fashon shoot!

i finally had the opportunity to photograph something other than a concert. don't get me wrong, i love shooting shows, but it was nice to have a change and a new challenge. i went to the CKM Junior Prom Fashion Show on friday, organized by my brilliant friend Emily Rose. also, brian was modeling a tux, so it was just an added bonus to work with some of my favorite people. here are some of the pictures. all of the couples looked beautiful, although some more beautiful than others. im excited to get a chance to photograph more things like this!

brian and his "date" christina. he's so cheesy, but they look good.


jeremy and annie okelley. i love how i got her dress in motion but their faces focsed.


same rose and elaine west. the most photographable people ever. every single picture i took of them came out brilliant.


here they are again, brillant.


katie driver and grant hoffman. i like his hat and her dress is amazing.


hannah and sara plant. cutest couple of girls in the show.


ben cordy and marissa meyer. i like this pic because of the people you can see in the background.


david cundiff and caitlin crooks. her gold dress is fantastic!

emily and i ventured to San Francisco on saturday for portfolio day and prom dress shopping. we got a ton of literature about art schools we are interested in. neither of us had actual portfolios to get assessed but we saw what the whole thing is about and what it will be like next year. i also found out about a summer program i can do and get college credits for it. here are some pictures of emily i took in the back rooms of CCA.

please wait until the vehicle comes to a complete stop

today the SAC Attack had a distribution get together. we all met at the bowling alley. justin, gina, the girls, a new girl (christina), and geena's friend vince all came. we bowled. we put flyers up. we discussed things. after we finished bowling we split up into two teams and went flyering/poster-hanging. lizzy, gina, vince, and i went around and put up posters. vince was tape boy and i was poster girl. lizzy would pull over by a pole and he and i would jump out of the car. i'd put the poster up and he'd tape it. we were running around crazy, jumping out of the car as fast as possible. lots of fun and so hilarious. after we dropped off vince and lissy went home, gina and i hungout for a bit, ran some erands, went to eat. it was chill. it was fun. i'm glad i met vince. he is a cool guy. i had a lot of fun hanging out with gina and lizzy and everyone.

afterwards, i went over to madylin's and hungout with her and jon and nick. fun fun fun, but i'm tired. tomorow will be a day of hw and maybe hangout with someone.

one last day

tomorow is the last day of my winter vacation. i'm not really sure i can handle going back to school, but i know the idleness i have gained over this break is bad and needs to be dealt with. i've done a lot over break and had a lot of fun, but i always feel like i could've been more productive. it's like, when you are home doing nothing you have all the time in the world to do whatever you need to. instead you just sit there bored and think "i want to get out of here". i hate being idle. it's like Mrs. Hamilton in East of Eden thinks: idleness is a sin.

today clowdus went with my parents and me to get my couch. i have no idea why he voluntarily wanted to go with them but whatever. so we got my couch and it is beautiful in my room. i just love to sit on it and think "this is MY couch in MY room where I live". after the stress of building the damn thing, not to mention my dad's stupid file cabinet. honestly, ikea furniture should be illegalized. i shouldn't be hipocritical and say this, considering over half the furniture i own is from ikea and everything i picked out on my own is from ikea also, but everything they sell is so damn hard to assemle. the instructions don't even have words. they have these dumb little pictures which are impossible. clowdus and i struggled with the file cabinet for about 3 hours. i almost killed someone. after that i drove him home and then we ate food and played nintendo with his sister. i finally got my own nintendo hooked up tonight. my brother had the cable i needed and i stole it out of his room when he was in the shower. he didn't even care because he does not need that thing. i realized that i only have 2 entertaining games for that thing and i bid on a couple on ebay. i love nintendo!

yesterday we had a street team meeting for SAC. i'm excited that we really are a legit team and we meet to talk promo for shows. i really like that blake was there to so we know specifically from the bands point of view what to do. it helps out a lot with the ideas and it motivates us. the feb 1st show is going to be so fun! plus, geena has some shows lined up for me and i get to take pictures at them. i'm really excited about that. she says if i am working with her i can probably get on the stage.

one more phenomena i want to comment on: the weather. that storm was crazy. the streets are still a mess from all the trees and debri that were blown around. i feel terrible for the people whose houses had trees blown into them. when i parked my car to go to the meeting i had to walk like 4 blocks. there were trees and things on the side walk. it was almost like urban hiking or something. haha. i really am glad the whole ordeal is over. driving in the rain is the worst. people are so inconsiderate to the fact that driving conditions are extremely dangerous. they just zoom past you and splash water up on your windshield. it is so terrible.

SOS

yesterday i jonased ALL DAY! haha. jonased; as in went to see the jonas brothers and then lurked around after their concert let out at the crest. first stephanie and her little sister emily and i went to the verizon wireless free acoustic performance in natomas. there were thousands of crazy disneyites there. i couldnt even believe i myself was there by choice. we tried to take pictures but it was so hard with all the girls being about our height or taller and not to mention they were all jumping around and reaching up. we hardly could see anything but it was still so amazing.


joe and kevin jonas. joe is 17 and his brother is 19. so young and so famous. it must be an interesting feeling to say the least.


nick jonas is only 14. all the little girls love him the most. from where we were standing you couldnt see him over the amp. anytime he came out from behind it was crazy. this was the best i could get of him. i have to say, he is pretty stylish with his raybans.


joe jonas is my favorite of the three. yes, i have a favorite like all those other girls. i'm always going to be a little teeny-bopper girl forever. i probably only like him the best because he is my age so it is practical, unlike thinking brad pitt is hott or something.

at night emily rose and i ventured to the crest at 8:30 to scope things out. we didn't get to meet the jonas brothers because they had to leave on a flight at 9. but the security lady that worked with them came and gave us stuff from this huge gift bag she had. she said they were things that the jonas brothers didnt want from their christmas gifts. i'm a little skeptical on whether or not this is true but i'm going to believe it with all my teeny-bopperness on the inside and so i can tell people. i got a cool necklace that i can legitimately wear in public. so maybe another day i can meet the jonas brothers. for now i will have to dream like everyone else.

say no more

alas! it has arrived. let the new year begin...i suppose. not that anyone really has a choice. yes, it is here folks and it is not going anywhere for 365 long days. i'm not sure how i feel about it being a new year yet. the whole phenomena of having a new year doesn't really seem like anything to me. technically it is just another day. the only reason it is a new year is because humans have put a numerical count on the days. i have to say i really enjoyed 2007. i changed a lot, but i feel for the better. i came to many epiphanies and realizations and grew as a person. i experienced the best day of my life thus far; my 16th birthday. i learned about myself and i learned about others. i made new friends, i lost some bad ones. i took risks which i needed to take in order to become a more developed person. i got my driver's license. i preformed live in front of a large audience. i found new interests and i began to formulate a more concrete idea of what i wish to do with myself in the future. i can only hope that this coming year can be as bountiful as the last. most of the time i don't really care if there is a new year coming because nothing extremely special, positive, or negative has effected my life but this past year was definitely different. i'm growing up, whether i want to or not. there are bumps in the road, as with any journey. i'm reflective, but still not quite sure how i feel about it being 2008. all i know is i am going to be so mad everytime i forget to date my paper with the right year on it at school.