yay!

New camera will be arriving today...I got the Nikon D40 for an excellent price ($399.99). The kit comes with a lens (18-55mm). I will hopefully be able to buy another lens for this to complete the package, but for now, I need to learn how to use a DSLR camera! I'm very excited about this. I'll take some pictures with it and we'll see what comes out. I'm in the market for one of those big 8 gb memory cards for the camera. I should be able to get a good deal on it.

Research continues to move forward. I'm actually at work right now downloading a massive dataset. Should be good, but it's taking a long time.

I've decided to go ahead and pony up the money for some private salsa lessons. So far, the lessons are going great. I really feel like I'm improving. The format of the lessons is quite simple...The instructor watches me dance with a partner and then comments, critiques and adjusts. Extremely helpful. The teacher provides the dance partner, an outstanding dancer who works with him, who can really tease out the problems in my leading. It doesn't hurt that she's cute either...

Stock market fell 700 points yesterday...looks like it's recovering some today...very exciting.

I have swing dancing tonight and I can relax tomorrow.