A question from my last M&P (read:Materials & Processes of Photography) quiz asked, "The resolving power for an 8 x 10 print made with a 35-mm camera at f/64 is..." I responded, "Well, it's a special time in a boy's life when... gotta go!" Needless to say, Norm didn't like it.

I am very glad that this quarter is thisclose to being over. I love photography more than ever but I feel so smothered by it sometimes. Actually I feel incredibly inspired and enlightened, and disappointed in myself for not following my muse more often. I am such a lazy idiot. I could totally have an A in my Photo class this quarter but I'm settling with a B. I'm not saying I could have a 4.0 (RIT is hard!) but I could do a lot better than I have been doing. I would even go so far as to say that I think I could have an A in M&P. There it is, I said it. I think I could have a 4.0 this quarter because I really am smart, I just have absolutely no work ethic. I make myself sad, and I know I make my parents sad too.

On an unrelated note, I love it when it's raining and people drive like they're being probed with a hot poker. I really love feeling like every moment could be my last. With all I'm going through at RIT, I want to live long enough to graduate, dammit!

My M&P final is tomorrow morning at 10... wish me luck.

Well, I think my "exit interview" went pretty well. Howard conceded to give me a B on my fashion assignment instead of a C, and also accepted my re-do for my magazine cover and my extra credit assignment for the architecture project. Those of you reading this are probably thinking, "Yeah, what?" Be comforted in the fact that all you need to know is that my day is going better now than it was 6 hours ago. Smile to that.

At least I have a wonderful loving boyfriend whose crying shoulder (a.k.a. sleeping shoulder) is always ready for me.

I should rename my blog And just when I thought things couldn't possibly get any worse...

Just got the call from the dealership... their estimates:
Front brake pads and rotors - $302.65
Rear brake pad adjustment - $79.00
Four tires - $201.84
Making Wendy cry - priceless

It's not even 9am and I've already gotten to 1) hear my roommate's alarm going off for at least 15 minutes because she was not home, 2) be completely frustrated by my computer's inability to run overnight without acting like an abacus in the morning, and 3) leave one of my most cherished possessions (my car) in the hands of a man with a funny little moustache. I don't know what's wrong with my car, but I don't feel confident in its performance because of the odd grinding noise it's making. Call me crazy, but I don't think it's supposed to do that. Anyway, I guess the guy is going to call me and tell me what's wrong and whether it can be fixed quickly and if I'm going to have to drop out of school to be able to pay for it. My day is looking in a direction that is not up.

Ach! I have a final in less than two hours, I just got home from work, my head hurts, and all I want to do is watch some Simpsons. I really like my History and Aesthetics of Photography class, but dang, it's all coming down to the wire. I went over to Lauren's to study last night but I had Joe with me and he didn't want to stay long so we were only there for about 45 minutes. But Joe did get to learn about a photographer named Rejlander who did combination printing and did a piece called "The Two Ways of Life" using 30 different negatives. Hey look! You just learned about him too. You know my unfavourite word of the day? Cumulative. I have to cram like the dickens now. Maybe I'll have time to be sane next week. Check back.

So I just got called in to work despite the fact that it's Tuesday and I'm "not available" on Tuesdays. Normally I'd be in studio right now but since it's the last week we have "open shoot." P&C must be pretty desperate. I really shouldn't go, but I really need money and it will be nice to get an extra $30 since I can't work the normal days this weekend. Stupid finals. I SHOULD be going to the studio today to reshoot my glass assignment. Damn it. Oh well, I already told P&C I'd come. My fun day begins.

Seen on "Headlines" with Jay Leno: "High school will be major cool because you play football all day and then you have babies." - a 7 year-old kid...
From the mouths of babes.
It's what's wrong with the world.

I am pissed at geocities. I guess I can understand why they won't let me hotlink to images that I've uploaded to my geocities account, but right now they won't even let me upload at all. I am angry. ANGRY.

P.S. Seven days... count 'em. Seven.

Holy oh my goodness. Joe came over and got here at 5pm, and I just woke up and it's 8:15pm. I have been very tired lately because I've been so busy with school and work, but you know you're beat when you fall asleep in the middle of the day. I'm just glad that this is finals week and I can have a teensy bit of time to recuperate before next quarter. I have to take 18 credits next quarter. Tuesday I'm going to have class from 8am-9pm and Wednesday I'll be there from 10am-10pm. That is super. I also have to design, print, and bind a book and have it done a week from today. Please? I like RIT so much, but there are just so many things that suck... e.g.: three finals weeks a year instead of two. I guess we're going to Wal-Mart now. Joe wants to get something. He has told me 4 times, but I can't remember. I am so groggy and grumpy right now. Hopefully that'll wear off. I read a grammar tips article that said people should never begin a sentence with the word "hopefully." Hopefully I'll be able to avoid that in the future.

This is what I spent my morning doing. My version of a SPIN cover. I think it's pretty %*$# good considering it took me less than two hours to scan, compose, and print. If only I could go to sleep now.

Beware: any email saying anything about "missingfile" or "new wordpad document"
I am really getting pissed off with this whole email virus thing. Just so you guys know, if you get an email from me and it says ANYTHING about an attached file, delete it. And pass the word. I don't know what happened, but I keep getting emails like that that say they're either from the "mail delivery system" and they look just like the messages you get when it says it can't send email to a certain address, and it says, "Your original message including all headers is attached" and I think it's when you open that file it does something. Well, the address I got it from was from loretta_jimerson@msn.com so of course I opened it. I've also gotten them from jeffmccullor@hotmail.com and Joe's email too. Even my mom has started getting them and I have no idea how, because the email address she's getting them at isn't in my address book and I don't think I have ever sent her an email to that address from the hotmail address I use now. And it says she's getting the messages from Loretta and Joe, not even me. I really do not understand. Technology is really f-ing great.

P.S. I hate morning. A lot.