So, I want to get my parents a digital camera for Christmas but I know nothing about them. What would you recommend?
I'd want something decent, but doesn't have to be an SLR. Something they can take with them on trips and easily snap quality pictures of stuff with.

Would I be crazy to hope for such a thing under $100?

some stuff that has come up that is interesting, and would be great to find out more about if ever i have the time:

Elizabeth, the virgin queen. her reign, politics, etc.
ethnographies of gift-giving and network-based interaction in capitalist firms
programming HTML, CSS, OPAC/ILS systems, and XML

Do any of you have, and could possibly somehow give me, Sigur Rós's untitled no. 8 from the ( ) album?

I really miss it and I'm in pretty dire need.

Sleater-Kinney is breaking up.

See here: http://www.sleater-kinney.com

This makes me sad.

The little slip of paper in a fortune cookie I had yesterday said this:

"Try a new hat for a change in looks. Be creative!"

Which is funny because today I am graduating high school and wearing the silly cap and all.

I love rain. I really do.

I woke up this morning with my window partway open because it was too hot last night, and I could hear birds singing and the air smelled really good. A little bit summery but not completely because it is overcast right now. It made me wish that I had a balcony over a somewhat busy street so that I could put something thick on and have breakfast out ( Read more... )

I find it baffling that there's one chance a year to look as scary/stupid/ugly/funny as you would like without anyone looking down at you, and people don't take it. I don't get it! It could be such an awesome holiday. As much as I hate the popular princesses - with their pink gauzy wings - and the oh-so-original 70s gals, I would much rather have ( Read more... )

I saw Mirrormask last night. It's written by Neil Gaiman and Dave Mckean, directed by Dave Mckean, and it is VERY cool ( Read more... )

gynotikolobomassophilia - Love of biting a female's earlobe