day 257

this morning, i drove to class wearing an extremely uncomfortable ring on my finger

then i asked myself why i was even wearing it

and began to question my existence

and everything i've ever known to be "true"

then i remembered that the only class i ever got a perfect grade in (never missed one thing on any of the homework assignments or tests) was math

MATH

what am i doing taking art classes?

and why am i wearing this ring that is too big for my pinky but too small for my ring finger and is just generally uncomfortable and bulky?

day 256

lots o' pixx:

1. 5 photos of moving water (this shit was almost impossible without a tripod. luckily i possess the genius ability to craft one out of cardboard boxes)

^this one is the best i think

^i don't like this picture at all. it's boring, and my camera is wearing sunglasses because it was too bright. i kept it anyway because besides the first one, its the only photo that i used a low shutter speed, which was technically the assignment.

2. 5 photos of mailboxes

^the best

^i think my professor will not like this one. "WHY?" you say, "it's so awesome!" WELL, it's focused in the foreground but your eyes follow the lines to the background which is blurry. but basically it's just symbolic of the present and future. THE FUTURE IS BLURRY GET IT?!?!~~~

3. 5 photos of one object (not too sure if i did this one correctly because these are nothing like the examples he showed)

^great composition, i know, i know

^perhaps one of my favorite pictures i've ever taken.

^i spent way too long setting this up, but i've got a feeling it's one of the best ideas for a picture in the world, tied with this picture and all of these

NOW LISTEN. if by any chance someone in my photography class is reading this, y'all BETTER NOT steal any of my ideas

day 255

today dacoda and i went to the gay and lesbian film festival to see john waters because dacoda loves him a lot and i got him the tixxx for his bday.

if you don't know who john waters is, don't feel bad y'all! i didn't know either until dacoda made me watch pink flamingos. and also he directed hairspray and serial mom and other movies.

the really rad thing about john waters is that he loves comme des garcons! he wears the clothes all the time and was even a model once yearsss ago.

we got to see him give a short monologue (comedy-ish), introduce one of his movies, and do a q&a after the movie. i can only say that he seemed very well-rehearsed. it would have been nice to have had a genuine conversation with him where i did more than just compliment his cdg shoes, and i know dacoda would have liked to HANG WITH THAT BRO for like a whole day or a week.

N-E-WAYZ since i played for most of the day, i still have homework tonight so i'll be staying up medium-late. and if you guys were worrying that i wasn't going to share any more of my photography assignments with you, then don't because i am! tomorrow night! BE THERE

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here is a PIC of me + john h2os

have i ever mentioned how much i h8 taking pixxx with famous people?? i'm not sure why i did this.. notice how the chairs in the foreground are nice and sharply focused, while the actual subject of the picture is blurry. what a great creative choice by the photographer!

day 254

this picture was an accident obv duh DOH! but i kept it anyway because nothing in life is ever what you expect it to be AND ISN'T THAT JUST THE GREATEST LESSON OF ALL TIME

day 253

things i got from the book bazaar:

a norfin trolls puzzle

an american art book that i picked up and flipped to a page with an irving penn photograph, thus needed to buy it

a color photography book

and a nickelodeon vhs tape with pete and pete and are you afraid of the dark episodes

day 252

late again, LATEly.

day 251

tomorrow morn' i have a much-needed breakfast date with my boyfff whom i haven't seen in three days due to my insanely busy schedule.

lately everything i want to do only cuts in to the allotted time i have to sleep, because it's the only expendable thing (at least to some degree). i should go to sleep right now immediately because i'm TIRED but i really just want to watch this video paula sent me of her serious boyfriend (caleb followill hey) and make dacoda a mix cd.

but don't worry all you worriers, i've been taking airborne to stay healthy in the midst of the work/school chaos my life has become.