Sometimes Pooh Bear Says It Best.

“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.”
-Winnie the Pooh

Haunting Voice.

So I'm working on my artist statement right now. I usually put music on in the background to muffle out other noises so I can really focus. While I was typing Brittany Murphy came on, I had my iTunes on shuffle. I've always thought she had an amazing voice, but it really is truly haunting. Its like Patsy Cline in the way that you can truly hear how she's feeling while she's singing. It's very intense. Check out this clip:

History Is Hurting Me.

I have this online history class that I have to take in order to transfer in the fall, so i have to pass. It's not hard but man is it a time eating pain in the ass. It just takes so long to get through, it's hard to focus on it.

Today's Facebook Status

My thoughts race a mile a minute, my views change every mile, and my words get lost every second.

Hollywood.

So my sister and I hit up Hollywood and a few other places around LA today. It was awesome! I love getting out of Orange County. If I don't explore other places I get anxious. After this adventure though, I've re-evaluated my priorities. It was pay off my credit card and then a car, but now the car is first. Sharing a car with morgan is becoming too challenging and I like my freedom, which is severely threatened when I don't have a car. It's very upsetting.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

So today I decided to put my ipod on shuffle and it did me proud. An Aretha Franklin song came on and it just rocked my world. I forgot just how great her songs are. But the bizarre thing is that I used to hate the song Say A Little Prayer For Me, possibly because of the relation to My Best Friends Wedding. But for some reason today it especially rocked my world. So here it is.



I also must include this performance of Day Dreaming. Its great.



I couldn't post something about Aretha and not post R-E-S-P-E-C-T. So here its is.

P.s. its epic.

Loving My Breaks A Little Too Much.

So lately I've began to notice just how I enjoy going on my half at work. It's a combination of things that can make it great. First there's the obvious factor, I get to stop working for a bit. Especially since I'm at the point where I remember why I quit this job so many times. But when you add in a cigarette and a country band playing in the marine room, its amazing. It's just so calming for some reason. Or if the bands off that day a nice sunset does the trick too. But either way I work in a super nice place so it's nice to enjoy it on my half.

P.s. 9 months till 21!!!

Complicating The Already Complicated.

Life is complicated. Its simple. There's no other way to explain it. But what makes it so much worse is that I over-complicate the already complicated. Why I do this I have no idea. Sometimes I wish I could turn my thoughts off, but at the same time I love my over-thinking. I just wish it wouldn't cause so much stress.

One Small Step For Puppies Everywhere.

I always love when I see paw prints in concrete, expecially puppy paw prints. I like puppy prints the best because that way there will always be proof of a dogs younger years. It always makes me smile because I can just imagine a puppy getting into trouble and walking all over the wet concrete....so cute!

As The Lights Changed.

I was standing in Laguna on my half listening to the waves crash against the shore. While doing this, I was watching the traffic light change from green to yellow to red. It became the chorus to the song I was listening to. The people and cars were the jumbled lyrics in between. What I didnt realize was that it was actually my song. It's a song about going full speed ahead, then thinking about what you've just done. But by the time you try and stop you've already crashed into the shore.

Hard Road.

Watch this video. Listen to the lyrics. Read the lyrics. Let the lyrics speak to you as they spoke to me.



Lyrics to Hard Road by Sam Roberts.
Feel, feel it grow
In your mind, in your mind
Life is how you live it
Through time, through time

And there's no desert sun that is hot enough to feed your fire
We shipwreck like fools only to become the ocean's choir
And the sun dies until it's reborn
But there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on

Got lost on the way, but you found the road again
Stay true to your friends, cause they'll save you in the end

There must be something in the air, in the air
Some kind of answer to my prayers, to my prayers
Some kind of answer to my prayers
Been dying since the day I was born
'Cause there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on

I have a vision in my mind of a life that I've left behind
Yeah, can't you see that lost souls can't swim
You know you'll sink, but you still jump in
And it's alright to get caught stealing back what you've lost
Yeah, don't you know that lost souls can't swim
You beat them back, but they drag you in
And I can't say that I am sorry for all my many sins

And you try to find a love that'll see you through your darkest days
And her soft brown hair is as long as the Canadian highway
When the sun dies until it's reborn
But there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on

Been dying since the day I was born
'Cause there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on

There must be something in the air,in the air
(repeat)

The Layers Of Life.

Have you ever noticed that things in life can be sectioned into layers? Some of the best things in life are the things that are made from the layers overlapping or meeting. An example of this would be a reese peanut butter cup. You have your chocolate and your peanut butter, but together it's amazing. Another example would be rain with sunshine causing a rainbow. There are all these different things that are so beautiful. Think about it.

My Photography And The Roads I Could Take It Down.

There are so many aspects of photography. I keep trying to master it and excel in each aspect, but then I'll realize there's another aspect that I've either ignored or never thought about. I have one of those personalities that makes me want to do everything at once, but sadly I cannot. Lately I've been so focused on trying to make my pictures more dynamic and more different so they stick out. But then the other day I was talking to Jeff (who was sitting beside me on my flight home from Calgary) and he was telling me about how he feels the most successful pictures are the ones people can relate to. And he's right. If you cant relate to it then you wont understand it. I love looking at things I don't understand because it lets me know I have many things to learn still and also I like to try and understand it anyways. But that's just me. Most people probably hate looking at something they don't understand. So now when I look through all the pictures I took in Calgary, or any that I have taken in general, there's none that anyone could relate to. So now I have about a million and one projects that I need to shoot. The worst part is that it's killing me a little. I have all these ideas and I'm almost afraid I'll forget what it is I want to do. I mean sure I write them down, but there's always something you forget to write down. My thoughts are consumed in these ideas I have. I wish I had all the time in the world to devote to photography.

Quote Today

She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it).
-Lewis Carroll