at the same time on the same night in three utterly different places and unrelated circumstances, three of the people I love were suddenly threatened.  while some obscure, heavy piece of garbage was being kicked up by the wheels of another car and slamming against our windshield right in front of Lura, Ashleigh was tripping on a coat and falling to ( Read more... )

of the last 48 hours, I have spent:
- 24 working on The Preface
- 9 working on a paper that I've just discovered isn't due until Thursday
- 7 sleeping
- 5.5 at work
- 2.5 in class

and now I'm up at 7:00 to go on a photography expedition.

9:31 a.m. update: aaand my other camera's broken.  two down.  awesome.

Are you searching for the perfect gift for someone, or are your dorm walls just plain and boring?  We have the solution!  Come see and bid on great photographs at
Where the Lens Ends
A show and charity auction of student photography!

March 1st through 6th
in Meyerhoff's Corrin Gallery
The bidding will be carried out in the style of a silent ( Read more... )

1. my alarm clock reset itself in the night and didn't wake me up at 8:00 am like it was supposed to, so I got lots of sleep.
2. Bruce is the kind of awesome person who would never yell at me for being late to an unpaid internship.
3. every one of the five lights between I-95 and the beltway on route 43 was green for me (I'm pretty sure I calculated ( Read more... )

hm, to tackle my insurmountable pile of work or to update livejournal?  looks like it's going to be the latter.

I feel like I haven't actually talked about my life in a really long time, so I guess I'm going to blurt out some bullshit on that topic in the fifteen minutes that I have right now (after that I must make myself go to the darkroom).  so, ( Read more... )

yesterday I found the key to finally fixing my mood, which has been awful for several days.  I got out and into Baltimore on my own, and exploring and involving myself in things really made me feel happy.  I suppose that's something I picked up while abroad; it's nice because making acquantances with strangers reminds me that I'm an interesting and ( Read more... )

Susan Sontag theorized that the photographer views the world through a lens in a scenario similar to that of Plato's cave: watching the shadows on the wall rather than turning or removing the obstacle and experiencing real life.  since my camera is on my mind during almost every wonderful experience I'm offered, I sometimes find myself struggling ( Read more... )

 and for the sake of balance, things I have done in my lifetime ( Read more... )

I'm so proud of us! marlo, melissa and I pulled off the photo auction this year pretty much on our own - no grown-up supervision at all. we matted and hung the whole fantastic show [almost 50 prints] today and it looks great. it's hanging in the meyerhoff student gallery until tuesday the 4th, and you should all go bid ( Read more... )

tomorrow I'm going to the corcoran gallery in dc to see photos by ansel adams, who took the most beautiful landscape photos you've ever seen, and annie liebovitz, who takes gorgeous portraits of stars.

you should be jealous. I'm almost jealous of myself.

hooray!