Tag Archives: Photography

The Shiznit (Volume 1)

Ok, so right now, I’m freaking….how you say….Stoked!

Why, you ask? Well let me tell you!

Up point numbah 1! My photography lights got here Wednesday and they rawk! Everything works and is in tip top shape. I must say, I am one savvy shopper! I can’t wait to get the electrical wiring done in my office so I can fire those lights up and make some magic!

Up point numbah 2! My printer finally decided to behave when I changed out the ink cartridges (apparently the printer thought it would be funny to tell me I had full cartridges when they were near empty). So after that and another slight snag got fixed I went on a printing spree in which I completed my task of printing, matting, and framing my photos. SWEET! So now, I’m all ready and set to go for when my professor gives me the green light to throw everything up in the gallery! I can’t wait. It’ll be awesome to have my own show. The senior show I had was kind of like having my own show but not since I had to share the gallery with another girl.

So my To-Do List is slowly getting smaller. I’ve knocked it down from five to three. I think my reward/punishment system is working quite well.

Now, a wile ago I thought up an awesome idea for a book. The sad part is, I’m not going to share the details on it with people just yet. Heh. Evil. I know. But I’ll just leave it there and let people ponder if they so choose.

Moving on…

I decided I’d like to try and answer a recent call for artists from none other than the amazing Klayton.

Apparently he wants graphic artists to submit some of their work that is inspired by chapter one of his new album “Wish Upon A Blackstar.” I have a vague idea of what I’d like to do but I’m not sure if I can pull it off. And I have only until the 15th to do it. Let’s see if I can do the impossible here. If I do pull it off and it gets chosen, I’ll proudly present it for everyone’s viewing pleasure.

Keep your fingers crossed, mon ami!

And as always…

Keep on rockin’ on!

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~A.M.

Gettin’ Recognized For Showin’ Some Celldweller Pride!

Woot! Score! A while ago, we Celldweller fans were asked to send in some pictures of ourselves in what Celldweller gear we had. Sad little me, I only had the dog tag (which I attached to my red collar), but I still snapped a few shots of myself sporting my dog tag and sent them in. And Ta Da! I’m in the photo gallery on the FIXT website! (For those of you that don’t know FIXT is the company started/owned/run by Klayton A.K.A. Celldweller)

You can see me, and various other people sporting Celldweller gear here:

http://fixtstore.com/page/42/

I guess I’ll take this opportunity to update things a bit.

I’m still waiting for my photography lights to get here. They’re on their way so it shouldn’t be long now. I did however receive the remote shutter release cord today and it is schweet! I’ve been wanting one of those bad boys for a while now but couldn’t find one at a decent price. Until now. Instead of the $45 for the name brand one to go with my Sony camera, I snagged one for $16 (shipping included!) that fits BOTH my Sony and Minolta cameras! SCORE!

What else….um…

Well, not to leave everyone on a down note but my printer is being a bitch. A major bitch. For some reason it’s not printing my photos. Every time I try, every combination I use regarding print quality and paper type yields the same sucky results. The coloring’s off on one. There’s lines through the next. The coloring messes up on the third. I’ve cleaned and aligned the nozzles several times and the ink level readouts seemed good. But I decided to take a chance and change the cartridges (after a did what I could to bleed the old cartridges dry so I wouldn’t waste ink by just throwing it away). I guess tomorrow we’ll see if that has any effect.

Cross your fingers, mon ami.

I guess that’s good for now.

Keep on rockin’ on!

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~A.M.

Can I Have A Hug?

Holy Frak! It’s been over a week since I updated this pitiful thing. I fail at blogging.

Ok. So, with that said, I guess I’ll update all you wonderful freaks that follow my rants and musings on my goings on in the past week.

First of all, I wrote up a set of deadlines for all my big projects that I need to get done this summer. Accompanying said deadline schedule is a set of rewards/punishments.

My project list is as follows:

1. Print, mat, & frame photos for upcoming show (whenever that is)
2. Buy Photography lighting
3. Finish my photography course
4. Finish my office/studio (I just have to install the lattice ceiling)
-And-
5. Finish the rough draft of my novel

Now, I’m intending to get all this done by the end of August. Heh, I say that now but we’ll see. I’m looking forward to the rewards and dreading the punishments I set for myself for each of these. I’m hoping that will keep me motivated to move my ass on this stuff.

So far, I managed to knock one of these projects off the list! Number two. Woot! I figured I’d do that one first cause I need it in order to knock number three off the list.

At the moment, while I’m waiting for my lights to come in, I’m working on number one.

Aw yeah. Things are getting set in motion. I like motion. ‘tis good.

Moving on…

I made friends with a pheasant! No, seriously. I did. I was outside Friday morning taking care of the trash and I heard this sound that reminded me of a guinea pig. Kind of a chirping/grunting/squeal-ish sound. I looked over my shoulder and saw this little pheasant. It couldn’t have been very old cause its tail feathers were pretty short. The thing was just waddling along past me heading up my driveway toward the lawn. I whistled at it and it turned, looked at me, and, I figured it would have taken off, but it waddled toward me! So, I went into the house and got some bird seed. I tossed it out for him (I’m not sure if it was a boy or girl but I called it a “him“) and he had a little snack while I snapped some pictures of him. He even posed a few times for me. Funny little thing.

Yesterday, he came back, sat on the edge of the lawn, and stared at the house. He made his little chirpy/squeal sound until I came to the door. The thing was calling to me! Can you believe that! A wild freaking pheasant calling to me! So I went out and fed him again. He kind of ran off while I was putting out the bird seed but he came back and had his snack.

Then, mom tells me this morning when I got up that he had come back early in the morning and was calling again! I don’t know if he’s pissed that I didn’t come out and feed him or if he found food elsewhere cause I haven’t seen him again. I just hope he either found his family or found some other place with better food. I hope another animal didn’t get him. That’d make me sad.

I don’t know why but animals are drawn to me. It doesn’t matter where I go, or what the animal is, they’re drawn to me. I would have become a vet but I can’t handle it when animals are hurt. Kind of defeats the purpose of me being a vet huh? I think so. I don’t think I’d be able to run a shelter either cause I’d get attached to all the animals and be sad when someone adopted one. I know, I’m odd.

Last thing before I release everyone from this boring ass update….My finger is a bit better but I still think it’s permanently damaged. The ache is gone, unless there’s pressure applied to my finger, and the little hard lump is still there. I’m thinking maybe I cracked it or chipped the bone and have a bone spur or something. Lovely. Like I haven’t suffered enough physical damage already.

So…I guess the moral of my story here kids, is that you have to take the bad with the good. Some points of life will look up while others will just….well…outright suck.

Took me a while to come up with that one. Profound ain’t it! Yeah, I’m a freaking visionary all right.

*sigh* I need a hug.

Until next time…

Keep on rockin’ on….

[-_-]

~A.M.

I Fail…Fire Me…

Yes indeed. I fail.

At what, you ask?

Well…Everything apparently.

I could go into a long drawn out rant full of whining, crying, raging, fuming, and a whole other menagerie of emotions but for the sake of space, time, sanity, and the frakers that don’t really care what I have to say and just read this to see if they can use anything against me, I’ll keep it simple…

1.) I’ve been trying to work on my photography course but haven’t been satisfied enough with what I’m producing to actually turn anything in. (Good thing they give you a couple of years to complete this thing.)

2.) I can’t seem to bring myself to sit down and put a pen to a fraking piece of paper. My novel just might end up dying a premature death.

3.) I can’t seem to find a few items I’ve been searching for online….Like anywhere…

4.) I can’t seem to keep this or any other blog, site, electronic communications device updated on a somewhat regular basis like I had hoped at the beginning.

5.) My “friends” seem to have conveniently forgotten that I exist…..Again.

-And finally-

6.) I think I may have permanently damaged my right index finger. The trunk in my room decided to bite me (the lid fell) and now there’s an ache and a lump in my finger near the middle knuckle that won’t go away (and the trunk attack happened over a month ago).

So, I’ll leave it all there instead of launching into some sort of angst ridden sob story. I’ll save that crap for the personal journal.

Yeah, I fail.

I’m so fired.

Keep on rockin’ on….I guess.

[-_-]

~A.M.

Temporarily Distracted By A Shiny Object…

Wow, I haven’t updated in a while. I figured it was about time so, Ta Da! Here I am again! I’m sure you’re excited. I can feel your enthusiasm through my keyboard. Damn, that’s some hardcore enthusiasm you’ve got going on there. Whew.

But anyway, this is just to update people on what I’ve been up to.

I’ve been taking photos here and there. Yes, rejoice! I’m beginning to break out of my non-creative slump! Woot!

The big thing in the last few days though was a cookout at my brother’s and his girlfriend’s place. The only people I really knew there was my brother and his girlfriend, oh and my mom too. [^_^] But people introduced themselves, which I’m not used to, and things got kicked off. Then the best part, the crazy ferret lady showed up with her babies (by babies I mean the ferrets obviously)! Oh man they were adorable. Zohan VonOtter and Thumper VonOtter. Those little guys were hilarious! I got to hold Zohan! He kept trying to crawl into my shirt for some reason. I’m telling myself he liked the smell of my deodorant but I’m thinking he just wanted a peek at the chi chis. Either’s possible I guess.

Now, I’ve wanted a ferret for like…ever. But I have cats. Not only would they be mean to one if I brought it home, they’d hate me for it.

Speaking of cats, mine just sneezed all over me and my computer. Nice. Thanks Tig. I appreciate it. Ek!

But anyway, getting back to my story here, I got a few cute pictures of the crazy little ferrets. Man those things move fast! Holy crap! Every time I started to press the shutter button, bam! They moved. Oi. I managed to catch them a few times.

And speaking of catching, Thumper caught me at one point. It was so cute. He was hopping along behind me and when I stopped and looked down he just kept right on going and pretty much head butted my ankle. Silly little thing. Silly.

So, all in all it was a decent day. The weather was nice, the company was decent (until people started to get drunk. That’s when I remove myself from the area), and there was plenty of food for everyone. I think everyone had a good time.

Let’s see, what else, what else…? Um…

Oh! I may have a lead on where my missing books are! Woot! I asked my brother at the cookout if he had seen them, cause I thought maybe I had leant them to him and forgot, though I know he wouldn’t have wanted to borrow the Death Gate Cycle, but possibly the copy of Dune. He said he didn’t have them and told me that while he was at dad’s going through stuff he had stored in the shed there he came across a tote with books in it and he says he thought he saw the books I was looking for in there. Now, I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I’m thrilled I might find my books and on the other I’m wondering why I would have ever put them in a tote out in the freakin’ shed of all places! I guess I’ll find out the next time I’m down at dad’s.

*crosses fingers* Please let them be there and be in decent shape. Please, please, please.

And one last tidbit I guess I could share, I found my NYIP (New York Institute of Photography) student advisor on twitter! Yay! I added him and he added me (though I don‘t know if he knows I‘m an advisee. I told him today though so he should!). This should be interesting.

Speaking of my photography course and school, etc. I should probably get busy on that. I have all the lessons read and tests done, now I just have to finish the photo projects and send them in. Woot! If I can crack down and do some serious work, I could probably have everything sent in by the end of the month. Yeah. That’s my short term goal. Finish my projects and get them sent in by the end of the month. You people hold me to this ok? Keep me on task so I don’t slack off.

Ok, I guess that’s enough for now.

Keep on rockin’ on!

[^_^] ~A.M.