Friday, December 31, 2010
Out with a Bang
It's currently one hour and twenty minutes until midnight. It's also New Year's Eve. I'm sitting in my grandma's family room with my parents and a couple of aunts and uncles. There are two conversations going on. One: gays in the military (it seems to have progressed to fertility treatments/adoption now) and two: tire recycling laws. Sadly, I have nothing better to do. This was the best option. My other choices were watching movies with my sister and her friend until midnight (don't think so), going out to the desert with other family (it's 30 degrees out, so not a chance), or spend it cuddled up in bed with my tv, book, or laptop. Actually, that one is still a possibility. New Years is pretty low on my list of favorite holidays.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
What to tell the world?
I kind of always figured I would start a blog as some point. I have the perfect background for it. I'm a bit of a nerd, a heavy reader, have a couple of English degrees (don't let this fool you--I will still have frequent typos), and I teach. That being said, since completing my degree, I've been on a self-imposed English hiatus. For the past two years, I've barely read (and what I have read certainly wouldn't be on any college level reading list), and I don't write unless I absolutely have to.
What I have been doing is photography. I began playing around a couple of years ago, and I think I'm getting better. I have a long ways to go, but at least I'm having fun. One of the interesting challenges I face is that I only seem to enjoy photographing things that could potentially kill me. Even I find this strange since in most things, I'm a grade A chicken. But I love chasing around spiders, bees, and your standard creepy crawlies. I also photograph dirt track stock car races, fire fighters, lightening (this is a new one), underwater, and other things along those lines.
Most of those activities will probably show up here again. I like to talk about racing, both local short track and NASCAR. I come from a big fire fighting family. I also come from a long line of beekeepers. Occasionally, I will have something professionally to complain about (like my office mate who doesn't speak to me--not for any particular reason--she just never has), but I usually like to leave work at work.
Until then,
Amy L
What I have been doing is photography. I began playing around a couple of years ago, and I think I'm getting better. I have a long ways to go, but at least I'm having fun. One of the interesting challenges I face is that I only seem to enjoy photographing things that could potentially kill me. Even I find this strange since in most things, I'm a grade A chicken. But I love chasing around spiders, bees, and your standard creepy crawlies. I also photograph dirt track stock car races, fire fighters, lightening (this is a new one), underwater, and other things along those lines.
Most of those activities will probably show up here again. I like to talk about racing, both local short track and NASCAR. I come from a big fire fighting family. I also come from a long line of beekeepers. Occasionally, I will have something professionally to complain about (like my office mate who doesn't speak to me--not for any particular reason--she just never has), but I usually like to leave work at work.
Until then,
Amy L
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