Interesting Ideas

So I finally went to photography class after missing it twice last week. There was a test... and thankfully not a hard one. But we also watched a video on a famous French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson. He just died recently but in the video he was so fiesty, and didn't care what people thought, and had his own views that go against the whole "American Dream." While sitting in class watching this 87 year old man talk about how he "Loathes the idea of a career, of money and power and success." How the word 'work' implies something you don't like to do. "Photography is not work for me, it gives me pleasure." How you don't take photographs, photographs capture you. "Photography is putting one’s head, one’s eye, and one’s heart on the same axis. " I basically just got a perspective and inspiration that had never considered or thought of, and some pieces of conversation that I'm pretty sure are already helping me to look at things differently. I drove home listening to classical music and just thinking "wow". I don't even know where I'm going with this, or why I wrote it down, but I'm very glad I went to class and I really like the spunky old man who made me smile the entire time I watched him... he was great. lol

So I work pretty much everyday this week. Sometimes I feel like I have no life outside of school, work, sleep, hw, and seeing my family in passing. It's just seems so wrong. But hey, maybe life is like that sometimes... not always enjoyable and entertaining. I'll be a big girl and deal with it... eventually. I might whine about it some more here and there just for my own satisfaction :-P

But I am glad that fall is here. Sweaters and vests, jeans and sweatshirts, pumpkins and caramel apples, changing leaves and the crispness in the air, sunny days that are actually cool and just comfortable. Granted, the light doesn't last as long this time of year, and so by about 8pm I think it's 11pm... but I can deal with that. Just means I feel like it's later and get more done because I'm weird and nocturnal like that lol.

Lisa was here all weekend, came home to surprise my mom. It was fun hanging out and laughing as usual. Waking up and seeing her in our room is always a good feeling, feels more normal...more right. And the way we can call each other and say, 'There's a movie starting in 15 min, wanna go? We have to leave right now." And know that most likely, we'll be on our way within 5 minutes. Cracking up at family and talking about what's going on with everyone, enjoying the easy way we understand each other and know thoughts sometimes before we ever say them. I just love our relationship.

And as much as I would love to keep writing about everything and anything, I really should stop procrastinating and get my math hw done before I have to leave for class in a little over an hour. Anybody wanna do it for me? I might even pay you... with cookies :) haha Love you friends, hope your weeks are all starting off well. ttys!