does a statute of limitations exist for being mad at someone? after a certain time, do you no longer have the right to be upset at someone for something that they did? if so, how long is that period? when it is time to just let bygones be bygones? or is there such a thing as a bygone?

what if you don’t remember why it is that you are mad at them anymore? what if so much time has passed that you don’t really remember why you were mad, but you know for sure that you are mad at that person? is it invalid to be mad at someone and not remember why? is this a good time to just let it go?

i’ve been in several conversations with several people and a recent topic of conversation has been centered around being nice and being honest and how there are differences between the two.

the question posed was “if a friend of yours who was truly awful at singing wanted to audition for american idol, would you tell them that they are really awful and not to go or would you tell them that they should go and try it out because they are good?”

some people said that they would want to be supportive of the friend and whatever they wanted to do, they would encourage such behavior. other people said that if they were truly awful, they would tell the truth instead of being nice.

it seems to be the dilemma that many people face these days. should i be nice and not hurt someone’s feelings so that i don’t feel bad for telling them the truth? or should i be honest and direct, potentially hurting someone else’s feelings and maybe feel bad about it myself?

it seems that a lot more people than i expected will choose to lie and say things that they are disingenuine about because they don’t want to hurt the other person’s feelings. instead of hurting the other person’s feelings, they decide that it is better to lie and not let the other person feel this pain that you can inflict on them.

personally, i find this to generally be bad practice. why? when you say things that you don’t mean, eventually, it’s going to come back and haunt you.

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i was looking at lighting equipment and was debating whether or not i want to buy some umbrellas and flash equipment. it’s always been temping and it’s always nice to be able to get that kind of set up. i found out that the set up that i want is actually not as expensive as i had originally thought that it was. that being said…

i’m torn now because i don’t know what to buy and i don’t feel like there is enough information on the web to really make an informed decision. it’s very hard to make much sense out of it, really.

so while i was browsing the web for umbrella set up stuff, i saw that [url=http://www.adorama.com]adorama[/url] lets you rent camera equipment. so i decided to take a closer look at the pricing structure that adorama rents stuff at and i saw this. i was appalled.

the D60 costs more to rent than the 10D?? the first column is the rental cost for a day, the second for a week. man, i just don’t get it. but now it makes me think. should i make my D30 and maybe the 10D available to rent?

hmmmmm…

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