In General

Well, I finally got it. Not the job, though I am going to try again. I mean a camera, from a guy on Craig's List.

A VERY nice Canon AE-1 with Vivitar flash, 50mm lens and shade, skylight and polarizing filters, a little instrument for clicking the shutter without looking through the viewfinder, a couple of cables which I have no idea what they do, strap, the small black case for the camera itself, lens wipers, instruction manuals for everything, and a bag to hold it all in...for a price so low you would never believe it: $110. Wow. And my aunt (who went with me to pick it up) says it's been very well kept and is a sweet deal. So now I'm all set. Just need film. :)

In other news, the novel proceeds apace through the more detailed plotting stages. I'm making a bunch of notes on the working outline I drew up, figuring out just how stuff is going to happen and finding better ways to build the characters and handle them in the midst of a complex plotline which has more than one hole in it. It's very exciting, to tell the truth.

Be seeing you,
Steven