tattoo stockings on etsy.

Don't you love when one link leads to another to another to another...and you find some fun things along the way?

I was on Twitter and caught an article from NYULocal about NYU being deemed the 4th Most Hipster School (no surprise). Entertaining article (as all NYULocal articles are), and they always have these comments from this little community of NYUers who devoutly read and comment on every article (I think it's really cute!)

Anyway, some girl linked the photo from the article to its original posting and reference to hipsterism, which then led me to check out the rest of her blog.

Somehow, I landed on an Etsy site where two girls from Tel Aviv sell TATTOOED STOCKINGS. Some may say tacky but I say FABULOUS! Or maybe it's just the shoes that sway me so. Anyways, my favorite are these:



Great, no? Haha. And I came upon this all because of Twitter :)


PS - Google image "hipster" or "hipsters." It's great too.

camera count: 4.

So for a while now, I've been thinking about how I really, really need a compact point&shoot camera.

When I was in middle school and early high school, I was all about the disposable camera (I wonder if anyone even remembers those). And then I got my beauty, my baby, the Minolta xd-7.

But let's be real. As much as I love the faded soft pictures of 35mms, we're in the digital age and those crisp shots saturated in bright colors are tempting (and you can make them crisper and more saturated via Photoshop, for those of you blessed with the program). And so I looked into getting a digital camera.

DSLRs were too pricey for me back then (the crappiest one still hitting close to the $900 range) so I saved up and settled for a Canon G5, which was the lastest of the G-series at that time (I can't believe it's been so long ago -- they're up to a G11 now!)

I made do with that for a number of years but around 1.5 years ago, I just stopped using it altogether (meaning I ceased taking pictures!) After playing with a friend's dSLR, I knew I needed one. And thus arrived my cheapo Rebel XS.

I've had the Rebel for less than a year and I like it very much but...it's just not as convenient as a simple point & shoot. And I feel a little behind the times; digital cameras have been around for so long now and I've yet to own a simple P&S that I can slip into my bag or pocket.

After some brief researching, I decided that since I cannot afford these beauties:

that I could settle for something cheaper...sigh.

I really liked the Lumix LX-3

but between paying rent, paying tuition, paying the MTA, and paying for life in general, $400 still was out of my budget. Eventually, I settled for something cheap but still reliable.

So as of last week, I can now say that I am a proud new owner-to-be of a Canon SX780is!


I'm happy.
But be warned, those of you who may see me IRL: there will be much clicking and snapping.