prairie dogs

i have now lived in two states with prairie dogs in them. they are funny. today i was taking boys baseball pics for some high school up in longmont, CO and behind the kid was a prairie dog. i laughed and then said "i'm from minnesota, prairie dogs are still funny to me."

other odds. got my grades today, the western civ class i was all worried about i got a C+ in. my overall GPA has dropped, but next quarter i should get it back up again. i am standing on a 3.4 GPA. i'm still proud of myself.

jon had an appointment with DU (Denver University), its a private college down I25 from us. he had a lot to ask the guy he spoke with this morning. its prety exciting to hear that he is prety much a shoe in for grad school because of his grades. the only worry is financial aid; whether or not he will get a TA position. Jon has an appointment up in Fort Collins at CSU. I'm ganna go with him up there since i have the day off. his parents might also go, they will be in town for the weekend. thats it, i'm done...

color management

A couple more pics for class. the first one is my final for color management, the other one is the last project.




here we are, sitting in the computer lab waiting for the teacher... where is he, i wan to take my final RIGHT NOW! haha (j/k). it will feel good to have it done though. after my history test this afternoon, all i have left is my color management final.

my to do list for the day

here is the final pic for lighting class


wake up
go to school
drop my picture files
take LF/Lighting final
critique photos
check financial aid process
try and print color management pics
study for west. civ./Dig. Im. finals
put on my spare tire
get my tire patched
get Jon's fin. aid info verified
study for finals...
do the laundry
fold the laundry
study, study, study...
go to Chelsie's goodbye party
sleep

start all over again

+New Post (my final images)

Some of my final project images:

Digital Image

Large Format


randomness: so i think i broke my toe. it hurts like when i broke my foot (left foot too). i've woken up and my toes are sore and then when i push the bone it hurts bad and so on. not going to go into the doc though. its just a toe. other odds: i talked to my dad the other day and he asked how i'm doing, if i've been sick, told him i'm doing well then within the next day or so i was sick. so now im sitting in class really tired and feelin sick. hopefully that will leave before finals week.

dead week

yesterday was the beginning of dead week for me. dead week = the crazy busy week before finals. i am in the quarter system so i have this week and next week left for this quarter. i then have one week of and go back to school 3 weeks from now. spring break is much needed, though, i will probably be working every day of my break so that jon and i can catch up on our credit card bills. we are still trying to pay it all off after me not working much over christmas break, the car insurance bill, my car being fixed, and all the other odds and ends that need to be met. we are getting there though. only a couple hundred left on our couches and it feels good to know there is a light at the end of the tunnel there.

for dead week, jon and i went to AiC last night and took pictures and developed my reshoots/remakes until around 11:45 and then we headed home and went straight to bed. i got the grades back for those and i have gotten a 4 on all but 1 remake (in other words, an A). Jon has been a great encouragement and helping my worn out mind with ideas. i was going to put up some of the pics today but i brought the wrong cable over to the library, sorry. i will have to do that tomorrow. today was crazy too, i worked in the dark room all morning and then in the afternoon i took my final project photos with the digital leaf back for the 4x5 camera. i have one more final shoot for that class which will have to get done on sunday. no clue what i want to do for that. studying for my history test next week would be a smart thing to do. i am not doing well in that class at all, we cant aford for me to retake that class ($1500 for just one class) all right, im tired. im going to try and get some of my final pics up tomorrow during my digital illustration class. oofta (as they say in minnesota). oofta again, its the only way of getting that out.

lighting, and other photos

here are a couple pics. the first one is the karsh assignment that chelsie took of me. look up the name karsh and you will find a guy that did this style of hot light photos. the second photo is the lead singer from the band hearts of palm. jon and i went to their show on saturday night. it was a free e.p. release show at illegal petes downtown on 16th street. it was awesome. they are one of the best bands i've heard in a long time. enjoy