Welcome to my long, long overdue blog of updates and general awesomeness.
I haven't blogged in 16 days for a variety of reasons, but I'm here now and that's the main thing.
I feel rather terrible for missing two TiLTs in a row! I did email the one from two weeks ago (TiLT number 18) to Jd and Rach, but thursday last week I was away on PHOTOGRAPHY CAMP AT LENNOX HEADS and didn't have access to a computer until I got home on friday afternoon, so I just kind of never wrote one for last week. Nevertheless, I've written one for today!
Here's what I'm loving this thursday:
- My ever expanding camera collection! Mum gave me two hand-me-down cameras earlier this week, one from the early 1900's and one from the 1950's, they're both ah-mazing! These two plus my new action sampler bring my collection to a grand total of 9 cameras! And Matt's got me a three lense film one from Ebay for a late birthday present, and I am going to buy a Fujifilm Instax when (or if?!) I get my K-Rudd money! Wooo! I'm obsesseddddddd.
- Getting compliments on my hair! If I had $1 for every time some one had asked me "Do you curl your hair like that every morning?" or "Where do you get your hair dyed like that?" I would be a zillionare. OH MAN, I'M NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING, IT'S ALMOST SCARY. I've been getting them hardcore over the last two weeks. At photography camp almost every single person I talked to complimented on my hair - the curls, the colour, the cut or all three. I had oodles of randoms at camp coming up to me just to tell me they liked my hair. IT WAS NUTS. Also, I've had randoms in the real world outside camp also complimenting me on my hair, alot. Like, it's really strange! People from camp, people I don't even know, friends' mums, friends from uni, friends not from uni, even when I was handing out resumes people complimented me on my hair at three of the places I went into! I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE SUDDEN INFLUX OF LOVE FOR MY HAIR, IT'S WEIRD BUT ALSO KIND OF NICE. THANKS JADE FOR BLEACHING IT, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS LIKE 4 OR 6 WEEKS AGO NOW, HAHA. Anywho.
- My new photography friends at uni, man it's nice knowing more than two people that I've made friends with in my course...- Being able to say "I'm studying photography at the Queensland College of Art". Lame, I know, but hey, I think it's pretty cool.
- Using manual focus on my DSLR. Man, it makes for some wicked rad photos! The pic of the green shoes was taken on camp, I did it usuing selective focus, pretty cool I think, but hard to tell cos I uploaded it in the smallest size possible but oh well.
- Jade. She cheered me up when I was rather down on tuesday, and she even made me a polyvore! Thanks babe.
Little photgrapher girl - by Jadeloli on Polyvore.com
And that's pretty much it. Had a rather non-happy week full of stress and exhaustion, but hey, it's friday tomorrow.
So, seeings as I've been a slack blogger, here's some things that have happened since the 10th of March when I last blogged - I'll try and put them in sequential order, so you can all be totally up to date on the last few weeks of life in the land of Lou...
- Jack and I saw Sparkadia at their last Brissy show for a while on the 13th. Oh man, it was a good night after the stress of Jack not having a ticket was resolved (he bought the last one available at the door) it was a good show. The Jezabels (did I spell that right?) were pretty cool, John Steel Singers were, as always, fabulous and Sparkadia were pretty good but did leave a bit to be desired. I thought seeings as Sparkadia won't be back in Australia for a year or more, they'd jazz things up for their last show in Brissy for a while, but they didn't really, just played a steady set, not leaving much room for talking between songs. Nevertheless they were enjoyable, even if they did lack a bit of energy, they were still pretty amazing as far as live bands go, perhaps I expected too much, I don't know. But yes a good night overall, Jackus and I had fun. Faavourite quotes from Jack from that night are: *I tie up my hair into a bun* Jack: *Looks at me for a while* "Did you... stop wearing something just then?". Other fave quote - on the train ride home at 1am, Jack whilst leaning on me: "Shut up, I need to sleep! Louises are for sleeping on!" Good times, haha.
- I went on a road trip to Maleney and Montville with Wilko on the 14th... check my facebook for pictures. It was a super fun day and nice just to not think about uni or work or anything for a few hours. Wilko and I went op shopping and scored some bargains, had lunch in Montville, coffee in Maleny and even went to the Witta cemetery for a while. Good times, good times.
- I did my last shift at NVC on the 15th. Yeah. Grrr. Sad and frustrating. Let's not go there.
- I went on Photography camp at Lake Ainsworth near Lennox Head in Northern NSW from 17th - 20th... again check my facebook for more pictures. Photography camp was MEGA awesomecore. I did about 9 workshops over the 4 days, made heaps of new photography friends and generally just had a great time. The location was beautiful too - right between Lake Ainsworth and the beach, so lovely! The workshops were super rad too, especially working with the 10 X 8 camera (which we took on the beach! It was such an odd thing to see!) and also making pinhole cameras out of every day objects and developing the prints ourselves, I'm now addicted to anything to do with a dark room. I could go on about every workshop I did, but I won't bore you. Long story short, it was awesome, I learnt lots, got to play with some wicked film and digital cameras and made some cool new friends, all the time somehow managing to avoid swimming in the pool, lake or ocean, cos I'm too cool for that. (JOKES, I just don't dig swimming that much.)
- I had Jack, Al and Rach over randomly on the 20th for dessert and a chat at 9pm, it was great. Woulda been greater if I wasn't totally exhausted from camp though, haha. Love you threeee.
- I've become very poor from a lack of employment... Jack and Alison, how do you do it?! I'm hanging out for the K-Rudd money and the payment for a photography job I did about a month ago...
- I babysat on the 21st for cash, it was good because I'm rather poor right now. Easy money. If you know anyone who has kids and needs a good babysitter, give them my number haha.
- I spent the weekend 21st - 22nd applying for jobs. I applied for 11 in total, most of which were businesses that had multiple locations/offices so I really applied for more than 11 places but yeah. I'm considering having a break from vet nursing, and working in either a pet shop or perhaps a clothes shop, just for something a bit different.
- I went back to class after photography camp this monday - 23rd - and then became completely inundated with uni work and assignments and have spent this whole week running around taking photos for my many assignments. Bleh. I also have a 1000 word modernism essay to write... should probably start that, haha.
- I bought a cheap ($12AU) film camera from ebay! It's a lomo action sampler and has 4 lenses, it's wicked rad and made of cheap plastic and I love it. I picked it up from the post office on the 24th, and I've started using it. Can't wait to see if any of the pictures are decent or not!
- I had a job interview today at Ally (it's girls/womens clothes store for those who don't know) I'll find out tomorrow if I've been short listed or not. Woo. I don't really mind either way.
I'm waiting to hear back from Pet Barn to see if I'll get an interview there for one of their stores.
- Overall things have been rather hectic and exhausting lately, trying to find a job and do uni classes and assignments whilst still managing to have a regular sleep pattern is hard. I've spent this whole week taking photos and getting them printed for uni, I want a holiday so bad! I'm drowning, so much so that Jade was actually going to buy me floaties. Yes, floaties.
So there. Now you're all up to date on the more interesting happenings of my life over the past few weeks.
Yep.
Tomorrow I'm off to uni for the fourth day this week, as per usual, then probably to the gym.. And I'm (most likely, so long as it doesn't rain) going to FINALLY painting by TSB at Chermside this weekend, all weekend. No relaxing weekend for me, just paint and (hopefully not but probably) sunburn.
Hope you're all going ok and arn't needing floaties like I am.
How is uni/school/work/life in general going for everyone?
Love from your little photographer girl,
xx
p.s I made me into a polyvore the other day... Check it :P
I have this dress in purple in real life... and I want that fisheye camera!
Blue Lou - by Louchasy on Polyvore.com
p.p.p.s DAN I MISS YOU. GET WELL SOON MATE.
p.p.p.p.s Sorry to all my regular readers for me being so so so slack. Won't (hopefully) happen again, also hello to all of you who I haven't already meantioned :)
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