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Sunday, 08 November 2009

out of my league

Today I saw a beautiful jacket for $29.90 in Abercrombie.

Just buttery leather and that badass look I love so much. Soft, yet rugged, with awesome fit and thoughtful details.

So naturally, I went to buy it. You do not pass up on the best deal of the century!!

Except it's really $500.

So I did not buy it.

Because it was not the best deal of the century after all.
dot com me up!

www.katherinefan.com :)

Thanks for the help, Oliver.

I'll make a real Web site.

... Someday.
Sorry I'm so MIA

Been applying for jobs and trying to do it in a responsible manner. That meant overhauling the resume once again (which is something to behold, if I do say so myself) and writing some persuasive cover letters. Man, I sure do love communicating.

Anyway, I'm pretty happy with the efforts I put in this past weekend. Now to wrap up my homework for the internship.

I'm so thankful to have something to do. Humans may be "beings," not "doings," but this being is seriously put out when she doesn't have some doings to do. Hah.

Saturday, 07 November 2009

I may complain a lot...
...But just looking at my Flickr proves to me that my last two years have been incredibly blessed. (Yeah, some people are Thomases about this stuff. Shush you)

Thank you, God, for memories preserved through photography. Not just for the travels and the friends and the fun, but just for the powerful impact of those visual reminders.

Since Fall 2007, I've...
- gone to Chicago, Los Angeles, Beijing, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Taiwan (four times by the end of this year, if you don't count treating it as a stop between China and the U.S.) Hong Kong, Macau, D.C., various Texas cities, upstate New York
- rented a car alone for the first time
- moved outside of Texas for the first time
- [mostly] gotten over my fear of flying
- shaved my head
- photo-documented numerous significant events in personal, corporate and public life
- met hundreds and hundreds of people and heard their stories
- worked for half a dozen entities, including myself
- found husband material ;p ... not that I was setting out with that goal in mind or anything. In fact, I think I attempted to flee it as much as possible.
You just don't get that kind of experience with entry-level jobs!

The bad news is... now just about any job I get will be boring for at least a little while. :(
back to the wedding planning

The ideal wedding involves...

fireworks in the countryside
a delightfully offbeat atmosphere
one photojournalist
who marries another photojournalist
whom she met while working at the school newspaper
who shares a common circle of friends, all also from the school paper
and said friends take amazing photographs of the gala
that look as full of love and masterfully portrayed as these

Oh, you meant for ME.

I will probably have steak, and daydream of beaches and perfect lighting.

Congratulations, Annie and Mark. You are two of the people who most impacted my self-confidence in college. (Photographer Rob, you are another) May the world continue to glow in your combined awesomeness.