I Am Always Late

It’s about halfway through the month of February (le douze Février to be exact) and I just realized that I haven’t officially laid out my goals for this month. So since this is also the shortest month of the year I have decided to combine my February and March goals. The last twelve days some how managed to runaway while I was too busy to pay attention. I spent some many nights awake and stressed out. But I feel that I am “getting back into the grove of things”, as cliché as that sounds. I didn’t realize how busy my semester was going to be until now: 18 credits, 5 classes, 3 e-boards, and an internship. I am grateful for the people around me who help me stay motivated, especially Ivonna and Kaitlynn, they’ve help me through so much more than they know (thanks guys!). This month I experienced so many problem that I don’t even feel like writing about but right now I just hope that the worst of the year is behind me.

On the brighter side of things, Arizona is in less than 2 weeks! I hate winter so this is going to be an awesome getaway. Kaitlynn and I have started a list of all the ridiculous things to attempt to do while we are in Arizona (such as building a sand castle in the desert). I’ve decided that for this trip I am going to ask to borrow the LC-A+, the Krab Underwater case, the splizter lens, the wide angle lens and buy 10 rolls of film from my internship! I am way too excited!

Well, here are my goals for February & March (some a repeated because they are ongoing or incomplete):

February/March’s Goals

• Blog more frequently (I really need to work on this)
• Work on more video projects to practice video editing
• Work on increasing the progress of POP TV!!!
• More Lomo experimenting
• Find writers, artists, and editors for CCL (this one is hard)
• Record “Taylor Swift Video” with Kaitlynn (we have the best concept now!)
• Have fun is Arizona!!!
• Apply for at least three scholarship for study abroad programs
• Apply for study abroad program (Paris Summer 2010!)
• Write at least 3 articles or Op-Eds for TPP
• Go back to Peter Pan Bakery (I want need a box of red velvet donuts)
• Work on developing better relationships with people (friendships and romantic)
• Be a more efficient intern
• Less Tumblr, More Sleep
• Save Money!!

15 Days = Lomo Love + Zoboomafoo

This year is only 15 days in but has been extremely fun and productive. Since I’ve been back at my dorm every other day seems like a new adventure (I know sound cheesy but ). I’ve spent most of my time with amazing friends and doing some of our favorite things as well as trying new things:

• I went to Peter Pan Bakery and got a red velvet donut, which in my opinion is the best donuts I’ve ever tasted.
• My mom brought me a new camera for Christmas! It’s not the best camera but it good enough for me to start with.
• I got my cheetah print stockings. This is important to me because I haven’t shopped for clothes in a really long time.
• Justin came to visit! We went ice skating at Bryant Park & light painting at the SeaPort
• Took a trip to the Bronx Zoo with Kaitlynn, Ivonna and Kenny. I didn’t get to visit my reptile friends because the zoo closes too early!
• Secured about a bunch of interviews and content for POP TV including: two (4+artist) tours, 2 school events, and a fashion show.
• And most significant of them all, I just started what I feel is going to be an awesome internship at the Lomography store in NYC. At this internship I will try to learn as much as possible about public relations, sales, and merchandising. While also discovering more about photography and the Lomographic Society.

I feel this year has a lot to offer to me and now I just have to go for it. I am still working on completing all my monthly goals (I’m more than halfway done). Also, I now have Flickr and 365, both of the links are located on the right column.

Light painting workshop during my first of my internship at Lomography

Me at Washington Square Park drawing. . .something

The 10 golden rules of Lomography:

1. Take your camera everywhere you go
2. Use it any time – day and night
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it
4. Try the shot from the hip
5. Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible
6. Don’t think (william firebrace)
7. Be fast
8. You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film
9. Afterwards either
10. Don’t worry about any rules