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film and weekend

nobody@vox.com(N. Beck) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:59:23 -0500

So, I've done taken my first roll of film in awhile, and I feel good about the results. I like being able to hold them and see them. I've posted some on my flickr. Here's one:

School has been getting rather busy, but I've been productive this weekend so I feel prepared for the coming week. I just have to make it to Thursday and I'll be all good. Two tests -- one tuesday, one wednesday, a paper due tomorrow and a spanish composition due wednesday. Paper and composition complete. All homework (thus far) complete. I'm going to spend the rest of this evening studying, showering, shaving and eating.

Weekend was really good -- was social on Friday and went to a party. It was a lot of fun seeing people and meeting people and dancing (I haven't danced in so long). Went swimming on Saturday, which was really great. I love how relaxing and exhausting swimming can be -- I also like the tiny bubbles one makes as they thrash (or glide, if you're more graceful -- not me, ha!) through the water. Saturday night went out to eat for ze maaan's birthday, which was really great. Good food, good company. Mmm. So yeah, this weekend gets an A!

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get get get.

nobody@vox.com(N. Beck) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:56:31 -0500

I'm trying to take photos with a film camera and see how that goes. I like the fact that I'll have to wait to see the results and not be instantly gratified as I would be with a digital camera. It's sunny outside and cold and I'm so excited.

Holla'.

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I only have ten minutes.

nobody@vox.com(N. Beck) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:24:24 -0500

From March 18, 2008.

Yesterday it was really rainy. I was sitting in one of the academic buildings (VH) waiting for my class to open up. It was interesting to watch as people passed from inside to outside how they unfurled their umbrellas -- some with a flourish, some stiffly, some extended the telescope early, eager to snap the cloth into place, while others waited until the last moment -- as the doors swung shut and they were out -- to snap up their erect, blooming canopy. The sounds of all these snappings and shakings, and all the colors, were just breathtaking. I can still hear the sounds. I love the umbrella -- I love how sheltered it makes you feel as you head out into the drizzle, the downpour. I always think about those photos of people in cities with their umbrellas buttressing against one another. How beautiful that is, and how safe.

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