Loving Life!

I was talking to my Amy today and we were discussing how I felt about turning 30, she thought I'd be feeling "like I'm about to lose my virginity and I may not want to but it has to happen sometime". I don't feel quite like that but it is something similar. Something that keeps running around in my mind as the day of my birth encroaches on the holiday weekend is....I'm happy.

I'm happier than I've ever been, I feel sound, content, balanced, and loved. These are my days! These are the days people talk about, these are the days I've been waiting for.

I'm happy, truly happy.

Countdown...

So I'm turning the big 30  in  exactly a week, and to prepare for this I have been trying to take things more with a tossed up hand and a MEH! I'm having a party on the 8 if you want to come! We will have activities like a photo booth and making shirts also yummy goodies! 
I hate feeling like there is nothing to do at parties but talk. In preparation for this party I had to take some photos of myself in order to send out virtual invites  via facebook and here are a few that I ended up keeping. 


I have no idea what else to do with them! My idea for the photos was to insert a conversation bubble so that's why I'm off to the side in a lot of them. 

The Glean Queen

It's that time of year again! 

The time where I go to different places and take fruit off of trees that don't belong to me. There are two different ways of getting fruit, morally and immorally.

Morally:  Conveniently finding a black berry bush behind an abandoned building. Have friends who have parents with giant apricots, and have so many they are using them as ammunition in epic apricot fights. Having friends with cherry trees in their yard. On campus is TOTALLY free game. If the branches are hanging over the side walk ALSO free game, and alley ways. 

Immorally:

Dressing all in black and in the middle of the night stealing the coveted elephant heart plum from your neighbors yard, they're too busy to notice that the plums are ready and YOU WANT THEM. Noticing that Cook's greenhouse is selling their strawberry starts 2 for one and also noticing the strawberries are ripe. "Helping" Cook's by eating the ripe strawberries without buying the plants and embarrassing the friends that came with you.

I'm happy to tell you that I morally got enough cherries for a yummy cherry pie which I will share with friends later today. Look out Rob, I'm bringing a ladder next time! 

Grainy

Lets discuss 800 speed film...better yet the science behind it. When you go into dark places and a flash isn't available you should use higher speed film, a film's speed is the measure of sensitivity to light and how quick the silver halides react. Higher speed = less light. The silver halide is what you see when film looks "grainy" or a bit fuzzy for lack of a better term. When film is expired, the silver halides start to lose their value and increase in "happy accidents" which is pretty much what I strive for.

This roll was my first 800 ISO and the pictures turned out okay, not my favorite but artsy enough to satiate that need. You will notice in darker situations the grain is more apparent because I like to think they had to work harder. :) Enjoy!

 Rob J'ness and I went to Summerfest in Orem last week

 I hang with them a lot.

 We (Rob & J'ness) had a BBQ with our friend Lauren In West Jordan who just gave birth to this cute thing below, her name is Alison and she's a gem. I liked to smell her head! Om nom nom nom BABIES!!!

 Lauren's husband is crafty!

 Lauren trying to avoid pictures...

 My good friend KayCee got married Saturday and I went to her reception in West Jordan, as I pulled up her bridal party was decking out her car with the traditional sexual innuendos all in good fun of course.

 Isn't Kim just GORGEOUS!

 I'm in love with this crape paper blowing around in the wind!

 The culprits! The bride wasn't too impressed, but she didn't know at the time it was some of her best friends pulling the prank.

 Here is the grainy parts, the reception had low lights and cute little girls willing to dance among bubbles, how could I not partake!?

 I love this one

 This one too!

 KayCee!

 This one was so grainy I had to flip it to BW so you can at least see some value.

Well folks that's it! I think I really like the grain, I may even go higher with the film speed. If this 800 looks like that, imagine what 3600 ISO can do!