an awsome time for the new years and a pretty good day of baking and fun at my place the day later.

Well not much to report.  I’m still waiting for the enlarger, it should be here tomorrow hopefuly.  The chemistry for the darkroom that I ordered will not be delivered until 7th, which means I will only be able to verify that the enlarger is working, but nothing else.  Printing will have to wait at least another couple of weeks.  In the mean time I will be busy with some digital photography.

Yesterday I had a fairly busy day.  Went to Southcenter mall and IKEA, unfrotunately at IKEA they ran out of the light I wanted.  How’s it possible for IKEA to run out of stuff?  Fortunately at the mall I managed to get exactly the pants, shirt and shoes combo I wanted.  Seems like I’m all set for new years.  After that I went to pickup Yoli from the airport and take her home.

Today I went to GMB dinner at Red Robin.  There weren’t that many people there, but it was nice catching up.  Hopefully I’ll manage to pull off another GMB gettogether at my place.

Will update more tomorrow if the enlarger arrives.

I added the contact form today.  I realized that I didn’t have my email up here and no way for people to contact me from the blog, so check it out on the menu at right.  Hopefully it will be sufficient for some quick emails and what not.

Today I also went to an awesome REI sale and got myself a nice parka coat.  It should be great for the rainy Seattle weather.  Tomorrow I should be at Macy’s looking at some blazers.  With all these post-Christmas sales going on it’s pretty hard to resist.

I added twitter on the right toolbar.  This way there would be pretty much daily updates.  Other than that the darkroom chemistry has been ordered and I’m waiting for it.  I also ordered some pretty sweet prosciutto from Scott Hams (www.scotthams.com).  It should be arriving in less than a week and I can’t wait to cut into it.  Prosciutto is GREAT on pizza, so you can expect more pizza parties once it’s here. I will probably make a pizza party after Rex’s dance show, I’m hopping the weekend of the 16th of January, depending on people’s availability.

Yesterday I got my Christmas present.  My parents decided to give it to me early.  Acctually I helped them buy it.  I got a 45-bottle wine cooler.  It’s sweet.  Now I finally can store all those bottles of wine I’ve been collecting and hopefully I’ll drink a few, since some of them are up to 2 years old.

I made a tiramisu today.  Somehow it felt like a perfect desert for snowy weather.