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Yes, it has been weeks since blogging -- I'm feeling like it's garbage day, and I've forgotten to take out the trash.
Boyfriend finished the job, and did receive a paycheque, before Xmas. Even with this pre-Xmas influx of moula, I was looking forward to simple gifts, as I figured he'd have other bills to catch up on. I'd dropped a few pointed hints about the delectability of home-burnt CDs full of comedy MP3s.
I'd had an influx myself, in the form of a tax rebate. Though money is always good, it put me on the horns of a wee dilemma: first, I had no idea what to get him; and second, whatever it was had to be appropriately expensive (considering my means) but not embarassingly so (considering his feelings).
A year ago, I was sent to our branch office in the States and I'd asked him if there was anything he wanted me to bring back. He gave me the name of a particular light meter now out of production but top of the line in its day and still very good; he'd found one here, but even used it was still more money than he was willing or able to pay. I called every photography shop listed, but there were none to be found.
A year and one Xmas later, having done a bit of research looking for the manual, I realise now I should have been phoning the antique shops. It is probably expensive due to its vintage as well as its utility.
But the week before Xmas, I was so very pleased with myself to have remembered the request, and doubly delighted that I managed to dredge up the name of the light meter from the silt of my memory, and trebly thrilled that the photography store where he mooned over it still had it in stock, that I did not research it at all; I ran out and bought it. I also got him some film, and a block of time in a darkroom so he could have a place to develop all the pics he took with his brand-new/used light meter.
And I figured, this is perfect -- it's expensive, but not obviously so; half of it is used, and the other half of it is intangible. It's something he's expressed a desire to have and to do, and it will provide fun beyond Xmas.
And then for Xmas he gets me this.
Posted by edgar at December 31, 2002 12:25 PM