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Life is Good

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I want to dedicate this journal to the lovely sketcher-of-dreams for her 18th birthday. Here's a sample of her work:
Hope by sketcher-of-dreams Posturing by sketcher-of-dreams Candy Skies by sketcher-of-dreams Fading by sketcher-of-dreams I Love You by sketcher-of-dreams
So I've had a lot happen since my last journal. I guess I should fill you guys in!

OCCUPY WALL STREET
As you may know, I took two trips to wall street in October and November. Well in short, it was spectacular. I slept out in the open air with my sleeping bag (the second trip I learned the value of having a few layers of cardboard between oneself and the concrete). Both times I went with other students at Johnson. We formed a group named Johnson to Wall street that managed to raise $1000 in three weeks, allowing eight of us to rent a van and go down. It was very amazing, and hard to describe.
Here's a www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXOxEd… to a you-tube video taken the first time I was down there that gives a good idea of what it was like. And you can catch a glimpse of yours truly at 15:28.
It changed a lot by my second trip, the tents took up so much more space so it was tricky to get from point a to point b without twisting an ankle. People also were much more territorial as the cold set in. It was a more tense atmosphere, but the core essence of the movement was still alive and strong. I took fewer digital pictures that time around, and got more involved, going on marches, serving people food, and participating in general assembly.

BASEMENT MEDICINE
I've been taking a news writing class where I am a reporter for the campus newspaper (Basement Medicine) for my photojournalism major. Next semester I am going to be on staff, as the photo editor. I was pretty excited about that just by itself, but a few days ago my professor asked me to be the editor of the whole paper starting next year. I am kind of scared.  I mean, I'm only a freshman. I don't want to screw up. But I can't say that I'm not excited.

THE FUTURE
I've started saving up for a dslr, something in the $1000 -$2000 range. It will take several months with the job I have now, but hopefully I'll be able to get something good. I feel I've grown out of the camera I have now.

I also plan to go down to wall street for a third time, for the last week or two of my winter break in january. I'm a bit aprehensive, mostly of the weather, but I want to keep up the support. And I have a cousin living in Manhattan that might be able to let me stay over for a night or two if it gets dangerous.




Well that's a bit of my life. Happy Holidays to all, and a Happy New Year!
~ Mariah

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I started at Johnson State College last Friday, and so far I am in love! The whole atmosphere of the campus is so relaxed and friendly, it feels a lot like U32 and I really feel at home here.



    I am making good on my promise to myself to make a new start and be myself, and I have been making scads of friends. (I've even found a crush!). I can't really gauge as yet how hard my classes will be, but I know that Photo is, hands-down, the most expensive! I have spent so much on paper and film that I'd rather not think about it, not to mention that I bought a new film camera off of ebay.




        SO Johnson has a graduation requirement class called Creative Audience, basically you have to go to a certain number of performances or presentations in a given semester. I went to my first creative audience last night, a performance by a band I'd never heard of, known as 'Barefoot Truth' IT WAS AWESOME!!


      Barefoot Truth is a New England based indie group that has a style that is a mix of rock, folk, bluegrass, and reggae (here's the www.barefoottruth.com/worth_11… to their website!) I danced through the whole concert, and as they finished the last song everyone started chanting for an encore, which they gave! They loved the energy we had and even invited us up onto the stage as they played. Afterwords, I got two of the band members to autograph my sketchbook, and because I had no money one of them gave me a signed CD for free, as long as I spread the word about how awesome they were! (which I was going to do anyway!)


         In other news, today is my 18th birthday! :party:
So I am going to do a birthday feature! Yay!


wetness by SaphireNishi Day 39 by FramedByNature some years ago, in the summer by agnes-cecile Glaurung and Nienor by zdrava Oceania by alexcherrypicks:thumb143554394: .:.Wish upon a flower II.:. by Ailedda:thumb167349660: x - 1959 Buick Electra 225 by TriinErg :thumb203342157: Amidst by aoj211 learning to fly by hakubaikou :thumb203827010: Fire-raiser by 88grzes Leave Droplets 1 by JamiLynn Softly sleeping by arcipello   Red clouds by DreamCatCheuse Apple by MarkScheider Ballerina by Eibography Runaway by Process-junkie   77 by kirasanta An Excavation Of The Soul... by Blood-Of-A-Pirate   :thumb45082809: Raven by koujaku Kaiseroda by AP3RTUR3 Lonly Table 02 by Hassan9 new day by Iridescent-happinesS Autunno senza tempo... by Lab-27 :thumb161415040: :thumb192810938: over by jenniferhom Rio by IsacGoulart:thumb86858910: Been such a long time by Kvikken wandering spirit by ElisabethAnna:thumb194736186: barrel of a gun. by indiae Black and White 4 by EternalSL   :thumb175881715:

Mature Content

Dust by brentmail
    :thumb200961892: through the misty air by arbebuk Narcissus Gazed by TomasClark wind's melody III by nilgunkara

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So it's been a looong time since I updated.. lotsa news!

First off, check out DagHagerius 's work, he grabbed my 2,500 pv and has got a pretty sweet gallery.

Here's a sample for your eager eyes

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So I've been ACCEPTED to Ithaca College, my top choice!!! *does happy dance*  .... but I'm not out of the woods yet, I'll need some serious financial aid to be able to go, so cross your fingers!

Aaaand I am happy to announce two recent awards I've received!

The first was a little while ago, I submitted a portfolio of eight images to the Scholastic Young Artists and Writers Awards and won an honorable mention! Vortex by nature-geek  was selected from the set to be displayed at the Brattleboro Museum (Brattleboro, VT), and has since been returned.

This same image was selected by my teachers as one of the three images to represent U32 in our district's Congressional awards. The exibit will be put up on April 28 at the T.W. Wood Art Gallery in Montpelier, so if you are in the area stop by to check it out! You can find out more information about the Congressional Awards click www.welch.house.gov/index.php?…

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HAHaHaHA!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well I just got one of the best Christmas gifts in a while, this is going to sound a lot like my old journal, but it's a new camera! A new digital camera to be precise, and IT IS AMAZING! It is a Panasomic DMC-FZ35 with a Leica lens. 18xzoom and 12mp. It's especially wonderful since my old digital camera was broken about two months ago, and even that was really hard to get good results with. With this camera, the picture I take almost always looks like what I was aiming for. (It helped that I read the instruction manual, which I didn't for the old one:))

Anyway, what with the superspectacular new camera and a terrific New Years party at my cousin's (blue moon/many dogs/backyard fireworks/bonfire) I have had a great vacation! except I didn't do all my homework...




                                                                   FEATURES!!
:thumb132888886: walk on water by SilviaAK:thumb121428240: Mistical Morning by phaythe:thumb129828056::thumb124044314::thumb117913841: Somber Superior Evening by tfavretto Cache cache ... by julie-rc
  :thumb133735435: :thumb126368906: Galaxy Spread by TruemarkPhotography Mysterious tree by julie-rc stop and stare by SinfulEyes

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A SMALL LITTLE BIRTHDAY FEATURE




So my 16th was the 27th, and I got some pretty cool gifts including a tripod and, you won't believe this, a Yashica-D twin lens reflex medium format camera. It was made around 1957 or 1958 and is in beautiful condition. The camera takes 120 roll film, so the negatives are 2 1/4" square. I told you that you wouldn't believe it. So in honor of ma b'day, I shall feature! Check out these amazing artists, and remember, I have more news below.
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Everything You Have Ever by solefield Helen_23 by elendill Helen_19 by elendill kadavra9 . . . IV by mehmeturgut
:thumb93293622: twisters. by RowennaCox Look at Me by AGoddessFinch Giraffes at Dawn by MrStickman
:thumb135249692: Rullantika by e3w la dame de coeur by purple-rx:thumb131702551:
:thumb122366967: lights will guide you home by Piarvi-Recherreen:thumb24409912: m xx 154 by metindemiralay
lola by HealYourself:thumb102657681:
Felicidad by wickedweakweek countdown to extinction by werol Golden Waters by littlemewhatever:thumb132687760:

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So, if you like any of these, go to their galleries, comment, fave, the usual drill.:)
Now some news about me, feel free to zone out!
So my sister Alison has gone off to college, I miss her. It's weird being the only teen in the  house, but I hope she has fun and luck. I am on the brink of the second day of the new school year, and my classes seem cool, especially Chemistry. First class I had we made ethyl alcohol fireballs. For some reason, I think I will like this class.  Umm...Oh yeah, the other day my bird Polly got stuck in the piano, took like ten minutes and a severely massacred hand to get her out. But she seemed fine, even felt good enough to play George of the Jungle on the wires underneath it..hopeless..:roll:
I went to the Montpelier farmer's market yesterday, there was a beekeeper's stand selling honeycomb, so I bought some.. it's AMAZING! If you have never eaten honeycomb, you have got to try it, the best way to eat honey EVAH! (though I warn you, it's potent)

So, have a beautiful day my lovelies, until next time!


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