Am I ready?

I started college completely unsure as to what I wanted to do when I “grew up.” After many, and I stress many, times changing my mind I have finally decided to go with photography. Which is something I started getting into about my Senior year of highschool. Someone I knew was getting rid of an old Canon SLR and I asked for it and fell in love. I really enjoy taking pictures, trying new things and seeing what happens. I love looking through books and reading about other photographers and how they got to where they are now. So the decision should have been easy right? Well unfortunately it wasn’t and I went through 2 1/2 years of school before I switched to photography. So now I’m like 2 1/2 years behind before I will actually finish school, which sucks but at the same time now I know I’m going to be doing something I love. . . eventually.

My rooommate asked me if I would be interested in being the photographer at her brothers wedding. What? Seriously…I’m only one semester in. It sounds amazing and I would love to do it, but it’s a little overwhelming. They asked me to send them my portfolio…my portfolio? It consists of about 15 pictures. I mean I have taken other stuff obviously but as for an acutal portfolio from my classes…it’s not to large. My camera is a 35mm Canon Rebel… If it was digital that would be a little different. With film you don’t get a lot of mistakes. At least if it was digital they wouldn’t waste money on bad pictures. hmmm. I’m feeling very underqualified for this. But it is next year, and it’s not a for sure thing yet. I’m excited and a little terrified. We will see…maybe I am underestimating myself and I won’t do so bad, if I actually do it that is. I just don’t know if I’m ready to potentially screw up a wedding! Ok so I don’t think I would completely screw it up, but that is a lot of pressure!

Saving the world

For the past two weeks pretty much everytime I come to Niko’s someone is playing this smashbrothers saving the world fighting everyone game. And if nobody is playing, they are letting the computers play. Yeah…that’s not a joke. So as I’m sitting here in a dark room, cause light apparently puts a glare on the TV and is to distracting, while Niko and Jakob are playing this game. fun. So in my boredom writing a pointless blog was the best thing I could think of.

2 finals down, 1 to go, Saturday at 330…great. But then after that I’m done!

So my summer (thanks to Gretchen) Is Big Stuf leader, planning trips to Haiti (which would be over the top amazing! I’m totally in Gretchen! ) and Target with Gretchen, Sarah, and Meghan…also very excited about that! So the last..pretty important part is a job. I need a new car, and to get that I need money. I’m brainstorming a job that could possibly pertain to photography, which is best case scenario, but who knows. I just need a job.

Back to watching Jakob save the world..fun times.

One week to go

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This is why my page is lame….Sad day

Hopefully I will remember to use Niko’s computer tomorrow to make my page a little more fun to look at! How can I be an art major and have such a boring page? :/

3 more finals and 6 days and my life will be wonderful again! Summer…ahh can’t wait!

I’m really kind of struggling with the fact that I am staying in Kokomo this summer. Don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that I’m going to be with all of my friends, but it’s still kind of hard. I have spent the last two summers in Africa (South Africa, Zambia, and Kenya) and it was above and beyond amazing. And this summer, mainly because of school. I decided it was not the best time to go. Plus Thursday I found out that the class I had to stay here to take, was cancelled. So now I have no clue what my summer looks like. And now that I can’t take that class it puts me back yet another year. So I’m basically going to be in undergrad long enough that I could have went to medschool. great. but I’m trying not to let it get to me. I’m going to be doing something I love and it will all work out eventually…I hope. Suggestions for the summer are welcome…anyone leaving the country…need an extra person to go? ha, but really I do need a job so if anyone has an idea that would be great.

And it begins…

Well it happened. I decided there was no point in fighting it anymore, I knew it would happen eventually so I gave in. I’m officially a “blogger” again. nice. So does this mean I’m cool, trendy, or just simply a conformist who was suckered in? Either way I caved. I am oddly reminded of being 16 and writing in my livejournal about getting my license, working at Sonic, starting my senior year of highschool. wow…I feel old. That seems like a life time ago. And now I’m about to finish my junior year of college. unreal.

It’s the Saturday before finals week…maybe I should study…but probably won’t.

Hopefully this blog won’t be quite as embarrassing in 5 years looking back on it, as my livejournal is but it probably will