I'm burning out a bit on the black and white. The last half dozen or so rolls I've shot don't seem to have many keepers, or I just haven't spent enough time with them to find ones I like. That's not too surprising, I guess—the first roll I shot was my first 12 (or maybe 11, I think I lost one trying to figure out the film advance knob) 6x6 images ever, so every one was fascinating to me. Now I've got somewhere around 30 rolls developed, over 350 images, and each new roll is a proportionally smaller addition to the set. I'm on the verge of developing, filing, ignoring, exactly what I did with the digital photos that made me want to jump back to film.

So, for some variety and a bit of color, I went back and sorted through some old digital sets that I never bothered to before. Not only a break from film, but it was a good excuse to try out Aperture. It's certainly slick and very handy, but definitely not something I'd drop $500 on—especially since they crippled it so it won't run on my 1.6GHz G5 machine, even though it runs on a 1.25GHz G4 Powerbook. Thanks a lot, guys. Seems like the only reason they'd do that is just to spite me for having a machine they don't sell any more. Anyway, here's an image from the set that's also a link to that set!



In other news, there is no news. Had my first Mandarin Chinese class last night, and it was a lot of fun. It's been 10 years since I've been in a classroom, but my favorite part is still where I know something and everyone else doesn't. (Thanks Pimsleur! And thanks, Unison!) Turns out I can renew my passport by mail because, even though it's expired, it's not yet 15 years old. Next I need to find a doctor to immunize me against China. Also, buy plane tickets. Working on new project at work again, which is fun. Old project runs both on the intel mac and under 10.2, which is totally unexpected and baffling and smacks of divine (or unholy) intervention—but, hey, it works! Ship it!