SO, lets talk about these reasons (read: listen to me talk about my life lately).
It is my last semester, and graduation is in five weeks! Despite my light course load of only 12 credits I still find myself completely busy, overwhelmed, and beat by this semester! A lot of this has to do with my anxiousness to end this semester, so any and every task related to school pretty much seems like the worst thing I've ever had to do in my life.
One of my classes actually made us finger paint a 24"x33" poster sized recreation of a painting with cattle markers. Yes, cattle markers, oily sticks intended for writing/drawing farmer things onto cows. Though some of my peers seem to enjoy working with these sloppy oversized oil pastels, I am not fan. Drawing/painting/messy media in general are not really my thing which is why I stick to graphic design and photography for my artistic fulfillment.
Another part of my frantic life lately is the impending deadline of getting my portfolio printed! I will not lie, I slacked off a bit during a class or two throughout my student career, which is becoming a pain now as I realize that I don't feel that a lot of my design student work really showcases my ability and talents. I devised a plan to fix this, but it means creating and completing a design project a day for almost two weeks to build a new body of work to show off! It's time to send this baby to press at the end of the week, and I am certainly feeling the stress, since this will be my job getting tool.
The photo pictured above is a screenshot of a bizarre and hilarious error message photoshop gave me last week. I panicked briefly, then then googled, and learned that it is more or less a joke and accident that it even made it through to the finished product. All issues were resolved by restarting the program.
OH! I got a new camera. I sold my panasonic lumix lx-5 and promptly purchased a used sony alpha nex-5 for about the same price! So far I am enjoying this mutant camera. I call it that because it has a skinny, portable body like a point & shoot, but features large interchangeable lenses, so it looks a little different than most cameras. I love it, because it's a nice purse companion, and allows me to have the convenience of digital photography with me all the time. I also appreciate the easy manual controls and focusing via lens ring that makes it feel real. It also can take some nice photos.
That's the first picture I took while I was playing around with it the day I got it. Yes, I do have a basset hound mug, and yes, that's an iFixit sticker proudly displayed on my coffee table, earned after a time when i fixed it (it being a broken inverter cable on my laptop, and when I say "I" I mean I investigated, purchased, and gave directions while Charlie did most of the fixing).
I got to test the camera out a bit while working on a photo class assignment with my friend and beloved photo-subject Sarah. I haven't really looked at, or edited her photos much, but here's a picture of some worn out, but cute/charming shoes that were in her room.
There's just something I love about a beat up pair of shoes!
So in other news, I have given up pants for the spring/summer season starting now. I just need the beautiful weather to come back fully and embrace my pale, pale legs.
My apartment and job search in the Fox Valley presses on, and I am still sitting with fingers crossed over one particularly great photo-job opportunity that had a promising interview. I am eagerly looking forward to a change of scenery, living affordably, and seeing my family more (especially the baby nephew) and feeling good about graduating college/summer/life.
I would love it if we all talked a bit more, what's new with you, my dear readers?
Lu
5 comments:
I'm sorry to hear that you're stressed. I feel a shared pain as my research projects keep piling up and I feel like I'm never going to graduate. I did get accepted in a Master's of Counseling Program and will be continuing school for another three and a half years but it shall be worth it in the long run.
I like the pictures you took with your camera! Especially of Sarah's shoes, they looked very loved.
I am happy to hear that you are looking for a photography position here in the Fox Valley! It'll be nice to have you closer, so I can see you more often than once every couple months over breaks.
I wish you the best of luck with school and applying for postgrad positions, I hope you are accepted to the position you want the most and then some. I also wish you less stress with school and these applications! Relaxation time is a necessity in life.
It's great to hear from you! Congratulations on the acceptance into grad school! That's such an accomplishment, I'm sure you're thrilled! I'm excited for you to power through with this whole education biz, and come out an educated and licensed counselor!
School just seems to be bugging me these days, but I'm sure you know the feeling.
I'm really looking forward to my return to the fox valley since everyone I care about most is there, and it will be good to see the familiar faces as much as I would like to.
I'm hoping relief from stress finds me and then heads your way too.
Thank you for your words of encouragement and stress relief! I cannot wait until the warmth of summer brings us a much needed vacation, as well as more dresses and skirts.
Wheeeeeere are you headed after graduation? I must know. You'll find an amazing job. You're so damn talented. I always enjoy reading your blog. Eff yeah.
Post graduation my broke self + charles will be heading back to Appleton for awhile, future plans are to be determined. I'm hoping to start working as a photographer full or part time, and freelance my design work, also start pedaling my custom wedding save the dates, invitations, and other paper goods. SO MUCH TO DO. Are you ever going to return to wisconsin for a visit? I know the answer is probably no, but a girl can dream.
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