So my real reason for posting all of that nastiness yesterday was so that my subsequent posts with all of my self-portraits will look AWESOME in comparison!

I'm so smart.

(dude I'm KIDDING okay)

The morning glory photo seriously has nothing to do with anything. I just wanted to post something pretty and flower pictures are pretty freaking easy to make pretty (says the person who took 20 photos only to come out with 3-4 decent ones) so I used one that I took Sunday afternoon. Random. The self-portrait is from this morning. I realize the pose totally emphasizes my gut and it looks like I'm giving bitchface to the camera and I kind of don't like how I turned out in general (the camera was positioned way below eye level...I was perched somewhat precariously on the edge of the bathtub in order to get the desired lighting) but the picture itself came out kind of badass. Both were shot w/ natural light and there is no post-processing on either of them except resizing/additon of text.

I think I took the first one with my 50mm f/1.8 prime (cheap lens that I love love love even though it doesn't autofocus on my camera) and the second was with my kit lens (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6). I wanted warmer tones so I set the white balance to "cloudy".

Soooo for those of you who actually don't really care about pictures and just care about me (HA)...

- My dad is leaving for Japan tomorrow and will be back on the 23rd.
- My brother got into Stanford's graduate program forrrr I forget what. I always forget about 5 minutes after he tells me what the program is called. It's a one year program that has to do with learning/education and technology and whatever I FORGET but I'm still super proud of him!
- Vegas next month!
- Europe in two months!
- Japan in five months?

I'm actually kind of freaking out about the length of the flights overseas. I've never flown that far before (heh don't I sound provincial) and I have a tendency to get anxious if I feel confined for too long. I've been okay for 5/6 hour flights, though, so chances are I'm freaking out for nothing. I may want to bring a sleep aid just in case though...?