A(ctually) C(aught) a L(icense)

That is, I actually got three-day passes for ACL! They went on sale at 10:00 a.m. today, and they sold out in less than 120 minutes. After an agonizing wait online, many unfourtunates discovered that the tickets were already gone. But no worries, there are still single day passes that will be available on May 17. The festival lineup may be released on that date as well.

For the past few years, ACL has been held in October, a nice time of year for avoiding the sweltering Texas heat. However, this year, ACL has reverted to its original date in September. This change brings back memories of dripping sweat, dehydration, and blistering sun beams. But it's all worth it to hang out on the Zilker lawn and listen to live music for three days straight.

The Austin City Limits Music Fest location

~ OMO

EJE's response to Osama bin Laden's death

Wow.

So, Osama Bin Laden is dead.

Now, I am never happy about the death of anyone. However, I feel like I can be a little happy considering he contributed to the deaths of 3,000 innocent civilians, and if there's anything I hate, it's innocent people dying because of people who think they have the right to kill anyone.

This is... wow. Except now, I'm super worried for our country. Al Qaeda isn't completely gone just because their leader is. It makes me incredibly selfishly glad that my family lives no where near any huge government building.


And now for the whole, "Where were you when you found out that Osama bin Laden died?" thing that will become important when I'm old.

I was sitting on my computer when Madisen message me saying "do you know what's going on?"


So then she sent me a link and I was like, "Holy shit." My step dad was overjoyed and said even though he doesn't believe in revenge, he's glad bin Laden is dead. This is all so crazy.


So yeah, important moment in history, and Americans outside of the White House are celebrating by singing our national anthem and Queen. Good night.


- EJE

New camera lenses are exciting!

I had the opportunity to shoot a few pictures with the new lens of my dad's camera last weekend. Those flowers were just sitting on the table, tempting me to document their delicacy. I couldn't resist.

This new lens (a Nikon Nikkor 50mm, in case anyone is interested) does not zoom, but it absorbs more light than any of the other lenses we own. It also has a narrow field of focus, therefore blurring any objects surrounding the focal point of the picture to create a nice, softening effect.

There are billions of pictures of flowers floating around, but why not take a few more?

~ OMO

EJE is happy :)

So if you know me, you may or may not know that my step mom was like extremely pregnant. And on April 27, 2011 at exactly 2 am, my little brother, Cassius (pronounced like Cash-us. I dislike it, but what can you do?) Charles (insert last name) was born. It's my dad's second kid and my step mom's first, but it's my fourth sibling. So pretty much old news now considering my other little brother was born almost 3 years ago and this is the 4th time I've dealt with little kids running around my house, but whatever.

So here are a few pictures :) You may have seen them if you're friends with me on Facebook and/or you follow my own blog, but for you foreign folks/non-facebook friends, here are some pictures. Unfortunately, one reveals my true identity, but I'm pretty sure who I am is preeeeetty obvious.

- EJE

Biology trouble? EJE can help!

I made a video about the CALVIN CYCLE with Erina. I'm putting up two videos: the one where I put bundle sheet cells instead of bundle sheath cells, and the video where my computer decided to be stupid and add the name of my camera back across a few picture, respectively.

Sincerely,

The Estonian Jumping Elephant, in case y'all have forgotten my amazing acronym.

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jump across Europe

So there's this guy, right? Éole Wind. OMO and I found his flickr page during class today.

Bratislava

He and his mates take pictures of themselves jumping across Europe.