The past few weeks have been busy to say the least. Since the trip to Canada it's back to the routine, Monday work 8-6. Tuesday class 1030-5. Wednesday, the killer, work 8-6, class 6-10. Thursday class 1030-4. Friday work 8-7. Any "free time" on weekdays is generally spent working on papers/projects for school and weekends I just try to get enough sleep to make it through the next week. I love my job and I like my classes, but through all this its difficult to find time to see my friends and not lose my mind, and both of these things will get increasingly difficult with more projects and papers and tax season at work all coming up this next month. SO this weekend, with the first 2 consecutive days of 60+ degree weather I pushed all this nonsense aside and just enjoyed God's beautiful earth. Yesterday I went to the zoo and visited some aminals, and today I checked out a new church with Kate, and before riding around aimlessly in the sunshine I ordered a new bike frame, which while exciting to me, would bum Brian Anderson way out.
One thing weighing heavily on me this semester is the workload from my Studio Lighting 2 class. At least 3 significant projects still lie ahead this next month for this class alone. My midterm was the cause of this face, but it finally got done and while I'm not extremely excited about how it came out I am hugely thankful to Jeannette, Kate, Bob and Geoff for helping me out. So before I get to the point of hating these pictures I will post them up The assignment was "Hollywood Portraits"
It's the freakin weekend baby, and I had me some fun
For all my years listening to Maiden I have said that if they ever toured with Bruce Dickinson anywhere near me I would pay any amount to see them. I was finally presented with that oppurtunity when they announced their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour, and as a bonus they would only be playing songs from Powerslave and Somewhere In Time(plus a little Killers and fear of the Dark), the golden age of Maiden. So with my ticket and a mapquest map to "Toronto, Ontario, Canada" in hand, and no further plans me and tucker loaded up the car and hit the road.
Tucker took dat one, and these next 2 After another night sleepin at the Honda Civic Hotel we jammed around the city some more, explored queen st west, and saw a gnarly bum fight, it was time for the most epic show of my life Beyond worth it all. Right after the show I met a buzzed Tucker at a cafe and once he finished his Canadian brew we hit the road for our 500 mile drive back to Chicago through the night to get Tucker back to his 10AM class A sunrise as cool as they come welcomed us to Indiana 9 hours, 500 miles later, we were back in Chicago, and with midterms this week my day had just begun, but it was all worth it
I'm a photographer born and raised in Chicago, living and working in Southern California. I love taking photos of skateboarding as much as I love riding one myself.
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