Is it true?

Tomorrow is Michael Jackson's 50th birthday. First Madonna and now MJ! I remember a time when I thought I was in LOVE with Michael...Actually, I recorded myself with my state of the art tape recorder when I was like 7, saying that I wanted to marry him...Yup, I still have the tape. Funny. Now he is 50. Wow.
We all get older, it is inevitable. When you are in your teens and 20's, it feels like it is never going to happen. Then when you hit 30, something snaps and it feels like it just goes faster and faster. And you never get younger. Too bad...I would have appreciated my youth much more had I known how fast it would go.

Lords of Loud: The Documentary (trailer)

This is a follow up to the "incredible" performance at PC last week by the Lords of Loud. This week, Erick...otherwise known as Black Mountain...had to give his data blitz. This is what he did, it is hilarious. If you have not seen the other video, it is a few posts back...you have to check it out too.

my new baby

Yesterday I bit the bullet. I spent a small fortune on a new camera plus a tripod, monopod and several extras that I needed to start school. I decided to purchase a Nikon D700 which is Nikon's newest addition to their arsenal. It has only been on the market for about 3 weeks so I consider myself lucky to have found one.
Hopefully, this camera will allow me to capture some incredible imagery! Wooo hoooo....only a month and a half until school starts!

Portfolio Center Data Blitz

Today was the first performance of the Lords of Loud! At Portfolio Center, each student has to do a data blitz in which he or she presents anything they want. Chris decided he wanted to perform in a 80's rock band and sing...In case you missed it, check it out below...it is hilarious! (PS> ignore the second one...it is not right...)

Sleeping with the ghosts

This past weekend was my last little get-away before I start school next month. Mom came down on Thursday and on Friday morning, we took off for Savannah, GA. Neither one of us had been before...I was amazed at how beautiful that city is. I took lots of pictures...this week was the last week of my photo class at Showcase...boo. It was a great class and got me at least a little up to speed before I start at Portfolio Center in October.
Savannah has quite a bit of history to it. It was originally the capital of Georgia and the American Revolution and the Civil War were both fought there. Many people died in Savannah, from war and yellow fever, among other things, and it has the reputation of being the most haunted city in America. We didn't do any "ghost tours" but we did stay in a haunted hotel called The Marshall House. It was a beautiful old building that was originally built as a hotel in the mid 1800's by Mary Marshall. Over the years, it served as a civil war hospital and a hospital for yellow fever patients during a major outbreak. Needless to say, there was a lot of suffering that happened at this hotel. It has been called on of the most haunted hotels in Savannah. (we did not know this when we booked it!) Anyways, we truly did not expect anything to happen.

The first night when we got ready to go eat dinner, we walked out in the hall and smelled a very old burning wood smell. It was only right outside our door. We walked down the hall and noticed some engineering employees going into a room that seemed empty. Coming back from a wonderful dinner, we passed the room again and the door slammed right as I got beside it. It scared the crap out of me and I ran all the way to our door! Later on that night, the bedside lamp turned on and off twice. I thought it was a loose connection but I checked the bulb and the cord and nothing was loose. It never happened again, the entire time we stayed there...that was the strange thing.

Our second night was quiet, no ghosts roaming around our room at least. Mom slept with a flashlight behind her head and would not get out from under the covers...she thought something was going to get her!

I'll leave you with a few more pictures from the trip...

Big News...

I have been keeping a little secret. I have decided to go back to school in October...I kind of feel like I am going crazy, I mean most of my friends that are my age are having kids or have already had them. Here I am going into loads and loads of debt so that I can work my ass off for the rest of my life! No, seriously...I am excited. I will be starting at Portfolio Center on Oct. 1, in their photography program. I have decided to move away from design and concentrate on something that I think I will be much happier with in the long run. My goal at this point is to get into advertising photography similar to what Mark Delong or Tony Baker does. I have worked with both of these guys on the art direction side and they are so talented...I hope that I can be as good as they are one day...Wish me luck!

And it all came crashing down...

on my butt. Yes, that's correct. I managed to bruise my entire left butt cheek this weekend. Chris and I were headed out to dinner after a huge thunderstorm. The concrete was all wet but I didn't even think too much about it. Sure enough, just as I reached the first step, my feet go flying straight out in front of me and I landed squarely on my left cheek. Thank goodness there is enough padding down there to keep me from really injuring myself! The next day, my butt turned black and blue, don't worry, I won't post any pictures of it! I think the older you get, the harder you fall...