Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Amy & Emily

Published on April 27, 2009 in Music.

The Indigo Girls just released a new album called Poseidon and the Bitter Bug. I’ve been listening to it a lot (obsessively?) since March 24, 2009 when it was released and I’m finally at the stage where I’m realizing how amazing the lyrics are that I’ve memorized and have been singing loudly to in my car.

This particular song hit home:

Love of Our Lives (click to listen)

I open my hands up to see what I’ve got.
My days slip like coins into a slot they are gone.
The shadows lie long.
I’ve been banking on a broken machine,
Left unattended like most of dreams.
Rusted components of an unmarked song.

We’ve been staring down the brilliant dream,
The sun burns our eyes.
We’ve been fighting for the love of our lives.

All around us things come apart.
Broken pieces broken hearts.
Fix me, oil me, match me with the next best thing.
Person to person or nation to nation.
Heels dug in, no communication.
Wily time sneaks her weathering.
We’ve been wanting to be held by binding ties.
We’ve been fighting for the love of our lives.

And when it breaks down, I beg you don’t go.
I circle your ship, I’m ready to blow.
Try to outflank you with an army of words, I strategize.
I am fighting for the love of my life.

Iron, water and oxygen,
Scotch and soda, or any combination.
Starts the reaction.
Is there no mastermind of modern day,
Who can blueprint a plan to make love stay.
Sturdy and weatherproof, ushering in a new revolution?
At the drawing board the hopeful ones still try.
How can we help it when we’re fighting for the love of our lives?

It’s amazing to me how they sum up the frustration of love in humanity.
I honestly can’t say much more than this: I completely live this out on a daily basis.

I’ve purchased tickets to see them live on May 13th in Berkeley. I’m ecstatic.

(A little secret: I wish I took those pics of Amy and Emily that I posted above.)

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Paper Heart

Published on April 27, 2009 in Movies.

I must see.

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Sister Sister

Published on April 15, 2009 in Photography and Seniors.

This is Eunice. She’s Genie’s sister. They’re both Seniors this year, but Genie’s a Senior in high school and Eunice is a Senior in college. I had the privilege of shooting Eunice’s Senior pics today as well as Genie’s a couple weeks ago (Senior Shoot: Genie). They’re such beautiful girls. Once again, we headed back to the new found abandoned buildings that I love so much. I promise to go to a different location on my next shoot. Promise.

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Back Behind the Lens

Published on April 6, 2009 in Photography.

As promised, here are the photos of Ang that I took on Sunday. Be forewarned: there’s a lot of them.

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Role Reversal

Published on April 6, 2009 in Me.

The roles were reversed on Saturday. I was in FRONT of the lens, rather than behind it. My good friend, Angie Warren, is also a photographer and did a shoot of ME! I’m not a huge fan of having my picture taken, so this was definitely stepping out of my comfort zone. I actually had a really good time once I got all fancied up. My friend Shaya, “the makeup artist” (see TTD: Bunkers & Three Girls for more of her work) did my make up and Shan (my sister-in-law) helped with props and such. It was a fun, girl-bonding time. I love the feeling of so many creative minds coming together.

I had to post a lot of these because Angie did an amazing job. Feels awkwardly self-centered though. Hmm. Please forgive me.