New lens

I was given a nice new lens for my birthday. Apparently, according to my father, who is the go-to guy when it comes to photography, my new Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM is an awesome little portrait photography lens. This is good news, considering I have been planning to go this route with my photography for ages. Sadly however, I asked for a lighting kit and backdrop system for Christmas and received a Kindle Fire, which whilst great and probably useful, I have on my iPhone, iPod and my MacBook, so was totally wasted on me. Not being the ungrateful cow you might think, I asked if the Kindle was in place of the lighting kit and I was told that we need to discuss it but that the money isn't available any more. Doesn't look like that to me! But hey, if I want him to move out, I need to respect his need for money to do so. So I will sell my Kindle Fire when he's gone and buy my lighting kit myself. All hail sneakiness!