Project 365 // Photo 13

Vic again!  He was standing right next to where I was sitting!

Project 365 // Photo 12

This fails.  It's so blurry :( But it's Vic Mignogna!

Project 365 // Photo 11

Graveyard.  That's not morbid at all, I know.

Project 365 // Photo 10

Tigger <3

Project 365 // Photo 9

Among the fallen soldiers.  RIP.

Project 365 // Photo 8

Oh I like this one.

Project 365 // Photo 7

The flash was the only lighting.  Night is a great time to take pictures.

Distractions, Distractions

Why am I so easily distracted??  I have an ochem midterm tomorrow that I can't seem to focus on.  It just feels like there are so many better things to do.  Focus has never been my strongest suit.

Distraction #1:  Photography.  I took a walk around my neighborhood, snapping pictures as I went along.  A crow was following me for about fifteen minutes.  That was pretty odd.  But I did see some great stuff to take pictures of - I didn't photograph everything because I thought I might as well leave some for another time.

Distraction #2:  Yuri.  I just found out what this is.  Apparently yuri is lesbian anime/manga.  Who knew?  I saw the name of a cute-sounding anime:  Strawberry Panic.  I looked it up on Wikipedia and found out it's yuri.  I started watching it regardless because I just wanted to see how they handled this whole girl-girl relationship thing.  In my opinion, though, it seems like the girls who are the same age want to find a best friend and the younger girls want to find an older sister figure.  It doesn't really seem like romantic love to me.  But that's just what I think.  So after this, I've decided I'm not a yuri fan.

Distraction #3:  Internet.  There's so much to do!  Catch up on the news, Perez Hilton, FML, Overheard in New York, etc.  It isn't my fault.  Okay, fine, maybe it is.  Unfortunately Google Reader makes procrastination so much easier.

Distraction #4:  Manga.  I bought Fruits Basket volumes 21 and 22 (yay!!) at Borders and Barnes and Noble respectively (I had coupons for a certain percentage off on one item from both stores).  Volume 22 came with a "Shoujo Sampler," which basically meant it had a chapter from a few more Tokyopop Shoujo mangas.  I only read the included chapter for the first manga - Maid-sama!.  Oh...My...God... so addictive.  I immediately jumped online and started drinking it up.  So good.  I'm thinking of buying all these volumes too.  I also read the sample for Ng Life which seems hilarious.  The only good thing is I haven't started to read Fruits Basket Volume 12 yet because I know that would definitely distract me.  Then again, that might just be a case of delayed gratification.  In fact, it probably is.  P.S. Princess Ai is not as good as Tokyopop makes it out to be.  Sorry, Courtney Love.

Distraction #5:  Story.  All these amazing manga stories make my creative juices flow.  I want to write Chapter 9 so badly.  I also got an idea for another story that I'm excited to start writing.  Basically, including my current one, I have either three or four projects lined up - four if I decided to write the sequel to this one (which I'm leaning towards doing).

Project 365 // Photo 6

A budding rose nestled between rosebuds.  I had a lot of fun taking pictures yesterday.  I think I picked a good time of day too, so I like how this one turned out.

Chocoflop and Seashore

Ah! I haven't done any work at all today because I've been messing around with photography stuff.  I've been experimenting with two photo editing softwares - Chocoflop and Seashore.  I've been having way too much fun with this.  This is one of the pictures I edited.  The original is here.  It's crazy what texture and a little contrast can do!

I'm really enjoying Project 365, though, I must say.  I hope I can actually keep it up for 365 days!!

Edit:  The edited photos are here.

Project 365 // Photo 5

Beauty is ephemeral.

Some pictures I took before starting Project 365 can be seen here.

Project 365 // Photo 4

This is a baby elephant sitting on my mantle.  I took a picture of the mommy too.

Project 365 // Photo 3

This is the sunburst mirror in my family room.  Taken at night without flash.

All the pictures that didn't make the "cut" are here.

Project 365 // Photo 2

This is a rose in front of my house.  I absolutely love these pink and yellow roses.

Project 365 // Photo 1

I got this flyer in the mail.  Basically the best McDonald's flyer EVER.

Project 365

Project 365 is basically a project in which you take one picture every single day for...365 days.  I had decided a while back to do it, but I never got around to it.  But now I decided hat I really do want to do it.  Better late then never, right?