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So this is going to be a big update.

FIRST: I redid my whole blog page!!! I love the royal Marie Antoinette look, but i also like neon. I got the idea from the Juicy Couture store here. I made the visuals in photoshop. The music is for fun! Make sure you listen and let me know what you think!!

I don't remember what has all happened since the last time I have written but I DO KNOW alot has been going on for sure!

ALIVE has kept me busy with fashion week these past two weeks! Its been fun but also eye opening. By eye opening, I mean that I like fashion, I love the runway shows, but I can't work for a magazine or that industry fully. Nothing against ALIVE, the workers are all nice, but its just not something I want to dive my whole life into.

Some of you may think this kind of crazy but I think of it as a "meh" event. At the opening event to fashion week I was able to not "meet" but see, be in the same room, and stand 4 feet away from George Clooney! ha. It was..different. Odd seeing him in person when I picture him in E.R. and Oceans Eleven. But it was also kind of cool. Funny part is I was working and being professional, so it really didnt phase me as much.

The second "celebrity" I met was at the second fashion event. I didnt even realize I met him until after. I was standing right next to him when Pam, a girl that is at the internship with me came up to me and asked if i took a photo of him yet. I was like, uhh, who is he? She said, "Uh he is kind of famous." I asked who he was again and she informed me he was a pro BMX or sport person Carey Hart who was the recent ex to singer Pink. After that I remembered seeing him in the tabloids, but I never knew. That meet didnt phase me much either..ha.

I dont really see celebrities much, but I guess I'm one of those people that just is "meh" to the idea. I mean its cool, and weird, but they are just people. Dont get me wrong, I did take the ALIVE mag that Clooney rested his drinks on top of (no one else took it and why not?) and I am crazy about tabloids, ha ha, but idk...ha

So anyway, also, I have been getting ready for graduation!! I bought my cap and gown and about to buy my ring!! Its crazy I only have 5 weeks or so left!! But my move to Colorado is going well so far, I'm the first on the list for a one bedroom apartment in this really nice area outside denver and boulder and so far, the the economy in Colorado is one of the best right now and will be one of the best in the next few years, experts say. Second, Colorado is being named the next best photo city (which sucks) but hopefully I can get in and started before everyone moves camp. Idk why that trend keeps following me. First it was chicago, then that got flooded with photographers, and now its Denver, what are the chances?!


Oh and update from the last post. I think I had told you my two friends Morgan and Kesha were visiting and then my friends Lauren and Ben the day after they left were also coming up to visit. That whole week was fun! We just shopped and vegged. Its nice to have friends that have already been here come up again, because we don't have to worry about doing everything! Now its to the point where its like, whatever we already have done everything, lets do this one thing, then go back to the apt for the rest of the week or just shop. Ha. It was nice having the company! That week of the march 18th was dereks birthday so that was really fun too!! After having such a stressfull last week before spring break it was amazing to have 1) my spring break then 2) the week after have four friends visit me. I still had school work to do, but it wasnt too bad.

But I believe that is the big update this time around!! Some pics from fashion week and also from lauren and morgans trip up are up above! Hope you like the new blog look!!!

New things to talk about..(and yes, this seems to turn into a vent)

I have no new photo this week, because well, I have been way to busy to actually take any photos for myself. Its been ONE HECTIC WEEK!

Beginning with the fact that I have been trying to schedule in certain photo requests I have had to do for ALIVE. Your having to schedule around a store and their manager and your own schedule, so it can be kind of hectic but its interesting. These have had to deal with me getting to the boutique and shooting an item of the owners choice and also the owner. Its not too hard, but its the scheduling that can be confusing. I have had to do about 3 this past weekend. On Tuesday I took it easy knowing that this upcoming week was going to be terrible. Then my downfall started Wednesday.

I think its kind of ironic I had one of the worst dreams I have ever had Tuesday night when I fell asleep. Talk about a great bang opening for what lied ahead!! (btw I dreamed someone in my immediate family died, it was sad, depressing, the longest dream ever, and I never want to feel the feelings I had in my dream ever again until that day has to come) BUT, Wednesday I had to make my 30 page book I'm making for my Image and Text class which is 8 weeks. My mom and I have been working together sending photos from home. Im making a collage type of photo album with all my photos from baby to 5th grade and the book is called Nostalgic. I feel like too few people have baby photos in their own house of themeselves, and I wanted some. SO. I worked literally ALL DAY on it. Had work wend night in the dark room and worked on it throughout that time. I think for a total of 12 hours straight. THEN, didnt go to sleep because I had class at 8am. Went to that and then had my Image Text class.

In that class, I found out I did my whole book wrong, sooooo....

Then, I STILL had to write a 5 page paper due for my night class that same night. So I got home and wrote that. (i do really good with last minute and i mean LAST MINUTE papers! :) went to night class and without any sleep, debated about if there is a god, evolution, and MANY other topics with the class split up Theist and Non-Theist. AND WITH NO SLEEP..it was interesting.. but fun. I survived.

I got to sleep for about 4 hours that night, because I had to REDO my whole book and had to wake up at 8 to go into Digital Studio to do a different assignment. Which is the class that should be a semester but its 8 weeks.....With that said, we had an assignment that was us working with 2 different Sinar's.. This assignment probably would have been split up to about 3 or 4 different ones, but instead, we were doing both, in one. Each camera is kind of hard to get use to, and they each cost about 30 grand, so they are intimidating. But anyway, I couldnt even get past the first camera in the time I had because things were all screwed up with the computer and camera and I DONT KNOW..but I didnt finish the assignemnt and I have NO time to go back in..so we will see what happens!! That same day I still had class, and helped open a gallery here at webster that night.

I turned in my book to be printed, I still have to bind it. Thats due thursday..cross your fingers the printing people do it right and on time. Also cross your fingers I will get away with not being able to do that final studio assignment!

TONIGHT, I am closing the whole photo lab by myself for the first time, cuz my co-worker is in Florida for something. All night I have been typing up all my hours from the past 8 months from every event I have done with ALIVE, so I can turn it in this week and graduate...hopefully if everything goes well. ha. Interestingly enough, I was suppose to have 192 hours. I HAVE NOT been keeping track of them this whole time! I have just been doing the events and projects I can do,and luckily kept all the emails! But after adding all my hours up I have 193 exactly!! Really lucky, cuz without those hours, I wouldnt have been able to graduate!

As you can see, my weeks just dont stop!! And im literally not just saying that! I am CONSTANTLY doing something! I have no idea why this happens!! Pray for me!! But somehow I HAVE SURVIVED and been getting everything I need done, DONE.

Through all this, I forgot about Lent, BUT, I did give coffee and espresso up (which have been my saviors this past YEAR, and you know why if you have seen my workload) AND I did remember to not eat meat on friday!! So yay for me! But we will see how everything works out!!

PS--Sorry about this huge complaining update, but its nice to type it all out and let it out..ha ha. so thanks for reading if you made it to here!! Wish me luck on my FINAL week before my oh soo looking forward too SPRING BREAK!!

BUSY WEEK!!!!

So its been a fun and busy past two weeks!!! A few things have been going on. (the above pic is from a photoshoot i was able to go on for ALIVE, just letting you know!)

First. I have been ALL about reading. I have this new thing that I'm reading three books at a time to keep my interest. Because it seems when I only read one book, I find myself not having time and then i forget the storyline and it all goes down hill from there. But when reading three, I am kept going because I try to stay around the same page number in all three. So once I reach around 50 pages in one book, I switch to the other and so on. So it keeps me wanting to keep reading so I can get to the other books. So far I have read about 3 books I think. Which is a big thing for me since I rarely can finish a book at all! Right now I am now on the 2nd Twilight book (Full Moon), I'm starting The Uglies series, and I'm also reading Youth In Revolt. I try to find time to read whenever I'm not busy with school.

School has been insane lately. I am actually glad I took chemistry and biology last semester because it shows me it can't get any worst. ha ha. Since that whole deal, I am able to not get so stressed as easy and I am starting to get really good with scheduling everything I need to do. Pretty much just picture doing 18 hours worth of classes in 8 week period, which means TWICE as much work crammed, along with a job wendsday night and ALL DAY sunday, then put in on friday and saturday night and sometimes during the days throughout the week, ALIVE internship stuff. Its pretty fun. But again, not even close to last semester.

The only upside out of all my classes is my laid back German Baking class. Who would think such a class could be so eventful, but the first week (with 5 groups and 2 cakes each) we had no working oven, so we ran in the rain to another house on the webster campus to use theirs. Then had to run back and forth. It was interesting. But its been alot of fun since I have 3 of my friends in there also. But this past monday we found out that webster feels like we cant even use an oven now AT ALL because its a SAFETY HAZARD!! So now we have NO oven, and oh, we can't even use a microwave because thats a safety hazard also..ha. So, I'm in a baking class that we cant bake in... This past week we just watched a german movie Sissi and decorated cookies.....hmmm.. but its still alot of fun so its ok. Its just kind of ridiculous at the same time.

I also had a pretty cool ALIVE event this past week. It was alot of fun! It was a BUZZ LIST event which just means everyone who is anyone in St. Louis got invited. I dont get why more people dont go to ALIVE events. YOU SHOULD!! Most are open to the public after a certian time. Sometimes you have to pay for a ticket but its worth it! And alot of times ALIVE has an event at some club or lounge every week, so you can usually find something to do. They are full of people you can make connections with and network, but I see the same people at every party. Its kind of crazy. Like at the B event, I met some record producers, film makers, some major missouri politicians, two woman who personally worked for Fergie to produce fergies and carlos santanas line of shoes, Rams players and the list goes on. The party is full of people that would make your "degree to kevin bacon" game about 2 degrees to many celebrities and public figures in politics. But agian, no one goes, except for the same people over and over again, and the poeple invited, which being invited just means you are VIP, but everyone alot of times can still go!! Its just crazy to me. But anyway, it was a neat event to meet some of these people.

Its been a fun and BUSY past two weeks, but Its keeping me on my toes!! :) I will write again in a week or so to update you all on my interesting and eventful life in THE LOU!!

A new me!! 22!!!

So it was my birthday January 31'st and it was great!! I am now 22, but I don't feel any older. I think I will once I am officially out of college and trying to start up my own studio, but until then..

My birthday dinner was at this german resturaunt Saint Louis Gust Haus. It is really really good, but hopefully wasn't too fancy for a birthday dinner. I think everyone liked it. Not everyone could make it, but they all had valid excuses so its fine, I still had a great birthday!

The next day on sunday I had to work from 12-9 in the darkroom, but this girl Ashley I worked with made me my favorite cupcakes (up above). Then me and Kholood (another girl I work with) ordered TONS of food and she brought TONS of food and we watched the superbowl. Which was I have to admit, pretty good (except the commercials). So overall my birthday weekend was very very good!

It also snowed the week of my birthday. ALOT. ha. It snowed for about 3 days and we got about (i think) a foot and a half of snow. I loved it, except for the many times I almost got in car wrecks. But all is well, my car surprisingly does really well in the snow and ice. AND PLUS, school was canceled 2 days, which was amazing, cuz I got to catch up on sleep.

Another few things really fast. I got published on the front page of our school newspaper that my friend Alex Bates interviewed me for. I also fought on the phone with Adobe telemarketers and actually got my way (a photoshop update) which was amazing and very different for me cuz im a pushover. I was proud of myself. I also have been reading like crazy, hopefully will finish my 2 and 3rd book tonight at work. I also have been going crazy with school, added another class, officially taking 20 hours this semester! YES TO STRESS!!! I also have decided to walk across the stage and graduate! ha. AND, (here is the great ending) Kapper pooped ALL OVER MY BED while I was sleeping, and my room!! woohoo!! ha. ugh, its been a very event fulfilling past two weeks.

Next week we will have more!!!
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IM COMING BACK!!!

Sorry about the lack of writing this past month! I have been doing finals for school, which, looong story but quick short ending, DONE WITH CHEM AND BIO!!!! :) But after finals I went home to Norman, Oklahoma for a day, then went down to San Antonio for Christmas. From there I went o Dallas to spend a week with my sister, well more like Fort Worth. It was soo much fun!! I love spending time with my sister because its really the only time all year we really get to hang out and catch up. It was awesome seeing her. Derek also came down to Fort Worth to spend New Years with us, and it was so fun spending our first together.The weather was so warm down in Tejas that when I started going back up north, the normal 50 degree weather that was always so nice started becoming terribly cold!!

I got back to Norman and got to see my two friends Keely and Meag. They are my two bestest friends and will be for the rest of my life. I also saw my great friend Kelsey and hung out with my good friend Mia and Lauren. We did are nightly movie nights which are always relaxing. Sipping hot tea and talking about books (thanks mia). I also had some quality time with my Mom which was nice, but never long enough. Even though I wasn't able to spend to much time with any of my friends, it was still better seeing them for a few hours than not at all! I miss all of them so much!

When I got back to St. Louis, school started, sucks, and the weather every day for the first week was below zero. What a great welcoming back right? ha. But it was nice to be back, and not to live out of a suitcase. School isn't nearly as bad as it was because well, im not doing Bio and Chem at the same time!! I still have my work cut out for me because all my classes practically are 8 weeks, so all my work is jammed, but not NEARLY as bad as last semester. Now that I'm back and mostly settled I will try to work on writing on this more often!! So start checking back on my blog regularly!!!

LOVE YA ALL!!!