Wow. So much has happened this year. i was thinking today while at work and immensely bored, but exuberant by the fact that my evil passive aggressive boss isn't here, and i thought ot myself, "i wonder how i have done on that little bucket list i wrote back at the beginning of the year..." And so i revisited it.
1.) be involved with some sort of fashion---either do a real fashion photography shoot, be a model of some sort, or inspire someone else in their pursuit of fashion.
I did accomplish this i realizeed. i did a photoshoot with Rachel and Christina just a few weeks ago attempting to finally use my voice and direct the shoot and trying to put the focus on the posing being semi high-fashion... I.E. i used fashion and fashion posing to inspire a shoot i did. So it wasn't a REAL fashion shoot, but for me, it was just what i needed to do to realize i don't want to do fashino photography. i want to be completely drowning in the music industry and the photography of that world.
2.) Visit Ian and his fiancee Mariah in Texas.
Not yet, but maybe next year. money is tight :)
3.) Start saving money so i don't move out when i am fifty two... :P
ya...um...next... hahaha
4.) have an art show to display/sell my photography.
I did have an art show. and i sold 1 picture. and i bet if i was in another art show i would sell more.
5.) Quit Smoking.
Done! :) i have had a few drawbacks here and there but i am DONE with cigs. win.
6.) Learn (through my pursuit of fashion, art, photography, and helping others) that my worth is found in God and no one else.
I have learned this. also through my boyfriend, Paul, i have found that i am the beautiful creature God says i am. life is beautiful.
7.) Go to at least 10 concerts. and photograph them all.
i have been to WAY WAY WAY more than 10. WAY more. Since being at New Alliance (the studio Paul interns at), i have seen more shows than i can count. and photographed them all.
8.) Take 1 or 2 more photo classes.
Took a photoshop class... i didn't say i had to pass them too...hahahaha
9.) Make my own website and get actual business cards, so i can sell my stuff online.
my own website? no. my own business cards that kick ass??? YES.
10.) Get a job/internship with a photographer/studio.
Not yet, but i am getting HUGE connections at New Alliance!>
11.) Get another Tattoo representing what i have been through in the last year, and the hope God offers.
Not yet. This will have to be in the next couple of years :)
12.) Go on a road trip to Manhattan. Maybe with a few other chicks. :)
Again, not yet, but this needs to happen this year. if not, next year :)
13.) Work on a plan to get me back on track to go back to college--for fashion photography.
This has actually changed for me. i do have a plan. to get a job that doesn't suck my soul out slowly until i feel dead, to then make and save money, to go back to school (North Shore) to take a couple classes, and then eventually, possibly go to a photo school. if not, work on networking etc. at New Alliance, because i don't want to get into Fashion Photography anymore. i want to get into the Music Industry and photograph bands :)
realizing all of this has been HUGE for me. accomplishing most of my list has given me a huge confidence boost too! i am so thankful for everyone who is in my life right now, especially Paul, whom i love with all my heart. Rachel and Julie and Christina too--i don't know what i would do, or where iw ould be right now, without the three of you. :) love you guys!!!!
