2/21/10

Inner Views

I'm never bored.

I usually lose interest in what I dedicate myself to, but I've felt balanced as of late. If I get my fill of one activity, I've got numerous more to turn to. Yeah, there's a whole lot of pressure involved and I've had a few slumps, but I've got remedy for that too. Meditation's gotten me through so many roughs and has become my trump card against the grayer slants of life. And I'm evenly surrounded by the positive energies of great friends.

I see in my work that I'm improving in my photography. Got a light grip of f-stops and shutter speeds and the like and my hours a day spent in the lab have become exceedingly satisfying. Oh, I've got exciting news: a friend of mine may be able to word me into a job; a local photography business. I'm organizing my resume and hope to meet her boss soon. I'm pushing plus vibes to the max.

Next AMP show is approaching and I'm cramming as much as possible. I've taken a lot onto my shoulders and unloading it is going to be so liberating. More sweet news: Frankie Fresh hooked me up with a radio interview in which I'll be able to project some info on AMP and promote some upcoming shows. Badass.

March is almost here so I'll be updating my slideshow soon!

I'd update a bit more but I'm 15 minutes over my 10 minute break.

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**Brought to you by my Canon






2000 EOS

2/13/10

Plethoras

I'd expected this semester to be the chillest ever, but I guess that's too much to ask for when you're in your...what? Fourth year? Christ.

Photography class: It's definitely a favorite, and I never check the clock unless I have a paper due in an hour. I revisit the lab that night anyway. I think I'm almost finished with the texture, form, line project because I just processed a new roll and saw the negatives yesterday. Most satisfying exposures yet. I called our teacher 'professor' and he said it gave him chicken skin. He's Stan from now on.

Argumentative: It's up there with Photo. Everyone in the class is super chill and we're allowed to bash each other's views. Only problem is that we've got three different paper assignments in progress and no one knows what the fuck is going on. Anyway, I suggested the World Cup as a debate topic and we're doing that next week.

Autobiographical: I like the content and everything, but the course throws me. I don't think our assignments are very productive. We critique one paper as a class of twenty-something and they all say the same thing. How could you advise someone to leave out a piece of his or her life?
I'll change your punctuation, but that's it.

Music: is gay. I figured it'd be cruise, but I got a D on my first midterm and I answered all of the questions. I know it isn't just me because Karen pays more attention than I do and she got a D as well. The problem is that the course is more history than music. "I didn't sign up for this sheeeet!"

And then there's AMP.
I'm putting together a photo wall for the next show on March 4th, leaving 21 days to work. I'm going to need enough faces to fill a wooden board (roughly 8x6). Most time consuming will be printing all of the photos, but I know we can do it. I'm also working with Jon on rewriting our sponsor appeals, critical to funding future happenings. There's an AMP compilation CD in progress, and they'll need me to take pictures. Needless to say, all of this takes up most of my free time, but it's productive free time. I'm taking on the pressure because life's so much more exciting like that.

Valentine's Day is on Sunday. I know that it's just any other day in the year, and that its inherent meaning could or should be applied on most if not every day. But.. you know. I'll be printing.

I've just uploaded a plethora of pics but I won't be overloading this place anymore like I did earlier. All photos can now be found here! It only lets me upload 20mb a month though. Gotta be patient I guess.

Some recent favorites:


















































**Brought to you by my Canon






2000 EOS

Oh yeah, forgot one thing. So I'd been searching for a standard lens for my camera to replace the not-so-standard loose one. I gave up on finding one online but I did find a lens+body (same model) on eBay that wasn't yet bid for.

$28

1/31/10

Treasure

I bring my Rebel everywhere.

Cannibal












Building Art












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(Know what ^this^says? Win a prize!)

60mph












**Brought to you by my Canon Rebel 2000 EOS


So I found an envelope beneath a stack of paychecks under my bed

Staring Contest


















Classifieds


















Fiction or Non?


















And what do you see?


















The Water Way



















**Brought to you by my Diana+

AMP Jan '10

First AMP show of the year!
5 local UH student bands including:
Breath of Fire, Disaster Kit, Product, Local Uprising, Everyday Heroes, and This is a Stickup
3 slam poets: Tui-Z, Darron Cambra, and Bridget Gray
PLUS
Live art, fashion designers, collaborative graffiti boards, free art, body painting

And an overall wild experience.













Product + an amazing hulahoop dancer













This is a Stickup convinced the ASUH guys to
kill the PA. No problem finishing the set
without it.













Collaborative graffiti board













Disaster Kit wrapped it up by fucking shit up













Live stencil tags

**Courtesy of my Canon Rebel 2000 EOS + tripod
(and Alan who took care of my equipment)

1/29/10

Surprise!

One day, the next, the next; no one knows what'll happen.
Me? I never know what or how I'm going to think.
Can you imagine what it feels like to blink an eye and suddenly hate everything around you?
This isn't me being negative.
I have dreams.
I just don't have plans.

And you don't 'know how I feel'. Go relate with someone inwardly stable.

1/28/10

Exposure

I'd like to type up a massive update right now, but I'm so exhausted.

Points for now:
- Shooting + processing + printing = the best fucking hobby I've ever picked up. I want to do this forever.
- My writing intensive english courses are cake. I feel like a genius in class. Hey! I'm scribing again!
- Work still sucks. Gonna job search at the end of the semester. Probably Vans.
- AMP is blowing up like.. a hot air balloon filled with landmines. Our first show of the year was earlier tonight and it was ridiculously sickkk. I rented a tripod prior and nearly expended a roll of exposures on everything. I was rationing 'cause I forgot to bring more film. I'm dying to know if they came out alright because it was my first time: shooting SLR at night, under controlled lighting, low to no shutter speed, no flash, all atop a pod. PLEEEASE!!
- I made a picture at our first meeting this past Tuesday, processed it that night, printed it yesterday, and it was published in the KaLeo this morning.

All three aspirations combined.. finally, I'm free.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
I'm looking forward.

1/12/10

to be continued...(?!)

My life's one filled with plot holes and hangers and mumbo-jumbo dialogue and it all beats the hell out of my imagination. I laugh at describing it. Cliche, cliche, cliche; but no, I swear that none of this was premeditated. We didn't see it coming. It's funny; see, I told you I'd laugh. It's funny that after all this time, we're planning on when or whether the final cut will be. Your lines are calm and practiced, but you're terrified and I feel it and I don't want it anymore. I want you to laugh.

And I want you to keep on smiling whether I know it or not.

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