Those with eyes to see and ears to hear, please act accordingly.
I feel like many of my entries begin with a "Well..." or "This is it", because every step I take these days seems to be starting on yet another new page or closing of a chapter. I am happy about this, I understand that change and growth are both healthy human activities. On the other hand, being stuck in the interim gets very frustrating, which many of my (especially military) peers can understand. I'll be more content when I feel the effects of settling, rather than this constant transition.
Being able to fully grip what is set before you, is so so sacred. I feel, as past experience has taught me, no matter how tightly you believe you have a plan, place, or person gripped, there is a possibility it will slip away.
So savor it, embrace it, and run with it for as long as you can.
I got my four precious, impacted wisdom teeth removed this past Tuesday. I am in Maryland, as my mother insisted that I be under hers & my grandma's wing during my healing process. I think being here these past few has ended up strengthening me for this final move up and out in more than my physically recovery from the oral surgery. I feel like a new person. Everything is in order. Its been all sorts of bumpy getting here. But I'm here.
1108 West Franklin Street, Apartment 210. You are tangible. You are mine. Virginia Commonwealth Univerisity, I am your scholar, and you are my teacher. I can't wait to fill this mind of mine with everything you have to offer. Independence, you scare me, but you strengthen me all the while.
I have a job interview Monday at noon with Dogs Day Inn, a vacation kennel 8 miles down the road, for a receptionist's position. If its anything like my old job at Enchantment Pet Resort in New Mexico, I will have the time of my life working there (so long as the interview goes well, cross your fingers for me).
And, as far as my summer photo final portfolio was/is concerned, I'm fairly disappointed in my performance, but honestly, if I had any idea signing up for this class, that I would be as consumed with all this preparation for fall, I would not of even considered it. Plus, beware of signing up for a course that doesn't even address that which it was supposed to. Tech support for the DSLR? My ass. This was just another slow-paced basic photo DIY deal.
I pray that VCU's photography program does a little more for me than NOVA's has.
Anyways, I thought I'd host a few of the images from my final.
Theme: BEATING THE HEAT.
Right after the rain; I threw in the purple water bottle for kicks.
This is totally posed, I can't lie. My grandmother is my model quite often, haha.
Car Wash.
Sonic Cookie Dough Blast. Sonic = The Best Way To Beat The Heat.
James River, Richmond Virginia.
This, and the one below are completely out of focus, but I like them that way. The top image
reminds me of a hazy, warm summer day, while the bottom is all about wind blowing everything
apart. (Classic Car Dancing, by the way.)
Just snapped this a few days before the 4th of July? Right after a quick thunderstorm.
I cheated with this one, this is actually back from March I want to say, Sause snuck us
into some ritzy hotel's indoor pool. My camera kept fogging up, it was SO humid.
This is also one from last summer, actually taken with my baby Olympus. Pease's foot at its finest.
I definitely wish I could of done more with it, but thats about what I got accomplished creatively this summer. The rest has managed to be business, business, business. Now as for this fall...
I'm feeling a drive up the east coast in my bones. We'll see where that takes me.
FAREWELL NOTHERN VIRGINIA. Believe me, a year is about all I could of stomached of you.
Your traffic makes me want to stab myself, and the only thing I liked in your entire vicinity, was D.C. and several individuals I met, that I hope will come visit me frequently.