8.29.07 (phototrippin day 51)

made it to my uncle anthony's in one piece yesterday

gonna chill here for a few days then see about heading up to see my friends cory and karen in hampton, va

huh, guess that's about it really. i'm not getting good cell phone reception here so, if i don't pick up or you can't hear me if you do, that's why :)

8.28.07 (phototrippin day 50)

wow, 50 days on the road. doesn't really seem like it's been that long

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anyway, there was a slight change of plans so i'm just now leaving for uncle anthony's place in charlotte :)

should be there around 5 or 6 (which would make it 4 or 5 for those living in central time)

mmmm, that's about it really.

oh! told my friend rain i would say this:
Rain, you are made of AWESOME. thanks for cleaning up that dead roach for me :) :) :)

aaaaand i'm out! :)

8.25.07 (phototrippin day 47)

well, after a phone call from my sis, i've discovered that folks actually do keep up with this blog and when i don't post, that's when the phones start ringing trying to figure out where i am. so, sorry for being lazy and not posting :)

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everything did go to plan and i did make it to kristin and sean's (and matt lives there now too) the night i said i would. got there a little later than i'd planned on cause a severe storm blew through right after i'd got the car all packed up so i waited it out with leah and will, watching Avatar: The Last Airbender

but after the storm i made it to their place and crashed there until yesterday (8.24.07)

it was cool hanging with them again, since the last time i saw them was back in the, what, late 90s/early 2000s in starkville

so yay for hanging out again :)

after i left there, i headed to rain's place. rain was leavin' for atlanta around 1pm so we meet up at 10am (well, that was the plan, but i got lost due to mapquest letting me down so it was more us meeting up around 10:15) and we headed to the Duke University Gardens.

wow. it was beautiful there. i mean, really. add to that rain being a kick ass model and you had the ingredients for a photo shoot made of AWESOME. i shot it with my rolli, my polaroid onestep closeup, and A.E.Jones (the polaroid 420 that i got from my mama 2)

after we left the Gardens, we went to the Cathedral on the Duke Campus. wow yet again. had a quick shoot there (quick because film and time was running out. rain had to get back to meet her ride to atlanta, and we still got back after he got there. d'oh!)

anyway, a good shoot.

currently, i'm still at rain and her hubby, pontus', place. they're both out of town till sunday (for rain) and monday (for pontus) so i'm pretty much housesittin :)

if all goes to plan (yet again) i'll be heading for uncle anthony's in charlotte monday. :)

8.21.07 (phototrippin day 43)

whew, even though i've had access to a computer for as long as i've been crashing with leah and will, i've only now sat down to type up an update

bad pat!

anyhow, had fun hanging out with skyla dawn and her lady in jacksonville. spent the night with them, had a photoshoot with skyla early the next morning (both of us weren't used to being up that early, i don't think), and them hopped on the road for a 7! hour trip up to cary, north carolina to see leah and will.

and i've been here for the past few days, hanging out, rocking out with guitar hero, watching anime, reading books, chillin with alison, JJ, mike, etc and being AWESOME.

finally bought some more polaroid film. thank god, it's been too long since i've had my fix.

also went to see Superbad with leah, will, and alison and let me tell ya...that movie is funny as hell. go go go see it.

the photoshoot went well and, just like all the rest, i really can't wait to see how they come out.

hmmmm, trying to remember if there was anything else....

oh yeah, i'm now hooked on Avatar: The Last Airbender. in fact, i may have to sign up for netflix just so i can find out how the first season ends. damn you leah and will for your drug pushing ways :p

well i should probably go hop in the shower and off leah's mac so, off i go.

i'll be heading for kristin's in raleigh tonight (if all goes to plan)

8.15.07 (phototrippin day 37)

photo dump post

from birmingham to clearwater and everywhere in between!













more, as always, can be found here

next stop, hanging with skyla dawn tonight and going for leah's in north carolina :)

8.13.07 (phototrippin day 35)

i don't know what it is about florida and it making me drive through storms the like of which haven't been seen since noah, but despite the weather yesterday, i made it to amber's place in one piece.

hung out with her boy and her crew, went out to dinner, then played soul caliber II (the gamecube version. also known as the best version ;) ) till we all went to bed. good times :)

looking forward to our shoot today, after she gets off work.

plan on leaving florida weds so all my north carolina peeps give me a holla and let me know what ya'll schedules are looking like :)

think that's about it.

oh, just found out that one of my favorite comic artist, Mike Wieringo, died yesterday of a sudden heart attack. he was 44. r.i.p. mr. wieringao.

8.10.07 (phototrippin day 32)

made it to armrest's and her hubby's place (my cousin tracey and jerry) in one piece last night around 11 pm.

heh, it's always weird to see tracey acting all mom like :p

anyway, the kids were already in bed when i got there and jerry was out of town on a business trip so it was just us hanging out and talking till trace fell asleep in the chair (all part of her plan, you see) and i crashed in the guest/jeremy's room.)

the trip from atlanta to jacksonville was ok, for the most part. (besides two traffic jams, a car on fire causing one of them, and the two "oh my god it's the second coming" downpours i drove through not withstanding)

i'm planning on shooting my friend skyla dawn tomorrow afternoon (saturday) and then heading down to clearwater to hang and shoot amber. i should be leaving for her place sunday afternoon.

still not sure if i'm gonna get a chance to see and shoot my friend sara down in groveland yet. she's a little overwhelmed with life right now so not sure if there's gonna be time.

anywho, off to shower before everyone gets home from work/daycare :)

EDIT: oh, and the shoot with jen and alice went really well. :)

8.07.07 (phototrippin day 29)

had a great time hanging with marti and erin and their boys in birmingham. when i left their house (after a pretty slick photo shoot. vulcan park is just beautiful) i headed to my dad's place and crashed there for a night before heading to atlanta to my sis jen's place last thursday. and this is where i've been since then.

had a shoot with my friend russ who also lives up here (but didn't get a chance to meet up with mary *shakes fist at work schedules*) and i plan to shoot jen and alice tomorrow (which will be wednesday). (was gonna do it saturday but jen wanted to get her hair done first, you know how sister's are) :p

i just now got back from the High Museum of Art and checking out the traveling exhibition of one of my favorite photographers Anne Leibovitz (thanks for telling me about it russ)

really, really great work they have up. nice and big and, dare i say it again, great.

thanks to it, i am revitalized. revitalized i say!

i have to admit, i had started to feel the burn a bit, but now, i, like he-man before me, have the power! ;)

so, looking forward to the shoot tomorrow and all the shoots to come later after i get back on the road thursday, going for jacksonville.

:)

EDIT: oh! almost forgot! finally saw my Aunt Linda and Uncle (big) Brian (and chris) for the first time in almost 10 years last night :) and they fed me too boot! yay! ;) (their house is really nice. ma, you should really make time to go out there) :)

8.01.07 (phototrippin day 23)

i've been saying they've been coming and now they're here

photos (batch 1)! :)
















and all the rest (so far) here :)

not a bad way to ring in august eh? ;)