Friday, September 3, 2010

i am back in school now and wow. mixed emotions. going to a large, state college especially in florida means i'm at least 4 years older than everyone and about 90% cooler. i'm in the upper quartial (learned that in stats). stats. psh. don't reeally love math. but my professor is amazing.

i'm taking beginning drawing too. i've never been able to draw anything. ever. nor do i think i've ever attempted to actually observationally draw anything. but on the 2nd day of class, we come in, and she has this whole damn still-life set up in the center of class and she goes, "ok. draw everything. concentrating on line for now. like it's an image in a coloring book." and by gone dammit, i did it! and it looked pretty decent. this week we got into tone and she actually asked me for my drawing after class so that she could display it in the glass display cases around the art department. wtf. stunner. maybe drawing is actually pretty fun.

then, i take sociology. now. i'm pretty sure i was born a damn sociologist. this shit is soooo up my alley. i feel like im in a kindergarten class. and i love it. alyssa jamison: the sociological photographer.

my new job as a bartender is pretty rad too. kinda boring when it is slow, but eh, could be worse. its at a courtyard marriott and i have this beautiful, awesome fancy bar to myself and have regulars and everything. i've only had one dick-hole patron. so far so good.

bask invited me to do an art show that he is curating at the nova 535 in st. petersburg. i was elated and of course said yes. i'm shooting the piece for it sept 19th.

i'm excited to see my soul sister, meagan sample, is back in school too. she's a fucking hell kitten. and i just couldn't say enough good things about that gorgeous ass mother fu@ker.




that is my boyfriend. this is him entranced by his computer playing pc games. he has the best set of lips ever known to man. he cooks food for me all the time.

Sunday, August 22, 2010



these are two pictures i shot of people i have seen around, but finally had conversation with and soon after, took portraits of.

first day back to school tomorrow. on the schedule: 8:35 am: beginning drawing. im super excited. the new 70s writing desk i got today sure will come in handy.

Saturday, August 21, 2010






icsm@mac.com:
love the new photos
me: thanks sensai
good morning
icsm@mac.com: morning
icsm@mac.com: anyway we will talk about your new photos in depth when you get back
Sent at 10:17 AM on Saturday
me: no
now
im k'2d as shit
now.
icsm@mac.com: well ok
icsm@mac.com: I love that you are shooting again, and you color and composition are great
me: gay
ok
keep talking
icsm@mac.com: but I want to know how these shots are getting you to a place closer to knowing your body of work
right now they are curious and cool hipster shots, not art
me: no fucking way'
fuck hipsters
icsm@mac.com: haha
me: they have no talent
wtf
they all suck
at least 100% times as much as me
gay faggot
icsm@mac.com: you are awesome, but these are not art
if you were just going for some cool snaps
then mission accomplished
very cool snaps
playful and fun
me: my moms in a wheelchair right now
and on her paper
that day she chose to draw a bike
and my sister, writes in her journal and draws on taco tuesday.
i caught her writing about me
icsm@mac.com: ok keep going
me: she said, "everyone always loves alyssa.
"
icsm@mac.com: see now THIS is intereting context
keep going
me: then somewhere else it said, "shes just so ..."
i forgot the word
but basically,
i have NEVEERR seen my sister act the way she did when she thought i might have read what she was writing.
it really scared the fuck outta me
just how her eyes started darting around
and she flushed
and was
all weird
icsm@mac.com: wow crazy
me: yeah
this is them on "taco tuesday"
its this thing at at burrito boarder
where tacos are 1
and its in downtown downtown st pete
so they go there
and everyone knows them
icsm@mac.com: interesting
me: and they sit outside
and draw
and write
icsm@mac.com: now this is interesting stuff
me: all evening long
i was there with them for like 5 hours
icsm@mac.com: you know your next project may just be a family project
me: and they invited me
to their special taco tuesday
icsm@mac.com: it could be fing amazing
me: it was awesome
i sat there with my camera
icsm@mac.com: that is great
me: and they wrote and drawed
my whole family is artists
like every mother fucking semi even related to me person
icsm@mac.com: wonderful.
icsm@mac.com: have to make breakfast for the baby
ok I want to see more shots of the fam soon
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Sent at 10:30 AM on Saturday

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-aj

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

i registered for classes and i start school august 23rd. three quarter time. :) i'm excited.

i updated my website tonight. i like it. check it out.

Click here www.alyssajamison.com

Monday, June 28, 2010

completed my newest fashion short film. it was made using footage of my photoshoot with Ina: a regular girl who has been, to this date, my favorite model.