Britt called me this morning and said he wanted to go for a ride today -- not a call I was expecting on a cold, windy, slightly damp day. So I thanked him for ringing me up with the sole intention of brightening my day through laughter, but after I'd finished chuckling, he informed me that he was quite serious and that I was thereby ordered to meet him in one hour at the corner of Midland Drive and Andrews Highway.
I knew it was going to be slightly miserable, but decided to go anyway because I actually had another reason for getting out of doors today. I got a small, pocket-sized, high-definition 16:9 video camera for my birthday last week and had been dying to fiddle with it:
I don't yet have any of today's video edited or loaded YouTube. I mainly just wanted to test it out. It works pretty well, but I'll know more when I have some sunshine to work with. Here is a reduced screen cap of my triple latte:
I needed a white balance on this next shot, but I didn't bring the manual with me, so the colors are kinda weird. These are two of the four bikes I saw all day today -- mine and Britt's:
Britt at the Odessa Starbucks, just before commenting that we should finish our coffee and ride back to Midland. The wind was making 46 degrees feel much colder than it should've:
So we drank up and headed out. When I got home, I noticed that the acorns are starting to fall from my Live Oaks:
I knew it was going to be slightly miserable, but decided to go anyway because I actually had another reason for getting out of doors today. I got a small, pocket-sized, high-definition 16:9 video camera for my birthday last week and had been dying to fiddle with it:
I don't yet have any of today's video edited or loaded YouTube. I mainly just wanted to test it out. It works pretty well, but I'll know more when I have some sunshine to work with. Here is a reduced screen cap of my triple latte:
I needed a white balance on this next shot, but I didn't bring the manual with me, so the colors are kinda weird. These are two of the four bikes I saw all day today -- mine and Britt's:
Britt at the Odessa Starbucks, just before commenting that we should finish our coffee and ride back to Midland. The wind was making 46 degrees feel much colder than it should've:
So we drank up and headed out. When I got home, I noticed that the acorns are starting to fall from my Live Oaks: