this is for you mom

Monday, November 20, 2006

I had a super-crazy weekend that ended too soon

Thursday: class and photo until reallllllly late - trapeze school in the middle

Friday: posed for katelyn's 40's style shoot at 10, met up with the photographer who I'll be assisting for at 12:30, went to the trapeze school, hung out with witt and ate half a cake, went to yaffa with ben, liz, ali, anna, katelyn, jess, etc. then went to the gansevoort only to the carded and end up at some classy place in the meatpacking district - which is a really weird place. walked back in around 2:30

Saturday: printing printing printing all day broken up by food and picture hanging with my friend andrew. photo major party in prospect park at night with a crazy subway ride back.

Sunday: tried to go PS1 with katelyn...we failed. tried to go to Chelsea...the galleries are closed. worked for that photographer for basically the rest of the afternoon/night going to the post-office, labeling stuff, resizing images, copying, etc etc. then dinner with ben and then i went to bed.

my roommates were super loud this morning and woke me at 8ish even though I don't have class until 12:30...urgh. so that was my weekend. i have to do some more printing tonight, go to see scott mccloud speak, maybe go to my friend's party, get some sleep....

Sunday, November 19, 2006

more presentation ideas.



Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Next Semesters Schedule (I register tomorrow)





Taking two studio classes AND a critical studies messes up my schedule since all of those meet only once a week and leave me room for only ONE stricly-academic course (though social history of photography is actually an art history course..)

One of those afternoons that I have free will be spent as a homework help tutor, I can intern on Thursday or Friday and work at the photo cage the other day/night. Of course, I need to actually shoot/print my own stuff which I'll probably end up doing thursday/friday/monday day around my other stuff and printing saturday/monday. It looks like I have a lot of free time, but I really won't when it comes down to the amount of work that has to be done for each studio class...

hopefully I get into everything that I want...

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

feedback?





idea on how to present my newspaper project...my fictional ad campaign for a fictional clothing line...slogan is "if you care, you'll wear"

ehhhh i don't know. i have crit tomorrow so we'll see what the class thinks.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

I like running because then I don't have to think about anything that bothers me.
Just about how fast I can run and how far and be able to get back from where I came. how many miles I've gone and how many I can go.
There are always people and lights on Broadway and I like running past all of them when it is dark out.

I like Bailey because I never have to ask her not to say anything or to say something.

I like my final project and I'd like it better if I could get it out of my head and onto paper.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

This is usually just for me to write about my day and all the fun stuff that I do here in New York, but I think that it is time for something serious. I've been thinking about the future a lot lately...about what I want to do with my future.

A lot of things.

First off, I want to study abroad fall semester next year. I either want to go to South America or Africa - both of those will have to be non-NYU programs since NYU doesn't offer stuff there.

Secondly, I need to figure out just how badly I want to double major in Political Science because if I do then I don't have time to take anything else aside from those classes and my photo stuff. I'm thinking of minoring in PoliSci and taking some writing classes, history classes, and art history - probably ending up with a minor in art history.
Of course, the problem with this is that what I really want to do is work with kids and photography....which only one of those degrees really helps me with. Another cause for concern is that if I ever consider grad school for polisci, I won't be a good candidate with only a minor in the subject and I do want to work on campaigns, etc etc.

Tutoring these kids at Washington Irving HS is really helping me figure out that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. There are a lot of programs that teach kids photography...but how many teach them to be photography teachers? I think you empower someone so much more by showing them how to show someone else how to do something. I'd like to start a program in a NYC public school about creating peer teachers and so I'm applying for a Reynolds Fellowship on it. I'm sure that I won't get it (I'm not nearly organized enough), but it will force me to gather everything together.

At the same time though, I look at Blaine and Ben's photos and I still feel that good old love for photojournalism.
Yet next semester I am taking collage projects :).

I have so much that I want to do and so little time to do it all.
Tonight I am just working on this paper for Sex, Gender, and the Bible and meeting up with Katelyn to do some planning later. Stefan (my friend who is taking a semester off) is coming in tonight around 3 so we are going to go up 5 blocks to the Broome Street dorm to see him right when he gets in.
Tomorrow I think that Katelyn and I are going to PS1 and I would really like to do some scanning/printing for the FEAST show. I have to buy new paper for printing...I got some film today :).
Tomorrow night is Colin's birthday party and Saturday I'm sure I'll hang out with Stefan whchi will be really fun.

this is me with the stuffed dog at the shake shack:



what does everyone think of this?
http://sit.edu/studyabroad/program_content/contents.cfm?include=ugp_index.html&progCode=sss.ugp

i think it sounds pretty interesting after a quick read.

and there goes halloween





*I have changed my final project for photo III....I don't know to what yet. this is terrifying!!!!
*I tutored a bunch of kids today and my superviser told me I was awesome with them - that was nice.
*I still have a cold and was supposed to go to bed early...oh well.
*I am trying to figure out if I still want to double major in politics or want to minor in it instead so that I can take a bunch of other classes - HEADACHE!
*went to shake shack today in madison square park with a bunch of senior photo majors - the fries there are great.
*one of my roommates put a picture of my ex-boyfriend on our fridge. ouch. just the face i want to see when i'm getting food at 2 am. whatever whatever. i can hear danielle ranting about insensitivity already.
*I am applying for a fellowship to teach kids how to make artists books (!!) that I won't get hahahaha.
*I want to study abroad Argentina but NYU doesn't have a program and I want to graduate on time!
*boys are silly and none of them are interesting at all really....though i'm not really keeping an open mind- some just keep calling.
*I have two papers to write this weekend and my artlife to figure out.
*I miss Derek and Allie a lot.

I don't exactly know who reads this...can you email me and let me know?