They had these cozy chairs at the Starbucks by my bank. They do not have these cozy chairs at my usual Starbucks, which I am sad about.
Current Mood: 
hungry
hungryCurrent Music: Fistful Of Steel - Rage Against The Machine
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Adventures in the Life of a Grad Student
09 July 2009 @ 09:12 am
They had these cozy chairs at the Starbucks by my bank. They do not have these cozy chairs at my usual Starbucks, which I am sad about.
08 July 2009 @ 08:25 pm
I thought this might be cool while I was taking pictures. Now I'm not so sure. But I don't have any backup shots for the day. Well, I have more shots like this one, but that doesn't really solve my problem.
Current Mood: 
happy
happyCurrent Music: #384: Fall Guy - Chicago Public Radio
08 July 2009 @ 10:34 am
Nine months down, three to go! Given how behind I was and how many days I felt exhausted and uninspired, I'm really quite pleased with June.
Current Mood: hungry
hungry08 July 2009 @ 10:25 am
Usually, my kitties are nice models, but on this day they were resentful and twitchy. This was actually the only decent photo I took of either of them.
Current Mood: hungry
hungryCurrent Music: The End - The Beatles
08 July 2009 @ 10:05 am
I actually really love red and green together, but it's a bit tricky to find ways to combine them that don't scream "CHRISTMAS!" Because that's totally not what I'm going for, generally.
Current Mood: 
awake
awakeCurrent Music: I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles
07 July 2009 @ 06:44 pm
"Pianos are such noble instruments - they're either upright or grand."
~Author Unknown
Current Mood: happy
happyCurrent Music: The Execution Of All Things - Rilo Kiley
07 July 2009 @ 12:29 pm
07 July 2009 @ 12:00 pm
A couple of glasses of wine really can make it harder to take photos. I don't like any of the pictures I took that night.
Current Mood: 
bored
bored06 July 2009 @ 08:57 pm
Having a quick snack at Jason's Deli before going to Cory's parents' house to swim and have more food.
Current Mood: 
sleepy
sleepy06 July 2009 @ 08:23 pm
"You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul."
~George Bernard Shaw
Current Mood: 
tired
tired06 July 2009 @ 06:33 pm
“Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.”
~W. Eugene Smith
Current Mood: 
busy
busy06 July 2009 @ 05:11 pm
Cory and I drove out to Fort Worth to see some art at the Community Arts Center and I had to stop on the way back to photograph this building. I have no idea what it is. Every sign I saw on the outside simply referred to "the Company" and never to its actual name or what it did. That actually made me kind of nervous.
Current Mood: 
silly
sillyCurrent Music: Radiation Blues - Luke Temple
06 July 2009 @ 03:02 pm
Cory and I spent some time at Starbucks reading, playing games, and using the internet (since his internet was down). I've spent way more time in Starbucks since I started dating Cory than I ever expected to.
Current Mood: busy
busyCurrent Music: Only Skin - Joanna Newsom
06 July 2009 @ 01:14 pm
Driving home with Cory in Dallas. This was taken as we were stopped at a light near Abrams and Royal, I think.
Current Mood: busy
busyCurrent Music: Selfless, Cold, and Composed - Ben Folds Five
06 July 2009 @ 10:37 am
Gracie prepares to attack Sophie.
Sophie prepares to defend her position.
Sophie prepares to defend her position.
Current Mood: distracted
Current Music: The Bank and Trust (Album) - The Elected
01 July 2009 @ 09:34 pm
This is my brother's cello. I really love the cello. It's just such a beautiful instrument (in appearance and sound). I'd love to learn how to play. I had fun playing with this one.
( More cello and some bonus trumpet. )
Current Mood: sleepy
sleepy01 July 2009 @ 04:31 pm
Faced with a stack of American literature exams to grade, I turn to photography. I hate grading. I love teaching, but I dread grading exams and essays every semester. The thing is, it is almost never as hard as I feel like it's going to be, but I can't get over that feeling of dread. I just can't come up with a workable and ethical way to teach literature or writing that will allow me not to grade anything.
( Another photo of exams and a rare self-portrait. )
Current Mood: tired
tiredCurrent Music: Starting Again - Ryan Montbleau
01 July 2009 @ 03:22 pm
It is surprisingly difficult to take a photo through a peephole.
Current Mood: sleepy
sleepyCurrent Music: Foolish Love - Rufus Wainwright
01 July 2009 @ 02:08 pm
There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.~Cesar Chavez
Current Mood: sleepy
sleepyCurrent Music: Mykonos (Album) - Fleet Foxes
30 June 2009 @ 08:56 pm
The only miracle we can perform is to go on living, said the woman, to preserve the fragility of life from day to day, as if it were blind and did not know where to go, and perhaps it is like that, perhaps it really does not know, it placed itself in our hands, after giving us intelligence, and this is what we have made of it.~Jose Saramago, Blindness
Current Mood: tired
tiredCurrent Music: These Old Bones - Dolly Parton