here is my flikr link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leg151987/
had to update recently because i applied for some TA positions (i want one soooooo bad!) but i hadn't posted since 2009 due to sheer laziness. The pinholes are my most recent venture, I'm really enjoying how they are turning out! I love portraits, and I especially love pinhole portraits! Now that I have the exposure down, I just need to find people other than myself to photograph.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
my thanksgiving break
My Thanksgiving Eve I spent frantically scanning my artwork onto my computer so that I would be able to apply for TA positions, then I ventured out into the dreary weather to have another cultural eating tour with my friends Esau and Mary-Claire. Not quite as epic as last time, but we managed to eat many things, including: fried calamari, the flaming Greek cheese stuff (blanking on the name!), spinach-feta pie, roasted leg of lamb, and of course baklava! There may have been some red wine involved.
I awoke early the next morning to fly to New York, very excited to see my family! My mother was sick the day before Thanksgiving, so I wasn't sure if her, my sister and father, would even be making an appearance since they had to drive the 6 hours from Vermont. It truly would have been sad if they couldn't have made it, but luckily Mama G was feeling good on T-Day morning, and we all joined together at my cousins house to stuff our faces! I wish I was so lucky to have a family that prepared most food from scratch, but unfortunately most of my dinner was store bought or ordered from a bakery. I guess my cousin has an excuse because she's a full-time elementary school teacher and she has 2 1/2 year old twin boys....but I always like my deserts to be homemade personally. Oh well. Standouts of the day: my uncle cooked an amazing turkey, and his stuffing was outstanding as well. I went back for seconds for both of those, and I honestly don't like turkey very much, so that's says a lot about the deliciousness.
The next day we went to a hockey game, and Saturday into the city. My dad and I went to the MoMA, and yes, I took pictures of some art. Kinda lame? Probably. I'll post some here eventually.
I was supposed to meet up with friends, but everyone bailed, so I ended up going back into the city on my own on Sunday afternoon. My goal: Top Shop. Top Shop is a small present I make to myself once a year, because I don't generally spend as much money on clothes of their prices. But it is Top Shop, it is British, and I love it. I never bought a thing there when I was in London because all the prices were double our dollar anyways....so I guess I've been making up for lost...money? It was a very successful Top Shop occasion. After that I wandered over to Little Italy, which really is quite little, only about 3 blocks, smack in the middle of Chinatown, and got a mini cannoli. Necessary after days of cheesecake, obviously. Then I took the subway up to Bryant Park to check out the holiday shops. It's behind the New York Public Library, and there was a skating rink packed with about 200 people skating in a circle.
It was nice to visit another city, after being in Chicago for a few months. And at moments I found myself comparing the two places...which do I like better? Hmmmm. However, I am very happy to be back in Chicago!
I awoke early the next morning to fly to New York, very excited to see my family! My mother was sick the day before Thanksgiving, so I wasn't sure if her, my sister and father, would even be making an appearance since they had to drive the 6 hours from Vermont. It truly would have been sad if they couldn't have made it, but luckily Mama G was feeling good on T-Day morning, and we all joined together at my cousins house to stuff our faces! I wish I was so lucky to have a family that prepared most food from scratch, but unfortunately most of my dinner was store bought or ordered from a bakery. I guess my cousin has an excuse because she's a full-time elementary school teacher and she has 2 1/2 year old twin boys....but I always like my deserts to be homemade personally. Oh well. Standouts of the day: my uncle cooked an amazing turkey, and his stuffing was outstanding as well. I went back for seconds for both of those, and I honestly don't like turkey very much, so that's says a lot about the deliciousness.
The next day we went to a hockey game, and Saturday into the city. My dad and I went to the MoMA, and yes, I took pictures of some art. Kinda lame? Probably. I'll post some here eventually.
I was supposed to meet up with friends, but everyone bailed, so I ended up going back into the city on my own on Sunday afternoon. My goal: Top Shop. Top Shop is a small present I make to myself once a year, because I don't generally spend as much money on clothes of their prices. But it is Top Shop, it is British, and I love it. I never bought a thing there when I was in London because all the prices were double our dollar anyways....so I guess I've been making up for lost...money? It was a very successful Top Shop occasion. After that I wandered over to Little Italy, which really is quite little, only about 3 blocks, smack in the middle of Chinatown, and got a mini cannoli. Necessary after days of cheesecake, obviously. Then I took the subway up to Bryant Park to check out the holiday shops. It's behind the New York Public Library, and there was a skating rink packed with about 200 people skating in a circle.
It was nice to visit another city, after being in Chicago for a few months. And at moments I found myself comparing the two places...which do I like better? Hmmmm. However, I am very happy to be back in Chicago!
So Sorry!
Agghhhh i just realized that I completely blanked on posting questions for the Teen Lab interviews! i'm SO SORRY guys, i totally dropped the ball there....can I make up for it by taking hundreds of photos of this kids giving their presentations tomorrow night?
Sunday, November 14, 2010
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Upon my return to Chicago from my mini-vacation in Colorado, I found that the city had switched to Christmas mode. From red lights strung through every tree on State Street, red, white and green glowing bulbs in each plot of greenery, to enormous Christmas horns daring to burst out in Christmas song donning the facade of Macy's....it was quite the scene to walk back into. However, I have yet to hear TOO much Christmas music, so I suppose I can deal with the premature decorations. Needless to say, the early anticipation of Christmas always bothers me each year. Just because it's the end of October doesn't mean Christmas is the next day! And mostly it just reminds me of the presents I need to begin scrounging together. Blah. So while I have tried to ignore the ridiculous decoration of the city, I couldn't help but notice a display of sparkly clothes when I was walking by H&M yesterday. And honestly, there is no better way to reach my heart than through some fancy, affordable clothes. H&M was sparkles galore, and while it is not Christmas yet, or New Years for that matter, the red shoes, skirts, dresses, fancy bejeweled belts, necklaces and headbands, all thoroughly excited me. Maybe this makes me shallow, but I REALLY love clothes, and if clothes are my ticket to holiday spirit, than so be it. After a week of anti-Christmas cynicism, I am very excited for the holiday season.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
11/4/10: what I did today that I couldn't do in Chicago
I climbed up some rocks! It is so good to be out of the city and into the fresh air of Colorado. I'm in Boulder, which is very much a sister city to the town of Burlington, VT, where I lived the past few years. Had a beautiful morning with my best friend, Haley, and here are some photos:
Monday, November 1, 2010
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