i’m not going to class tonight. i know, im an awful grad student. but once my face stops feeling like it’s been bashed in by hammers and my legs stop aching then i’ll be ok.

well i’ll feel better but i’ll still have finals to finalize. last night i dreamed about my fundraising and dev. graphs and charts. There was something else in the dream too, but i can’t remember it right now. i hate when my life stresses me out so much it effects me subconsciously.

i made some black tea tonight. i can’t remember the last time i made black tea. i wish i had some ruby red chai  but im all out. gosh i get so whiney when im sick.

What A Difference A Day Makes.

An old post I’m finally posting. shrug.

George Mason

Today was my initial advising for grad school. I have been so frustrated with the grad program because I expected a “Welcome-Heres-What-You-Do-Now” packet in the mail. When that never came, I felt the need to be proactive and I emailed my advisor. I finally feel like I have a hold on my fall semester; sorta. There are a lot of things I will need to get used to, like an hour (or so) commute, a college, or university I should say, that has more than 1,200 students, and that everything is done on computers from your home instead of on papers where you hand it to one person for a signature to another for a signature before finally handing it to someone else who will process it. Yeah, so Virginia Intermont was just a little behind the times. This whole real college thing is new to me. I’ve always felt like VI was just a step above my high school. I know I will be challenged in this program and its one I welcome. I was challenged in my Photography classes at VI, but many of the core classes where not that demanding. I always hated when people on campus would complain about how hard something was, because I knew that at any other college or university it would have been much harder.  I can’t wait for that challenge.

I like to hear that self important sounds of my yellow flats heels clicking on the  lenolium, heard only by me.

Happyplace.

I am back in the land of the cats and dogs, and I am loving it. There is something about this house that just makes me feel so amazing and at peace. Here I have the desire to capture everything with my camera, and I want to cook everything!  Lets just say its my “happy place”.

Today I made this neat (end of) summer cocktail! Its a watermelon-sake-tini? I’m not sure how the classifications of cocktails are decided.  I found this amazing watermelon juice by Naked. Watermelon juice is so light in flavor I knew that pairing it was sake was a good choice. Sake being so smooth and light in its self it wouldn’t over power the watermelon flavor.  Then just for looks I poured sweet lime grenadine in the bottom of the glass to give the drink more of a watermelon look.

Watermelon-sake-tini

Also today I picked up my new glasses, I can finally see!

New Specs!

Here are some furry creature pictures, enjoy!

cleaning buddy!

Puddin Paws

Yesterday I started grad school at George Mason. I am very excited but a little overwhelmed at the same time. I get how serious this is and how I really need to focus and pay attention. I think I got away with a whole lot at VI, and I can’t fall into my bad habits again. Starting with that kind of attitude I think I’m in good shape.

Okay, today was a good day, didn’t even have to use my A.K.

Today was a good day. My Mom and I went to see the movie ” Julie & Julia” together. It was a good bonding moment; and also a really good movie. Meryl Streep was amazing as Julia Child. I remember watching her show on PBS when I was little. Maybe thats where my love of cooking started.

My Mom recently went back to Kansas to visit family and she brought back some old cameras from my grandparents. They’re all in mint condition, and have flashes with useable bulbs. Brownie Starflex, unfortunately this camera takes 127 film that no longer exsits. If I’m able to get a hold of another 127 size reel I’d like to try to cut down some 120 film to test it out.

Kodak Signet 40, this camera does take 35mm film and I’ve put a test roll in it. I can’t wait to see what they look like. The only thing is it lacks a light meter, so I’ll be using my hand held meter for the shots. Once I see how the Signet works I’m defiantly going to try out the flash too.

And heres a picture of the camera I’ve been using all summer. My friend ChrisJ. found it at a thrift store and gave it to me. I’ve put a gallery up on my website of the pictures from this camera. You can find them here!

New cameras always inspire me to shoot and I find myself falling in love with photography again. When I was in school I always thought of photography as my future, as a means for me to make a living doing something I really enjoyed. Then when I realized thats not what I wanted to do I stopped enjoying it, because it became a burden. Now it doesn’t feel that way, I find myself wanted to shoot. I need to learn to keep a camera on me always. I find things through out the day that just need to be documented.

I loved having my Ricoh on me all the time over the summer. I captured my summer fully, I don’t feel like anything was missed. I want to do that every day too. Something to work on!

I start school tomorrow. I am excited about starting classes and getting in the swing of things. After orientation this past week I am thrilled to start. I was sitting in orientation listening to the various professors talk about internship and job opportunities. It was a surreal experience because my undergraduate was very down about job possibilities. I left orientation elated, and filled with hope. Which is a very good thing.