Senior-itis
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
I’ve turned to my blog as a result of my procrastination problems. It’s my last semester of undergraduate school ever. Basically, when December gets here and I get my diploma, I’ll be free. Free from the clutches of the education system in America.
Classes this semester are interesting. I need motivation to actually get stuff done, though. I mean, who wouldn’t choose riding horses and playing in darkrooms and ceramics studios over studying Criminology. I MEAN REALLY!
Criminology isn’t really all that bad. At least I don’t think it will be. We’re covering that philosophical, standard you-must-know-this-to-understand-the-rest crap right now. Seriously, if one more guy’s name pops up in the book, it’ll be on the other side of the library I’m sitting in right now with a very large bullet hole through the middle.
I’m also taking Intro to Agriculture which is basically like my 9th grade biology class, War Crimes and Genocide which makes you feel really disappointed in all humanity every Tuesday night, and Lacrosse on top of my senior thesis. I would rather be redesigning my website and devoting more time to my photography show in December than reading text books, but whatever.
Senior show is on 2 December, by the way. I start shooting on Friday. SQUEE!
Other than this, I’m still trying to read FUN books, re-watch Firefly yet again, start planning my family’s trip to Scandinavia this summer, and try to figure out when the bloody hell my friend and I are going to peace out on our road trip to try to write a book. It will all happen, because, well, I want it to. So yeah.
Been throwing a lot too so expect pictures of stuff in the near future. I’m either going to try to sell it at our student art sale or on Etsy. Or both. So come back to stay informed.
Posted at 19:46 in Art, School | Comment?
Saturday, August 28, 2010
While I’m enjoying my weekend and trying to find the motivation to finish up my Australia blog, I’ll leave you with a nice photo I took at the beach this August between Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida. One of the many reasons I would actually like to pack up and move down there.
Posted at 08:41 in Photography, Travel | Comment?
It’s ALIVE!
Monday, August 23, 2010
I still live, I promise. Between catching up desperately on the Australia blog (which is getting there, really…) and just starting my last semester of school, I feel bad for this place. It needs to paid attention to, poor thing.
Good news is, is that it’s soccer season at school, so I’ll have some athletic photos to post! YAY!
In other news, I have lacrosse this morning at 9am. Score.
Posted at 07:41 in School | Comment?
Reeeeeeeeeee-DIRECTING!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
I will be in or traveling to Australia between tomorrow and 6 August. So… go read my travel blog here:
ComeToAustralia.DanielleHanifin.com
I may or may not be posting here while I’m having fun, playing photographer, and exploring. And, on that blog, I’m trying to interact with any potential readers by maybe doing things they suggest, accepting any reasonable and non-creepy dares, finding answers to questions, so on and so forth. So yeah, go there.
Posted at 16:17 in Australia, Travel | 2 Comments
I Really Did It!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Skydiving is something that I really think everyone should at least try once before they die. I was lucky enough to go for my 21st birthday a few weeks after the fact with my family from all over the country.
Basically it’s awesome. We took a very small plane up – only one person from our group could do a tandem dive at a time, but we were able to fit my jump instructor, a videographer, the pilot, and myself in. Though, it was a very, very tight fit. But yeah, on our way up I got to see Rochester City, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Batavia, Toronto, and bits of surrounding Canada all from where our plane was.
When time came to open the door and jump out, I found myself looking outside of the airplane thinking to myself “That’s a very long way down… LET’S GO!” I wasn’t nervous at all even though I totally thought I was going to be… but really, if you get nervous, it’s totally worth the rush of free falling a mile before opening the parachute and floating the rest of the way down.
Really, I believe I will do it again. I’m trying to figure out ways to do it after I graduate university in December and possibly even taking a course so I can go solo in the future. Regardless, it was one of the most amazing things I’ve done in my life… and I’ve done a lot of stuff.
Posted at 10:59 in Crazy S***, Outside Stuff, Silly, Travel | Comment?
Overdue Key Largo Photos
Monday, June 21, 2010
I finally got the film developed from the roll I took with a disposable waterproof camera in Key Largo. My cousin, Sara, works down there in a kayak shop right on the beach and quite frankly, it’s amazing.
I was lucky enough to go on a four hour kayaking trip across the water and through the mangroves with her and one of the regular kayaking guys. Honestly, it was incredible and these photos don’t do the whole ride any justice at all. The water was crystal clear, there were thousands of little fishes under our boats the whole time, and we got to get out and go for a swim mid-way through the trip.
If I already didn’t want to move down there and try to find a job already, this makes me want to move down there even more. Don’t know where I would end up in Florida, but the beaches and weather there make me an extremely happy person.
And apologies for the awful quality of the digital images – the film ones aren’t that great either. Thanks Walmart for royally effing up my photos. I guess I should look into a waterproof point-and-shoot, eh?
Posted at 17:50 in Nature, Outside Stuff, Photo of the Day, Travel | 1 Comment?
Bike Adventure No.1
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
I got a new bike for my birthday last week, and I must say, it’s a pretty awesome bike. It’s called a Caramel (or something of the sort), changes through it’s gears like nobody’s business, and is basically the most awesome bike I’ve ever had. Of course, it’s one of those cruisers so it’s super comfortable to ride around on.
A few days ago I decided to go on a ride for as long as I could. Granted, I forgot food and water back at my house, so it didn’t go on for nearly as long as I wanted it to… but the photos that are posted are little excerpts of what I got to see along the way. I live right down the road from the Erie Canal so it’s quite a convenient place to go to when you want to spend a nice afternoon outside.
Of course, since that day I’ve wanted to go on another, longer ride with food and drink and possibly a book or something but I’ve either been too busy with stuff I absolutely HAVE to do around the house or it’s been raining. Welcome to north-western New York people. Seriously, the rain and the clouds have been annoying the hell out of me. Not to mention the mid-50s to upper-60s temperatures IN JUNE. Guh! Hopefully it all ends soon as I would like to go outside and bask in the sunshine doing whatever.
Posted at 14:41 in Nature, Outside Stuff | Comment?