It's Aliiiiive

I knew I'd go for a long time without posting at some moment. I didn't think it'd be so early into my blog. Buuut, it happens. Figured I should update on my BFS year things. Since that is, mostly, what this blog covers when I'm not rambling or completely silent. ;)

The Big. I'm trying to get a job. I got accepted as a paid intern somewhere, but alas, the timing is all wrong for that. They need too much of me at a time where I can't/couldn't give it to them. So none of that for now. I applied at Borders... hoping that works out. If not, I'll figure out something else. :) I've been driving a lot more lately. My parents bought me a car maybe a month or so ago (Yaaay!) so that's made it easier. So hopefully sometime in June I'll be getting my license. I'm in the process of setting up my photography site. A friend is letting me have hosting off of him, so I just need to set things up and get going with that. Which is exciting and good because I have to make business cards and get it all ready for July. The entire month of July I'll have my photos displayed in a local Starbucks! Woo hoo! =D I'm really looking forward to that. ^_^

The Fun. I've been to a few concerts... Beth Dillon ones. And gotten some pretty great shots. I still want to get more and I still want to go to the Underground. But we'll see what happens. :) I've done a few photoshoots in new places... Indiana, a few places around here that I haven't been to before. So I think we can officially cross that off the list. ^_^ I'm still trying to work out the Bethany Dillon website deal. It seems like I'll update something small but then too much time goes by before I update again. So once I get back from my Brazil trip I'll try to get that going.

The Scary. I decided that I'm going to Antonelli College starting in September. So I'll be living at home and driving over there. :) It's a great little school and I'm really excited to start there. I went to an open house there a few weeks back and got to play a bit in the darkroom. Fun stuff.

So yeah. That's pretty much my update for now. Hopefully I'll be updating this better from now on. I get the urge to write semi-often, so you should be hearing from me soonish. I leave for Brazil on June 5th (first flight on an airplane AND first time out of the country!) so it's a shame that's not on my BFS list. I could've crossed off two major ones. :P

BFS Updates

I thought I'd take this time, the end of week one of 2008 approaching quickly... to update my blog with my big, fun scary year updates. I need to remind myself of what I'm supposed to be working on [and anyone who may be reading this... I might need a push now and again!]

The Big...

I've been keeping up with Engage the Journey and it's such a blessing to me! Reading what everyone is gathering from the text each day is incredibly helpful and causes me to think more about what I've read and how it applies to me. We're currently in Job, reading about a man who suffered so much and still remained faithful, and it's just amazing to see what could happen in my own life and how I can be better.

As far as getting my work displayed at Starbucks goes, I grabbed a card at my nearest place and am going to e-mail soon to see what I'll need to do to make that a reality. It's exciting and big, of course, so I'll keep you updated with what happens. =)

Walking my dog hasn't started yet... it's been so cold! But tomorrow it's supposed to be warm so I may just have to go for a little walk to start myself off on the right foot.

The Fun...

My sister and I keep talking about the South Carolina trip, which is great because I'm excited to do that. Since we have friends there, it'll be fairly reasonable for us to just go. So that'll be this summer sometime, if all goes well.

My blog has, obviously, been started and I feel like I'm doing fairly well with updates so far. As time goes on, the frequency of the updates may dwindle. But as long as it doesn't get too far down, we'll be good.

The next thing I want to do on the fun list is get my Bethany Dillon website up and running again. It drives me crazy that it's just sitting there! Unfortunately I've got some things that I really need to do first, but I'm hoping that I'll get some time this weekend to work on it and get the second half finished and talk to my co-web about helping me fix a few things that need tweaking. =)

The Scary...

I have been accepted to two schools so far-- the University of Evansville and Hallmark Institute of Photography. I need to call someone at the admissions office of Antonelli College because that's a real possibility for me at this point. The chances of me affording Hallmark are slim and I need to decide what I'm doing before it's too late to do what I really want to do. So if you would, pray for that. I need a clear decision made soon, so I'm hoping it'll just hit me like a ton of bricks soon. I feel like I may know... but it's barely there. I have to act if I'll be able to finally decide. Wish me luck... =)

I've been looking into area photographers to see about second shooting a wedding. There are a few that I may be able to ask, if nothing else. This goal may be harder to meet than some of my others, but what's the point if you don't have something to really reach for, right? =)