I was angry.

but its fixed.

lightroom that is.

this is the end.

chels.

The Logans

so this post, I want to brag about how awesome my host family is.

I lived with them for 2 months!! 2! And they still put up with me!!

This family is the most hospitable family I've ever met, and I have come to see them as my second family! They're a beautiful family too! Tomorrow I have to say goodbye, and start my next venture in life. I will miss them dearly!

this is the end.

chels.

after two months, I finally got courage to venture into downtown for lunch.

mellow mushroom.

I'm so predictable.

pretending to be healthy, chicken caesar salad.

this is the end.

chels.

today is the second to last day of work.

I am stoked.

this is the end.

chels.

went hiking today to see triple falls.

this is the end.

chels.

updated my header, yay!

only 5 more work days at the office, and one in the field.

super pumped about having three weeks of summer.

I have to start buying textbooks...

I forgot about those...

did I mention I can't wait to go home?

also, I wish I could make videos like this: tiger in a jar

maybe on my summer break I'll give it a try.

made a bracelet, tutorial here.

this is the end.

chels.

willow the cat.

this is the end.

chels.

that pitiful fan thing is my "a/c"

this is the end.

chels.

the new "studio" at the new location.

going to be a work in progress...
attempting to put up paper, but it was SO HOT that even duct tape didn't stick without melting. put up wood beams to staple into. more photos soon.

I have been going and going...
when am I not though?

this is the end.

chels.

my internship is going really well.

I like it here a lot.

today I went to Capoeira Angola.

it's really awesome, and I am going to try to continue going to classes.

this is the end.

chels.

my internship is incredible.

I'm on location at the beach shooting...

unreal!

this is the end.

chels.

I feel like a little kid the night before the first day of kindergarten...
nervous.
excited.
don't want to sleep.

tomorrow I start my internship.

AHHHHHHH!

this is the end.
chels.

cotton candy sunset.

best part, I didn't even touch the colors, just put a vignette, because vignettes make everything cooler.

this is the end.

chels.

Well... my journey back home on Saturday was quite interesting.

I can't remember when we left school, but we got to the airport around 4:20am (hehe), and then everyone else got checked in around 5:30am. At this point I was running on no sleep for about... 48ish hours. I was delirious, needless to say.

At around 6:30am, I went up to the counter to ask if I could get an earlier flight, and the man said, "sure, let me check... once you've waited in line like everyone else!" So I trudged to the back of the line, and waited for about 45 mins. only to find out that I was in the wrong line... So I went to the correct counter, and the man who helped me was hilarious, and saved me a bunch of money, and got me on earlier flights for free to boot!

So I ran upstairs to go through security, and got on a flight to Chicago at 7:45am. I arrived at 9:45am, and was so delirious, I read the gates wrong, and went to sleep for an hour at the wrong gate. When I woke to the announcer, "now boarding for Fargo" I figured it out, and ran to the next terminal, to E7, instead of F7...

I arrived in Charolette around 2:30 and instead of waiting for a flight to Fayetteville until 11pm, my dad came to pick me up on the motorcycle. We live about three hours from Charlotte, I hadn't slept, and I was riding on the back of a motorcycle... We got home at around 7, and I ate two man sized portions of meatloaf (which I don't like, but was that hungry) and some ribs. Then I waited around till 11:20pm so that I could go pick up my luggage from the Fayetteville airport. When my sister and I got there, the plane had been delayed for about an hour, and we waited for lugged for an extra thirty minutes only to see... THEY LOST MY LUGGAGE. It's almost 1am. I haven't slept for almost 72 hours, and I am livid. We leave and decide the best thing to do at this point is to go to walmart and buy some things we need. I get home around 2am, and die.

Only to wake up at 7:45 am to drive 5 1/2 hours to West Virginia to pick up my new old car. My dad drove with me. We leave the house around 9am, and get back around 9pm. I feel so dead... I have to wake up to drop off my sister because she went on a trip, and when I get back home, I take a three hour nap, it was glorious! Today, I've been up since 8am, and have just been lounging around, waiting to go to the movies...

I leave for Asheville on Friday.

this is the end.

chels.

went to the zoo.
I go home Saturday, and I am really excited.

this is the end.

chels.

sometimes I need to be reminded:

this is the end.

chels.

this is the camera I used for this week's darkroom assignment. medium format baby.

the three photos in color I shot with my 7d for fun.

gah.

blah.

augh.

I can't wait to get home to see my family before I go to WORK.

really excited about my job this summer.

this is the end.

chels.

I'm a bit stir crazy.

I need to get out of here, but can't go anywhere.

I want to dye my hair like the photo I found.

maybe I should go shoot photos.

this is the end.

chels.

meet Caja.

Caja is a Three-Toed Box Turtle.

She is really cool.

Her name means "box" in Spanish.

this is the end.

chels.

photos.

the black and white is a photo of my first print from the darkroom.

film is awesome, I am really starting to appreciate real photography now.

it's difficult, and I cannot believe how much I have learned in one week.

first project photo shoot today.

I'll develop next week and post photos.

its been a weird, but good, and interesting week for me.

conversations I didn't think I would have I did, and they were good.

this is the end.

chels.

little quick uploads.

I will fix some more later.

all packed up for May term.

moving into the new room sometime tonight.

I look like a bum living on the street right now.

sleep is an old friend that hasn't kept in touch lately.

this is the end.

chels.

I'm sad.

I'm happy. school is over, next week are finals.

I will be done by wednesday.

I need to pack up.

I need to get rid of things.

I miss.

I am staring at the elephants hanging from my ceiling, a tear from staring at lights falls down my cheek.

this is the end.

chels.

I saw the love of my life in concert on Thursday.

William Fitzsimmons.

I was so star-struck, I could barely talk.

haha I'm such a little kid.

I haven't had a chance to edit any pictures yet.

you'll see them when I do.

William Fitzsimmons with Slow Runner, another great band.

are we not the cutest couple together?

he was really a chill guy.

went with a lot of really cool people.

needless to say, I had a great night.

this week is going to probably be one of the craziest for me.

this is the end.

chels.

pretty proud of my elephant shot.

its just been rough.

I'm ready for this friday break.

this is the end.

chels.