school blues

I'm tired of school crap!!!!!

I'm tired of teachers who grade unfairly.
I'm tired of pickiness where it really doesn't matter!
I'm tired of spending so much in-depth time studying tools and effects that I don't intend on using in my professional life ... perhaps for fun ... but you don't need a class to play with tools and discover for yourself the little things.
I'm tired of having the option of photographing using film, but not enough time in a project to execute.

memories, mine and others'

This past Saturday was my 5th alumni day for All-Ohio Youth Choir. I can't believe that It's been five years since I lived at the fair and sang all those songs every day. I have to admit, I've been a little sentimental since, so I pulled up some youtube videos of a few songs and clips from the fair choir experience. Couldn't find any clips from my years ... portable electronic devices were a little less around back then ... let alone video phones...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3jvw0D63mk&feature=related
how to describe the aosfyc experience - CRS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDTizZRPgfw&feature=related
Celeste Center concert, 2009. The 2009 All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir sings, "Let Mortal Tongues Awake", by Garry A. Cornell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pkw3woyOJM&feature=related
The 2009 choir singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ksPp9eaHVk
2009 choir on channel 4, WCMH 8/3/09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bePAsKAJos
2007 Cardinal Chorale - "Lord, Listen to Your Children"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5pINE1el_s&feature=related
2009 Choir in the Statehouse rotunda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlQ6neCQmTw
2008 choir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nox68YKqvLM&feature=PlayList&p=912E8CE158638144&index=0&playnext=1
2007 choir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bDK_yu3DDA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81u5_u19Inc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS56bT6actA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekO81ghuv6g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-QGrWaxfBs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wxQQcuvzdw&feature=related

And a series from the 1976 choir:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5a2Vn9OmE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQeEsSpvh8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgdf9zaCPCc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPoP5Q2m2NA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTihXW0FGnA

rise of mediocrity and fall of the truly amazing!

I blame the consumer market for killing the photo industry.

large format final

turned in my large format final today - tabletop (2 commercial and 2 personal still-life's) and one large print :)
Here's the eye candy

another quote .. heard it and it made me nostalgic for home :)

Marshall: She leaves you at the altar, and you're the one avoiding her?

Ted: Yes, I'm avoiding her. What's the big deal? That's how we do it.

Marshall: Who's we? Gutless weenies?

Ted: Uh, no. We is people from the great state of Ohio.
When life gives us pain, we Buckeyes take that pain and we push it down.
And if the pain starts to come up again,
we push more pain down on top of it.
Why confront something when you can avoid it? Right?

~How I met Your Mother

think i'll make it a star wars night

cookie dough

My all-time favorite television quote :)

"And the guy thing ...
I always figured there was something wrong with me
because I couldn't make it work.
Maybe I'm not supposed to ...

Because, Okay ...
I'm cookie dough.
I'm not done baking ...
I'm not finished becoming whoever the hell it is I'm gonna turn out to be.
If I make it through this ...
and the next thing ...
and the next thing ...
And maybe one day I turn around and realize I'm ready,
I'm cookies!
And then, you know ...
If I want someone to eat .. or .. enjoy
Warm, delicous cookie-me,
Then, that's fine,
that'll be then,
when I'm done"
~Buffy - 7x22 - "Chosen"

just a lil update

Okay, haven't updated for a while, so we'll go back to wednesday :)
1. Received birthday package from family. Included:

• microwave cake and box of candles hehe :) as well as microwave brownies ... the miracle of technology :)
• A meowing card from little brother with hidden best buy gift card ... gotta love the working brother :)
• mail, cream of mushroom soup, and tons of lil gummy snacks :)

1. Went to como zoo, and was seriously impressed considering it's a free zoo. Actually had giraffes and zebras, unlike the minnesota zoo that i paid for a membership to. Weather wasn't so nice, but I made friends with a tiger :)
3. Ordered chinese and actually picked it up ... had never driven through midtown so it was about time.
4. Relaxed and stayed in with a movie, enjoyed my chinese:) First birthday I had all to myself, was different, but thoroughly enjoyed it. Appreciated all the text messages and facebook wall posts, as well as the calls :)

Thursday:
1. Got up at 5 am to start/finish paper for presentation due by 2 pm :) Was successful
2. Worked, then crashed

Friday:
1. Worked in Men's Polo all day
2. Saw a guy from Kuwait that looked like Aladdin :) Get this: his last name was Al-Ali! He was so Aladdin, one of my favorite disney characters :) Almost told him, but wasn't sure if he would take offense to the disney reference or to his country ...
3. Met with Brandy for some photos on the playground at the park

Saturday:
1. Worked in Polo once again
2. found a shirt in the men's section ... love it so i bought it :)
3. Teja forced me to try on heels ... a pair of bright red mary jane's :) felt like a girl, but actually liked them ... must think about buying one nice pair of girl shoes
4. Shot Teja in the studio, so much fun, and the pictures came out beautifully :) such a nice smile
5. Went to a coffee shop in Uptown ... really amazing chai tea and beautiful inside ... and met this guy there ... really cute, nice, cool ... we'll see :)
6. Went to this comedy club/ show Comedy Sportz, and my face hurt by the end from laughing so hard

Today:
Planned to go to St Paul cathedral this morning, but waaaayyyyy overslept, whoops :)
Got to the darkroom around 2:30 to develop what film I've got so far ...

Have been wondering about catholicism lately. Luther never really intended to break up the church ... lived and died catholic. We base our denomination on his teaching, but overall and deep down to his inner core, he remained Catholic his entire life ... so what's the difference? Other than purgatory, I don't know any major disagreements I have with what I know to be Catholic views.

I've always been a lutheran, but I've found out recently that some of the stances I take on certain things I can't find what exactly our church's view is, but I know it aligns with the Catholic Church.

"And I say to thee. thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18

Didn't Peter ultimately start the Catholic church? So doesn't that mean that ultimately Catholicism is the Church that everything led to? There was break-off after Luther, but when you think about it ... it's a circle cycle. The problems Luther had with the church aren't around anymore, so why not go back to the church Jesus built upon Peter?

Was just talking with someone the other day about beliefs and views, and she called me a catholic in protestant disguise. Apparently they're just called terms and words I never knew so I didn't know we believed the same thing :) Brings me back to my lutheran/ catholic debates from jr year at muskingum :) good memories