Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Local friends: do you have any of these books for me to borrow?
The Last Word and the Word After That
Russell Rathburn's book
The Art of Teaching (Jay Parini)
Grace in a Tree Stump (J. Ellsworth Kalas)
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places (Eugene Peterson)
Interrupted by God (Tracey Lind)
Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations Through Friendship (Deborah Plummer)
I also need the Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide, but as far as I know, I don't have any local lesbian parent readers
If no one has these, I might just have to buy a few, but I'll hope it doesn't come to that.
It always seems sort of pathetic to me that a professor is loathe to purchase books, but I so rarely need books after I read them once. If I have a physical urge to highlight, or I need quotes or ideas for writing, then I buy them after reading them. I also like things sparse, and hundreds of books I'm unlikely to use (which I used to enjoy having in my office) now bug me. James also asked me recently why I don't have any decent pens at home. He says a professor not having good pens is like an electrician working with crappy tools. I said, "But my pens at work are nice, and they're paid for on Bethel's budget. I can't afford to just go out and buy good pens to have at home." What is wrong with me?
Sunday, May 29, 2005
O Lord, I Cry Out For Mercy!
As a child, I often heard, “Adam and Eve sinned, and that’s why having babies hurts, and that’s why daddy has to go to work.” Fair enough. But I thought that if the last word is judgment, the word after that is mercy. (I haven't actually read that book so I probably got it wrong - anyone have a copy I can borrow?) Sometimes I wonder. Maybe the last word is eternal judgment, and the word after that is bizarre practical jokes.
Pregnancy, for me, has come in waves of challenges. The early weeks of nausea and vomiting have passed. The first six months of panic and fear are mostly gone. Now, in the home stretch, there is insomnia, a head on my lungs, a head on my bladder, heartburn, reflux, a pump of medication, racing pulse, jittery hands, embarrassing and uncontrollable emotional displays, backache, a variety of quite personal indignities, and a thirty-pound squirming watermelon strapped to my belly. Fair enough: I am, after all, a daughter of Eve. Now, however, I have a rash that is making me attempt to scratch my skin off. It covers arms, legs, and belly, and is unlikely to go away. I’m thinking that if I can scratch through the skin on my belly, I could perhaps innovate an alternate birthing method. Really God, some mercy!!!
There are a few ways of responding to my complaining that are very helpful, and a few that are quite unhelpful.
Unhelpful:
* “But this is what you wanted!” Indeed, I want to have children, and have gone to great lengths and great pains to make this happen. Blaming me for not enjoying utter physical discomfort, however, is like blaming a car accident victim because she drove the car. “Well, you wanted to drive, didn’t you?”
* “Trust me, it’s only going to get worse once they’re born.” A family member said this to me recently, and I said, “Is having two screaming babies worse than having three dead ones?” She said, “Yes, it is. It’s going to be horrible.”
* “Enjoy bedrest while it lasts.” Bedrest isn’t fun, and it doesn’t even make for great rest. God made our bodies to move, not lay around all the time.
* "Well, at least you're married and can try to have children." True, but isn't that more about you than me? And weren't we talking about me??! When we're talking about you, I'll refrain from talking about how great it was to be single (all that extra time to work in the church nursery, Colleen!).
Helpful:
* “One day at a time.” You’ll make it through, one day at a time. And when the days are hard, you’ll make it one hour at a time. You’ve survived much, much worse.
* “The end is in sight.” When I can’t see beyond the next hour, it’s helpful to see from someone else’s perspective that five weeks really isn’t very long.
* “It could be worse.” Said in the right tone of voice, this is very, very true. ADDENDUM: My dear husband said just this morning, "Honey, you could be wailing at the city gates, scraping yourself with pottery, and begging dogs to come by and lick your wounds for a bit of relief." Indeed, I am not covered with boils, and that is a mercy.
* “Your hard work matters.” Suffering, whether devastating loss or trauma, or temporary discomfort, or just a bad day, doesn’t have to be for nothing. There may in fact be days ahead that will be hard in new ways, but today’s work is enough for today. Don’t worry about tomorrow; today has enough worries of its own. I love my children today by carrying them and by waiting for their fullness of time to arrive. I have an opportunity to love two little boys today, and that matters. Even if it’s itchy.
The Way I See Things
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Because it took us a while to get pregnant, I always felt like I somehow didn't have the right to complain, that my pregnancy woes were something I should only feel thankful for.But it is hard work, and very uncomfortable this late in the game.
Those "it only gets worse after the babies arrive" comments are so completely mind-numbing, aren't they?
When I am in need of mercy, I try to imagine myself after I've gotten through it. I think of myself five weeks from now, when my life will be a little different, and when I can look back on this time and think, "wow, that sucked. But look where I am now." Sometimes I get annoyed with the knowledge that I will thank God for the lessons learned in suffering, but I most of the time, I do. I'm not sure if a rash can teach you anything though. I'm sorry you're feeling rather miserable. Hang in there!
I think of and pray for you and the babies every day.
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Sending you love and prayers, and asking that everything turn out right...
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jenell,
oh boy - that pregnancy rash is awful! i can completely empathize as i had it to an insane degree (and for most of the pregnancy). isn't it called PUPP's? but - hey, i got my little man named duke out of it, so it was worth it! also, it goes away almost miraculously after birth (i know that doesn't help you now when all you want to do is itch your skin off). i like what james said about "it could be better" (he's right, but he's never had to be on bedrest, having the weight of the world on your bladder/bowels/lungs/stomach and to top it off, "the rash". at least during this time, we've got the bigger boobs that we've always wanted - granted, they've become utilitarian and achy, but they're big!
a word of advice: don't eat a lot of garlic at this point. it can make for a really smelly bout of reflux and nausea (i speak from experience).
xo lisa -
Jenell,
I think all I can say is I feel it too. I am at 39 weeks, and also on bedrest. I never thought "bedrest" would be such a restless state of body and mind, much less emotion. Bedrest sucks, and sometimes all that helps me is knowing there is no possible way it can go on forever. It WILL end.
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Unhelpful: Wow, people have changed their names and disowned entire ancestral lines for less than that comment.
Helpful: Those people inside you are going to come out and be the two most perfect, fascinating, precious and magical things you could have ever imagined.By
Josh Fuller, at 1:27 PM
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Josh, That is just about the nicest thing I've read. So true, Jenell, I'll second it.
Colleen W.By
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I remember this view of the world!
Thanks for a little laugh at the end of a tough day. Blessings to you and to your wee ones.
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Nathaniel Lachenmeyer’s father was a sociologist who developed paranoid schizophrenia, and wound up a transient, dying alone of a heart attack. Nathaniel had cut off contact with his father years before, refusing contact unless his father would acknowledge his illness (denial of which, of course, is a symptom of schizophrenia). After the father’s death, the son traveled around the Northeast, meeting the judges, police officers, social service workers, and transients who had known his father, and he wrote a book about his father’s life, The Outsider: A Journey into My Father’s Struggle With Madness.
In the book’s final pages, Lachenmeyer questions the persistence of stereotypes against the mentally ill. It’s still OK to say, “I’m going nuts!” or “You’re going to get shipped off to the loony bin”, but it’s not OK to make similar jokes about, say, cancer or AIDS. In grief, I have feared that my mind would go to a place of no return, that perhaps I wouldn’t be able to rejoin the human community. Even if the body is harmed, a person can still relate with their species because of shared perceptions of and communication about reality. It is humiliating and embarrassing to live in a reality that no one else recognizes as real. So scary, I suppose, that we make such jokes to reassure ourselves that “we” are still living in reality, unlike “them.”
In a much less serious way, I am sometimes struggling to exercise adult-appropriate self-control. Sometimes I feel like a toddler – feeling great big emotions, without the mental development necessary to filter and appropriately express said emotions. Or, we could just say that I’m sometimes a self-absorbed, angry bitch. My body is struggling to accept this constant dose of new medications, as well as double-strength pregnancy hormones, and the discomforts of late pregnancy may not be torturous, but they are numerous, and each is quite uncomfortable in and of itself. It’s just hard to hold it all together, even though I’m aware that it’s temporary and more-or-less normal.
We humans are fragile. Each of us is a meal or two away from being a trembling, low-sugared, needy beast. One misfired neuron, one accident, or one activated genetic trait away from being a basement-living, conspiracy-tract-writing, stinky and unshaven loner. It’s amazing that we ever experience ourselves as powerful, in control, making plans that we’re sure to carry out. Or maybe not – the mind, body, and spirit are each very powerful, and restore themselves like starfish throughout our lives. Something gets each of us in the end, and sometimes we carry incapacitating burdens through life, but our self-healing capacity is amazing.
We are made both very strong and very weak. “There are more reasons to give up than there are to endure – there always have been – and that is one of the miracles of life: that most of us stay the course in the face of disappointment, tragedy, evil, and every event good and bad taking place in the shadow of death…I want to believe that [my father] would have understood that I am not just another co-conspirator trying my best to destroy his world. Even if he would have disagreed with me about which image is reflected and which is real, I want to believe that he would have understood that I love and admire and miss him…” (The Outsider, p.255)
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Really beautiful post, Jenell. Fragile and strong at the same time: that really does sum us up I think. My sympathies are with your toddler side. Or is it empathies?...
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Constantly fighting with the toddler in me (and I'm not pregnant). Reassured and hopeful that I'm not the only one. Read this last night and again this morning, and really needed to hear that. Thanks.
Monday, May 23, 2005
8. You see the logic of backless clothing: access to necessary parts, and cultivation of humility. You imagine a world in which backless clothing is possible.
7. You worry about going home and missing the ice.
6. You vow to install handicap bars in your home bathroom.
5. The most exciting thing to happen today will probably be caused by a stool softener.
4. Matt Lauer is starting to feel like a personal friend.
3. Your cc’s of urine output seems to be of reportable interest.
2. You had a bit of modesty when you came in, then less, and then when your husband asks you to just cover up once in awhile, you ask, “Why?”
1. The most sensual thing to have happened in a week is a dream in which you shaved your legs.
My good luck ran out, and I was hospitalized last Tuesday for pre-term labor (I was at 30 weeks at that point). The medications successfully reduced contractions, and today I was sent home with a needle in my leg and a pump of medicine. It's bedrest from here on out. The babies are healthy, and I'm healthy, and all is well. It would just be very good for them to stay in for another 3-5 weeks. Being separated from the Internet for a week was truly terrible. Now, however, the Internet will be my major link to the outside world, seeing as I can't go anywhere!
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We hadn't seen you post in a while and were wondering if everything was okay. We're glad to hear the meds are working and will pray that they continue to do so for as long as needed. I think we can truly say that we really relate. We're with you.
Peace...By
Kirsten and Robert, at 1:27 AM
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Hey, Jenell,
You and your little ones have been in my thoughts and prayers this past week.
LaTonya (friend of Carla, reader of Jimmy) -
So glad to hear you are back at home and doing well (your sense of humor is intact)!
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I am glad that all are healthy if humble. And I you still humorous and sharp! You are in my prayers.
TroyBy
Chicken Pax, at 12:17 PM
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I have been thinking of you and the babies. Your insight about the hospital is hilarious. I hope the bed rest is bearable :).
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Jenell,
I'm just a lurker who reads your posts and appreciates them. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I'll be putting aside my confusion regarding prayer and simply pray for you and yours this next few weeks.
God Bless You.
-Lee -
Thanks for making me laugh today. Glad to have the update; praying for you!
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I'm thinking of you all and hoping for a great bedrest, which I guess means I am insanely optimistic but, well, doesn't a really fun bedrest seem great?
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Peace and rest to you in your days of being "heavy with child"ren.
My heart leaped today to see you had visited my blog. (Such little things delight my heart.)
You are in my prayer.
Sincerely,
Jan Bros -
To which one can only say:
8: TMI
7: Hmmm, really?
6: Sounds like a fun project
5: Ewwww!!!
4: Ouch!
3: Again with the TMI
2: Even more TMI
1: Awww, you poor thing...By
dave paisley, at 1:20 AM
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I'll bring you SA ice--a decent substitute. And don't forget, you get to go back to the hospital in just a few weeks. And I will visit you every day!
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Glad to read you're back from the hospital, and looking forward to more bedrest-induced insights!
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Josh Fuller, at 1:07 PM
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Glad things are going better once again. I'm amazingly happy for your family! When bedrest gets boring, try to remind yourself that sleeping when you want will all-too-soon be a thing of the past.
Yeah, I don't think it would help me, either.
But wow, you're already two weeks past the point where I had Gabe and Eva- way to go! Thinking of you a lot over here :) -
Hi Jenell. I'm one of KP's friends that enjoys your blog, and just wanted to let you know I'm thinking about and the little ones! Take care of yourself and rest up. Glad you're back online!
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Hey Janell,
I am glad to hear that the babies are ok, and you too. I visit your site from time to time, and was thinking of you especially today because it's my son's 3rd birthday. He was born, as we say, a full moon early and after 10 days in the hospital (that were mostly, to my recollection, about fighting with the nurses) came home. Anyway, wanted to let you know that it all gets easier and so much better. Hang in there, keep leaning on God and know that there are lots of us out here praying with you,
Blessings,
Jennifer
Sunday, May 15, 2005
I’m an enneagram 1, and judgment is one of my major issues. I hate being judged, mostly because I am so judgmental and know how harsh it is. I constantly assess things as good or bad, moral or immoral, right or wrong. Zen certainly advocates taking things as a whole, stepping off the rollercoaster of pleasure and pain. We ride out the lows, longing for the highs, though both are fleeting. And, at a deeper level, the highs contain the lows and the lows contain the highs, and the sense of judging separation between happy and sad, good and bad, turns out to be illusory. I think there is an element of this in Christianity as well, of accepting life as it is with both eyes open, instead of living in a pretend universe of perfect morality. There is also, however, a strong judging element of Christianity that is complicated to understand – grace is real, but so is morality and immorality. In one sense, the answer is to let God be the judge. But even if I don’t judge others, I still need to make decisions about my own life, what would be moral or immoral, good or bad. I can’t sleep very well anymore, and early this morning I drove to a park to waddle around for a few minutes. I had an epiphany, much like the saints who had spiritual insights after aestetic practices – nothing like lack of sleep to make you think you hear God…or maybe you really do! My insight was, “Stop judging. Let life be as it is.”
I have observed some of my loved ones construct a narrative of the last few years of my life. First pregnancy: bad. This pregnancy: good. Triplets: dead and sad. Twins: alive and happy (so far, so good). This is extremely painful for me, because it isn’t the way I have made sense of things. I see that there were elements of pain and pleasure, of happiness and sadness, in both pregnancies. I won’t careen onto the heights of the rollercoaster with these twins, as if their existence is unmarred bliss to me. It will surely be sometimes sad and hard, as well as sometimes happy and good. I won’t write off my other sons as belonging to the low swing of the rollercoaster, the bottom of a pothole, the pit of despair. They brought me great happiness and joy, and I work to recall and embed the memories I have of their brief lives. I won't give in to expectations that I rush to the "happy", and never speak again of the "sad."
Too often Christianity encourages us to make rigid binary categories, and shove the events of our lives, other people, and ourselves into those categories. (Someone e-mailed me for an opinion about Lauren Winner’s article in CT on chastity, and I’ve been pondering the categories of “chaste” and “unchaste”, and how those categories have shaped the spiritual self-esteem of myself and others).
For Plato, the good, beautiful, pure, and right exist in an abstract realm, and we ought to discover them through philosophy and increasingly live them in this unfortunately material world. For Aristotle, the Ideas/Forms are tangled up in this physical world, and we find the good, beautiful, pure, and right by immersing ourselves in this life. I’m wishing for some Aristotelian Christianity today – take life as we find ourselves in it, and make a way through it. Try to judge less, and just live with more love.
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Beautifully written.
I had a stillborn son nearly 5 years ago, and, strangely, his little life probably had as much impact on my life as any of my other three children. In a very good way. He is still with me, and he's very much incorporated into the story of our family. Our daugters still thank God for Matthew when they say their prayers at night, because they know he lived and because he still plays a roll in our family.
You'll find the same thing when these new children enter your life - that they will never wipe out the memory and place of your other babies.
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Magnificent. A very close family member lost a baby to Trisomy 18 two years ago; she's pregnant again (at 39). I'm praying for her and her partner and their child constantly, but I haven't forgotten Michael, who died in utero but was and is every bit their son.
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Thank you Jennell.
Blessings on you and all your babies.
TroyBy
Chicken Pax, at 4:47 PM
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Lovely piece of introspection. You are sounding much like the apostle Paul.
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jennell.
i've been reading your blog for quite a while now. i appreciate your perspective on grief and things hard to explain. reading this last post has convinced me to tell you... i think you are so brave.
bless you.
rebecca -
wow.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
I used to teach Christianity and Western Culture with a Calvinist historian. He gave a lecture on the early church titled “The Fullness of Time,” about the context of Jesus’ life, and how various factors converged to give Jesus’ life and message a favorable chance to spread. Most notably, the Roman Peace (pax romana) allowed for more travel and spreading of people and messages than had been the case previously. I argued against the concept of the fullness of time. I said the Incarnation could have happened at any time and in any place, and the Jesus message could have successfully taken root among humanity. In retrospect, we would be likely to read special messages or timing into the event, regardless of when it was. God wasn’t obliged to beget Jesus in one particular moment that was especially “full.” And, besides, Jesus’ life was full of persecution and suffering – seems like there could have been a more pleasant time for his life on earth.
The Calvinist was relentless, as they tend to be, but so am I, especially when discussing periods of history in which I am not expert. And, to his credit, the phrase “fullness of time” is used by Paul to refer to God’s timing with the Incarnation (but only in the NRSV).
I remain unsure about the timing of Jesus’ life, but I do see that it is disturbing when things happen in the wrong time. Untimely death is probably my least favorite. I had mourned my grandparents’ death, but when the first of several fellow high school students committed suicide, I cried for a dead boy in a different way than I cried for grandma and grandpa. His death was wrong and untimely. Grandma and grandpa’s deaths were just sad. In smaller ways, things go wrong when we eat, sleep, procreate, or buy things in the wrong time.
My pregnancy is reaching the fullness of its time, and it’s one of the first times in my life I have waited for something that has its own way and its own time. Getting married seemed voluntary – my choice of man, our choice of timing. Earning a PhD and getting a job felt like it was almost entirely my effort. Blessed by God and occasionally guided by the Holy Spirit’s conviction, to be sure, but mostly done in my timing and my way. Many, many people have told me that having babies is up to God’s timing, but He seemed to have shown total disinterest in our case. Some bad people have babies because they have sex, and some good people don’t, no matter how much they have sex, and it’s pretty hard to argue that God’s orchestrating it all.
My triplets were born out of their proper time, but grieving them has a fullness of its own. In the first months after their deaths, I did nothing. Didn’t go to work, shower, eat well, think ahead, read… nothing. James said one day, “What is it that you do?” I said, “I grieve. That’s all I do.” This way of grieving never reached its fullness, unless sitting at the bottom of a dark pit is fullness. James encouraged me to get the help I needed, and then things started to move. But, as a psychologist said to me 15 years ago, “The mind and soul know how to heal. You need to get out of the way and let them.” I feed the process with relaxation, love, and beauty, but the timing goes of its own accord.
I’ve been wondering why I blog and write and read so little. I do schoolwork on others’ agendas – editing or doing other things that I’m asked to do. But my own agenda lies fallow. Why did I ever care about racism, social justice, poverty, education, mentoring other peoples’ kids, and the whole world outside myself? Right now, the only thing that matters in the whole world is what I eat, how I sleep, how the babies move, and when my next doctor’s visit is. These are the first and only babies to ever be born.
This is my fullness of time. I’m waiting for God to move, to let me grow and grow until His hand pricks my balloon belly with a pin, and babies spill forth. For a few months, this is the most important thing in my universe, and it should be. My fallow scholarly fields will grow again soon. My brain chemistry will soon let me think and write, and engage with the world beyond myself. But when time is full, a person best pay attention and live rightly in the moment.
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I'm so smiling to myself, Jenell. I just posted something so similar not 10 minutes ago. Ah, the fullness of pregnancy.
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the fullness of time gives way to the absence of time. not an entirely bad thing either, you will be even further consumed by their beauty made sight, their diapers made dirty- and i'm happy for you.
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For what it may (or may not) be worth, "fulness of time" is also found in the RSV and ESV.
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That's, of course, "fullness"...with two L's.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
THANK YOU for the camera advice. I printed it all off and am going to take it to Nat’l Camera tomorrow and check out your favorites. I’m thinking that I probably won’t print very many photos at home, because wouldn’t that be really expensive (ink and paper)? Seems like I’d just send them to be printed at Target when I want prints. Let me know if I’m wrong-headed about that.
I just deleted the rest of my post. Are you ever unsure whether something is funny or offensive, or appropriate/inappropriate for the Internet? I wasn’t sure about it, so out it went. Oh well – it might have been funny.
I promise I’ll write something more interesting soon. I’ve been editing an article for a journal, so my writing has been focused there. It’s about faith-learning integration in anthropology. I realize that very few people will care about it, but I feel like I worked hard to communicate some thoughts that are important to me.
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Janell-
I agree with you on the printing of photos. I bought a printer that can do that but it's cheaper to get prints on paper from Wallgreens (with a coupon). The ink for the printer is very expensive, so buying prints is usually the way to go.
Happy camera shopping!
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A Viewpoint From Victor, at 12:40 AM
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I am wiser on this subject now that I've read your blog on printer I was impressed with the information presented. I have seen another blog with related information printer
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I was just browsing various blogs as I was doing a search on the word posters, and I just wanted to say that I really like what you've done with your blog, even though it wasn't particularly related to what I searched for. I appreciate your postings, and your blog is a good example of how a blog should be done. I've only just recently started a Posters website - feel free to visit it when you get a chance if you wish. Much success, antonio.
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Antonio Hicks, at 12:48 PM
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Any advice for me - I want to buy a digital camera. I am overwhelmed with info about technology. I understand the pixels and optical zoom, but I just don't know which one to buy. If you love yours, or have advice, please comment.
Googling "I hate Constantine Mouralis" yielded interesting results. I found 21 icons of the freak here, and a "I hate Constantine Thread" here, in which people detail their reasons.
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We've been extremely happy with out HP camera. It came with a printer/photoprinter/scanner as a set. You can use the printer as a regular printer (connected to a computer), a photo printer (connected to the camera or with just the memory card inserted into the printer) or a scanner. We got it because with a little guy around, it's a lot easier to take good pictures and delete not as good ones, rather than wait to get all of them developed to see which are good and which aren't. Most of the pictures on my blog were taken with this particular camera. I think it was altogether about $250? You might be able to find a better camera out there for that much if you already have a printer, but if you don't have one that can do photos (as we didn't) it's a great deal. I can get specific model, etc, if you're interested.
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I got an olympus as a gift and I really like it. It's not the highest quality camera out there, but it's easy to use and takes good pictures. It's also got a pretty decent zoom on it. Most of the pictures on my blog are from my camera. It also has a nice viewfinder on the back - it's not as small as some of the cameras.
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I have a Cannon G3 digital camera which I bought online for about $350 and I really like it.
The following link should take you to MicroCenter's webstore which is currently having a digital camera sale.
Hope this helps!
Victor
http://www.microcenter.com/By
A Viewpoint From Victor, at 2:14 AM
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ours is a Canon PowerShot S 410 and we love it. Jimmy can give you the skinny on why he picked this one.
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I have a Kodak Easy Share, I really like it.
ColleenBy
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I think a key point to look at is the (relative)complexity/simplicity of the operating controls. I bought a Canon with lots of control features so I could use it for a specific range of projects (from scenery to detailed close-ups of manuscripts), which it does wonderfully--but it has so many settings, and I use it relatively infrequently, that it seems like I am always "re-learning" the controls and symbols. And because I soemtimes forget to re-set the specialized settings back to the basic "automatic" mode, I have blown a picture opportunity or two. So find a camera whose level of operational sophistication (or lack thereof) matches how you anticipate using it? Simpler is sometimes better, at least in my case ...
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I just bought a Kodak Easyshare yesterday, I think it's a 5 megapixel model #CX7530. I looked on Consumer Reports and read some reviews on amazon. Circuit City and Best Buy both had it on sale for $190.
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I liked Constantine. Yes, he was cheesy and he screamed and he stuck out his tongue in freakish ways, but I still liked him. I had dreams about him the whole night after he was voted off.
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I liked Constantine. Yes, he was cheesy and he screamed and he stuck out his tongue in freakish ways, but I still liked him. I had dreams about him the whole night after he was voted off.
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Jenell, I'd go to Circuit City or a camera store and ask them to educate you on what the issues are in buying a digital camera. It will spur questions then that would make no sense to you now. But Mike is right. You need to know how you intend to use it and match your camera knowledge to the camera you buy so you don't overspend. Going to making prints at home? Just saving pics on computer? These details help determine the quality you need (more megapixels is higher quality photo and more expensive).
But there are also issues like: what kind of battery it uses? What kind of memory card goes with it? Ease of use, and functions available.
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Sony digital cameras have the easiest interface to use. Know anybody you can borrow one from for a few days? Stop in at some store and try a few out (they probably won't have memory cards in the floor models, maybe ask to use one).
Be cautious when a salesperson at [insert retailer name] tells you what the best brand is. Manufacturers could have different offers/promotions/relationships with the retailer which influence what brand they are currently pushing.By
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I bought my digital camera at National Camera & Video in Roseville. Unlike places like Best Buy, I think they actually know what they're talking about. Plus they'll match the price if you find it cheaper somewhere else (they matched the price I found at Best Buy) and you get a free class on how to use the camera.
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happy mother's day to you :)
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I haven't read all the other suggestions, and I'm not sure what your budget is, but our Canon PowerShot A70 is fantastic. I highly recommend it.
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I steal pens from work. I don't mean to, really, it's just that I'm in and out of the office a lot and carry tons of stuff in my backpack, and work pens end up at home, and once they're there, they don't make it back.
I'm not saying you should steal pens to take care of your home bad pen situation - it's just an option.
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Hey Janell,
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I'm with Christy. I steal pens from work all the time. All of my pens either come from work, or they are given to me by my friend the phamaceutical rep, who gets tons of pens with the names of various drugs upon them. I've got some nice large pens with Levitra written on the side, and every time I hold one in my hand, I smile.
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Here's a pen recommendation from an office-supply junkie: The Paper Mate Liquid Expresso (here's a link: http://www.rexart.com/san_liquid_expresso.html).
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I am sending books home with your husband. None from the list, but hopefully some you'll enjoy just the same. We have no decent pens. LaTonya, I'm glad to hear you're not stealing pens from your place of employment. They do enough for you as it is!
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