I’m returning to my blog because a few new things have come up.
First off, basketball season has returned! My beloved Golden State Warriors lost a close game to the New Orleans Hornets tonight, albeit without star guard Monta Ellis. I know they’ll be back to wreck havoc in the Western Conference.
My San Jose Sharks are doing their damn thing right now. Seven wins, 2 losses, and a lead in the Western Conference. Could this be THE year? I don’t know but I’m getting excited by the early returns of the season.
October is almost over and this weekend’s Halloween Birthday Bash of my friend Lorraine’s will culminate a month of birthdays and over-drinking. In my group of friends we have a total of three birthdays. But in my own personal family, we have six. It’s a great time of year.
The stock market is something that has recently piqued my interest. Could it be that I finally got the courage to put up some of my money and play the slides? Bailout Plan Schmailout plan, it doesn’t matter. In the few weeks I’ve been in the stock market I’ve owned shares of Bank of America, Gamestop, Activision, and NVidia. What I’ve learned is that the markets pretty much do what they want with a little help of market manipulation from the people. The manipulation lasts shortly however and the market will go back to whatever it was going whether bearish or bullish. I had plans of day-trading or “shorting” as the investor community likes to call it to prosperity, but alas it did not work out. I’ve had my money in 120 sharkes of NVidia for two weeks. I’ve seen it go from $8.25/share all the way down to $6.50/share. It’s all quite stressful but I’ve learned that you’ve got to be in for the long haul. It’s less stressful and overall more profitable.
I just recently purchased my first digital SLR camera. It was quite and investment of funds but in the long run i think it will be a good one. I’ve always wanted to take pictures. Maybe so I could write funny captions but I know that taking pictures is something I’ve always been interested in. My friend Arnold bought a camera earlier this year and I’ve been tempted to buy one but these things aren’t cheap. I saved money and took advantage of Live.com’s 30% cashback on Ebay purchases. I got $200 back on my camera. I couldn’t resist that deal. If you’re interested in what I bought, it’s the Canon EOS 50D. It came with a kit lens. Under advice from people online and my friends I also got a flash and bag and filters, etc. DSLRs have a steep learning curve and I’m still a rookie but I’m hoping to learn enough to take stunning pictures.
Anyways, I’ll be back to post some of the pictures I take and hopefully write something about them. For now however, just enjoy my little return. I’ll be back for more!
