Fresh Start

So I have not blogged in ages which is kinda sad but I am hoping to kinda restart what I left. When starting this blog I thought I was just gonna blog about life, but then I ended up talking a lot about my photography. So now I am a little confused on what a I really want this blog to be. I think its going to be a collection or a collage of everything me.

Today, Sunday November 22 I hope to re kindle the flame of me blogging.... hopefully at least once every few days.

So to do a little re cap of everything since the last time I blogged I made it through my first quarter as a sophomore at the Senior High. everything went great except for the fact that I got a C in Challenge Modern American Lit. I will just have to deal with it. I got into symphonic band!!! Which is insane and pretty awesome! It has been a blast, it is really great to be apart of such a fantastic ensemble.

Last weekend was our schools stirring rendition of Willy Wonka! it was so much fun, I landed the role of Augustus Gloop! It was a fun, messy role which included singing extremely high German opera! Haha it was a fun show! We ended up selling out two nights which is completely unheard of in our theatre.

Well today I off to hang with get some homework done, rake up some leaves, hang with my girl Lauren and maybe go to Love Song at WSU again.

Word of the day: Manageable
Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do: That can be managed or controlled.

Photoshoot With Lydia

During Winnie's party everyone was playing this game with golf balls so me and Lydia snuck away and we had a little photo shoot. Here are the results.

Word of the day: Culture
The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group; the total of ways of living built by a group of human being and transmitted from one generation to another.

Sicilienne et Allegro Giocoso for Bassoon and Piano (1930) by Gabriel Grovlez

INSET 09.11.2020

This Is The Moment

It seems that whenever I actually have things going on in my life i never blog, but how when i sit around all day and do nothing i'll faithfully blog. My life has always been that way though, always a little delayed but with good intentions. Who knows where that will get me... Let me give you an overview of what my life has been like since the last time I posted.

Well last weekend was Goodview days so the whole town of Winona was a little out of control with a bunch of people celebrating the suburb of Goodview. I don't live in Goodview but since technically it isn't its own town i fealy like it concerned me. My parents decided to go on a random vacation, but since i had the parade I ended up staying with my grandparents in Goodview. By friday I had already had to endure a week of marching band practice where we do completely nothing so I was just ready for the week to be done and over.

Saturday my friends and I ventured to the petting zoo which was okay, went on a horse drawn carriage ride and then went to Mickey Dee's where we got some food. After we were all fed Walker, Kyle and I went over to Meghan's while she was working at HyVee and hung out. Which was really great because I never really get to see Walker due to life. Around seven I headed over to a birthday bonfire/campout in MN city - which was really fun. We all just hung out, talked, ate some awesome food, found and then burned and intact door and then ended the night by fitting ten of us into a tent.

After being attacked with a pillow, I decided it was time to wake up from my slumber in the wild. We all looked like complete trash but we all had a great night. After cleaning up our camp out mess we all headed out to get ready for the parade which was later that day. Overall we did not do that bad in the parade - we sound great we just kinda look like one big pile. The fireworks at nine thirty really ended the weekend on a good note.

The beginning of my week consisted of taking photos, set building for Willy Wonka, marching band, and babysitting. Here are some photos from this week so far.

This morning I woke up around nine to babysit my little brother while my mom was running errands. Then went to marching band, set building and then a birthday party where we all just sat around ate great cake and talked. "I'ts all about believing. And if we believe in something. Then that's real. Isn't it?"

"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that get's you, not the lack of sleep"
Dale Carnegie

Thats 70 's Show Season 1

Magic Dust And Pasta

I know I havent been updating regularily and I am sorry if anyone is actually out there... I have been taking a lot of photos. So here is a smattering of shots from the last few days. I will fill you in on whats been going on in the near future.

"The Smallest act of kindness is worth more than than the grandest intention."

Photoshoot With A Different Madeline

After marching band yesterday I shot some photos of my freind madeline. It was a little too bright so some of the best shots had weird lighting too them, but otherwise it was a great day to get some photos. Madeline has always wanted to try out modeling, so we had alot of fun just experimenting around. Here are some of the best shots from the day.

Wait A Bit

I had a in depth discussion today about college. Let me remind you im just going to be a sophomore, by the end of summer I will have already visited two colleges out of town, spent way too many hours on college websites and overall be thinking way too much about college. What if I can't help it that everything I do from day to day is only to get one step closer to hopefully being accepted into The University Of Michigan, Julliard or The University of Ithiaca? What is so wrong with my life, that I always have to being looking forward to something far down the road? What about the moment, am I missing out on imporetant things? I hope not, I would hate to look back on right now and not be able to remeber anything special or unique.

When Mr. Haug the symphonic band director told me he needed to speak to me after marching band, my mind and heart just went crazy. Could this be the one moment I have been waiting and looking forward to for so long - when he invites em to join the top band at our High School? Sadly it wasn't that day, just yet. Last year Our symphonic band auditioned to be a part of a music convention, out of fifty bands four made it and we were one of them! Which is such a great honor for the little town of Winona. Mr. Haug has asked me to play piano for the convention! Which is so cool and I am so happy to do it, but for some reason in the back of mind all I think about was the fact that I thought today was gonna be the day when he asked me to be in symphonic band.

After a kinda pointless marching band practice where we just sat there, I talked to my drama director about some small details about the musical, then went home, walked over to Acoustic where there was a preformance from this famous women from New York, finished some more letters about our drama program with Alli, met up with some more friends, went out for ice cream and ended up siting in the grass discussing life.

What will tomorow bring?

Extreme

Sometimes I wish things went just a little bit smoother in my life, just a few constants in my life of variables would be nice. One day I will sleep to noon, eat junk food and never step out of my house until I go take out the trash around midnight. The next day my alarm will go off at 8 which will wake me up for a meeting at Mugby, followed by a movie with a freind, then a hour long bike ride and photo taking to end my night. Its like can we please find a medium between so lame that you could be a hermit and way too busy.

My day wasnt bad, but it really wasn't that great either. I ended up ignoring my alarm clock but turning on the food channel to try to stir me from my sleep coma. Even rachel Ray's 30 minute meals couldnt wake me so I ended up sleeping until 10:15. I was in no hurry to do anything so I just sat around until three. I walked over to teh cast party for Once Upon A Mattress which was really lame. I thought it would be nice to see some people... obviously not. Paul was being lame so we barely talked - so I ended up sitting taking with the directors about theatre. So I guess it wasn't that lame.

The peak of my day was when I went hiking and took some great photos. We have so many paths just hiddin around winona so I have decided that i am going to adventure them all before summer is over. Trail #1 was really fun. A bit extreme but i'm alive. It ended up leading to the Garvin Height's look out which was cool. Here are some of teh shots I got.






Tomorow I have marching band. Ughh, hopefully trail #2, finishing the letters for drama club, and then a concert at Acoustic!

Photo Shoot With Madeleine Ivy Bryant

So it was super hot yesterday but I insisted that she wear these two beautiful dresses even though we were gonna be outside in the hot sun! She had recently purchased a really pretty black dress and I just fell in love with it! Very simple, classy, great silhouette and all under fifty dollars. We headed over to the St. Mary's campus which has some really beautiful scenery and architecture so I thought it would be just perfect! Here are some of the shots we got out there -

After we were done at St. Marys we drove over to the public library, where we took some more photos. The dress that she wore, was worn to her freshman homecoming and her senior prom so I thought it would be fitting under her circumstances. Our library looks really smal from the outside, but i am always surprised on how much actual room there is inside. I feel like I could get lost in all the rows, levels and books. Here are some of the shots from the library -

"At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since."