November 2009

I heart Glee

November 30, 2009

Okay, so I have to admit.  I love Fox’s new show Glee.  Yup, I’m a “Gleek.”  But I have to say that it took me a good 6 episodes to really get into the show.  I think what I like about it is how over-the-top, crazy, exploiting of stereotypes it is – just like high [...]

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Christmas Decorations

November 28, 2009

My roommate recently put up her Christmas Decorations.  Here are a few edited photos.  On each of them a used the vignette setting in Aperture 2.  I really like it because it is much more subtle of a setting than it is in other photo editing software I have used.  I also used a single [...]

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Black Friday

November 27, 2009

For several years, I worked retail and I hated Black Friday.  While I fully understand that this was THE most important day of the year for our store, I hated working it.  I hated the meanness of customers.  I hated that we never seemed to have enough.  I hated that I got yelled at over [...]

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Thanksgiving Rhythms

November 26, 2009

I have spent every Thanksgiving, except the last 4 with my family.  My family of 4, I might add.  We have always been the quiet sort of family.  We never met with extended family.  (Okay, that isn’t quite true.  We did when I was little, but that ended before I really remember, so it doesn’t [...]

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Comic: Sarcasm

November 24, 2009

Here is another comic for you. I need to work on my BLOCK / COMIC handwriting and my spacial awareness.  But this is fun!

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Comic: Work Means Working Now

November 23, 2009

I read a blog called Inkygirl.com The writer draws a lot of comics having to do with writing.  I really like it.  So, I thought I would try my hand at a comic.  Her comics are simple and in black and white, most of the time.  So I drew a little comic about a conversation [...]

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Stop Motion Video

November 21, 2009

So, I teach a video class.  A few weeks ago I assigned the class to do a stop motion video.  I made one of my own using post-it notes.  It is silly, but here it is.  This isn’t really photography, but I did it using pictures, so I put it in this category. stop motion [...]

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A Note on Comments

November 21, 2009

So, I have been getting a lot, and I mean a lot of SPAM comments.  I hate to do this, but now, all comments will need to be approved.  So, please keep making comments – it makes me feel good.  But don’t be alarmed or upset if you comment doesn’t show up right away. Actually, [...]

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The Dangers of Working in a High School

November 20, 2009

Teenage Drivers! This is one of our counselor’s cars.  He said that he has been hit 2 times.  My car has gotten keyed, as well.  I now understand why they have seperate lots for teachers and students.  Our school, however, is so small that we don’t have seperate lots.  Sigh! As a side note.  I [...]

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I got to see New Moon a little early!

November 19, 2009

So, I was incredibly lucky and got to go and watch New Moon last night as part of a test showing.  A friend of mine works at a movie theater – oh yeah, I got connections. Anyways . . . here is what I thought. I liked it and it was well done, but I [...]

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Tripod Needed

November 15, 2009

One night, while in Downtown Salt Lake City, I wanted to go up to Ensign Peak and take some pictures of the valley.  Here is what I took: Oh, a little blurry – try again. Hmmm, still blurry.  Change some settings. Better, but. . . Whoa!  That’s BAD! Success!  But I want more. That’s a [...]

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I heart Salt Lake City

November 13, 2009

Have I told y’all how much I love Salt Lake City, Utah – my hometown?  I do, I really do.  Now that I have a fancy new camera, I’ll be posting more and more of my favorite photo’s of the city.  It is modern and yet you can find cool, old architecture everywhere.  So, until [...]

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What a Difference the Sunlight Makes

November 12, 2009

So, I wanted to do a post on one of my favorite places – the Copper Mine in Utah (more on that in a later post). So, I took my new camera out and took a drive and took some pictures. I went in the afternoon one day and thought, “Wow! I bet I’ll get [...]

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Fall Leaves: Adjusting Color in Aperture 2

November 11, 2009

So, I wanted to take some pictures of fall leaves a few weekends ago, but it rained and then hailed.  I went out the next week, but the leaves in the canyon were all gone.  Sigh   I decided instead to try and find some good fall leaves in the neighborhoods around my house.  I [...]

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Oh My, Migraine

November 10, 2009

So, I’ve been getting more and more and worse and worse of headaches lately.  I’ve always dealt with headaches, but the severity of them is getting really bad.  Like, wanting to throw up and hole up in a dark room, bad.  I actually didn’t go to work today because of my migraine. When I think [...]

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Editing Exposure and Color in Aperture 2

November 9, 2009

I have officially started learning how to use my fancy camera and my new fancy photo editing software.  I am a dedicated Mac user and therefore, I have decided to use their photo editing software Aperture 2 to edit my photos.  It is instinctive for me.  I have tried using Photoshop, but it doesn’t seem [...]

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A Night with the Utah Jazz

November 7, 2009

My friend Kristy LOVES the Utah Jazz.  Now, I’m a fan, but not like she is.  Thankfully, she and I go to a Jazz game once in a while.  I don’t watch basketball when it is on televsion, but I love actually going to the games.  I think it is the atmosphere, the crowd, the [...]

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New Couch = Nervousness

November 6, 2009

My roommate, Mandy, got a new couch on Tuesday. It is a pretty, pretty couch.  It is a sectional from West Elm.  It was shipped to the house in four GIANT boxes and between the two of us we got each piece into the house and down the narrow stairs, with a bend.  Let’s just [...]

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Disappointed and Sad

November 4, 2009

Tonight I went to meet and have Ree Drummond sign my (well, her) cookbook.  If you don’t know who she is, let me tell you. Ree writes a blog.  A blog I read every single day.  She lives in Oklahoma, cooks, does photography, homeschool’s her kids, and helps her husband run a cattle ranch.  She [...]

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