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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2008.06.06

Tonight I was pissed off with the world after work, and had to go for a long walk. Strangely, that took me to two camera stores. At one of them I spotted a lens which would be an upgrade to one of my current lenses. It was only $100. I expect I'll be able to buy one online sooner or later for about $40, so I din't pick it up (and, the current lens is functioning just fine, if unremarkably).

At that same store, I saw two copies of my very favourite lens. One was $126, the other $157. I'm seriously thinking of going back to buy one of them. It's the Pentax lens that simply excels well beyond any other lens I've used. Hmmmmmm.

rand()m quote

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love, and in order to occupy and distract himself without love he gives way to passions and coarse pleasures, and sinks to bestiality in his vices, all from continual lying to other men and to himself.

—Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov