full steam ahead. artist overdrive commence. hermit, elitist, pretentious mode begin. 

overdue. distracted. but back on course.

adventures. of all kinds. staying up late. sleeping in. waking up early. traveling plans and holiday planning. almost the end of a semester. many new beginnings. excitement. worrrrrrrds. pictures. smiles. regret. cool weather with relief.

 me on halloween.

for my photos from the last scene of the short film ignition the movie by john vitale: click here

it was gorgeous today. high of 82 and low of 60. just beautiful. and it's gorgeous right now too. i love this weather. i feel like i am coming alive. from a long hibernation in the humid heat and blazing sun.

now have the technology to iphoto like everyone else. see?

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picnic and naps today

madison's animal house and garden on friday

i made it through a really bad bout with a mysterious sickness, and my 26th birthday.

my birthday is always the start of my favorite time of year. it starts to cool off and then a go-round of my favorite holidays comes marching through. florida needs to catch up on the cooling off thing though. i can't wait until i can open my windows and patio door and not close them again for a few months... my electric bill also becomes pretty much nonexistent.

i am starting to plan my winter vacation. the top runners are: minneapolis, boston, and new orleans.

also trying to complete my 35 mm project. it's hard deciding if what i have is good enough for my artist statement, and really just for my own harsh judgement. this last roll i shot didn't come out so great. but i bought a camera with underwater housing for my birthday present to myself so here are some of those photos. the roll that was preloaded in it was expired so the results were nifty for birthday fun.







also i got to act in a scene from johnny vitale's new short film ignition. like always, all of the people around are really awesome and talented friends, so it was a blast. john also asked me to help film the final scene, which should be coming up here soon. here is the latest trailer where you can see the gang i'm in, the amazons, looking badass:

today is the first day back in school. classes are: history of visual arts II and greek & roman art. what an interesting, short, 2 weeks of summer break. i read a lot of books. <3 looking to shoot some more during the day time as i have become more and more interested only in photos at night. thinking about shooting a black and white roll to switch things up as well. i love color terribly.

my little sister at our late night meteor shower picnic.

the start of my summer break. i have 2 weeks before fall semester starts. two weeks to clean, organize, and purge my belongings. two weeks to be inspired, take photos, and edit. two weeks to dress up and go out late. two weeks to relax and enjoy books, the sun, and friends.

speaking of fun. i just made these delicious morsels 10 minutes ago. here is the recipe: cheesecake stuffed strawberries . i substituted fat free cream cheese in mine.


i have reloaded my film camera and have been snapping away.


i have also started playing around on some other inspirational sites" piccsy, weheartit, flickrista, and of course stumbleupon i have put links to my pages on these sites to the right.