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A year in photos

I don't do the whole "New Years Resolution" thing. But I decided to do something close with a personal twist. I once read that the only way to get better at taking pictures was to take more pictures so that is just what I will do. Every day for the next 365 days I plan to carry my camera with me EVERYWHERE and capture something each day. But I have to set myself some ground rules. 1. I must take my pictures seriously. I'm sure some days I will be busy or tired or just plain not want to do it but… Continue

Added by JoAnn Braaten on January 1, 2010 at 9:44pm — No Comments

Title: Alyssa

How do you do past? Why have you come to my future, to haunt me you say? Oh reckless thoughts of before, oh forethoughts of regret. Now you come when the lull of silence passes. When you knew I had forgot, When you knew I had no weapon of memory to defend myself. Oh wicked enemy of time, you weaken my mind and make me dull. Now I must recover from this, not knowing what will happen next. Is this just a taste of what's to come? Have you just begun to realse your wrath of past? What more will you… Continue

Added by Morrachi on December 5, 2009 at 11:53pm — No Comments

I have returned!

So.. I'm finally back on this site after about a year lol. Hopefully another long term absence won't happen again, and I'll be posting pictures in no time. I've learned a whole lot about many things while i've been away; I've transferred to Appalachian State University, where I am a sophomore, I worked at a spa this summer, I attended the All Good Music Festival in West Virginia, and tons more. I've found myself a little and hopefully that'll show in the pictures I take. Until then, goodbye =D Continue

Added by Chadboy343 on August 29, 2009 at 12:53pm — No Comments

quitting smoking... again??? and maybe doing some ripping off???

Well here I am stuck in that boat again of smoking. I'm not gonna lie I fell of the horse in the quitting smoking thing. I told myself "eh it doesn't interest me and there's really no point." But its difficult. I've only been smoking for a couple months on and off and I know I can quit because i've done it before and it felt great. But when it comes down to it I get that temporary positive feeling when I light up. But what i fail to remember is how i felt when I was active. Before I used to be v… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on July 11, 2009 at 2:23am — No Comments

whether it be the job or whether it be my fault...

I'm not making alot of money this summer so far. Whether its my fault or my job's fault i'm not getting enough hours, it sucks. I would like to have some money so im not going from check to check. But really what upsets me the most about it is Catie is upset about it. Her ex had the same issue before with money and I guess this situation just reopened that wound. I guess i'm just upset about it because she's upset. I mean at first she was all supportive about like "it'll be okay" and stuff and I… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on June 26, 2009 at 5:14pm — No Comments

back from chasing... plus a little bit more..

Well, i'm back from storm chasing and it was a very long 10 days. 6 tornadoes were spotted... I only saw 3 but who knows lol. The chase I went on last year was awesome because there was a lot of diverse ages in the group and so the dynamics were different but a little bit of drama sprung up which was not necessary. This trip, the ages weren't to far apart I think the oldest person in the group was in their mid 20's. But some comparisons to last year... Last year we had a bit of a down day to pla… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on June 22, 2009 at 5:45pm — No Comments

Storm Chasing...

Well this has been the second year in a row that I have gone storm chasing. It's basically a ten day class in which you go out and chase storms, plain and simple. Overall the trip has been very successful and we have seen alot of good storms. And on top of that I have seen 3 tornadoes (pictures to come) but others say we've seen 5... I was not aware of the other two. Though this is my second trip, many things resemble last year and I'm starting to pick up on which may sway my decision of going a… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on June 21, 2009 at 3:27am — No Comments

update fo sho.

Well, here's another summer update. Well weather wise, its been a lil up and down with the temperatures. Weird. I've been playing X box with jan every now and then but i've been doing some other things like trying to keep up with my skating and doing some fishing. In a few days I'm gonna be doing the storm chase thing again with some old friends which is always a fun time. Other than that, there is a Blink 182 concert in August in which I wish I could go to but due to the lack of funds, I can't… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on June 9, 2009 at 5:35pm — No Comments

Summer Update

Well, summer so far has been pretty sweet. I finished up my May Term class on Thursday. We had to do presentations about a film and some people need to learn what a 10-15 minute presentation is. But luckily that's over cause that class was just aargh. Luckily I knew someone in the class so it was bearable hahaha. The content of the class wasn't so bad its just ugh... the people were just blah (minus the one person I knew). But I again, I leave for 10 days for my storm chasing trip in like a week… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on June 1, 2009 at 3:24am — No Comments

Halo.

Halo is still fun. no joke. Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on June 1, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Halo.

Well... Halo is fun... period Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on June 1, 2009 at 12:29am — No Comments

Just Thought I'd let you know...

Well im taking a bit of a break from studying for finals (sucks ass) to blog a bit. Well I'm counting the days until the semester is over and may term starts which will kinda suck cause I have to commute which is 45 minutes to an hour, and I gotta do that monday to thursday. Not to mention my class is at 8. I foresee much Coffee/Redbull consumed, ftw. Another thing I'm excited about is moving out. I mean it'll be nice at home for the summer, I can just sit on my deck with my hookah and just sip… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on May 4, 2009 at 1:32pm — No Comments

whew... almost there

well there's about a day of classes left (well for me) then its finals week and i'll be done on tuesday but i think im gonna stick around to just stick around and do a bit of partying that is much needed. but the beginning of my summer is kinda busy, I got may term starting the 11th and that goes until the 30th so that shouldn't be so bad and its only one class so that should be fun and I don't have that class on friday. sweet. Then after that I have storm chasing for ten days then after that so… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on April 29, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

my BFA Show

my BFA exhibition is TODAY! my family is coming up to see my stuff. i'm way excited. my boyfriend is staying with me for the week, and i graduate in 14 days. plus The Kentucky Derby is saturday, and that means PARTY TIME for me! Continue

Added by bobbic on April 26, 2009 at 11:05am — 1 Comment

video matching photo

Here is a video I made with my friend. It was made in correlation with my photo Personal Space check em out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOK-jxY8a4&feature=channel_page Continue

Added by Shermanator on April 25, 2009 at 4:48pm — No Comments

oh yeah!

i graduate in 19 days! i start hanging my photos in the gallery this week! im pretty excited about it all. Continue

Added by bobbic on April 20, 2009 at 9:04pm — No Comments

I can so do this...

well the semester is almost at an end and i still have much work to do. papers, papers, and much more papers to do. Luckily tomorrow my first two classes are cancelled tomorrow so I can take a big chunk out of it. But any way me and catie are doing pretty well. Well, she's going out to lunch with her ex, and i'm not gonna be the jerk to tell her who she can and can't hang out with ya know? Sure it sucks and my defensive coordinator in poker says that I should trust her and I do. All I have is he… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on April 15, 2009 at 4:54pm — No Comments

bonobo

I do not get on here often, but plan to upload many more photos with time. I hope you all enjoy, leave a comment if you choose, enjoy life, think positively, and eat food. Continue

Added by gravityletmego on April 11, 2009 at 10:41pm — No Comments

still learning.

So just because I am dating catie and we've gotten really comfortable doesn't mean I should say everything I want to. One reason I say this is because I said something offensive to her. I thought it was funny but the line between funny and offensive between people are very fine. So what do I learn from this? I need to put a brain mouth filter thing in my body so I don't say anything like that again hahaha. But other than that Easter Weekend is coming up and I'm going home tomorrow night after my… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on April 8, 2009 at 9:39am — No Comments

jumping on the tops of buildings.

I'm really not because that's a dangerous thing to do. Sorry to mislead the readers. But this blog post is about any other blog post. Girls and the Watchmen. But today is just one of those days. If Dr. Manhattan were real, i'd know how he feels. Just indifferent. When he was on Mars just standing and looking at the vastness, that is how I feel right now. I am just lost in Damien Rice, a turkey sandwich, and soup. Looking outside the window is just a sight of gray skies and clouds of breaths. May… Continue

Added by Mike Guarino on March 31, 2009 at 12:20pm — No Comments