up to the mountains

These are some of the first images that I shot for my BFA project. I'm not sure if I'm actually going to use them in my final show, but I'm happy about the direction that I'm going. I'll explain more about my project later, I don't want to spoil it too soon ;)

thoughts

#1- I went on a blind date last night. We'll call him Charles (that's confusing, I have a Charles and a Charlie... good thing I won't be writing about Charlie anymore, he just got engaged, ha!). Anyways, Charles was nice, I liked him. We went bowling. I lost terribly. We'll see if I hear from him again :)

#2- I'm finishing up my last semester of school and trying not to panic at the thought of having to be a "real" adult.

#3- Living with the best roommate ever! Shauna is aaaa-mazing. I adore her.

#4- Missing my sister on the mission. She leaves for Tampa this Monday, woo!

#5- Working on fixing up my house so I can put it up for sell. Crossing my fingers.

#6- And lastly, an embarrassing story :)

Once upon a time I parked my stick shift in a store parking lot. I went inside, did my business, chatted, yada yada yada.... when I headed out of the store and looked for my little Angelina (my car. In case you didn't catch onto that.), I couldn't find her. Strange, there were only 5 parking spots. Keep in mind that this parking lot is slanted down towards State Street.... I started to move my gaze from the original parking spot of my car towards State Street to find that my bitty Chevy had in fact rolled to the end of the parking lot and... thank my lucky stars... had been stopped by a dinky, little curb and a bush and had not rolled into State Street despite that it was certainly headed that direction.
Lesson learned.
I am now paranoid about checking my emergency break.

skiing

I went skiing with my brother and parents the other day before the season ends. It was so much fun! I brought my film camera to take some shots... why film? Because I love film. And if I crash, I don't damage my very expensive digital camera. Perks of my little Canon AE-1 tank ;)

melt my heart

I love it when old people and young people are friends :)

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drug deal neil

I found a strange note on my car last week asking about if I knew a good "herboligist" and to meet him in the parking lot at 2:30 on Monday with proof of the "herboligists" degree signed Neil.... not only was it sketchy, it kind of sounded like a drug deal.
I went out to do yard work super early yesterday morning and found a bag full of crushed malt balls (I think?) and a note that said "Since you didn't pick up your stuff earlier, I thought I'd bring it by for you. -Neil"
Bah!
I compared handwriting and the notes were written by two different people. I think the first was a fluke and the second is someone trying to mess with me. But still, who is Drug Deal Neil?!

So Drug Deal Neil, if you're reading this, I have a few things to say to you.
First. You should reveal yourself to me. Yup, I'm thinking I need to know who you are.
Second. I don't like malt balls, I think they're disgusting. Next time you should use crushed kit kats or something. Even though they may be laced with crack, I'd be a little more tempted to eat them.
That's all.
I hope to meet you soon creeper.

love

"‘Well,’ you may ask, ‘how may I know when I am in love?’

“That is a very important question. A fellow student and I considered that query one night as we walked together. As boys of that age frequently do, we were talking about girls. Neither he nor I knew whether or not we were in love. Of course I had not then met my present sweetheart. In answer to my question, ‘How may we know when we are in love?’ he replied: ‘My mother once said that if you meet a girl in whose presence you feel a desire to achieve, who inspires you to do your best, and to make the most of yourself, such a young woman is worthy of your love and is awakening love in your heart.

“I submit that as a true guide. In the presence of the girl you truly love you do not feel to grovel; in her presence you do not attempt to take advantage of her; in her presence you feel that you would like to be everything that a [great man] should become, for she will inspire you to that ideal. And I ask you young women to cherish that same guide. What does he inspire in you? … When a young man accompanies you after a meeting, or after a dance, and he shows an inclination to use you as a convenience or as a means of gratification, then you may put it down that he is not prompted by love.

“Under such circumstances, no matter how fascinated you may be, young woman, no matter how confident you may feel that you love him, let your judgment rule and be master of your feelings. It may grieve you not to follow the inclination of your heart, but you had better be pained a little in your youth than to suffer pangs of torture later” 

-President David O. Mckay (Gospel Ideals [Salt Lake City: Improvement Era, 1953], pp. 459–60).

I love this. I think about it a lot, how ending up with someone that I not only love but who inspires me to be a better person is so important to me.

weird

I just had the most surreal experience...

I found an old picture of Jordan and me on my computer and I looked at him and thought... I used to be married to that guy... And it was the most foreign feeling I've ever had, like it never even happened. Like he was a complete stranger and it was a weird dream I had once upon a time. Like it never even existed.

Huh.