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Posted on January 22, 2009
Today was a sad day for many. It marked the official retirement of Mrs. Brown my high school English teacher. I went to an all girls high school, Notre Dame San Jose. HA! I know what you are thinking! Yes, that explains many things. However this post isn’t about me, well it is, but let’s talk about Mrs. Brown. She was awesome! Granted she made us read stuff like Grapes of Wrath (do you know how long that is??) and a bunch of Shakespeare UM hello they have movies why read and then discuss it and then write papers on it?! UGH. However, somewhere deep down it was for our good to make us well rounded young ladies. Mrs Brown (along with the rest of my high school teachers and parents) knew that this kind of torture was good for us. And (just a few) years later, here I am writing. Even though I’m sure Steinbeck, Miller, nor Shakespeare would ever nominate me for a Pulitzer Prize for my writing, they might come back just to look at the pictures. So without much more rambling… Thank You Mrs Brown!
If you leave a note for her- I will be sure to forward it on!
Just in case anyone is wondering what is currently on my bookshelf check it out… I do have a few of my old high school books up there.. but definitely way more books with big pretty pictures. 
Posted on January 20, 2009
Obama takes presidency. And since everyone else will be blogging & commenting about it.
I instead will play a game. So, here is how it works. You leave a comment on this post, and I’ll assign you a letter. You write about ten things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and post it at your place or in my comments if you don’t have a blog. When people comment on your list, you give them a letter, and the chain continues on and on.
Also if you don’t want to be assigned a letter but want to leave a comment you can just ask me not to give you a letter, cause if I do I will be looking for your ten favorite things.
I was assigned the letter R by Jamelah.
Jamelah, who if you don’t follow her blog you totally should cause she’s insanely hilarious. Well at least I think so, assigned me the letter R I “met”/discovered Jamelah online through www.flickr.com & now (ok this is only my second year) we do Valentine’s Day Swaps in a mail swap she helps coordinate.
So here are ten of my favorite things that start with the letter R:
1.) Railroad tracks! I love shooting on them ..I have shot everything except for a child session on tracks.
2.) Rabbits- not the fuzzy kind. I’m more of a top down VW 1984 Rabbit kinda girl. 
Can anyone guess why?
3.) Randomness. I have many random thoughts & say even more random stuff and usually during a fun shoot I will try random stuff and take note of what works and what doesn’t.
4.) Raspberry flavored lipgloss, well actually pretty much any flavor but i needed an R starting flavor
5.) Recycling. Honestly I recycle lots of things: glass jars, water bottles, vintage clothing aka found at the back of my closet, magazines, my favorite thing to recycle might be empty MAC lipstick and eyeshadow containers because you can take in your empties and turn them into new ones.
6.) Reading. I’m currently reading the 4th book involving a love triangle between a vampire, werewolf & a dumb girl.
7.) Records!! oh how I miss good old records, now referred to as vinyls. My first Record ever was Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff album. Yikes did i just age myself? I was very very young btw.
8.) Robes the fluffy kind that keep you warm.
9.) the “Rat Pack” and all things of that era. Who doesn’t
10.) Rainbows!! I don’t see them too often around here but when I do I always stare and stare.
As no post is complete without a picture, here is one. Can you guess why I love this one so much.
Posted on January 17, 2009
ok not everyday but definitely every time you develop a roll of film if you’ve forgotten exactly what will be on it. I mean you have a recollection of what you took just not exactly what you were composing in the viewfinder.
All these images were taken with a Holga while in Montevideo, Uruguay. The day we decided to go to the capital of Uruguay it was like a ghost town! Hot & Deserted! Barely anyone in town and actually I liked it! I was fortunate to be able to capture scenes in Montevideo where not a soul was to be seen. Hmm I guess souls can’t really be seen. But you guys know what I mean.
However I do loove people shots too! My last shot on color in Montevideo did include 2 of my favorite things: an old nice man and his dog. This image isn’t the best technically but I like it a lot. This man was just hanging out on the steps of a bank we had gone into – u see they have tiny lobbies with atm’s in them and although most banks were locked up tight this one was nice enough to leave the lobby unlocked so people could access the atms.
