MIMOSAS FOR ONE

top: 1981. L-R momo, grandma murtha, me, mom, mary bottom: 1985. me and momo i figure the one on the top is from momo's birthday in november of the year i was born. pinching my cheeks was one of my sister mary's favorite ways to torture me when i was younger. the one on the bottom was taken at my grandma's house. i'm pretty sure that was my birthday. we probably went there first before going to the old spaghetti factory , my family's go-to restaurant for all family occasions. i can't wait!!!!! unfortunately, momo and her husband ryan can't make it this time because it's during the week (they live closer than they used to, but it's still a couple of hours away), but they got me a great gift; a ticket to this year's boonville beer festival! not only will i not have to worry about getting one now, i won't have to worry about loosing it like last year :( i am 26 today. i am in my mid to late 20s. where did the time go? i swear last week i was 21,...

i'm not a perfectionist. i never even pretend to be one. if anything, i'm a mediocretist ( i know that's not a word, but it should be) however after an earlier version of this image: was torn apart at peer critiques yesterday, i thought i would give it a shot at making it better. it's not perfect. it's never going to be, but at least i didn't just let it go at being mediocre. a portfolio of eight of my best images from the quarter is due on tuesday, but the lab closes it's doors on sunday afternoon, so the pressure is on. i will be living there for the next few days. tonight is also my first graveyard shift at kfjc. 4 hours by myself! i am feeling excited, nervous, terrified, overwhelmed.....wish me luck!

yesterday was sunday. yesterday i had the great honor of taking over as dj from cujo for the 8'clock hour up at kfjc.~ the playlist ~ This was like, totally for reals. i signed in as chief operator, put my name in place of "george foothill" and went to work. at one point, i thought i was going to run out of music, but luckily, kfjc has so much . current stuff (current meaning new to kfjc, not necessarily new to the world) right at our fingertips, you can always find something. i got through it, and now a cdr of my aircheck is being reviewed by the programming director, so keep your fingers crossed that she doesn't find me to be a total hack, mkay? in the afternoon, i took advantage of the gorgeous day, and went on a little photography excursion. i have a landscape and architecture assignment due next week, so i wanted to get inspired. san jose is very much lacking in inspirational content, but i was able to shoot almost an entire roll anyway. i guess we'll see! a...

new blogs i love: crowcrastination fourfour i just found out my phototograpy professor might be teaching a weekend holga seminar next quarter. after learning a little bit about the process in class this quarter, i'm intrigued. san jose is seriously lacking in cool things, but i totally forgot we have a kick ass Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium . man, that place was the shit back in sixth grade when my class studied all things egypt for the entire year. who else here remembers the golden goblet ? anyways, i drove by there the other day, and from a photographers standpoint, the building and gardens are a total creative gold mine. i'm pretty sure there are no cameras allowed inside, though :( still, i should stop by there again sometime. it'll bring me right back to the grade school fieldtrip when my friends and i almost got kicked out for being too rowdy, and almost breaking a bench while trying to shove, like 12 of our butts onto the thing when it clearly could...

i finally caught the cold my family has been passing amongst themselves for the last month then, my lower back stress thingie popped up again. let me explain. every now and then my lower back gets all tense and sore. it makes it near impossible to pick things up off the ground or bend down to do anything, plus it's painful to get up once i have been sitting, or to sit down when i've been standing. this little bitch strikes without warning, usually lasts about a week, and painkillers don't help. i am someone who doesn't get sick very often, so when i do, it's like the end of the world :( i do have a few things to be happy about, though. i'm almost a real dj! yesterday, i did 1/2 hour by myself during the show with cujo. aside from a rocky start ( i couldn't hear anything in the headset and totally panicked!) i think it went well. i chose the music (the playlist is credited to "george foothill" that is the generic name given to someone who logs into...