c'mon, love, and give your love away with me.

oh, gorgeous.

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:32:30 GMT

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/594707-REG/Lomography_580_Lubitel_166_35mm_Medium_Format.html

Baby, oh baby, you should be mine. You are so beautiful and I would treat you so nice.

I just don't know if it's the best decision to throw $350 of my Christmas money at you when I could spend it on much more practical things.

schoolin'

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:55:08 GMT

My semester culminates in the following:
History of Photography II: B+
3D Design: B
Beginning Photography: A
Death to Dust: A-
King Arthur: Incomplete

I'm not on Dean's List because of that Incomplete, but I'll take it!

I'm so relieved to see that B+ after missing that quiz. And I'm relieved to see that B after the D I got on that third project.

I love this poem. <3

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:54:37 GMT

Come my tan-faced children,
Follow well in order, get your weapons ready,
Have you your pistols? have you your sharp-edged axes?
Pioneers! O pioneers!

For we cannot tarry here,
We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
We the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

O you youths, Western youths,
So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship,
Plain I see you Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Have the elder races halted?
Do they droop and end their lesson, wearied over there beyond the seas?
We take up the task eternal, and the burden and the lesson,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

All the past we leave behind,
We debouch upon a newer mightier world, varied world,
Fresh and strong the world we seize, world of labor and the march,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

We detachments steady throwing,
Down the edges, through the passes, up the mountains steep,
Conquering, holding, daring, venturing as we go the unknown ways,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

We primeval forests felling,
We the rivers stemming, vexing we and piercing deep the mines within,
We the surface broad surveying, we the virgin soil upheaving,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Colorado men are we,
From the peaks gigantic, from the great sierras and the high plateaus,
From the mine and from the gully, from the hunting trail we come,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

From Nebraska, from Arkansas,
Central inland race are we, from Missouri, with the continental
blood intervein'd,
All the hands of comrades clasping, all the Southern, all the Northern,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

O resistless restless race!
O beloved race in all! O my breast aches with tender love for all!
O I mourn and yet exult, I am rapt with love for all,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Raise the mighty mother mistress,
Waving high the delicate mistress, over all the starry mistress,
(bend your heads all,)
Raise the fang'd and warlike mistress, stern, impassive, weapon'd mistress,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

See my children, resolute children,
By those swarms upon our rear we must never yield or falter,
Ages back in ghostly millions frowning there behind us urging,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

On and on the compact ranks,
With accessions ever waiting, with the places of the dead quickly fill'd,
Through the battle, through defeat, moving yet and never stopping,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

O to die advancing on!
Are there some of us to droop and die? has the hour come?
Then upon the march we fittest die, soon and sure the gap is fill'd.
Pioneers! O pioneers!

All the pulses of the world,
Falling in they beat for us, with the Western movement beat,
Holding single or together, steady moving to the front, all for us,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Life's involv'd and varied pageants,
All the forms and shows, all the workmen at their work,
All the seamen and the landsmen, all the masters with their slaves,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

All the hapless silent lovers,
All the prisoners in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked,
All the joyous, all the sorrowing, all the living, all the dying,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

I too with my soul and body,
We, a curious trio, picking, wandering on our way,
Through these shores amid the shadows, with the apparitions pressing,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Lo, the darting bowling orb!
Lo, the brother orbs around, all the clustering suns and planets,
All the dazzling days, all the mystic nights with dreams,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

These are of us, they are with us,
All for primal needed work, while the followers there in embryo wait behind,
We to-day's procession heading, we the route for travel clearing,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

O you daughters of the West!
O you young and elder daughters! O you mothers and you wives!
Never must you be divided, in our ranks you move united,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Minstrels latent on the prairies!
(Shrouded bards of other lands, you may rest, you have done your work,)
Soon I hear you coming warbling, soon you rise and tramp amid us,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Not for delectations sweet,
Not the cushion and the slipper, not the peaceful and the studious,
Not the riches safe and palling, not for us the tame enjoyment,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Do the feasters gluttonous feast?
Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Has the night descended?
Was the road of late so toilsome? did we stop discouraged nodding
on our way?
Yet a passing hour I yield you in your tracks to pause oblivious,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Till with sound of trumpet,
Far, far off the daybreak call--hark! how loud and clear I hear it wind,
Swift! to the head of the army!--swift! spring to your places,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

-Walt Whitman

Yes it's on those Levi's commercials, and yes I liked it after those, but it's still a really, really good poem.

and now a quote from friendsgiving dinner tonight:

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:03:05 GMT

"I'd never thought about marshmallows on sweet potatoes, and suddenly I want to have sex with my food."

and now, a moment from king arthur lit:

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:16:12 GMT

Professor Pugh: (taking out a Looney Toons DVD) Okay, it's cartoon time!
Class: Yaaaaay!
Professor Pugh: Noooo, this is like, a serious lesson, you guys.

winnar.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:18:07 GMT

Dear Sophomore Portfolio Applicant:

This is to notify you that the Sophomore Portfolio Committee has evaluated your work and that you have PASSED the portfolio review.

Guess who's gonna graduate with a BFA? :D

Not that I had much doubt in passing. But it's still super exciting to see it in words.

conceptual bullshit

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:08:39 GMT

So here's the artist's statement for the conceptual piece I'm turning in tomorrow:
Once a plant is dug up and removed from nature to be put indoors, you change the entire nature of its purpose. It no longer serves a biological or environmental purpose and now only serves an aesthetic one. By further removing the flower from the stem, any remaining biological purpose is removed as well as any remaining connection with nature since the plant's entire reproductive system is contained within the flower. It can no longer perform one of the most basic of natural processes--reproduction. Also by removing the flower, you remove the plant's aesthetic value and now, the plant Serves No Useful Puropse. Two little snips and something so crucial to the sustainability of life is rendered useless.

And a shitty cell phone picture of it:

Flower stems in a vase (on our messy dining table). The label there that says SNUP also says (or, Be Useful While You Can.)* underneath it.

Jesus Christ, I hope I get a good grade on this shit.

.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:49:37 GMT

que sera, sera.

no bueno

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:23:53 GMT

Ugh omg there are deerfly bites everyyywherrrre.

D:

I shouldn't lol, but I did.

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:50:59 GMT

(404): i hope kanye doesn't show up to patrick swayze's funeral. " i'll let you get back to your funeral in a minute...but michael jackson had the best death of the year. just sayinnn ". (tfln)

Also, I guess I can't make a "gonna ghost like Swayze" reference for like, a month at least.

I LIVE IN THE SOUTH!

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:42:31 GMT

(Also known as the Civil War.)
...Chamblin's Book Mine, which is otherwise one of the best places in Jacksonville.

oh yeah, also:

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:28:36 GMT

I'm going to see the Decemberists on the 30th. Aww, yeeah.

arbitrary jim henson

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:30:58 GMT

how delightful.

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:59:33 GMT

I just found out that there were three more episodes of Pushing Daisies that aired at a much later date after the series was canceled back in December.

I've watched two and the series finale (as it were) is loading right now. I loved this show so much.

the best part of waking up is foliage in your cup

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:26:57 GMT

There was a tree/mushroom cloud in my coffee yesterday morning, so I took a picture of it.

conspiracy theories are the best!

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:28:04 GMT

Hokay, so. Schuyler came up with two theories this morning following BILLY MAYS' death.

1. Celebrities not only die in 3s, they die in multiples of 3. Carradine, McMahon, Farrah, Jackson, and now Mays.

2. The government is killing pop culture royalty in order to distract us from Iran, Healthcare, and The Economy. (The first three deaths were legends ("royalty") in their own ways. The last two deaths were the King of Pop and the King of Infomercials, respectively.)

So who's the third King to fill out this second trifecta?

well, maybe sometimes.

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:41:19 GMT

you can't not smile while using this.

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:58:06 GMT

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

It basically made my morning. Just click around, there's no bad combination of tones.

unexpected~

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:56:15 GMT

Oh, hey there letter telling me I'm still on Dean's List. I did not expect to see you after that A- last semester.

obligatory!

Tue, 05 May 2009 23:05:53 GMT

this is a post from my shiny new phone. whee!

truth.

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:15:58 GMT

I lol'd.

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:18:26 GMT

So okay, I'm not ashamed to admit that I bought tickets to see Fall Out Boy when they play the Arena next month.

50 Cent was just added to the lineup.

Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday, All Time Low, Metro Station and 50 Cent.

Win?

DOES NOT WANT.

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:57:24 GMT

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/08/08/jonny-quest-live-action-feature-film-on-the-way/

and

http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/02/16/rumor-zac-efron-and-dwayne-johnson-for-jonny-quest/

WARNER BROS.: STOP MAKING MY CHILDHOOD INTO SHITTY SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS STARRING LESS THAN TALENTED ACTORS, THANKS.

mary, mary, quite contrary.

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:59:17 GMT

Sigh. Is it HHN yet?

oh noes!

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:51:39 GMT

Back to your regularly scheduled History of Photography book.