Reasons I Love Crime Shows

"You know what I saw? I saw fate get its ass kicked." -The Unusuals

(I think I"ll make a series of these. I watch so many crime shows, I might as well turn that into something.)

this is just disgusting

How many bases did they hit? Racism, sexism, cat metaphor....

Let me go vomit now.

full frontal

So I've been working on this beastly research paper for my senior English class. We picked our own topics and I, in my infinite wisdom, choose feminism in art. I though it'd be mildly interesting. Then, a bit into the research, I was about ready to put up with male oppression if I never had to see another bit of vagina symbolism ever again. Then I read this. I'd always called myself a feminist but this book really brought it home for me. It's clear, accessible, written for young women who missed out on the bra burning (or not, since that never happened), and makes it clear that feminism affects my/your/our/his/her/everyone's everyday life. Feminism was never real for me before. I've had the experience of not being able to get my birth control because the Walgreens manager's beliefs. I've been harassed with whistles since I was about twelve. I guess the biggest thing this book did for me was get me to understand that I should be angry about that stuff. It pisses me off but I live it Oklahoma and being a liberal non-Christian young woman I'm pretty used to suppressing my anger at stupid things. This reminded me it's okay to get pissed but you've got to do something with it. Anyway, READ THIS BOOK (you too boys).

Images like this are why I'm a photographer. Photographers like this are why I'm a photographer(the above images is his). Just when I feel like I'm loosing it images like this keep me inspired.

I love making images of people. It's so much more satisfying than any of my other photography.

we're a crazy bunch

I'm a Star Wars fan. I've been a fan as long as I can remember. I say that with pride (and just a bit of fear that this may cause people to think I liked the three that have been released in my lifetime). That said, this sums up exactly how I feel about it now. It deserves the ironic and hyperbolic treatment this writer gives it. And the best part is, people took it super seriously. "For every so called "flaw" or "failure" in the saga (none which I agree with by the way), there are dozens of story points, elements that make Mr. Lucas six-episode saga untouchable in the history of cinema. I'm not talking effects, or box office receipts, but the genius of how he told his Shakespearean myth in the form of the moving image." People like that are why I get embarrassed to call myself a fan sometimes.

OMG

WAAAANT. I'm such a dork but this just looks awesome to me. Think of the possibilities! Manzana Lift made a home! Homemade rasberry tea soda! This makes me feel like an over hyped ten year old, but really, this just looks awesome to me (and the nineties styles photos just make that flashback even worse).