so what has been going on in my life since i last wrote?? well, I'm in the middle of another course at the university, but I'm not enjoying it nearly as much as my previous one, so i may end up dropping this one..it's only a 10 credit class anyways, so it wasn't really going to put me here nor there...

I've also been house hunting...our current landlord has said that he is thinking of selling our house...so that means that we will have to move most likely...the real question is whether to find another rental or to just bite the bullet and lock ourselves into a mortgage for the rest of our lives....neither prospect sounds overly exciting because our landlord hasn't raised the rent in nearly 7 years and therefore finding a new place to rent will automatically put us at about double what we are paying at the moment...(yes rents really have risen that much in 7 years) and buying of course, is a huge step.....and the payments would still be about twice as much, with the exception being that when things go wrong, it will be us who has to pay for them rather than the landlord......but the fact of the matter is, i'm not getting any younger, and if i plan on owning a house ever...well i really ought to get on with it, hadn't i??
So we've been looking at houses, both rentals and for purchase...and we did find a rental that we liked...but really at that much money, we might as well be paying a mortgage..so i'm a bit hesitant.....the other houses we have looked at have either been waaaaay too small (smaller than our already dinky house) or been way out of our budget...it's a good thing that we are not deperate at the moment.....there are so many things wrong with our house, that i wouldn't really want to buy it, because it's going to take a lot to really get it to where we want it as homeowners rather than renters.....but it's starting to look nice compared to the stuff we've been looking at in our price range...i guess we'll just keep looking and hope that when the landlord finally decides to put it on the market, it will be in our price range.....he hasn't put a penny into it since we've lived there, so i shouldn't think that it will be too far out of range....but you never do know.

OH! AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! ( a bit late...but that's par for the course)



With the start of the new year, we've got a brand new chronicle over at neosynthesis. We wanted something to spur us into the new year and get our creative juices flowing, so we chose "growth" as out theme.....phyisical, mental, spiritual.....growth is an integral part of living...and as part of the theme, neo has grown as well! we have several new members to the art group..so look for new faces and new styles! C29:growth has 33 brand new pieces to tantelize your taste buds, including a massive tapestry collaboration...here are just a few examples of what you'll find inside!




I've recently remembered that my scanner does negatives as well...so thought i would try it out....I have a bazillion rolls of black and white film from many many years ago, and even though they are in negative holders, they aren't in the best of shape, and in fact it looks as though i didn't leave them in the stopbath long enough as some of them seem to be exposing still now that they've been out in the light! eek! so i've been spending my weekends scanning all my old negatives to preserve them...so far, i've mostly just done my old photos from the abandoned bfgoodrich factory that we used to hang out in, but it's reminded me how different film is to digital captures, and i actually am really missing film! so perhaps i should go out and buy a bunch of black and white film and do some proper film shooting....if only i had my own darkroom...i'd much rather develop and print it myself....but i'll have to settle for sending it off, i suppose!