Just another silly poem

I was at work one day and my pants wouldn't stay where I wanted them too. I knew didn't have any safety pins, but I reached into my pocket anyway. I found a bobby pin and a paper clip. I stuck the on my pants and took shallow breathes for the rest of the day. FYI my pants stayed up. Have a poem:

I have my,

Pins to hold my pants up,

Socks that I made myself,

A button down shirt from ninth grade,

and a sweater from the clearance rack,

I work in an office now.

They say they understand

that "I'm on a budget".

But I say,

I'm drowning...and trying to

keep my head above the water.

A Mental Check-In

(Photo Taken 6/2010 in Brooklyn, NY)

So its been maybe a week since I decided that I wasn't going to do project 365 this year. I stand by that decision still. It won't have felt right doing the project any other way then I had originally planned. What's bugging me now is that all the things I said I was going to do instead I haven't been doing. I've "reinvented" this blog over a couple of times.

Recently I decided on a topic that I wanted to stick with. Art, duh, ofcourse. I wanted to start interviewing all kinds of artists(I'm doing it!) I wanted to start doing photography again for myself(most importantly!), and I wanted to start going to see more art. I love opening receptions at galleries! I love going to museums, and I hardly ever do these things.

I haven't been taking photographs as much as I would like too. My bag is stuffed with to many textbooks these days. When I do take out my camera, though,its to take an image(s) that I've thought long and about. I'm happy with the direction that I'm going in. I haven't been going to opening/museums because at the end of the day I'm exhausted.

I think the reason I don't always accomplish the goals I set for myself is because I set unrealistic goals. Yes I want to go run around NYC marveling at everything, but I don't have the time! I'm a working full-time college student who WILL be graduating at the end of the summer!

So here are my new goals for this blog:

• At the beginning of every month I'll post an Artist Talk.
• Once a month I'll go to an opening reception or museum and marvel at everything!
• Twice the month I'll go exploring with my camera. I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to do this yet. Should I go exploring in the city(randomly) or find free events to go to? Like live music shows.

I'm keep my list short for now. If I can manage doing these things then I'll add more. That's what being responsible is all about. Right?

A la prochaine!

Project 365: Day 24

Seen while waiting for the train at 23rd street after a short day at work and a long walk afterwards (from 59th to 23rd). It was cold but I was feeling great about all the new things happening for me this year!
Edited:
So I was staring at the image and it hit me what's wrong with it. I think it should read "When you see this: Remember me." When I read it I read it the correct way. Which is why I almost never catch my own mistakes when I write. You guys have no idea how many times I've posted an update here just to have to edit it again, and again!

A la prochaine!

Project 365: Days 20 + 21

Day 20: I got a new job, and was running around getting the necessary paper work done. I took my Ipod out of my pocket and it slipped out of my hand on to the ground. I don't think I've had the thing for more then 3 months yet. It still works I'm going to continue to use it until the glass splits my finger open. =/
Day 21: Views from my window.

Project 365: Day 17

Rock Climbing at Brooklyn Boulder!

One of my goals this year is to take every chance I get to do something new. I was invited to go rock climbing with the teens I worked with past summer(and a couple of summers ago too) from the Brooklyn Children's museum. It was amazingly awesome. Not only because I got to see these guys, but because I got to do something I had never done before. I loved it, and hopefully will get to do this again, and again, and again! A new hobbie in the making!

A la prochaine!

Project 365: Day 15

A baby shower for my friend from high school on Saturday. She had the baby on Monday at 7am. She wasn't actually due for at least 9 more days. I guess the baby shower was just in time!

A la prochaine!

Project 365: Day 14

Oh Vermont you sure are pretty!

I've been apart of the Postcrossing community for only a little while. I'm totally hooked though! I love receiving postcards from around the world. It's nice to see what other peoples homes look like since I can't actually visit them right now. I think I might start framing my favorite ones. Like ones where I plan on visiting asap (i.e. France)!

Become apart of the Postcrossing community today! You won't regret it.

A la prochaine!

Project 365: Day 13

Day 13: I woke up to great hair! And then some how managed to capture a great photo of myself! Something that doesn't happen alot, and something that I couldn't repeat right after I changed into my clothes.

Great hair made for an even greater day! Everything was just grrrreat!

A la prochaine!

Project 365: Day 10

This year I decided that I was going to make my lunch for school and work. I love good food, but eating at Wholefoods everyday is expensive! There are a couple of dishes that when I make them there awesome every time! I want to be able to vary what I bring so that I don't get bored to often and spend like crazy!

This is my first failed attempt to make spinach rolls. I brought pizza dough, frozen spinach, feta, shredded mozzarella, and "beef" crumble from Wholefoods and came home ready to play chief. Not! Have no worries I won't give up. A part-time closet chief I will become!

A la prochaine!

Project 365: Day 4

Walking in Soho I found this enlightening wall.

I'm not the street photography type. I find it very hard to capture the story of someone you don't know as there passing you by. My favorite things to capture are walls like this one. Walls were someone has decided to leave a message for the people passing by.

A la prochaine!

Taken 1/4/2011 in New York, NY

Project 365: Launch Day!

Tomorrow is the beginning of my year long photography project, Project 356. You have no idea how excited I am! It's not just the project that has me so happy and proud of myself. This isn't the first time I've wanted to do a photography project. This is the first time that I've taken the necessary steps to starting and completing a photography project though. And I have been taken some huge steps! I decided I was going to do this project using instant film(view sample images above) the day after I decided I was going to do Project 365. Tonight I'm going to launch my project on Kickstarter to help me get the funds I need for this project. I won't be putting all of the images on the Internet. I'm thinking I will post an image from this project about once a week or month. Depending on how busy I get once I start school again. All the same the regular content of this blog will continue as normal.

Now lets talk about Kickstarter. I first heard about Kickstarter after Kasalina Nabakooza emailed me asking me to help fund her project. I meet her at a Black Girl Project premiere back in August which she later interviewed me for her website. I really must send a huge thank you her way!! I'm asking for $1000, that will go towards covering the cost of film and creating my book at the end of the year! I hope you guys can feel how inspired and determined I feel and will help me by backing my project in whatever way you can. If you can only give a dolor then that's totally fine!! If you can only help by spreading the word then that too is fine and very helpful. Happy New Year All! I'll see you there!!

A la prochaine!

Project 365

I have this bad habit, I have a hard time starting/finishing new projects. I get discouraged. I set unrealistic goals for myself. I lie to myself. I say I can't do it. I say no one will be interested. I say I need more training. But really all I need is more balls. I need a little more moxie.

I've been trying to figure out a photo project to start while I'm not in school for winter break. I've been throwing around these big ideas that I just won't have time to fully commit myself too. I have heard about project 365 many times, but I guess I thought it was too simple for me to do (because I'm so great, Ha). Anyway, why would I won't to do something everyone else has done? Example one of how I lie to myself.

Well today I decided that:

1. I want to write a book.
2. I want to make a book filled with my photographs, if for nothing else then to put on my bookshelf.

I decided to take a chance with Project 365. I Googled it and found this article on photojojo. Before I read the article I figured that if I wanted to I could change the project around so that it was more complicated, and would there for be better. Example 2 of me lying to myself and creating unrealistic goals. After I read the article I realized that the project will be hard enough and would be great because at the end of the year I would be able to create my photo book!

I'm going to start this project on January 1, 2011. I'm not going to post every photo I take on the internet because I may wind up selling the book. Anythings possible right! Wish me luck!

A la prochaine(until next time, it's French!!) ;-)

I love food, just ask anyone!!

(photo from Moptop Maven)

I like to call my self a "Big Girl...on the inside!" Haha I can pack quite a bit of food in this 99 lb frame. I usually just cook very simple dishes of assorted veggies, Basmati brown rice, and beans. Have I mentioned I'm a Vegetarian? When I cook it's mostly to get full.

This past Thanksgiving my Aunt, a devoted meatie, made the best lasagna I've ever had. It was made with nothing but soy meats! It wasn't until I was was eating the last of it that I realized that I had never had anything but frozen lasagna. My diet is very....bland. I don't want to change it, I was raised a Vegetarian, and chose to stay that way. I just want to add some fun to my diet. And it would be fun to trick my meatie friends with a nice big plate of veggie lasagna and have them think there's meat in it!

Anyway I saw this post on Moptop Maven with this yummy picture of a pot pie, that made me realize that I've never had a pot pie that wasn't frozen. The recipe seems simple enough, I'm kind of slow in the kitchen, so maybe I'll give this a try. Not before I master my Aunts lasagna though!!

A la prochaine!