I started my new career shortly after graduating from college. My one month off was my last summer vacation ever. Now, I work full time. And so, to make working worth it to myself, I decided to buy myself a little graduation present. For the past year or so I have been eying new digital cameras. I really had no good reason to upgrade my current one. The one my parents bought me as a present years ago really is a nice camera that takes great quality photos and does almost everything that I want. At the time that they purchased it, the camera really was quite small. Cameras since then have become significantly smaller. For this reason, and this reason alone I decided to buy a new camera.

I bought a Nikon Coolpix S550 (in blue). This camera has a lot of functionality that I really liked. First, it has VR electronic image stabilization. I really liked this feature because I have hands that shake terribly. People are always asking me why my hands are shaking. This feature should reduce some of the blurriness that I have seen in other photos. Second feature, blink warning. This camera will tell me if someone blinked while I take a photo. This will definitely save me from being very disappointed later on. Third feature, it’s a Nikon. Personally, I am of the belief that it is best to buy a camera from a camera company. Nikon has been making real cameras for a long time. I feel that as they discover new technologies, ones that were once state of the art for them filter down to their lower grade cameras as an added bonus. Nikon is known for making some great cameras, so I figured my new digital camera would benefit from this. Finally, this camera is really tiny, and I just love tiny things.

You’re all probably wondering where I’ve been recently. I just started my new job, and have been very busy with all of that. However, I have a few days off now for the holiday, so it’s time to sit down and write a bit.

Spiders. They freak me out. Four possible things will happen when I see a spider. Possibility 1: I freak out and hide across the room. This usually happens when I’m surprised and completely unprepared. Possibility 2: If I happen to be in the bathroom, I turn on my hair dryer, set it to max and blow the spider away. This works only until the spider feels the environment is safe again. When I see him come out of wherever he’s been hiding though, hurricane Kimmie returns in full force. Not a great long term solution, but good enough for the duration of blow drying my hair. Possibility 3: I make a deal with the spider. “If you stay on that side of the room, I’ll stay on this side, and all will be cool. Cross that line and you die.” Sometimes I follow through on my death threat… sometimes I don’t. Most of the time I just agree to let the spider have more space until we’ve switched positions. Finally, Possibility 4: Instant Death. I grab whatever I can and kill it as fast as possible.

Possibility 4 happened tonight, with a little bit of Possibility 1. You see, the other day I was explaining to Jay how I sometimes think about how spiders crawl on you when you sleep, and how that bothers me. He thought I was being silly. So, I’m back here at my parent’s house for the holiday, sitting in bed, reading my mail and a HUGE spider comes down from the ceiling and lands right next to my pillow. Naturally, I freaked out and jumped across the room. Within seconds the plan changed, and I grabbed a flip flop and sent that spider across the room. Result: Instant Death.

So this is a warning to all spiders out there. If you put one creepy leg on my bed, INSTANT DEATH awaits you.

Alright, I am sure you have heard the rumors that I have heard. I finally went and checked IMDB, and yes, Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella is going to be a movie! It is coming out in February, which is a bit far away, but I will survive. I’m so excited!!!

Alright, there’s one thing I’m not excited about. IMDB claims the movie will take place in New York City. Naturally, I would much prefer the London setting because that was part of what made the book interesting. It was the first chick lit book that I had ever read that took place outside of the US, and everything about London seemed cute or novel. However, if this is the only major change, we’ll be okay.

Becky Bloomwood is being played by Isla Fisher. The only movie I have ever seen her in was Wedding Crashers, where she was a minor main character. However, she is incredibly beautiful, and I think that she will play the young, hip Becky really well. And now, the most important character: Luke Brandon. Hugh Dancy will be playing the incredibly hot, arrogant, and rich Luke Brandon. He played Prince Char in Ella Enchanted, and I absolutely loved him in that. I think he will make a perfect Luke (though, I did imagine Luke with blond hair).

Man, now I totally want to go read that book again. I bet I can get it done in about four hours. I really hope this movie is good because if it isn’t I will be a little bit sad. So excited.