It must be so disappointing when something just *flops* like that.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

I have done something maybe stupidly spontaneous. As I got interested in food and cooking and food photography, in the back of my mind I've always considered getting a macro lens. But my existing lenses were always good enough, so I never really did any research on it. Well, I was going through a random food blog last night and she had great photos, as well as an info page about her equipment. And... well... you guessed it, she had a macro lens. Then came the feverish researching last night and this morning, and then I did it. I bought a really, really ridiculously expensive macro lens. Also, I love Ken Rockwell. He's my Nikon god. He's almost exhaustively thorough, yet easy to understand, and most importantly, always seems to know what the key points are that I care about. During my research, there were several lenses that came up as a possibility, and no matter how many reviews I read, I still didn't know how to tell the difference between them, or which would be right for me for my purposes. I was able to figure it out w/ Ken's help. Seriously if you have a Nikon go there for answers for any questions you might have.

All right, so I caved and started The Hunger Games. I was considering saving it until around August, when the third and final book is supposed to be out so I would have any between-book angst, but I was really excited to read this one and when you're that excited about a book it's not easy to pretend it doesn't exist. I have a few nitpicks here and there but I'm already totally hooked. ( Spoilers... mostly questions. )

Every time I watch Gosford Park I like it more. It's just so subtle and brilliant.