djdragonfire

Haha, it's been 4 years since I've written anything. My profile almost looks like a time capsule. I really only lurk and favorite things on here much anymore. 

I have so many photos I want to add but it'd take a full day of work or a month of doing a couple a day and I just don't know if I have the time and energy.

I've been doing independent wedding photography for a while now on top of my full time job as a web press operator, and have been expanding and branching out into different genres. For example, I've gotten into building and racing cars with Sports Car Club of America(SCCA), so naturally, the camera followed me there and to stage rally races like Rally in the 100 Acre Woods. You can follow my husband and I at HotHatchRacing on facebook or Instagram if you're into that sort of thing. There's also memes.

After having a good laugh with the central region president at a car show and showing him my gallery I've been invited to do some official photography work at a National Auto Sport Association(NASA) event at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas and hopefully more in the future!

Things look like they're heading a great direction for us and I'm so happy. We've worked so hard and put in so much blood, sweat, and tears to get where we are.

Hopefully it won't be another couple years before I write another journal. 😬

Balls. It's been almost two years since I've written anything.

Update on life:

-Been married almost 2 years.
-Been living together in our own apartment for almost a year now.
-Graduated college in December!!!
-Actually looking at buying a house (holy ffff what a scary process!)
-Got a full-time job with Deluxe Corp. doing that adult thing people call work.
-Doing a little photography work on the side.
-Gushing over my cats daily.

That pretty much sums it up.

Random musings abound here. You can ignore this probably like the rest of them, I'm just procrastinating on writing a paper.

So glad that I'm not going to be an RA for my college next year. I liked my residents a lot! Love 'em all, but I just can't do it anymore and hope to graduate in a reasonable amount of time (and can't work at a regular full-time job so I can pay for my own tuition). My hall director is driving me up the walls, too. Grrrrrrrrr. I'm contemplating wrapping her entire office in plastic wrap as a parting gift. I also thought about cupping the area in front of the door to her apartment but that could get messy and probably piss her off more.

So I'm currently working my last shift ever at the Station (a central desk and on campus convenience store). Sad but glad. I like it here, but not always at 4AM (I work 4AM-8AM Mondays and Wednesdays)... =_=

I'm also working on this 3-4 page analysis paper (I know, I know, it's not that much but I haaaaaate analysis papers. Do you hear me? HAAAAAAAAAAAATTTEEE. With an undying passion. Forever.) and wired on coffee, a caffeine pill, and Monster. Maximum productivity ENGAGE (Maybe, probably not, but we'll see. Oooooh what's that? It looks pretty and shiny.).

After the end of this week, I'm going home and sleeping for 3 days solid. Anyone who interrupts my slumber will face extreme peril. 
-scary rage face-

Then I get to do a 3 week accelerated course and I will be holed up in my room attempting to pass that so I don't have to suffer through it my spring semester next year. I told people to push food under my door at least once a day and make sure that I'm still alive about every other to every 2 days.

Then after that, I'm working full time at an awesome photography studio as a second photographer to the owner of the company and at Oceans of Fun in Kansas City, MO. Also taking another summer class so I don't have to do it during the regular school year (and so I can finally reach advanced standing for my major and take a slew of 300+ level classes that I need to get that fancy piece of paper next May).

So no one probably reads this, but I'm putting it everywhere I can. For those who have been subscribed to me forever or have creeped through my journals, you know that my dad's been battling brain cancer. If you don't know, my dad has been battling a glioblastoma multiforme. It's a nasty, cancerous brain tumor that grows very rapidly. Through a trial surgery and ample amounts of chemo and radiation, we've managed to kill it off. For now. But he's been on long term disability because of this and that is definitely not enough to pay for treatments, mortgage, my college tuition, car payments, saving up for my wedding, etc. I'm working on moving out and getting a job other than a college RA and paying for my own tuition and wedding.

I'm turning to the internet to see if anyone would be kind and willing enough to throw a few bucks my way so that we can try to continue to battle this and my parents can continue living a semi-normal life.

If you would like, you can send a few bucks to: alister_4_ever@yahoo.co.uk through PayPal.

If you donate, thank you. <3

So 2 and a half months later I'm back... this semester has been freaking ridiculous. Barely enough time to sleep, go to class, do all the homework, and somehow hang out with friends. If I pass every class this year, it will be a friggin miracle.

Today is the day before spring break (cue choruses) I get a week to hibernate and catch up on projects, then I'll practically dive into finals.

Next year is my last year. Huzzah! If all goes as planned, and so far it is (knocks on every scrap of wood), three years of insane schedules will pay off and will be smooth sailing for my last year.