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There's something kind of intimidating about this. I think that's why I didn't make any entries earlier this month. Well, anyway...
Happy New Year, all.
I'm in school once again, although I'm only taking one class this semester. But it's a biggie, so I'm still full time. Technically. I don't know for sure yet if I've been putting in enough time though.
Working 2 days a week at the deli, which I'm still enjoying. And getting a little bit of income, which is always appreciated. I think I'm making about enough to cover rent, give or take a couple hours. Actually I just did a little calculation.. evidently if I work 50h/month I'm exactly $10 short of covering my rent. Mind you, that's not including groceries or bills. Oh well.
I'm taking yoga with mom this semester. I've had 2 classes so far. I kind of like it, and it's nice to think I'm doing something healthy. Mom got me a health-food cookbook, which I'm supposed to cook out of at least once a week. I've made 2 different soups from it which were rather tasty. It's a little tough to keep up, just because the recipes all call for a lot of fresh ingredients that you don't always have lying around, and a lot of prep time. Mom, Erin and I were supposed to have a battle of the workouts (or something) but mom and I haven't really been keeping up with that, aside from weekly yoga. Erin is kicking our collective butts. Which I think means we owe her a dinner out this month, or something. I can't remember the exact parameters of the deal.
I've had a lot of "fun" this week with my photo class... Originally I had planned to do "anonymous self-portraits" for my project this semester, but after a shooting session, I was running out of ideas and the project didn't seem to be going anywhere. Although I did get a few neat Magritte-esque shots which please me. See here.
So anyway, I decided to change my project to a continuation of the homes project I did a while back, and I'm shooting the stuff I'm storing in mom's basement. First time I shot it, I lugged a big ol' lighting kit home from school (2 strobe heads, 2 large stands, 2 umbrellas, power pack and all assorted cords and sundry items) only to forget to take the dark slide out of my camera before I shot the film. (In laymans terms, there was a metal sheet between the film and the lens of the camera, so nothing got exposed) Of course I didn't realise this until after I'd developed the roll of film. Because I'm a moron.
ANYWAY... Second time I shot the stuff, I just decided to use Erin's little strobe (I've never used it before) but the problem this time was that when I finished the roll of film, it wasn't wound all the way up before I tried to take it out of the camera, so it got a nasty light leak, making all of the negatives foggy and useless. So once more I shot using Erin's strobe and I was very careful to make sure the dark slide was not in the camera, and that the film didn't get any unwanted exposure to light.. And I finally got something I can work with.
I don't know, I just feel like at this point in my "career" I shouldn't be making this kind of stupid mistakes. *sigh*
Anyway, I think that's entirely enough rambling for one day. See you again next month..!
Happy New Year, all.
I'm in school once again, although I'm only taking one class this semester. But it's a biggie, so I'm still full time. Technically. I don't know for sure yet if I've been putting in enough time though.
Working 2 days a week at the deli, which I'm still enjoying. And getting a little bit of income, which is always appreciated. I think I'm making about enough to cover rent, give or take a couple hours. Actually I just did a little calculation.. evidently if I work 50h/month I'm exactly $10 short of covering my rent. Mind you, that's not including groceries or bills. Oh well.
I'm taking yoga with mom this semester. I've had 2 classes so far. I kind of like it, and it's nice to think I'm doing something healthy. Mom got me a health-food cookbook, which I'm supposed to cook out of at least once a week. I've made 2 different soups from it which were rather tasty. It's a little tough to keep up, just because the recipes all call for a lot of fresh ingredients that you don't always have lying around, and a lot of prep time. Mom, Erin and I were supposed to have a battle of the workouts (or something) but mom and I haven't really been keeping up with that, aside from weekly yoga. Erin is kicking our collective butts. Which I think means we owe her a dinner out this month, or something. I can't remember the exact parameters of the deal.
I've had a lot of "fun" this week with my photo class... Originally I had planned to do "anonymous self-portraits" for my project this semester, but after a shooting session, I was running out of ideas and the project didn't seem to be going anywhere. Although I did get a few neat Magritte-esque shots which please me. See here.
So anyway, I decided to change my project to a continuation of the homes project I did a while back, and I'm shooting the stuff I'm storing in mom's basement. First time I shot it, I lugged a big ol' lighting kit home from school (2 strobe heads, 2 large stands, 2 umbrellas, power pack and all assorted cords and sundry items) only to forget to take the dark slide out of my camera before I shot the film. (In laymans terms, there was a metal sheet between the film and the lens of the camera, so nothing got exposed) Of course I didn't realise this until after I'd developed the roll of film. Because I'm a moron.
ANYWAY... Second time I shot the stuff, I just decided to use Erin's little strobe (I've never used it before) but the problem this time was that when I finished the roll of film, it wasn't wound all the way up before I tried to take it out of the camera, so it got a nasty light leak, making all of the negatives foggy and useless. So once more I shot using Erin's strobe and I was very careful to make sure the dark slide was not in the camera, and that the film didn't get any unwanted exposure to light.. And I finally got something I can work with.
I don't know, I just feel like at this point in my "career" I shouldn't be making this kind of stupid mistakes. *sigh*
Anyway, I think that's entirely enough rambling for one day. See you again next month..!