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98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your journal.
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Sorry I have to make an entry like this but I do. My day sucks so much so far today...all the good that has happened to me today means nothing to everything else that has happened. I just want to go back to my dorm and sleep for the rest of the day, week, semester...I hate today...make it end...thats all. Sorry I had to make this entry...I will talk to you all later. <3<3<3
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| Kids being kids |
[04 May 2004|10:04am] |
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Take pictures of kids being kids. You dont have to set them up for a good picture just be patient...comment if you agree of disagree. Or comment if you just like the photo. <3
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[29 Apr 2004|02:35pm] |
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Wow it has been a while since I have written in this thing so lets see if I can remember how to do it...well lets see right now i am sooooo tired and I am sick and I have a head ache. Not fun...I am all messed up the right side of my body hurts bc I think I hurt my right shoulder from moving yearbooks the last 3 days...there were so many of them and we still have so many of them left. Here is what I think, we ordered 3500, we sold about 2500, and passed out prolly around 1000 leaving 2500 to move from the truck where we distributed the books from into Kedzie hall in 3 different rooms. Each books weighs 8 pounds and each box holds 8 books making each case 64 pounds to move and store all over Kedzie. Yea that was a lot and now I am all sore from doing that. Anyway that is that. I had to work the desk last night because Kelly is in Wyoming for a photo workshop, that is kinda why I am tired too. Anyway...a few entries ago I posted about the psycho former photo editor, well I think I said he got 2 weeks off paid leave, well the other day (yesterday I think) he went in to talk to Ron sometime during the day and told Ron he was transferring to University of Oklahoma...so I was like YAY...I am safe at work now...so we were all happy to hear that. Also we got our yearbooks last week and I think it is a great book...I loooooooove the photography and the first time I looked in it I was like "wow" there is my pic in the Royal Purple yearbook, the same book I looked through manymany times in hs and now someone will look at my pics in this same book and say the same thing I did. So I was happy with that, but I hate the design, but I can only do sooo much and I would rather focus on making great photos because no one really notices how everything is designed on the page they all look at the photos. Today is Gisselle's bday so if you read this Gisselle HAPPY BIRTHDAY...and if you are not Gisselle but you know who she is then be sure to wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY... G&P. I dont know what else to say in this post...so I am going to sit here and babble on like I always do...well I think I will post pics bc I know everyone likes to see pics...
"To take photographs is to hold one's breath when all faculties converge in the face of fleeting reality. It is at that moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy." —Henri Cartier Bresson
There are some pics i have taken since the last time I posted...you can call them the photos of the week I guess bc I am too lazy to keep my photo of the day going so yea I hope you all enjoy those pics and feel free to comment about my pics...positive or negative bc I know I am not perfect and I want to hear what others think.
Also incase anyone cares I will put together a show with my best photos from my first year here I will have that to show if anyone would like to see...I know Marisa does so if there is anyone else please let me know and I can arrange that for some time next month when i am there.
Here is a little song to sum up how I feel...
The lonely days i spend away from you
Sometimes seem like they will never end
But then i picture the glow of your smiling face
And i can make it through the lonely days
And nights until i'm
Home
With you
Where we
Can see
And feel
Our love
Together again
My friend
The lonely nights i spend away from you
Are filled with memories of your dancing eyes
I feel i can make it through another day
Knowing that you'll be waiting to kiss me
Tenderly when i get
Home
With you
Where we
Can see
And feel
Our love
Together again
My friend
Together again
My friend
Together again
My friend
Together again
Together again
My friend
I love you <3<3<3 3 weeks from today :-D
There it is I hope this entry is long enough and I hope I am ok now bc I havent posted in a long time. If anyone is dying to see me...IM me and you can view my webcam...XSirFLASHalotX
P.S. (this is for Amanda...Jess DONT read) As I leaned over the side of my bed my stomach began to turn and the burning in my throat...fast forward 5 mins...not I am throwing away my trash with mt strawberry dessert in it...lol there you go Amanda that is what I told you I was going to write and Jessica I told you not to read this part, but you prolly did...sorry but I warned you...lol ok I am done...<3<3<3
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someone needs to update, someone needs to update.
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| Cool Photo |
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All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.
Frank Sinatra
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| Photo of the day |
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I thought this was a funny pic so I decided to post it...tell me what you think...<3<3<3
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| Psycho Photo Editor |
[13 Apr 2004|01:28pm] |
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OMG I was sooooooo scared last night...our Collegian photo editor lost it...he make suicide threats and threats to the staff making references to Columbine and yea not fun. I was scared. It all started at the photo meeting, there were things we as photogs werent happy with (quantity of photos rather that quality) so we told him about it when we critiqued the paper...well he seemed ok at the time, but while I was gone at a study session, he lost it. I guess Katie (EIC of Collegian and one-time gf of Zach) called him bc she wanted some photo stuff and he wasnt around so while they were on the phone he was on his way home and he was saying "I am going to run my car into the next thing I see, to kill myself" "Look what that (the paper) has done to me." "It was stuff like this that made Columbine happen." Then he went onto make more threats to Katie and the entire staff who was there. Then he came back with his guitar and I walked in when him and Katie were arguing in the photo room and I thought nothing of it, I went over to the RP and talked with whoever was there until the arguing was over then I came back and Katie, who was very upset, tapped my shoulder as she walked out...me being my slow self didnt know why she tapped me so I just sat there in the same room with Zach bc I didnt know what was going on. Anyway after a few mins in there I didnt hear anyone in the newsroom and I thought that was kinda weird so I started to walk to production where Katie and Sarah were and they told me to go over to the Union (across the street) for my safety bc he "lost it" so I was like ummm ok whats going on and they said go. So I went to the union and thats where everyone from the news staff was and I said "I am not going to leave Katie and Sarah in theere with him" so I went back and when I got back Ron (our adviser) and 2 campus cops walked in and they took my info and Katies and Sarahs and then they sat in the photo room talking to him for almost 3 hours. Well when the three hours were over they told him to get out of the newsroom and go home so he did and I was in the hall on his way out and he said something that really scared me...he said "I told them what they wanted to hear, I put on a face so they would think everything was ok." That scared me and like I told everyone, I wonder what he did after he left...no one will ever know, he could be plotting a way to kill us all, or he could have gone to sleep...no one knows...so yea now he is sending e-mails, I think he still thinks he is photo editor...but there is a meeting at 2, him and the adviser and he is going to be fired then so who knows what is going to happen then. But Jeanel wants some of us to be there in case Ron and Katie want to talk to us. So I was going to try and stay clear of that place, but I guess I have to go...so I will ttyl...see college is soooo much fun...I want this semester to be over...<3
wow that turned out to be a long entry...ok I am done.
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| My trip to SD |
[05 Apr 2004|10:08pm] |
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Well i just got back about an hour ago and I went onto check my mail and do all that and I think I will feel a little left out if I didnt make a post about SD bc we all know I was there too...lol. Lets see...I was in SD a full 24 hours B4 everyone else and that was hell bc I was so close, yet soo far. So I had to wait. Then finally on Thursday I spent the entire day in old town for the Maestro Project thing and I got text messages like every 5 mins from Jessica so I was so excited...finally that ended and I had to go searching through the mall for Jessica and all the other Downey ppl and I had no idea where I was looking then finally Jess walked out of the Apple store and said "Hey" and I walked over to her and gave her the biggest hug and I just held her...something I havent done since Jan. So yea I did all that then we left...Jess and I and we went back to where I was supposed to be...working. And she met everyone well almost...some were ok to her and others were...yea haha. And yea...I cant remember much from the rest of that night...but I know I think I made it back to my room about 3am and that was early...lol then Friday I got to see my parents that was nice. I still wish I could have spent more time with them, but I didnt and I will see them when I go home...in 44.15 days... and yea another late night...watching movies and yea watching movies...good movies...hehehe. Then on Sat we had awards...no pacemaker...I am still trying to figure out what went wrong there...but like I said I am happy with the book and I know I worked my butt off and there is nothing I could have done to change that outcome. But we did win best of show...so in a way we are the best book in the country...I think we are anyway...pacemaker or not...thanks everyone who helped last year...those of you who read this. Then we went to dinner that night with the staff and for the most part it was sad bc I knew that was the last night I would spend with Jessica and everyone else. After dinner we decided we were going to "let out some anger" so we grabbed plates from the hotel and cups from the restaurant and yea we found a days back road type thing and had a little fun...that felt good. HAHA Tanya's didnt break on the first throw haha that was funny and I guess one throw wasnt enough for Amanda...she had to throw a rock too...yea that hurt...lol that wasnt a little rock that hit my leg...haha but its ok it doesnt hurt anymore. So yea another late night with Jess...I think I went back to my room about 5 that Sunday morning. I got 2 hours of sleep then went to the other awards thing and got a text message saying they were leaving in less that an hour...so I left and spent my last 30 or so minutes with Jessice..,.I am not going to lie there were tears and I was really sad to see her go...almost 44 days...then we went to Sea World...and yea that doesnt matter bc the reason I went was already gone...Thank you Jessica for everything and thanks Amanda Jenn Tanya and Matt...it was fun hanging out and all that...yea...here is how I would have rather told the story of my week...so I will let my photos do the rest of the talking...take care everyone...<3<3<3
There is my San Diego
I love you...<3<3<3 almost 44
Feels like i'm standing in a timeless dream
Of light mists, of pale amber rose
Feels like i'm lost in a deep cloud of heavenly scent
Touching, discovering you
Those days of warm rain come rushing back to me
Miles of windless summer nights
Secret moments shared within the heat of the afternoon
Out of the stilness, soft spoken words
(say it, say it again)
I love you always forever
Near or far, closer together
Everywhere i will be with you
Everything i will do for you
You've got the most unbelievable blue eyes i've ever seen
You've got me almost melting away
As we lay there
Under a blue sky with pure white stars
Exotic sweetness, a magical time
(say it, say it again)
Say you'll love and love me forever
Never stop, never whatever
Near and far and always everywhere and every(thing
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Here is my photo of the day for today...I dont know what day it is but yea there it is.
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| Photo Story in Salina Kansas |
[27 Mar 2004|06:50am] |
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Well as most of you might already know, I spent my spring break in Salina, Kansas where I shot a photo story. Here is my final edit, captions and story. I hope you all like it.
Donald Axson prays at the twelfth station of The Stations of the Cross walk through at the Christ Cathedral on South 8th Street Wednesday morning March 24. Visiting The Stations of the Cross is something Axson does twice a year. "God brought me to this little bitty city for whatever reason, now I need to be faithful to him and see what he has for me here." Axson said.
While in the bedroom of his basement apartment, Donald Axson looks out his window up the fire escape. Axson took out a one year lease on his apartment and moved in the first part of April.
Donald Axson takes the sheets from his bed at the Salina Rescue Mission Friday morning following a 6 a.m. wake-up call. All the clients had to get up at six and do their daily chores. “It is never good when someone has to go to a mission, but it is the beginning of an end, the beginning to something better," Axson said. "You use the mission, God can bless you through that mission.”
Donald Axson and Emmaly Reed share a laugh Monday afternoon March 22 in the dining area of the Salina Rescue Mission. Reed visited the mission for dinner during the week.
Donald Axson prays with Vince and Gayle Pfannenstiel before dinner Tuesday night March 23. Through their church, Axson has become good friends with the Pfannenstiel family.
Donald Axson looks through donated clothes in a second floor clothing room in the Salina Rescue Mission Thursday evening March 25. Clients of the mission had a chance to look for clothes every Thursday night.
At 8:45 on a Wednesday morning in March, Donald Axson, 48, opened the door to his future, a one-bedroom basement apartment on Bond Street in central Salina. Axson had spent most of the last three years living in the Salina Rescue Mission.
After splitting with his wife, he moved here from Charlotte, N.C. in 2000 because his friend Scott McDaniel moved here to work at the Salina mission and he wanted to be near his friend.
“My pastor back home (in North Carolina) told me that Scott McDaniel was program director at Salina,” he said. “I knew Scott well enough to know if Scott was involved, then it was Christ-centered.”
Axson, who said he was addicted to drugs, was employed only intermittently until 2002 when he had two heart attacks. He convinced his wife to move here after the heart attacks, but she soon died of a drug overdose. Subsequently, he had two more heart attacks.
His wife’s death was a turning point. Axson looked to the mission for shelter and his church for spiritual guidance.
“After her death, I went through a lot of guilt and struggled with coming to grips of moving her out here and her passing away,” he said. “The only thing that I can find any solace in, in my wife’s death, is for me to live a clean life and respect her.
“Maybe God meant for me to seek his direction alone,” he said. “I don’t think he killed her; she killed herself.”
Axson said he couldn’t have survived without his faith in God. After the death of his wife, he turned to his pastor, Kirk Stricker, at Bel Air Southern Baptist Church in Salina for help.
“Following her death there was a lot of counseling, but mostly it was two guys trying to get through a difficult time with the help of God,” Stricker said.
Axson has met and become close friends with church members. Vince Pfannenstiel has become one of Axson’s closest friends, a friendship that started at church, but has grown closer outside the church. Axson spends many afternoons at the Pfannenstiel house often plays with their children.
“I am so blessed with these people in my life,” Axson said. “God has done that for me.”
After long evenings praying and days consulting Pfannenstiel, Stricker and McDaniel, Axson finally decided to leave the mission and move into an apartment.
“It’s not just moving from the mission to the apartment, it’s from the lifestyle he used to have to a whole new life, that life is in Christ,” Pfannenstiel said.
Money for rent and food will be tight. Axson gets some state assistance and food stamps.
“I finally decided I am going to trust God,” Axson said. “He didn’t get me this far to drop me off.”
There are my photos, story and captions. Please post comments telling me what you think and if you have any questions about the guy or what else I did then feel free to ask me about it.
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| SD is almost here |
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Hey its me again my story is almost done, it is looking good. This project is almost over and San Diego is almost here YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY that is all I have for now...I have to get ready for dinner then my night in the homeless shelter. ttyl <3<3<3
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