I'm back with stories! or Did I REALLY just spend $5000?!?!?!

Well I have returned from the Dominican Republic with stories and pictures. I will post the latter at some future point in time and will briefly mention a few stories right now. I was the only one to not get sick on the food, we all went to the capital city Santo Domingo to check out the historic sites (first ever church in this hemisphere, oldest city, etc), we did a jeep safari where we got to ramble through the sugar cane fields, see a cock fight, taste organic coffee, got some sun, drank some bevies, and genrally relaxed a whole lot. It was a good time.
I just sent money away for the purchase of a SONY HVR Z1U HD camcorder. It's a professional model that will allow us to shoot broadcast quality HD video. This will open up a whole new world for myself and my peeps. Freedom to shoot whenever we want. I spent $5000 on the unit, which is a lot of money, so to justify that, I will be busting out a ton of shorts and hopefully a full feature film this year. Bring it on!
p.s.) I am also very broke now.