Ugh

I'm feeling so very... uninspired. I feel like my work has sucked as of late.

The worst feeling.

Uninspired. Uninspiring. Unmotivated. Unmotivational.

I think it's the weather. Fall colors are leaving. The weather is past the point of trying to look cute and into trying to keep my nose warm. Oh winter. I hate you!

Capes

Quick post. I'm reallly tired. It's been a long week and a very hectic weekend filled with early EARLY mornings.

Just an update with the quest for capes: Two acquired! One gifted, one bought. The first one is from Marshall's for $15 and the second is a gift from the boyfriend. <3 And the last picture is what I wore last Thursday to school.

Inspiration: Photographer Annie Leibovitz

Ah. One of my favorite photographers of all time: Annie Leibovitz.
Who doesn't know & love her? One of Rolling Stone's earliest photographer and some of her photos are... really some of the best known photos around the world [Read: John Lennon & Yoko Ono and Whoopi in milk] Who DOESN'T love her older stuff from Vanity Fair and her stuff from Sarajevo? Sigh. Ok, so maybe everyone doesn't love her, but I do. A lot. Whether you like her or not, her style as of right now is easily distinguishable. When I flip open a spread in Vogue that I find particularly amazing, I don't really have to flip to the beginning to read that she's the photographer.

If you don't know her for those... then perhaps you've heard of the Miley Cyrus dilemma and those 'scandalous' photos without her shirt on? Yeah. Annie Leibovitz was the photographer.

THOSE days

Just one of those days where I feel too short, too fat, too ugly and so utterly unattractive.

Just one of those days where no piece of clothing does anything but add twenty pounds and takes away about five inches.

Oh. Sigh. Just one of those days.

To my friends =(

To my friends: Kara, Amanda, Johanna, Donna & Ashley

and if anyone else wants to watch just for the heck of it, it's of me babbling about cereal.

<3

Lusts

I'm currently on a reallllly tight budget (read: I'm flat broke.) And there are a couple things that I would absolutely love to have and would make my life so much more easier.

1. A new monitor: My lap top is really small, like 14 inches. It's great for bringing it back and forth to class and it's really light and feels like a book inside my bag. It, however, makes working on my laptop a real pain in the ass. Physically, I love having a lot of space to work in. I have this really great, brand spanking new, studio table and I use that as my workspace. I keep all my supplies and tools on a small table next to it so I have the whole table clear just to work. It's beautiful. It makes working so much easier. I can't work when my space is too cluttered. I have the same mentality when I'm working on my laptop with for example, Photoshop or Illustrator. My workspace and my tools are all over eachother and it just feels so... crowded. I would LOVE love love LOVE another monitor to work on, one for my workspace and different documents to be open... and one for just my tools and palettes. Life would be great. I don't really need a really expensive, fancy schmancy one. Just one to give me more options.

Example: Hanns G 17 in Monitor from Newegg $140


2. Tripod - I've loved photography for a while now, but I've never really had a chance to develop my skill at all. My boyfriend actually just bought me a Canon Rebel XT last May and I'm taking a photo class now. And I'm really excited. I would really love getting into portraiture and I think a good tripod is worth investing in.

Example: Quantaray Tripod from Ritz camera $59.00








3. New lenses - Going along with the above, lets talk more about photo stuff. Right now on my Rebel, I have the stock 17-55 mm lens. I think the next lens I want to buy is the 55-250 mm.

Canon 55-250 Lens $270 @ Amazon

Inspiration: photographer Lara Jade

Gosh. I've been following Lara for a couple years now. I remember I first stumbled upon her page on deviantart when she was posting self portraits of herself and playing with them crudely on Photoshop. Her evolution into what she's become now is amazing. To see her go from that to... well you'll see. Please go check out her flickr and her website for more of her photos. The first two pictures are of herself (the second one I added to show just how freaking adorable she is) and the rest is her work. She updates her flickr more frequently with shoots shes working on and it's just a really great place of inspiration.

I've always admired her, almost envying her.

First two weeks of classes

Ah. Back to school. My school is on the quarter system, so we start ridiculously late [meaning we end ridiculously late.] I can tell that this is going to be a really fun term. I'll be learning a lot and my classes are going to challenge my creativity and push it to the next label.

I'm a graphic design major [well a GRDS major AND a psychology major, but I don't wanna go into that.] I'm taking Computer Imaging 2, Art History 3, Typography, Visual Communications, Photography and Social Psych.

I think it's going to be a heavy load, but probably not as heavy as last term, which killed me. If I plan things out nicely, then life will be good and I will still have a social life outside of my best friends: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and gouache.

Anyway. To celebrate the first two weeks, I stopped by Ross and decided to quickly scan through the shoes. Then I found these little ones for only $9.99. My heart did a little happy dance. I want to wear them to school, but climbing up an incline in heels doesn't tickle my fancy.










And just a little update on what I've been wearing. I took these on two different days and I totally didn't mean to do the same exact pose. I still need a tripod. But yeah. =)