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Day 175 — Swinging

[for June 24] Yesterday Phil’s phamily had a cookout, so I tagged along with the camera and took lots of middling pictures (I’ve really got to work on manually opening up and stopping down to get the depth of field I want, and I need to quit relying on the autofocus so much; and I need a better primary lens than the one that came with the camera) and a couple that I actually like.…

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Day 168 — Dad

All my life, this man has driven me to do better, think bigger, aim higher. He has taken every opportunity possible to prove that he has my back, whatever the situation. When a spark of talent has emerged in me, he has stepped up to fan the flame. He’s an amazing person, who may or may not want you to know that he sometimes gets emotional when he says grace. People tell me I look…

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Day 167 — Frowny Face

Taken at the Apple store using Mac Photo Booth. The Mac Genius (seriously, why do they call them that?) told me it’d be about $140 to repair the thing in-store (he figures the disk got scratched when I dropped it; he said I could get is repaired elsewhere for $70 or so), so he suggested I just trade it in, take the 10 percent discount, and buy a new Nano. And, because I have become…

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