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a couple things:
1. some of my photos are up on the project The Ones We Love
2. i had an opportunity to take my first college photo class next year, but instead i'm taking the quarter off. i think this is because i feel that if i take a class about photography, i won't enjoy using a camera as much as i have this year. also, i really hate how darkrooms smell.
i guess i still don't really understand what i'm interested in, and the only way i know how to get closer is to keep doing stuff while it's still fun. i don't want someone tell me what i lack or possess unless i have come closer to understanding those things for myself.
what an amazing experience. coachella 2009, was... completely new. we drove out to a desert, where there was a small town temporarily constructed with the sole purpose of playing music for nearly 3 days straight. my throat now burns, despite my efforts to keep the dust out. and wow it was hot. i didn't feel overwhelmed by it, but i can now say i've spent time in hundred degree weather, where there was nearly nothing but hot sun and desert air. my camera wasn't allowed in, so you won't ever see what it looks like. it's ok, it adds to the mystery. what you see is from joshua tree.
i have a whole lot of birthday thank you's to send out. i haven't touched email since thursday, and there were 121 unread emails when i got back.
also, i just want to say, that i'm not sure i've ever been as exhausted as i am after this weekend.
i haven't seen very much live music in my life, believe it or not. i saw so many acts; three entire days worth of live music. like what? a whole lot of rave music, which isn't usually my thing, but is awesome to go crazy to. i can remember... conor oberst, atmosphere, p.o.s., joss stone (whom i am now desperately in love with), paul mccartney, cloud cult, public enemy, gui boratto, girl talk (by far the best party i've ever been to), calexico... i can't remember all of them. i wrote them down, somewhere.
and i met a bunch of teri & dan's friends. such nice, welcoming people. by the end of the weekend we all felt like we'd been friends for years. i grew kind of fond of all of 'em.
and it feels like i'm leaving tomorrow. really, i'm leaving on wednesday morning, but i've packed up my stuff and am heading away from koreatown (and caroline's, where i've been for... a month) and heading towards the west side, so i can be closer to the airport for wednesday morning. i'm gonna try to hook up with jackie and gabi, hopefully say goodbye to kcatherine, if she can find time, and then sleep at colin's. he offered to drive me to the airport tomorrow on his way to work. such a nice guy.
i will miss some of the kids here, for sure. i'd liked to have spent more time with some of them. but i'm ready to go back, start life anew. throw out my old stuff, nestle in and make new adventures in an old place. i've been here long enough to feel like i said goodbye. i'm not being forced out; i'm ready to go this time.