Things

Things that I'm excited about...

Flickr. The photo-sharing website. I decided to pony up for a paying membership, which means I get to post loads of photos and y'all can look at them. Go to flickr.com and search for kirious. Or go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirious/
I intend to post a lot of photos, cos I like taking photos and I just, after much much internal debate, sprung for a new digital camera. My old one was a 2.1 megapixel affair, and cost me over 400$ back in the day. The new one is a Canon Powershot A570 IS, 7.1 megapixel, and cost me $140. That's what I'm talkin' about. I have been pondering the camera purchase for a long time and had kinda decided on this particular one months ago, but couldn't bring myself to buy it until my amazon.com credit card earned me a gift certificate. Yay.

The Gunks. Also known as the Shawangunk Mountains, in New York state. I climbed there in 1997 with my friend, Dave, and have yearned to go back ever since. I have a hope, a plan to go to New York in early summer with Ross to visit Ross' brothers, and then get Katie to fly out and join me for 3-4 days of climbing bliss. Check out gunks.com for lovely info.

Mountainproject.com. I'm not sure who started this site, but it rules! Rock climbing info! Routes, ratings, comments! Go to this site and check out Canidae Cliff - the cliff Shawn and I developed outside of Hammond, MN, or Casket Quarry, where I've been ice climbing recently.
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/minnesota/105812481

Daily Painter's Guild. They make me inspired to do some 2D art.

Terry Pratchett. Sherwood Smith. Elizabeth Moon. Mark Salzman. A few authors whose work I have enjoyed recently.