I talked to some friends as well as my family over Thanksgiving weekend, which was really nice, and the one thing I keep getting asked is for photos… I guess I chat online about my life here and think out blog posts in my head so often that I always feel like I’ve already said what I wanted to say — except that I’ve only said it to one person or just myself. I feel like I’ve posted tons of photos of my straight permed hair or my town and my school, but I guess I really haven’t! So, since this weekend was luckily an absolutely beautiful, perfect November weather weekend, I went out with my sleek, sexy new camera and took tons of photos. Be forewarned: they’re nothing special; I wasn’t taking photos with an artistic eye, just snapping really quickly everything I looked at. There’s quite a few, too — but this is only about 1/15 of what I actually took… I guess when it comes to visual stimulation I get a little bit obsessive compulsive. I’ll take 10 or 15 pictures of a single wall or brick, or I’ll end up staring at a wooden railing for 8 or 9 minutes… it’s even worse when I look at artwork that I like. I guess that’s why I became an artist… Anyway, here you go: Continue reading →