DIY: Making a pinhole camera

After watching the Hunger Games a few weekends ago, I realized how few "practical" skills I have. 

Cooking: I learned how to cut an avocado at age 28.
Hunting: The gun laws in the US scare me (despite being from Texas).
Making Shelter: Does pitching a ready-made tent count?
Working on a Computer: Check.  I can do that.

Fact: I would have been the first to die in Hunger Games.

This weekend, I decided to enhance my practical (or more like "old timey" skill set) by taking a pinhole photography class at Objectifs.  Within hours, I made a working camera out of a shoebox and developed several negatives (of which one vaguely turned out), thanks to my instructor, Mary Ann Teo.

It was a fun activity -- I mean, the stares alone from placing my camera (i.e., box) onto a tripod (i.e., a garbage can) was worth the experience.  I'm now considering turning one of our bathrooms into a DIY darkroom (must ask permission first).

Want to make one for yourself? 

Girls (the one on HBO)

Vogue UK 2012

Love it or hate it.... you've got to give the TV show "Girls" credit.  

Lena Dunham (age 27) is the creator, director and star of one of the most talked about TV shows on HBO.  That, alone, deserves major praise.

I'm not sure about you, but I haven't accomplished anything remotely in the same league (I mean, my main accomplishment is just being "employed").

Personally, I love it.  It's quirky.  It's funny.  It's raw.  It's more real (at least for "young urbanites in developed countries") than almost any other show around.  

Despite being in a serious relationship now, my life has always been dominated by my "pack of chicks" (FYI - I think I might be the only person that still uses "chicks").  Girlfriends don't go away in your adult years -- if anything, I think the relationships become stronger.

It's the same in Girls -- the show has 4 strong female characters.  A strong "pack."

Thankfully, others love Girls too.  It's been renewed for a 3rd Season (yesss!).... here's the teaser.  In advance, I've started listening to the Spotify Girls Station (yep, it exists. it's awesome).