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Pennhurst Asylum

One tank of gas - $35
One ticket to enter - $25
One night of scaring the living crap out of me - priceless

Who pays to get scared?! ME

Real is only a matter of perception.

I believe if you haven't experienced moments so real in life that they leave you breathless, than you haven't really lived life.
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Trick or Treat

Well here are the pictures as I promised.  One showing fang and another just because I finally like one of my self portraits.

Continuing Traditions

Tonight is one of my favorite nights of the year.  I get to hand out candy to hundreds, yes 500 hundred to be exact, little munchins and following that my best friend since childhood is coming to watch our annual movie.  This tradition has continued since we were in 3rd grade.  Every halloween we watch one of two favorite halloween movies, and YES they are both corny but we love them just the same.  It doesn't matter how close or far we live we either reconvene at one of our houses or separately watch the movie the same night.  So here goes to one more year of our tradition.  What could possibly be better than a glass of wine and Hocus Pocus or Practical Magic?

runningintheusa.com

The other day I was searching for some local races to register to run in when I found a great website for all the runners in the world.  www.runningintheusa.com is a great resource for people who are looking for upcoming events.  They range from 5k to marathons to triathlons, so this has become my newest fixation.  Yesterday I registered for an 8k and by spring I hope to register for a half marathon. Ultimately, I'd like to cross the marathon off my list by next year.  I have one month to get ready and I'm sure it will be no problem but I'm still  a tad nervous, since I have to find a hotel for the weekend of the race and its a huge race weekend.  In the mean time I may run a couple 5ks before then just for fun.  Happy running!

Move Over True Blood...

....here I come.  The other day while wandering around the halloween store, I found the most amazing thing....custom fangs!  Now, for those of you who don't know, I am a huge True Blood fan and I've read most of the Sookie Stackhouse books.  So when I looked at the woman at the cash register and she had REAL fangs, I about died.  I immediately knew I was going to have the easiest and best costume this year.  I just love this time of year.  It has all the best things- sweater weather, warm apple cider, halloween and all the best scary movies on TV.  In the mean time, heres a sneak peak of my perfect find until I can update the blog with a halloween self portrait.

October Contest

Happy Halloween!!!!  Check out Kate Greenawalt Photography on Facebook  for a chance for a free session and 8x10.

Happiness

Yesterday I spent the day with my sister.  It was something much needed.  Sometimes we all need a gentle to reminder to get a grip.  As she handed me this magnet, I knew she got me.  She really understood.  Thanks for always being there and for allowing me to vent.  I know I can be a bit difficult at times but just know I appreciate it all.

For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin- real life.  But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.  At last it dawned on me that these obstaceles were my life.  This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness.  Happiness is the way, so treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one.  Happiness is a journey, not a destination...
-Souza

Moving Forward

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Favorite things

There is nothing quite like the combination of the ocean, solitude, and my camera. These things ease my mind.

Pretty Woman

Vivian: I want the fairy tale. 

My Life List Part 2

1. Open my own business
2. Run a marathon
3. Shoot for a magazine
4. Vacation in Hawaii
5. Graduate with a photography degree
6. Host a Halloween costume party
7. Be inspired
8. Live in a city
9. Dance with someone in the middle of the street
10. See pink sand
11. Learn Spanish....again
12. Play piano
13. Play guitar
14. Climb a mountain
15. Drive cross country
16. Buy a house
17. Make love by a fireplace during a snowstorm
18. Do a triathlon
19. Shoot in a NYC photography studio
20. Go to California
21. Own a beach house
22. Visit Spain and be able to hold a conversation while there
23. Experience Las Vegas
24. Spend Christmas in a different country
25. See a kangaroo in Australia
26. Take a weekend to go away with my girlfriends
27. Have a REAL studio space
28. Train my dogs....to listen
29. Completely renovate my house
30. Be featured in a professional photography magazine
31. Purchase a new Mac
32. Get a MFA
33. Teach a photo course
34. Reach my goal weight
35. Find myself
36.  See a Broadway show
37. Take a family picture that is way overdue
38. Go to Africa to volunteer and to photograph
39. Get together with my college friends
40. Take a jewelery making class
41. Start my Road to Salvation photo project
42. Photograph at least one picture in every state
43. Get a tattoo
44. Shoot a destination wedding
45. Shoot for Time or Vogue magazine
46. Take a risk with my career
47. Sky dive
48. Have my personal work displayed in a NYC gallery
49. Ski the alps
50. Be brave enough to bare it all in a boudoir photo shoot
51. Live in a foreign country for a year
52. Make Thanksgiving meal all on my own
53. Cook in nothing but heels....and be happy doing so
54. Photograph my sister
55. Own a pair of Louboutins
56. Photograph the desert
57. Be snowed in a cabin for a weekend
58. Assist Annie Leibovitz
59. Photograph everyday for one month straight
60. Stay in an ocean side hut with a glass bottom
61. Take a photo workshop
62. Redo my website
63. Create a brand for my company
64. Host a photo workshop
65. Find a good accountant
66. Buy a meal for a stranger
67. Take kickboxing
68. Have a candlelit dinner at home
69. Learn to like running
70. Travel to France
71. Tour a castle
72. Start a journal
73. Take my sister to see the Eiffel Tower
74. Throw a wine and cheese party for my girlfriends
75. Write a book
76. Backup and organize all of my past work
77. Photograph Japan's architecture
78. Photograph a timeless self portrait
79. Taste wine in wine country
80. Find my spiritual side
81. Shoot with and maybe own a digital Hasselblad
82. Read the entire Bible
83. Apply to Harvard for my MFA
84. Join a networking group
85. Visit a plantation in Savannah
86. Photograph a celebrity
87. Make a difference in someone's life
88. Take a trip alone and enjoy my own solitude
89.  Go backpacking
90. Photograph a Ford model
91. Attend a ball and wear a gown
92. Be served breakfast in bed
93. Finish my laundry room
94. Knit a scarf
95. Grow old and wrinkled and stay young at heart
96. Get lucky....in public ;)
97. Learn sign language
98.Witness a baby being born
99. Help someone in need
100.  Take my dogs to the beach
101. Give up meat for a year

My Life List

My sister emailed me the other day with an amazing blog that she thought I might find resourceful.  I strive to have complete balance in life and she's found that most recently I am struggling with what I really want out of life.  That said, she found me this entry.....http://www.haveanepiphanie.com/. (MY LIFE LIST).  She seems to know what I need to see and hear before I do.  I guess that's what sisters do for you.  As you can probably imagine, YES, I too am putting together my list for some close analyzing. Until mine is done, take a minute to read down thru these 101 things to accomplish.  It might just put your life into perspective also. 

The right quote at the right time...

I got an email from my boss today. Everyday she sends us a daily quote, but this one just felt like I needed to hear it.

It's up to us to determine our happiness. No one else is in charge. No one else is to blame. No one else gets the credit. Our happiness is tied to our willingness to be responsible for our own moods. That’s a certainty — one of few in this life.



~ Karen Casey

New Work

Recently I have been inspired to work on some of my personal work.  Below are the some of the pictures that I've found in piles of film that have been laying around untouched for way too long.

Welcome Isabella

She finally decided to join us!! Here is the big girl herself.

Leila's Senior Pics

Even though Leila hated the idea of senior portraits, I think she was pleasantly surprised by the outcome.  Here are a few.