Day 28

Today's picture is stupid. But you know what? Today was stupid. Blahhh on today. Today (okay, I guess now officially yesterday) failed me. I feel like I've been in isolation since Saturday... ultimate suckage. I need my people. Mais c'est la vie, I've been making the most of my alone time by doing work. A LOT of work. Starting/finishing a lot of my summer assignments and doing laundry... which is what the picture is of. That sweatshirt had been in my dirty clothes pile for God knows how long; I hadn't needed to wash it because it's hot, so I didn't bother. But I figured today was as good a day as any to wash it and a lot of my other cold-weather clothes, and as soon as I got that hoodie out of the wash I had to put it on... it's like an old friend. I love it. (Plus it smelled really good!) I love summer, and I hate cold weather, but I love fall and winter clothes... I love scarves and sweaters and boots and jeans and cords and tights... they're my favorite. And that sweatshirt's been through a lot with me. It met Regina Spektor, it's gone on a bunch of trips, and... I don't know what else.

Whoops. I can talk a LOT about clothes. Sorry. And okay, I lied. Today wasn't a complete failure. I'm 100% DONE with my AP Euro summer assignment, am done with AP Gov until the national conventions at the end of August, and I only have to research some portfolios and take one more roll of film for Photo. This afternoon I went to Richmond with my mom to finish the first part of my photo summer assignment... which didn't go so well, I got a photo block or something... I don't know. But that could have gone better. However, after I got home and ate dinner, I FINALLY got a chance to see the second episode of Project Runway season 5. You have no idea how much wasted effort I've put in to seeing this episode. Every time it came on at a reasonable hour I missed it for one reason or another, so I'd look at Bravo's website to see when it would come on next, and normally it would say 1 or 2 in the morning. So I'd just mess around for a while waiting for it to come on and then sneak downstairs to watch it... only to find that Bravo had LIED to me and it was actually Kathy Griffin or some crap like that. It was upsetting. But I got to see it at last tonight... so that was cool? I dunno. Sad when that's the highlight of you day.

Wow, I think this post is going to be really long. But ummm if you're reading this I probably miss you and want to see you, and I hope your day is going wonderfully. Bye.

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ive been lusting after toy cameras for the past hour... lomo, holga, diana... i want one. they seem really good for experimentation n fun n stuff. but theyre for 120 format film, meaning id have to FIND 120 format film, then id have to find someone who processes 120 format film... or i have to find a kit that works to adapt it to 135 film (doesnt seem likely from what ive seen online so far) and use a lot of black electrical tape or something. ehhh, im not so good with instructions or working with tape... but just look at the kinds of images you can get:







it's so flawed, its wonderful. random light leaks and double exposures... i want to be able to do that! okay. maybe next time i have money... whenever that will be.
i keep thinking AIM is flashing orange at the bottom of the screen... never is. why would it? its 2:30! im going to bed.

Epic Fail.

Holy Christ. I'm so bad at updating this blog... I'm so sorry. I've gotten lazy with taking pictures, and honestly, if I took pictures they would pretty much all be pictures of people's beds. Most of my summer has been spent sitting on people's beds (Maddie's, Aaron's, mine...) talking about stuff. Although last week was exciting, I'll post a picture and call it... day 26. :)

Day 26- July 25

Yeah... we filled Aaron's room with balloons. It was a LOT of balloons. 9 packs of 72 balloons. Sitting in there trying to talk was virtually impossible... every word in my head got turned into "balloon" by the time it left my mouth. It was insane just trying to sit there and see Sam, Maddie, Aaron, and Katie... and to try to navigate the room. But it was lots of fun. I want to do it again. :)

Day 27- July 29

I'm enjoying today. I woke up and decided immediately that I was going to go on a hunt for Wild Sweet Orange's new CD, "We Have Cause to Be Uneasy." So I went to Barnes and Noble, the first place I always go, even though it's probably more expensive than anywhere else I could possibly go... why? Because I love the old dudes in the music section. Last time I bought a CD there it was Tilly and the Wall's latest, and the guy was like, "Hmm, I've never heard of them. Are they any good?" So I told him how they're sweet and have a tap dancer in lieu of a percussionist, and he immediately hopped on the Tilly Train and told me he'd definitely check them out. Today when I went to look for We Have Cause, they actually had it and I didn't have to order it... a happy rare occurrence. And the guy was just so nice. I don't even know. Old guys make me happy... in a totally non-sexual way. I know what you're thinking, Aaron.
After I bought the CD (AMAZING, by the way...I love WSO), I bought a frappuccino and the baristas were surprisingly pleasant today. Normally they're kinda bitchy. But that put me in more of a good mood. And that's what the picture's of, condensation from my frappuccino that just happened to be in the shape of a smiley face. :)
I hung out at Christine's house for a little while after that and heard her and her family play some music... they're so amazing. I love listening to them... it's just sweet. I wish I was that awesome at music. I can't wait until they need a photographer. :)

Wow, sorry for the excess of smileys. It's been a good day, even though nothing huge has happened. I always love that. Hmm, my arm is spazzing out. Might be because of all the sugar and caffeine I had earlier. Haha later.

Day... Hmm. What day is it again?

I'm going to cheat a tiny bit. Because I took some pictures on my hiatus that I don't want to go to waste... so I'm just going to skip around a little. And since it's my blog, I can do whatever I want. Ha.

So Day 21!
This was Mother's Day, May 11. I took this at Agecroft Hall, which is this big house built in the 15th century that came from England... rebuilt in Richmond in the 20th. It started raining when we went to check out the gardens. I think that was the day my family went for fondue? And that was delicious, of course. I'm glad I was awake for this Mother's Day, last year I slept until like 6. Prom being the day before really isn't a good idea.



Day 22- May 15
They're going to kill me for this... actually, they probably won't ever read this. But if so, hey, don't kill me. I put up the most flattering picture I could find. :)
Anyway, I slept over at Katie's because it was her birthday... and I think this is a picture of her, Leah, and Alex performing "Supergeek"? They don't look very geeky. I love showchoir girls, haha. So yeah, they danced and then we did the Cupid Shuffle? And then they did this odd tribal dance that wasn't actually a tribal dance and I took a bunch of pictures but I'm not allowed to put any of them on the internet, lol. Sorry, this one's kind of just a bunch of inside jokes. Buttt yeah, fun night.

Day 23- May 16
Christine played at Jammin on the- oh, wait. I mean, Rockin Fur a Cause (=P) anddd was pretty awesome. No surprise there. Alec is pretty much a drum god now that some kid called him "BRUTAL!" What a cutie cool kid.
After that, I definitely did something but I can't remember what. I think I went to sam's house... oh yeah. And hung out with some people there. And felt like a little kid for not drinking, haha. Whatever, it was pretty fun.


Day 24- May 26
Ok, I'm starting for real. Right now. Tomorrow there's going to be a post, too. It's going to be awesome.
So apart from the show on Sunday and hanging out with sam and Maddie on Friday, this weekend has been super duper boring. Aaron wasn't here so I didn't have anyone to talk to because I don't talk to anyone, lmao. I was bored enough to re-start this thing. Whatever. This is the view outside my window if you look down. My room's been pretty much the only thing I've seen this weekend. It's been crazy awesome... not.
But hey. It's almost summer. I don't even care. Summer's going to be amazinggg. Can't wait.

So, ok. This was a pretty bad post, but whatever. Hey, I'll have some photo class pictures tomorrow, hopefully. First shooting assignment we've had in a while... making prints tomorrow, I'm hoping I got some good shots. Infrared kinda blows, my film came out way too light. We'll just have to see.


Ok, on second glance I decided that even though I don't have a picture, I'm going to talk about last night because it was pretty good and because I do what I want. I actually have no idea where that phrase is from... someone educate me? Aaron, Sam, sam, Maddie, and I went to The National to see Wild Sweet Orange even though they were just openers... they were pretty good. I got a shirt. I sang along.
And then we left before the headline act (haha for free tickets and leaving whenever) to get lost around Richmond some, and ended up at Buffalo Wild Wings. Our waitress was dumb. We got 50 boneless wings. They were good. Why am I writing like a kindergartener. Ummm after that Aaron actually managed to get us out of Richmond, yaaay Aaron. That was pretty much it. I actually got home really early. Ok, done.

It's been a while.

I figured I should start doing this again because I miss taking pictures. And because life is really good right now and I want to look back on this and be able to remind myself of how happy things were. I actually don't really have any recent pictures, other than this picture I took of myself on my mom's new camera. I'll probably start again tomorrow, because Aaron, sam, Maddie, (maybe Sam) and I are going to see Wild Sweet Orange at the National.
This weekend's been completely uneventful so far, but I actually worked tonight for the first time innnn I think 5 weeks. That's been annoying. My arms hurt but in a good way. :)

So basically this was just to let everyone know that I'm coming back. Because people actually used to read this. And it made me feel special. :)

Later, kidsssss.

Okay...

I think I may need to take a break from this for a while. In all honestly, I haven't taken a picture in 3 days. There are some people in my life whose relationships I need to focus on, and there's a certain person in my life who is draining all of my energy right now. It's unfortunate, but hopefully he'll soon come to his senses and realize he's just being immature and acting off of completely irrational feelings... I'm not holding my breath, but I can keep a little bit of faith that he's not the idiot who has taken over his body right now. We'll just see. Sorry.

Day 19 and 20

It's been a really boring past couple of days. Yesterday instead of doing AP US I counted how much change I had in my piggy bank and wallet... it was over $35. Pure madness. I need to take it to the credit union because they turn change into cash like Coinstar, but without the 8% fee. So maybe one of these days I'll get around to doing that. I think otherwise I'm just going to keep accumulating coins... it's insane how much that adds up, haha.
Uhhhh Sundays are always mind-numblingly boring, and I worked from 5 to 9. Erik, Aaron, and Rachel came to visit, but it was at a really bad time and I didn't get to talk to them :(. I hate consolidating.

And then I spent today entirely in my room... which I desperately want to redecorate. Not so much a fan of the NEON BRIGHT SEIZURE everything anymore, lol. There's really nothing to say about today. Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought that the person who has been talking in your head your entire life couldn't actually look like you look? I seem to have these weird disbelieving freak-out moments often. It's weird. Like the person who's been having the thoughts in my head aren't me, and therefore can't look like me... but then what has the person who looks like me been thinking? I don't really know how to explain that better. I'm crazy. Really don't have anything else to say, today was soooo boring.