Flying in our Friendly Skies

So, here I am, stuck at Edmonton, ALBERTA! Yes, thats right folks, for all you people that have ever been to this airport, it's crap! Vending machines to accomidate my hunger...I'm eating a bag of chips for lunch! Rockin'! But they are Miss Vickies, so that is a little better.

I'm not going to lie, I love to fly, I think it's the ideal way to travel. For example, it took us, in a car, from Calgary, Alberta to Victoria, British Columbia, 2 days, broken up. It's about 12ish hours all together. Now, I flew from Victoria International Airport to Edmonton which is farther north than Calgary, and it took me an hour and 20 minutes. Which do you think I prefer? Now don't get me wrong, I loved the scenes of the rocky mountains and the wonderful wildlife and interesting sights along the way, but flying, my lands, I got a nap in, I didn't get car sick or motion sick, annnnd I'm halfway done with my trip.

Ok, so this is a lot of babbling, only because I bought a days worth of internet because I figured, hey, I'm here for a 2 hour layover, which ended up being 3 1/2 or something, might as well do something fun. You maybe asking, Sabrina, why aren't you reading a book? Well, I did that too, on the plane, and I did it on vacation. One book down, one more to go....

I enjoyed my vaca in BC as I usually do, but when it's time to go home, I guess I'm more than ready to be home. What is "home"? Well on this trip I've come to realize it's not really that I MISS Harrisonburg, or have a disconnected feeling when I'm away, but I'm more or less discussed with the fact of living out of a suitcase. So whether my home is in Harrisonburg, Washington DC, Colorado, France, doesn't matter, I'm settled when I'm not living out of a suitcase. So....I'm ready to not be on the RUN and feeling like a tourist.

Ok. I'm finished complaining and talking usless and trivial things. I'm ready to be home. the end!

Commencement has come and gone...

It's true, it has come and gone. My beloved school is my past now. Of course, I still have one semester left, but it won't be on the campus of EMU, and that is ok. The more and more I think about being in Washington DC my final semester the more I am sadened because I love EMU. I thought I'd never fall in love with a school like I did this one. Eastern Mennonite University was a place that I never wanted to go when I was searching for colleges. I never went to college, for two years. I worked. A crazy fortune of events happened soon before the fall of what would have been my third year of no education. I finally gave into the school I never wanted to be a part of. The school where my parents went, my uncles, cousins and brother before me. I know now why I love that school so much. It's beauty, it's walls of wisdom and people and community. These walls shape who I am now, and I hope that they will continue to shape me as I grow older. I want to be able to come back to this place and be proud of what I have become because of the knowledge set forth from this University.

This place in my near past has set an imprint of wisdom upon me. It has set a goal to strive to be my best and I have taught myself through this journey of my life to never give up and great things will come for those who wait and try and never give into anything. Perhaps school isn't my favorite thing to do, but maybe I'll go back, so that one day I can teach. I still think I should have been a teacher.

All is well, I'm on vacation and I can say that I'm enjoying it and looking forward to a productive summer and an exciting fall. Keep those fingers crossed that I get that one job I'm searching for!

New Idea...scratch my other post!

Ok, so I came up with a new idea and it has to do with my new found friend, Sedrick. He is a gnome and I will be taking him to new places that he has never seen. He'll be making adventures to the supermarket, maybe to the JMU, it's so hard to say right now, I'm following Sedrick with the camera. So meet sedrick.

An Artists Statement

In my photography work I have noticed that I enjoy taking pictures of objects, things that are old and decaying, things that often represent history in some way. I try hard never to take typical pictures, pictures that you see many things of, but how often does that actually happen?

In my theme I plan to take an object, something small, very unimportant and useless when it's by itself, but when given to someone, I hope that they can make it into something very imaginative and exciting. Something useful and profound, perhaps.

In my series, i'll take an object, new or old, I'm not sure, and hand it to many differen people in different places, and hopfully of different ages and see what they do with this object.

Lets hope that they all do different things with it!

Long Time Coming

It has been far too long since I have sat down and felt like writting and actually continued to write without being interrupted or just no into it. Here I am writting something quick while my medicine kicks in and I can go to sleep. Yup, that's right, I'm sick. This winter has been a tough one for me and health. I've been sick at least twice this winter if not more. I have missed work 2 times because of it, and that is just unlike me.

I have less than a month to finish up my senior project, which is pinhole photography, and it will be displayed starting on April 13 at 7:30, which is when my gallery opening is. I have much to do in between now and then, like, take more pictures, get them mounted, write an artist statement, name my pictures, possibly get two enlarged (very questionable), annnnnd doing other school work in the mean time. Ah college, what will life be without you?

I have been offically accepted into the Washington Scholars program in DC for next fall, and, that will be the end of my college career. For now at least. (No I really am NOT considering Grad school, but I'll leave that option open JUST incase). This time away from Harrisonburg will be good for me, but often I think about other elements that I'm leaving, and I admit, I get a little butterfly in my stomach. Leaving Kiel, the family, and of course, the puppy, will be sad, but I have to keep telling myself that it's ONLY 2 hours away, it's not like France...which is another big step I'll try to take later on down the road..(fingers crossed).

I have successfully gained about 4 pds. in a week. I'm addicted to Kiks cereal annnnnd just eating in general. Exercise is on the agenda for when the nice weather gets around here. I'm ready to run again....yes, running....

I am, for better words, greatly looking forward to Canada in May. Ontario and Alberta on the agenda, and of course my last week and a half will be in British Columbia. I almost instantanisly get a smile and happy feeling when I think Victoria, BC. Sunny and happy weather the west coast and of course....lovely faces. I only wish I could spend more time there. If I didn't have so much to take care of. Maybe next summer?? Or Christmas? Either way, I will get out there again sometime.

Other than classes, working, and Kiel and puppy, nothing much new is going on. I'm hanging out a lot with my best friends and having some good memories made then.

Anyway, nothing new, still have France on the brain, still wanting to goof off instead of doing work, and while almost losing my mind i'm having a GREAT time living!! Life is good. Peace!

It truely Makes me Laugh

Honestly, right now at this point, there are so many things that can keep me down but one thing that keeps me going is Anchorman with Ron Burgundy. It's seriously hilarious! I have had one of the worst weeks so far and finally I decided F all of it, and popped in Anchorman and laughed my buns off all by myself.

There will be more blogging to come but for now, You Stay Classy.

You Only Get what you Give

Today was one amazing day! I accomplished something that I was so scared to even try because of my fear of continual failure. But I accomplished it and it made me feel real good and I did it with the company of a good friend. Pinhole photography is the medium for my senior project and though I mastered the digital pinhole, obviously, but I did the real thing, and I was real nervous, but I got a few good shots out of it for the gallery opening. I'm real excited.

I also got to spend about 30 minutes with two good friends warming up from being out in the cold. I came home from the excursion to take a nap, then go out with another wonderful friend for dinner.

In conclusion, laughs are great. The world CAN be wonderful if you make it and you can only GET what you give. If you are wondering about the photo above, this is a picture britney took of me today in front of Jalisco's restaurant because my coat matched the paint. Yes I kinda look sad, I dont know what look I was going for? But I was trying to blend in..ha :) Peace!