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| Oh me oh my...I haven't been on here in FOREVER, and it has changed a whole bunch. I actually do come here every once in awhile just to look at my page and read the things I wrote. It was fun just trying to make this place look all nice. But...there's not much to write anymore. Life has been...good, but boring. High school ended, people are gone. And I stayed. I started cosmetology school so I can learn how to style people even better for the portraits that I do. Although my small little business has slowed down as well. Lol, oh well. I'm absolutely sure things will get better when summer rolls around. Until then, I just have to focus on me. | | |
| My goodness, it's been so long since I've been here. My poor xanga...I made you all pretty too. I almost didn't even remember my password *sob*. So I have a xanga. I have a myspace. I have a facebook. If I have to remember one more password...I'll explode. *sigh* August is here. Already. Summer was nothing. Nothing at all. It's hard to believe that I'm finally out of highschool...and struggling to figure out what I'm going to do next. Almost everyone that I'm close to is leaving within the next couple of weeks. Everyone, but maybe one or two people. Everyone else that is staying...I could really care less about them. *sob* The people I consider important in my life are leaving. Woe is me. Woe is me. So, all I know is that I have to stick around this area for a year or two. I can take photography classes at the local colleges, but unfortunately, I can't major in them. I will have to take the classes then transfer to a college that offers a photography major. Money is also an issue. I can go to an art school that offers photography...but if I go to an art school, I'll be paying for it for my entire life. I need money. I need to get a job! The time has finally come for me to find a job and work like crazy. Then I can afford the cameras that I've had my eyes on for awhile...I'm mad at myself for not using the money I was getting to get those cameras. *sigh* But I'm just another stupid teenager who wastes money instead of saving it for something I actually need. I'm definitely kicking myself EVERY day. I clearly have issues...but I also have many new pictures! 
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| So it's been awhile since I've been here...So much has happened, but let's talk about the most recent situation; The reason I haven't been here in so long is because my computer decided to burn out one fine day. Somehow, my computer got the dreaded "Blue screen." The "blue screen" that everyone fears. So i've been computer-less for awhile. And it hasn't been good. you never realize how much you use something until it's gone. I rely on the ocmputer from everything, from school work to pictures I edit. I had project to do left and right, but no computer. I had pictures to edit, but no computer. Not being able to do my pictures was probably the worst part of it all. So many unhappy customers. I promised to get pictures to people by a certain time, but it just wasn't possible. So I gracefully refunded the money to some people. I felt HORRIBLE. All of the time my computer was gone, I was worried if all of the photos I had taken were going to be lost. A lot of people said maybe they would be, and a lot of people said they would be gone forever. Could you imagine the depression I would have been thrown into if EVER single picture I had ever taken was gone? I could see the headlines now: "18 year old photographer throws himself off a bridge" (I'm proud of my jounalism/newspaper skills) Luckily, I got my coputer back yesterday. And all of my pictures were SAVED! YES! However, the photo program the I religously used was gone, gone, gone. And I'm kind of in a rough place. This could have an effect on all of the photos I take from now on...I don't know how I'm going to edit photos...I don't even know where the photo program I used came from. This forces me to use the harder program that I don't understand how to use. I'm lost. | | |
| I never get a chance to come here anymore, or, I do, but I keep forgetting about to. That’s a shame too, because I made my xanga so pretty- something you can’t really do on myspace. Too bad I don’t do anything on myspace either.
So what has been happening since the last time I really wrote something? Well summer came quickly and left quickly. Summer was mostly dedicated to summer PE class, which I no longer have to take. Did you know the Illinois is the only state that requires students to have PE? Which sucks for non-athletic people, like me. I may be able to beat people up, but it takes too much work and effort. And Illinois is also the fattest state. And Illinois is the state most in debt. Did you know that Illinois is the most common place for movie settings? Illinois bites.
This summer I also got the chance to take some pictures every once in awhile. I don’t think I took too many though. But since the school year has started, people have been bombarding me, asking if I can take their pictures. People actually know me, and know what I do now. And I also have some adults spreading the word about me. I’ve been getting requests from businesses, family portraits, modeling portraits, and senior pictures. It’s a lot, but I love what I do.
And of course, with the recent pick up in business, I did start to charge. Not much though, since I’m not a professional, I figure I don’t have the right to charge outrageous amounts. But everyone LOVES my pictures. And a lot of people are telling me that I under price myself. It’s so funny when I tell people about how much I charge, and their like, “THAT’S ALL!?!?!” I did, however, have one complaint from one person. I took her pictures all the time, and people loved her pictures. She loved her pictures, but she just didn’t want to pay. Which is unfortunate, the only reason I do charge is because I do SO much for people, and I feel as though I should have something to show for it. I started going broke because I was constantly printing pictures out for people. Then I’d have no money for myself. So that basically ended our friendship. It’s upsetting, but…I don’t know.
Top Model 7 starts Sept. 20th!!! YAY! Who shall watch it with me? I’m especially excited because for the first time EVER in Top Model history, there are twins!
And there is someone from Chicago, Illinois! Yay! Although the first winner of ANTM, Adrianne Curry, came from Joilet, Illinois, I’m exictied to see if there can be yet another winner from Illinois!
And my senior year has started, and it’s not too bad…There’s not too much to complain about and I’m mostly happy now. Yay!
AND I GOT MY BRACES OFF!!! I CAN SMILE AND TALK AGAIN!
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