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November 13, 2006
Less is Less
It seems like the more I have to do, the more I get done. For example, when I was in my last semester of college, I took 19 credit hours and worked about 30-35 hours a week at The Body Shop. I was never particularly stressed out and always managed to get stuff done on time. Fast forward a bunch of years... Now that I am done with writtens, and only have to be on campus two days a week (and not even that, really) I feel like I am getting nothing done. There has been a sort of anti-climactic "so there isn't anything else to cram for?" period during which I have done things like drive around for an hour and a half looking for a shoe outlet that doesn't exist or wander dazedly around the fabric store or read mediocre novels. Thus, I have very little to do right now and it means that I am getting even less done. Go figure.
I did manage to make a dress, but it is a sort of silly costume dress that I made for no particular reason except that purple velvet seemed really really cool at the time. I'll post a pic soon. Most of my future projects are also somewhat whimsical costume-y things that might just end up being overgrown nightgowns. Well, at least they will be more interesting than my usual camisole and boxers...
I have also been trying really hard to write that novel. I got a late start so I am only somewhere in the vicinity of 9000 words. I would love to keep a 2000 a day schedule, but it is really hard. Also, I seem to write better at night, so I have been drinking caffeinated beverages wayyyy later that I should, which means I sleep in very late and thus the cycle beings anew!
In a last-ditch effort to do something constructive today, I got out the ol' manual camera and shot some slides. I used the "flip the lens around to get really really closeup shots" trick. Damn, I love that trick. Sure beats buying a bazillion dollar macro! I will have them processed soon. It was really great to use one of my "real" cameras again. I was a little worried that I would forget everything, but it seems to come back. Digital certainly has its place, but there is something very special about the experience of film: winding onto the bobbin, hearing it creak. My digital camera makes fake "shutter" noises, a trait that I have always found rather amusing. It was nice to hear the real thing and connect to it again. I think I will get digital versions of the slides too, if its not too expensive. Hopefully they will be worth sharing with you...
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Posted by loyd0008 at November 13, 2006 04:39 PM