hello, kitty!

I love Hello Kitty and Sanrio in general. Pochacco, Chococat and Deery-Lou are my other favoruites. Did you know that Hello Kitty has a pet cat now? Her name is Charmmy Kitty and she's a Persian kitty that was given to Hello Kitty as a gift. This, I find odd.

I adore this time of year.
This photo of the kitty feels like Autumn but it was really taken in Summer. It was a very warm day and me and this kitty made friends quickly. He showed me the neighborhood I was exploring. Kitties make the best tour guides.

List of a few favourite things about fall:
-Oversized sweaters
-Rain
-The smell
-Leaves
-Leg warmers(/arm warmers)
-Tights/leggings
-Berets
-Cool breezes
-Scarves

Okay, so a lot of the things I'm loving today are clothing items. It's true, clothes kind of are fun for me.

As far as today goes; I'm excited.
Life is good, God is good and remember; smile, because you can.

p.s.
I think Mrs. C would be proud of my 80s representation, today.


p.p.s.
I'm happy.

"Photography is truth."–Jean-Luc Godard

One of the many challenges of being a photographer, besides the obvious one of location and lighting, is finding the person on the other side of the lens.

It is one of my favourite things about photography. Whether it be a person, a place or an item, I love to try and figure out its story from the other side of my lens. That is what I feel is true photography. The discovery of life, people and stories.

It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness. –Paul Strand

Call me crazy. Oh, wait, I am. All that aside, however, I figured out how Zack gets all his photos to be so lovely through Flickr. It's fantastic. I'm very happy, at the moment.

I'm working a lot, in school a lot and happy a lot.

Side notes:
1) "Very" is not a word.
2) Student journalists: the first time you use an acronym in a story (no matter how "familiar" it seems) you ALWAYS SPELL IT OUT. kthxbai.
3) I know this is the Pacific Northwest. It rains here. Can you just learn to see the beauty in the rain as well as in the sun?

Ah, Autumn is so lovely. I am consistently being romanced by the leaves' perfume, wind's caress and rain's symphony.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I left a Eggo in the toaster and now it's sure to be chilly. I also have a speech tomorrow morning. Hm, we'll see how this goes.

xxx mal