Life has been strange as usual, just how I like it. I've been learning a ton about myself and others I've recently met. Good and bad things, but definetly things I needed to learn in my coming of age. The things I want for the future are starting to define themselves through all my confusion. Time, you genius. Wow, it's been a while since i actually wrote in here. I've been a busy kid but now tennis season is over so I'm hoping to start writing a little more. I'll start with... TODAY was the first day of my photography apprenticeship. Met some very cool people. Learned so much that I didn't know about a camera. Got an assignment on line, texture, and pattern. I'm insanely excited to begin, as if I'm not already obsessed with photography-- now i have a freaking motive! Afterwards, I found some Baldwin kids and I went out to eat with carly, christie, and amy then went jamming to oldies. Good to see them girls. Mom gave me all her old photography equipment. An old Pentax with a bajillion little gadgets. Just one of the many examples: a certain lense that turns light into that starry image. It's awesome. I don't see myself doing much digital photography anymore-- this traditional stuff is amazing. Plus, I have free access to the darkrooms at PFM until my apprenticeship ends. Does it get any better?!?! =) Tonight I'm going my big sister Nay's apartment with my other sisters. I can't wait. It should be a good night. All of us haven't hung out in a while. I love my family. I realized that they are my best friends, which is a good deal. Sisters and best friends. Most don't have that. I don't know what I'm gonna do if I go away for college. Being without them will be a whole new world. I don't like to think about that reality. --- The conveinient timing of love. It leaves you feeling lonely for just the right amount of time so that when love does come around-- oh man, it feels so good to have that feeling. It's that balance deal again. Gotta feel bad to understand why the good feels good.