MIMOSAS FOR ONE

this week has been about trying new things and going without my safety net, and all in all, it has been pretty fun. on sunday, I did the most stuff during the show with cujo that i have ever done. it wasn't without mistakes and misteps, mind you, but i'm really getting a handle on things. He'll be gone for two weeks, so i'll get to sleep in (yeah!) but i'm going to keep practicing, because I don't want to forget everything i've learned! on monday, i developed my first roll of film on my own (see results above). my very first roll was ruined in the development phase. i got pics, but they are really light. it is so addicting! now i want to develop all my film. my teacher wasn't kidding when he said that it was going to be no problem to meet the 20 hour minimum requirement for an "A" in photo 1LX. today, i submitted my first review for kfjc. It was for rafter's Music For Total Chickens , an album that has been slowly growing on me. i have al...

i feel like a proud new momma today. the newest member of the family was picked up at savers thrift store yesterday night. she's a pentax honeywell spotmatic F , she's a lot like my k1000 , but there were a few reasons i couldn't leave her there. 1.the name. honeywell? i looooove honey :) 2.the case. yeah, half of it is missing, but it's still sooooo cool 3.the film speed dial changes and the lens comes off, unilke my beloved k1000 4.she has an automatic shutter trigger. tripod here i come! 5.i'm a cameraholic! i could never have walked away without making her mine! okay. i think i've gushed enough ;) so, the oscar noms were announced today. can i just say thank god ryan gossling , was nominated for half nelson , because it is such a real and raw performance. This wonderful and affecting film never over-moralizes or sells out it's characters or story. He is so terrific, one of my favorite actors. He is so much more than just that guy from the notebook. Of...

photo class is in full swing! we had our first negative developing :) unfortunately, my partner and i got a little excited and kind of skipped over most of the part where we LEAVE the negatives in the developing fluid for about 9 minutes. yeah, we pretty much moved on to the fixer after, like, 3 1/2, maybe 4 minutes. DOH! (imagine me slapping my forhead for this amazing display of dunce-y-ness) it's okay. i have negatives, they're just much lighter than i would like them to be, but my teacher told me I can correct this in the enlargement process. "they just won't be as sharp as they could be." He tells me in a way that lets me know that no way in hell can i turn any of them in for an assignment and expect to get an A. That's alright, it just gives me an excuse to go back to alum rock park*. after the first week of classes, i was all but ready to give up. things this semester seemed totally complicated and annoying, but this week i've taken to things much e...

this is kfjc: so, i'm way into dj training. i even kind of like the fact that it's on sunday's at 6am. cujo ( i won't give his real name to protect his anonymity) is the perfect person to train me. he is open, laidback, lets me go at my own pace, and i feel totally comfortable with him. The last two weeks have been what they call at the station "freak week" so really, anything goes. last week he played kurt weill and weill themed and inspired music (3 hours of german opera would seem like a bit much, but i actually quite enjoyed it.) the whole time, including the entire three penny opera. this week it was all sea shanties. american, german, french, he covered it all. fetching cd's, and vinyl gives me a quick peek at the vast library kfjc has to offer, and it is amazing. This week i got to end the show, and next week when we go back to regular programing, cujo informed me that i will be doing a lot more. i have to admit that i was very intimdated when i fi...

after almost pulling an all-nighter (including eggs at 3:30am. thank you, celeste!) i crashed onto a warm sofabed to awake 8 hours later to this: a most beautiful san francisco afternoon! i felt pretty good, so i had no problem enjoying the day with my friends. after a yummy champane brunch, we visited a few spots in the city; 1. the area around AT&T park, 2. ghiridelli square, 3. fisherman's warf (what a touristy nightmare!) every time i go to san francisco, i am more and more convinced that i would like to live there. i hope everyone else is having a great start to your 2007 :)