Yes, I know this picture is really dark, deal with it:) It is a bright necklace I made, and thought It might be around for a while before someone could really open their eyes and appreciate the funky contrasty nature of it, but I was happy to be wrong- I sold it right after I made it….I didnt get the picture of the earrings- they were cute.
Anyway…
Cypress College held a free photo expo and I went. I attended Cypress for some of my general Ed. classess back in the day, it is a beautiful school. What I remember the most from there is my Sex Ed class, I dont remember the exact name of the course but it was taught by a groovy couple… Full of great important information, never boring and an easy A 
I wonder if they still teach there? Anyway I miss those days of going to school, (sometimes) I miss it I should say. Do you ever have that dream where your still in high school or college and you still have that big test that you need to pass or you wont graduate? Then you wake up and your SOOO happy it was just a dream and that you finished school a long time ago:) I know I’m not the only one who dreams this, I think it is an embedded horror in my brain from stressful projects and deadlines. I remember the class that stressed me out the most was one of my photo classes, I wanted to do so well….. One project brought me to tears….and It takes alot for me to cry (most of the time) I have moments when Im watching a commercial or the news and I’ll cry. It was probably because I had other projects due at the same time but I was pretty stressed out about it, more than any other test or project I can remember. I lived:)
All these years later I wish I would have just stuck with photography…. but I have creative A.D.D. I like to try everything, I want to learn about it, then I focus on it, then do it well, and then something else catches my attention and I want to try that…. It never ends, I can’t help it. Photography and I first fell in love probably when I was a kid, (and yes, it fell in love with me too…) I’d say adolescense, when I was really into my friends- that is where my photo album collections really started. I always took pictures back then, I knew I would appreciate them when I got older and I was so smart back then because I was right- I DO love all my old photo albums- my time machines:) ….It continued and I took my first class in High School….My teacher was very “eccentric” and crazy and I liked him for it. Throughout community college and then when I transfered I took more classes ( all film) and I always had my camera. Now I am back , I want to learn all there is to know about digital. I love the instant gratification with digital, it’s great for my A.D.D…..It has my attention and full focus, we have been on again, off again but we are sooo on again and the sparks are flying;)
Which reminds me, speaking of my high school photo teacher, while at the expo waiting around I met the new photo teacher at my old high school, she replaced my crazy photo teacher, AND my little brother is in her first period! Crazy! She was very sweet and she was there encouraging a former student to pursue photography. How nice right? I wish I would have had that kind of encouragement and guidance back then…
All in all it was a great day, I heard Dane Sanders speak on Standing out from the crowd, his style was different and a nice change of pace… He made it more of a conversation, of course I didn’t really say anything but I enjoyed it, I got his book that I will start tomorrow. I decided to go watch J* again, I just think the girl is a phenom…..her story is mind blowing, very inspiring that she has only been in the game for 4 years and shes at the top of it! She said some things I didn’t remember from wppi one being that she thought she was far better at marketing than she was at photography. Interesting- she did get a degree in business and she has clearly marketed herself brilliantly… She has the strong business mind set that a lot of artists lack. Like someone I know I’m working on it… J* just had a big birthday…. I gave her a pair of little turqoise earrings I made. I notice a girls accessories and I love giving ppl who like jewelry my jewelry… hope she wears em:) I’m thinking of giving someone who reads this a free pair for fun… Want to play??? I’ll post a picture of a pair of earrings I want to giveaway and see if anyone wants them…..
This brings me to MY birthday that is quickly approaching… I am having a big birthday too- they’re always big! Except last year because I was planning the wedding which was 3 weeks after my bday. Actaully last year was still very cool, we went to San Francisco and spent one day in Napa with our friends and my sister of course because I have shared every birthday with her since I was born…I’ll explain that later but no, we are not twins. So It’s peak birthday season in my world… one today- one tomorrow- one next weekend…My moms big one on Cinco De Mayo, then Me, my sister, my sister in law, mother in law, cousin who has the same exact bday as me, a couple little cousins and a couple friends! Damm thats alot of birthdays! Whoa… not to mention mothers day, a wedding, and memorial weekend…busy month- but May is always beautiful. I love May it is the epitomy of spring and you start to feel summer coming. Let’s get through April first though…
And here is Lima in one of his favorite spots infront of the front door, enjoying the sun:) …notice the sock- that was stolen from mini….shes the sock bandit:) and yes that crazy sock belongs to me.
