Got mad props

everyone has been really appreciative about the alex video i took. which is funny because i just pointed the camera at the screen. but i guess its more the fact that i was thoughtful enough to take the video that counts. but people really appreciated it. and i'm glad. i also got great feedback from erika when i took some special video of her family for her at tio's party. which made me realize a couple of things.

1. i'm kind of the unofficial video person for the family. which is pretty cool.

2. i love capturing memories for people.

3. being appreciated for doing something i love is such a high. and it makes me more passionate about what i'm doing.

i think i might be leaning more towards documentaries. i love history. and i love capturing moments in time. not only big moments but the little moments that surround those big ones. because people want to remember the big things but they also want to remember what life was like at that time. what was the music like, what slang people were saying, what we all sounded like. little things like that. i appreciate those things. whether its in my childhood videos or on the history channel. you want people who don't remember, or didn't live it, to get a feel for what life was like back then.

and being the "video" person of the family makes me feel so awesome too. i feel like i'm finally contributing something of my own to this awesomely talented family. i've wanted that for so long. :)

Monday update

its 6:45am. yucky sounding cough. but really no reason why i can't go to school. i'm tired but i'm able. so...sigh..here i go.

i had a doctors note to get out of today. and if i had a job i'd use it. but this is school and i need to be there so i won't use it.

Alex Wins A GRAMMY!!!

Away Message 1 - sick

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 She's not in right now.

 She's currently getting over an all consuming cold 

and cannot come to the blog.

 Please leave your comments and Melissa will be with you 

whenever the fuck her body decides 

to shake this goddamn cold. 

Which will most likely be 1 hour before she has to go to school so that her whole weekend is completely ruined but she has no excuse not to shlep into class on Monday.

Pictures from my phone

on the bus



Bayside


American Airlines Arena. There's a poster for a Julio Iglesias concert on Valentines day. lol how appropriate.


the people mover came out of this building. i thought that was neat. it felt like disney world.

i LOVED this!!!!

I Aced my first test!!!! woohoo!! 100% baby!

i even caught a mistake the teacher made on the test! :)

so i took a victory shot.