Monday, July 16, 2007

Weird feeling that I Leica lot

I had a weird feeling today. I got off work around 7:00 p.m. and had nothing to do. Sure, there were things I could do. But it felt weird to be done with work and be at home with daylight left and no plans.

So I took a jog.

I zig-zagged through my neighborhood for almost 2 miles. (1.9 according to my post-run drive to see exactly how far I ran) My goal is to get into the routine of running enough to warrant buying that Nike/iPod combo where the iPod plays songs according to how you're running. It'll keep track of how far and long you've run. Then you just come back to the computer, sync it up and you can keep a tab of your workouts. Right now, I'm one of those runners who just goes out and jogs every now an then. But if I can get into a routine of running 3-4 days a week, I think it might be worth it to drop some cash on new shoes and an iPod.

So maybe getting my running thoughts out in the open will force me to run more. We'll see.

Now moving back to photography... I got a new camera the other day. I got a Leica point and shoot. It's small and black and perfect for just carrying around with me when I don't want to lug my work camera with me.

I think it's kind of funny how people always comment to me about how much they'd love to have my camera when they see me on assignments. It's opposite for me. Don't get me wrong, I love my work camera. But there are just sometimes I don't want to look like a photographer. I like to blend in a little bit.

That's why I got this little guy. It can fit in my pockets and the quality is darn close to the quality of my work camera.

So that's fun.

Here's a shot of me from the new Hobby Lobby sore in Houma. And a shot of a wine tasting Misty and I went to a couple weeks ago. I like my wine to have a deep woodsy taste... whatever that means.