I think it's snowing outside but I can't really tell. It's too dark and there's no lights. I'm just sitting in the kitchen, drinking some orange juice, listening to the p olice scanner and def Jam poetry...

Been busy, still busy/

Chicago last weekend for Illinois College Press Association (ICPA) conference- Placed 1st in the Feature Story category. Kind of unexpected being a photographer but just another thing to add to the resume. Drew, News Editor and writer won 1st in the News Photo category. Weird? Guess that's how we do at the Courier. It's the future of Journalism and it sucks but just the way things are. One of these days, I'll start my own paper where the writers only write and the photogs shoot. I'll keep dreaming.


This weekend, its off to Sterling, IL for the Summit League Track and Field Championships. I got laundry to start/brb/


okay so got track tomorrow. It's really cold in this house (61 degrees). Yeah, so got that tomorrow. We head out at 9am. Then next weekend, or Thursday, heading over to Oklahoma for the basketball championships. It's been a busy 3 weeks, or its going to be anyways. Well.... I'm just trying to type now. I really need to blog more.
Honestly, not a HUGE fan of writing but I am a journalism major so.... It's really not that bad. I enjoy writing features or at least trying to find some creative angle for an otherwise boring press conference or the like.

BIG NEWS!

I got this new phone. It's pretty cool. It's got a camera, bluetooth, qwerty keyboard. It's my first "real" phone. FINALLY off prepaid. I just got a basic plan since I really don't talk that much. I guess thats one of the benefits of being quiet, lower cell phone bills. Alright, I think that's it. I got batteries to charge for tomorrow.



Oh- my 50mm 1.8 got stepped on a few weeks back by a basketball player. That kind of blows. Good thing it wasn't a $1000 lens or something.

Iowa Open

_MG_8694, originally uploaded by SacasaImages.

Lighting in there was nice. Not going to the meet this weekend though, Busy in Macomb shooting swimming and basketball.

ChrisDell Harris Feature1

ChrisDell Harris Feature1, originally uploaded by blazinhispazian.

I have to grab some lunch soon but did the ChrisDell Feature a few days back. This happened by accident because the SB-80 was on standby and didn't fire. I got another idea for this that I might try some other time. Should be awesome. Well I got to head over to work and get some Women's Soccer pics up. Then hopefully finishing my resume and portfolio tonight.

Oh yeah, smokers, I'll talk about that later.

chinatown

chinatown, originally uploaded by SacasaImages.

boring = break. So umm. Probably gonna try to get an essay going on chinatown. I was trying to think about where I could go. Just somewhere different. Another state? That'd be nice. Heading over to the projects for one but don't feel like walking around with $1000 worth of equipment. There's complaints about lack of media coverage in the slums but then again, how many journalists want to go in? Then again, there's Iraq. hmm.

Need to do a ride along. Not sure how but I gotta do one.

Other than that, portfolio's going ok. Just need cover page, resume and photo essay. Yeesh. No idea what I'm doing.

I got a week.

el perro

el perro, originally uploaded by blazinhispazian.

Just at home for break. INSANELY BORED!! Sisters b-day was yesterday and xmas tommorow. Then it's back to school on January 4th. :) Umm, haven't taken many pictures over break. Wanted to go to Central Camera in Chicago. Apparently, it's pretty big so maybe after the holidays. Either way, I gotta get downtown and take some pics or at least find some events around the suburbs to shoot.

Oh yeah, got my other Cactus reciever 2 days ago :D so now I'm completely wireless! Can't wait to try it out. I got 3 flashes but the Canon 430EX doesn't work with em. hmph. EIther way, should work our pretty well with sports. Just need another light stand ($20)

Got 2 more knee injections and then its back to Macomb.


later