oh my sweet baby jesus in a chicken basket.

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so i got the privilege of going with my dad on the team plane to the florida vs usc game last weekend. the way it works is you basically travel with the team on there plane and on there busses. you basically operate how the team operates for a weekend.

so we got on the plane, but before they would allow us to get on they asked us how much we weighed. im trying to figure out if its cause im chubby or because its a plane full of football players. 

if there is one thing i found out about south carolinians is that they loves them some jesus and they loves some america.

best seat in the house 

around halftime everyone started getting nervous because it was a 3 point game. for some reason i dont get nervous ever at a gator game. i mean if you ask me i fully have plans to be going to the championship game this year. i mean whos gona beat the gators…… i mean seriously.

and then they win and everyone realizes they freaked out for nothing. its almost like pro wrestling. 

so then i ditched my crew and snuck into the press rooms.

i had my little point and shoot and said ” hey guys im with the union ” and they were like, ok sure come in just stay in the back. 

then i tried to get an interview with urban but he looked at me gave me nucks, and then kept walking.

anyways all in all it was a cool experience. the stadium seats though were a little cozy, i think people were smaller 50 years ago. see everyone at the SEC championship game.

P.S. its almost time for the 09 year in pictures.

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so i went to the last young brother concert and saw this insane band from gainesville. i cant remember there name but if anything can get me some of there music it would be much appreciated. heres some full body shots from the concert.

tried to take a picture of the mcwilliams family and this dude walked right in front of me. josh about blew a gasket as you can see in this picture.

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There are times when i wish life was like this. living in the wild, eating raw beef, playing music, surviving, screaming like wild animals, growing all my hair out. Then i realize that i love air conditioning and eating out every night more than being a wild animal.

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so i got this new point and shoot, the canon S90. i figured i would do a little camera review here on the old blogorooski, and there is no better night than halloween to test the camera on so here goes.

for starters in low light the built in flash ( which is actually really good ) is essential for shooting in low light with this camera. with a combination of high ISO and a small point and shoot sensor, the pictures in low light turn out really, and i mean REALLY grainy.

as you can see in this picture the grain is a little bit out of control, but in defense of the camera i was shooting at ISO 800 so that is to be expected. i guess im just used to my nice 5d mark 2 where i can shoot 3200 ISO and never get an ounce of grain.

but the good news about the grain issue is that the camera shoots raw files, so even with the grainiest of photos you can give them some love in lightroom and make it look like you shot that way on purpose.

the camera is fully manual, which is the main reason i decided on this camera. your shutter speed only goes up to 1600, but you get a nice long 15 seconds of exposure time if you so choose to shoot that way.

the f 2.0 lens is a really nice feature. i haven’t quite figured out the best the best distance to get the maximum result though for the lans. the macro settings seem to do the trick though when i really wana blow it out.

a couple more open exposure shots

all in all the tickle monster gives this camera a 7 out of 10. this could change though the more i get into it. it usually takes me a couple weeks to really get the gist of a camera and get used to operating it. its very functional and really easy to use. the sensor leaves a little to be desired and the lens while is says f 2.0 really only gives you the depth of an f 4.0. but like i said this could all change once i figure out how to optimize the performance. oh yea and it doesn’t shoot HD. if it shot HD i would give it an 8 out of 10.