The ending of another chapter of Sara

I'm graduated.

It's pretty exciting. :)

An Exercise in Emulation

As you probably don't know, I'm doing a 365 photo challenge, AKA I take and upload a photo everyday for a year.

For this week, I decided to copy other photographers and re-create their works with my own spin.
First up, Girl Playing Cards. The original:
Kellie Cat graciously agreed to be my model for this one:

Next up, a photo from a series by Ralph Gibson:
My version of The Somnambulist:
Finally, you all know this portrait of Einstein by Arthur Sasse:And here is Bensuke in his Einstein-y best:

I took a few more, but they're still in editing.
What do you think? It was a fun project that I may revisit when I'm not a daily deadline.

Cool things about going to Las Vegas:

• Bellagio fountain show
• Blue Man Group!
• The Lion King
• being in a test audience for a TV pilot
  
• wax museum
• FAO Schwartz
• interactive light-up dance floors
• living statues
• HASH HOUSE A GO GO
  
• not getting carded the whole time I was there
  

Not so cool things about going to Las Vegas:

• avoiding people handing out sketchy cards
• expensive shopping
  
• being called a pimp because of a certain yellow jacket
• The Sirens of TI
  
• terrible traffic
• Elvises who "work on tips"
• no chess clubs, just strip clubs
  

temple square

temple square
Originally uploaded by emmisary

I got to go see the MoTab Christmas concert last Friday. It was pretty spectacular.
Afterward, thanks to special hookups, we went to the top of the Zion's Bank building, from which I got this shot. :)
Merry Christmas!

If I finish this paper, I will be done I will be done with assignments for the semester!

And that is my motivation. 12:25 am. 13.5 hours to finish it. Sleeping is only slightly important.

November...

Oh hey, blogland. How's it going? Long time no talk, huh?

The semester's gone pretty well, I think, though I'm finding myself slipping a lot. It's the semester before I graduate, and I guess that means it's okay to slack off. I'm not gonna fail classes or anything, it's just probably not my most quality semester.

I'll be finishing up my Bachelor's next semester, with classes to wrap up my Japanese major and Spanish minor (I've already finished the requirements for my TESOL minor) and I'm also taking a religion class on the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible and also Beginning Guitar. I'm stoked.

It is Sunday and today I am going to:

• go to church
• be home taught
• write a paper for Japanese
• write some missionaries
• Ward Prayer/Munch and Mingle
• probably do some other stuff, too
  

I am writing a sticky note with the word BLOG on it and sticking it on my desk, so hopefully I'll be blogging more in the near future...we'll see.

The Triumphant Return

Summer is over, so I'm back to this blog. Did you miss me, blog? I bet you did.

Goals for this semester include:

• Blahgging more often
• Learning the ins and outs of my new Canon 30D DSLR camera. :D
• Wasting less time
• Making Divine Comedy awesome
• Cooking and eating healthy
• Having lots and lots of fun

I'm set to graduate in April, if everything goes according to plan.

I started my new job today at the company that I interned with. Now I'm working in their Provo office doing phone screening for applicants in the US and Canada. Exciting stuff. This will hopefully cure my phone-phobia. If it doesn't, I'll have a hard time...

Okay! So long for now, cyber world.