April is drawing to a close! Hooray! I've got a final due in my Illustrative class. I hope its up to my standards.

I started work for a woman doing photoshop work. Its really cool stuff. Making money with photoshop finally

I shot my first wedding today. It was quite fun Pics to come.

I'm very tired

Well, as November draws to a close, I realize I haven't wrote anything for November. Not that I ever said I'd do it monthly, just seems like I slipped a little. I slipped at a lot of things this past month. I've actually been working... too much. 40 somethin hours a week, didn't leave much time for me to do my assignments for college. I am the best salesman at work now though. Highest numbers. As a result, I get to deal with the upset people, and work the really tough sittings. As my boss tells me, my "sunny exterior" makes it so I can deal with the really upset people, and make people happy.

It really sucks, she depends on me so much, yet I need time to do my assignments. She's not entirely happy with me for asking for time off next week...

I started working seasonal, but now I have all these responsibilities. It's almost overwhelming... almost.

I still feel I can do it. Only 4 weeks to go till the "Holiday Season" is over, and work can slow down some.

I've been doing it these past two months without caffeine, uppers, or any of that stuff. All of the annoying energy people have come to know me for... is just me.



I feel like I'm drifting away from those close to me. Working so much... making some bad judgment calls. I've alienated some of those who I truly consider friends.


It's... it's a little difficult to be me.

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Alex. My best buddy.

So October is finally here. Life is sorta funny... giving you an inch, then taking a mile. I'm having a good time in my photography classes. Making a new friends, having lots of assignments to work on.

Got a job at portrait studio at JC Penny, so I'm having a lot of hands on practice with framing and studio use. In just two weeks I've drastically improved.

I just finished an assignment dealing with "Film Noir." They came out great. I had a fantastic model. Unfortunately, I will not be posting any pictures of this particular model, as she told me directly not to use them for any commercial or portfolio use. Honestly, I love the pictures, but I won't do anything to violate her requests. Somethin about her...

However, I will upload the pictures of Katy that I will be taking sometime soon!

I'm going to have to pick a subject for my final assignment within the next week. I'm thinking a visual representation of Pink Floyd's The Wall album. My visual representation of it... I think I could do it. I think it would be pretty cool.


Everyone pop over to Alex's page and give her some views, she's an amazing person and deserves a lot of attention
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Well, I made it to 21. To anyone who doubted me, ha, showed you. I am now 21. No more big birthdays for me. I got a 15" Macbook Pro. Love the thing. Lightroom 2.0 rules.

Alex hasn't come. Some complications with home, she never could make it out here. I'm still optimistic that soon she'll get out here and we can do our photography.

Enrolled in college. Two photography courses, one Monday and one on Tuesday. Really excited. Also taking U.S. History 2 (with someone really badass) and English.

Job has been hectic. I've been in Cleveland and Rochester, NY the past week, apparently I didn't do the time off request right. I might be fired tomorrow, I don't know. I hope not. I need money for more photography equipment


So yeah, summary: More photos to be uploaded in a few weeks, with the start of the new photography classes. I'll do some in between now and then to keep up with the times, and to make sure nobody forgets I exist

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August is approaching quickly. Quakecon 2008. I'll be 21. My dad's getting married in New York, and I'm the Best man, and thats my 21st birthday. My dad's wedding is on my 21st Birthday.

Alex is coming to visit after that. We will be celebrating her 19th birthday while shes here. We will be doing TONS and TONS of photos while shes here. So plenty of updates coming.

Computer is crippled from a virus and hardware trouble. So I am currently operating off an older computer, not capable of Photoshop CS3 :-\
Going to get a new laptop for my birthday, so I can do photography again!

Other than that, got a new job. 3:45am to noon+, 3-4 days a week.


Ever just get that feeling where you wanna do expressive, emotional work? Blue paintings and photos. Recently it just feels like someone has kicked me in the stomach over and over.

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