yay for canadian graphic designers and stuff!

so to the stranger from canada, i thank you for your kind words. it is a little disconcerting that complete strangers can read the often extraneous details of my life i choose to post here, but the reason i do it, instead of keeping a private journal or sketchbook, is because i want people to know they arent the only ones...and in my case, i sometimes need to know im not the only one too. so thanks to all of you who read this and leave comments and concerned messages and care enough to drop by once in a while. as of today i have had 2000 hits since i started my counter in march. i never knew so many would care to read the junk i post here. but what's more fun than reading about other people in the raw? i mean its like rubbernecking on the highway, you just cant help but look at the wreckage and destruction.

so to celebrate the 2000 hits thing lets all have sponge cake in my dorm room and swap stories!

no seriously, dont come to my room expecting cake. all ive got is a metal trash can liz dented with her head on her way down last night and some stale pop tarts.

what is a blog anyway? lets look it up:
Main Entry: blog
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog, Web log
Example: Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
Etymology: shortened form of Weblog
Usage: blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6)

hmmm...so i dont really know why i even started this thing. and as time has gone by i have gotten bolder and bolder with my entries. cussing, telling the truth, using real names, putting my true feelings down in type. its gotten me into some trouble, and there are definitely many people out there in the world who dont need to see this. it is public, but that doesnt mean it isnt personal. so again, i hope you enjoy my car crash, dont get any bloodstains on your clothes folks, that would be icky.

meanwhile, im trying to decide what kind of photography i want to do over break. i have so many ideas, but nothings really sticking with me. everything is like little blips of light, but nothing really goes anywhere. i found a criticism of van meer's work that i was reading interesting. i love her stuff, but the criticism brought about an interesting point that i myself have contemplated a few times...people photography is so often staged to depict certain scenarios or circumstances and maybe thats a bad thing. i found it an interesting concept.

so maaaaaybe:
its time i stopped being polite,
AND START GETTING REAL

woooo.