things i learned today

• saturday mornings are meant for sleeping in.
• a couple days of bad posture is all it takes for the neck to fall apart.
  
• 'pottery barn kids' is too over-priced and terribly boring.
  
• gymboree is in the inner row of shops, at the shopping center.
• for macro photos, depth of field is deeper in av mode with lowest aperture.
• i must not stand right above my subjects and put them in my shadow. bad bad bad!
• manual focus helps me get a lot closer, with a macro.
• flowers are beautiful, but lots of pictures with lots of flowers can get a little tiring.
• eyes make interesting subjects, but lighting is critical.
• 'simples' is a word. so is 'guck'. 'breading' is not.
  
• chai is a godsend. (learnt a while ago, frequently reinforced.)
• rei sells bottles with filters. good stuff, but very un-stylo.
  
• rei staff loves to help!
• 'vasculature' is a word.
• wang's has good mapo tofu. the kung-pao is too fried. and 3 dishes are enough for 4.
• house-cleaning takes 20 mins max.
  
• mountains of clothes can be neatly covered with a comforter.
• when i bitch about people, i burn my tongue.
• must adjust white balance before taking indoor shots, dork!
  

let me know if you can think of more.