my nieces pics

Here are some pics of my nieces that I took last night for my portraiture class and for my sister in law. It was fun.

denied health insurance

i have now been denied health insurance because of my brain tumor six years ago...

how bad is the system?

in class

here are a few of my latest images, the first is the gradient assignment for advanced lighting, and the last is the shiny object. the middle image is the one i created in class for an in class assignment. we were given 6 images and had to put them all together within an hour and a half. so that is what i got out of it.





so not much is up lately, i quit target because it was the worst job i have ever had. my last day in next saturday. school, the quarter is already over 1/3 of the way done. how crazy is that. i think its going pretty well. it could be because i dont feel as stressed out this quarter, which is awesome! jon and i are doing well with our relationship. we have been watching tons of movies. we watched malcolm x the other day, it is about 3 hours long and took us three nights to finish because we are like old people and stop the movie halfway through and finish it the next night. the other day jon and i went hiking, it was awesome. we finally got a hicking book with lots of trails in it. we are planning on going camping sometime here.
its been way too hot out here, it was 103 the other day. and we have broken a record here in denver. the record was in 1901 with 19 days of over 90 degrees in a row we are now around 23 days i believe. its no fun... jon and i have camped out in our living room where the air conditioner is the last two nights. way too hot for us. thats it all i have to say today, sorry it took me so long to update

scooter updates...

oh, the little scoot and the big coco bean





scooter is doing pretty good, its coco who is crazy. scooter is like that annoying little sibling to coco. scoot likes to chase coco and play lots and lots, coco has long forgotten how to be a little kitten. coco licks scooter here and there, then bites him...i dont really know how bad of a bite, but scoot seems to know coco will get in trouble if he squeaks. its all good though

Another day of finals

I think it's pretty much official I want to be a photojournalist. Maybe I will go to college another couple years and do journalism as a minor. All I would have to take is another couple english/journalism credits. Tell me what you think about my pj story...







lots of stuff happening for me so it seems.

Joe in Denver

Joe was in Denver this last week. He, Rachel, and Ricky drove out last Sunday. We went to Red Rocks, drove in the Mountains, went up Pikes Peak, and had they did some other stuff while I was in school and Jon was at work. I really enjoyed having Joe here. I was thinking about it and this week was the longest amount of time him and I have been together since he was kicked out of my parents house. I had forgotten how much I missed him. I love having a big brother! This morning was when the three of them drove away. They got up around 7am and Joe made a stink in the bathroom before I took my shower (some things never change.. okay so I couldn't smell it). As I was leaving for work they were headed up to 72nd and Federal and then they were on their way out of Colorado. I drove off on my moped with my pink helmet and wished I could give him another hug. A few tears came out of my eyes and then blew off my face by the wind as I drove down Lowel. It's kind of weird how years don't always change your feelings for the people you love.
Also, big news, the long awaited proposal happened at the top of Pike's Peak! the pictures above show Rachel and Joe hugging and she was crying she was so happy, it was very cute and the ring is gorgeous!
Funny, Joe had gotten quite the sweet tooth since I have hung out with him last. Make him anything sweet, and he will love you lots. hahah

moped and credit cards

The moped was a smart decision, we have already saved lots of money on gas and my school parking. sweet-hola

Jon and I got a moped!! I have totally wanted one for forever.

news on the mile high front

so the other day i posted about the crazy upstairs guy. well jon finally talked to our landlord howard about it and he said that the police had handcuffed him to a chair in his appartment when the went up to talk to him. also, the best news, the dude is moving out in a month or so!!! hopefully the person taking his place is a quiet person.

snowy spring day here in denver

yesterday was 80 some degrees out, today, snowing and i'm working in the mountains. crazy...

hey did i share on my blog how i had gotten stuck in the mountains for a night because of the snow! the Eisenhower tunnel had become closed and i had to stay in Frisco, CO for the night.

whatever

so i havent written in a very long time. every time i think about posting a blog, the internet doesnt work. so stories i have. the other night the guy upstairs was really really loud from 10:00 to when i woke up around 2:30 in the morning. i woke up jon, he went up to the guy and asked him to turn down his music. the guy yelled at him and then came downstairs and banged on our door yelling at us, saying "come out and i we can fight..." or something like that. jon said it was the last call and we called the police. the police came and talked to him and he was pissed! after the police left he banged on the floor (our ceiling) and said i am going to F'n kill him. jon and i were very scared and we only got about 2 1/2 hours of sleep. it sucked, hopefully he will move when the school year is over.

other than that i got another job, i am working at target developing film. two jobs, and full time school, sucks. i'm ready for summer break now, but i have 6 weeks left until i have summer break (which is only 4 weeks!).

jon is in his week of finals. he is all excited for his summer break, it suck to watch him getting done and me having to wait.

anyways, i have been thinking about what type of photography i would like to do and i am still thinking documentary or journalism would fit me best. ever since i was a pre-teen i have liked documentary type photos and documentary movies and so on. also this means i dont have to fool around on the computer correcting and putting pictures together and more of the fine art photography things to do.

alright, time to do my stuff in class.

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.