I need to start taking pictures again. Since I've moved up here I haven't really been taking any pictures. I think there's a few reasons I haven't...
1. it's taken a little longer than i thought to settle into this city
2. i lost my digital camera (although i have a pretty good camera on my phone so that's not really an excuse)
3. i don't really have anyone who enjoys taking pictures like i did in cooperstown

Albany is a totally different atmosohere than cooperstown. i haven't found very many places that are picture worthy. probably because I haven't really been looking, that's my goal for the next week...find places to take pictures. I went to the New York State Museum on friday and saw an exhibit about the Great Depression. It was all photographs. I loved it. It was amazing how a simple picture of two people could say so much, that's what I want to be able to do. I want to be able to tell a whole story with just a photograph. If my school had a degree in photography I would be doing it, I think photography is so amazing and so magical.

Since i've moved up here people to take pictures of haven't been jumping into my life. E doesn't like having his picture taken...he doesn't like the way he looks in them. I love the way he looks in pictures, but i'd rather have pictures of him...not him posing. Those are the only pictures I get. I try to get candid photos of him, try to get his personality but he quickly hides his face making it nearly impossible to get a true photograph of him. I know they say not to try and change someone, but I'm hoping he grows out of it. I'm hoping I can help him realize the best pictures are the ones you're not posing for, the best ones are when you let your personality shine through. I have a few favorite pictures of him, they're one's he's not posing in, they show his real personality.

Precious right?

Thanksgiving is coming up...I'm having dinner with E's family, that I'm not too nervous about, they're awesome and I've met them all. I am nervous about having to cook. I'm making green bean casserole, and I'm super nervous. It will be my first time making it and I'm hoping it turns out as well as my mom's. I've decided that I'm going to make a test batch and have e try it just to make sure I can make it. Hopefully he'll be honest and tell me if it's horrible. If you recall my previous post...cooking isn't always my strong suit. So keep your fingers crossed. :)

This week is going to be a busy week for me...
-i have to clean my apartment and get it ready for a visit from mom
-do the 100 pounds of laundry i've been putting off
-finish a research paper by thursday
-catch up on my reading that i've been putting off for two weeks
-hopefully start some christmas shopping
-make a test batch of green bean casserole
-find a job

and then next week...my birthday and thanksgiving and then christmas is a month away :)
can't wait.

peace&love