3 Things.

1st. I do not want to do my final projects, or my senior project, or anything else, except watch "Once Upon a Time" episode __ with Meesh. I just added that last line, it was unexpected. I am, however, grateful that I do not have any FINALS. Projects are tons of work, but my kind of work.

2nd. This:

OKAY, instantback! What is your problem?! I've wasted like 10 prints on you. BUT I realized 2 things... which were.... um maybe it was only one. There's this little attachment that goes inside in front of the shutter, which apparently reduces the amount of light that comes in (because this film is like 800 ISO or something).

Sooo I was thinking it wasn't getting enough light, but it may have been the opposite... which is why my dark ringflash shot of my face came out (scroll down a few posts). Anyway. I'll work on it. It's a big commitment to put a whole roll of film in there. The one thing I like about these shots is that one is a lovely abstract, and the other looks like a meteor about to hit earth. Yeah nbd I took a picture of space.

3rd. This:
[my two loves wrapped up in one book]
It's so fun to cross-translate. It helps me remember both languages.

OKAAAAY fine, there's a 4th.

My chlorophyll prints are working!!! 2 of them I might have taken down too soon, and they're casting themselves in resin right now (which seriously might kill me tonight... fumes!). I left the rest up and hopefully the sun will come out so they can develop for the next ... I'm going to give it 5 days, maybe. Cool.

PEACE OUT

P.S. did I mention I'm graduating in like 11 days?! And everything is so crazy, the stress of the last semester has been pushing me over the edge and made me really ultra sensitive and my emotions are all over the place. I will admit that I've started to lose sight of the value of everything I'm doing... everything I aaammmm... okay, moving on.

SLIM PICKINS

I'm amazed by the amount of people that still pick their noses in public. ... I mean, they notice when other people do it, so how have they not learned that people notice when they do it? Whether it be driving in a car, sitting in the library, walking down the sidewalk... The fact that you're not having a conversation or looking at anyone doesn't mean you're alone. WE SEE IT, folks. Quit pickin'!

P.S. NEW SHIIINNNSS ALBUM :))))

Wild.

'...what is savage is in the deepest sense gentle and what is wild is kind. In the end - a strangely sweet result - I came back to a wild home.'
-Jay Griffiths, 'Wild'

As discovered in K.T. Tunstall's "Tiger Suit." Oh, the many purposes of album art. Don't underrate it. <3

Everything is going to be alright, and I am going to be very, very happy. Whatever happens is what will happen, it will be okay, it is life, and you live it. It is life and you live it, and you cherish every moment, or it passes without purpose. I know that there is a plan. But at this point, I don't even mind if there isn't one. My plan is to be happy. That's a good enough plan for now.


Happpyyyy :))) I cannot wait to see what further happiness life brings me, and who I will share it with.

laur laur

what we are and what we let ourselves be

Everything is going to be okay.

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What does this mean, you ask?

It means I'm working on my website. And it's working!! Yay!

It's a beautiful day, I wish I could be outside moooore. But I'm pretty happy to be working on this and have it work.

My happiness is complete with a satisfying listen of Beneath the Rhythm and Sound by THE OCEAN BLUE.
Lovelovelovelove this album. <3


HAPPY DAY!

:)

More than fine.

Diana+ Instant Back!

My first successful shot with my InstantBack for my Diana F+ ... yay!



Problems
-Shots do NOT come out in low lighting... even slightly low lighting! Sunny days only apparently (we'll have to test it out)
-My ring flash does not fit on the Diana while the instant back is attached. That's a real shame.

Solutions
-The flash was my solution to the low lighting. Since it wouldn't clamp on, I had to just hold it there haphazardly, which actually worked alright. It will be a pain down the road though. [note: this was shot with a blue filter on the ringflash]

Observations
-It's hard to tell how many delightful light leaks and how much vignetting with work with the instant back. I might just prefer 120 film with it.
-I was super pleased and surprised that a double exposure came out of this. I expected that ONE SHOT is all you get, but this was a lovely accident. Yay!
- :)

Peace out, world of non-readers. I think I'll redesign this [web]log to be lighter and more conducive to photo-posting (not to mention, I'd like to start a new series here soon.... ), and happier.

Thank you, John Williams, for the Jurassic Park Theme Song.

an ber lin

tonight is a night to listen to every anberlin song in my collection.
working on my website (which is, coincidentally, also my senior project).
my reasons for being here seem to be fading away.
like a sun.
i forgot a jacket.

[it's a metaphor.]

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"We will all come to the point in our life where we have to admit that we feel defeated, that something has conquered us. We must change, not because we want to, but because we desperately have to. We can not take life in its current suffocating state, even to admit such desperation shows that we are feeling deserted, wandering the barren desert, a shell of our former selves. It is only up from here, it is impossible to sink any lower into ourselves or our circumstances. But we can be salvaged, a deliverance. No vice can stand, no fix can take. The thorn in the side can be removed, but you have to be willing to admit and surrender. Surrender your habits, your lifestyle, your past, your present, and your future. This is your new surrender. The new surrender."

I love you so much, Anberlin.

my dream!

What am I doing posting twice in one day?!

Letterpress from Naomie Ross on Vimeo.

This is what I would looove to do. Isn't it just such a beautiful process... <3

Dear world, I will admit that I am ready to get out of this university. Lately I'm feeling very tired of being here, and very unmotivated. It's a shame, but it's true. 5 weeks.

I vote we be happy now.

I swear you wrote this.



novia, we're blessed and we were always on the crest
and we were best of friends long before the night could end
now we'll point our fingers to whose fault it was we took so long to come around
but i vote we be happy now

novia, it took a lot of courage to say the things you did
and i'm glad that you found in yourself what i couldn't find in me
we shouldn't care whose fault it was we took so long to come around
i vote we be happy now

what's meant to be will surely someday come to pass
i'm so sorry he left you somewhat thinner
but your past is gone, focus wrong
stoke the fire that burns the letters
ship to shore, swim some more, no one can hold that against you now

and you'll believe somehow

somewhere between the actions that i can't stop and the words i can't get out
let the way my fingers part your hair speak volumes to you now
and novi, you're the strong one my one demand is I'll never again let you go away

what's meant to be will surely someday come to pass
i'm so sorry he left you somewhat thinner
but your past is gone, focus wrong
stoke the fire that burns the letters
ship to shore, swim some more, no one can hold that against you now

open up your eyes
morning bless your sight
oh, and i cannot believe the things we did last night
now you are like a ghost
living in my town
everywhere i look and yet you're nowhere to be found

but your past is gone
focus wrong
stoke the fire that burns the letters
ship to shore
swim some more
no one can hold that against you
you're the accident that happens
when we're busy making other plans
i never saw you coming
i hope i never see you go

what's meant to be will surely someday come to pass
i'm so sorry he left you somewhat thinner
but your past is gone, focus wrong
stoke the fire that burns the letters
ship to shore, swim some more, no one can hold that against you now

not now.

[ladybug]