One of my hopes for this blog is that it will force me to get better at photography. When I was a local news reporter I shot a lot of my own video, but I never felt like I really mastered the art of getting the perfect shot. Plus, I think still photography is even trickier than video. So I’ve made it my personal mission to finally learn how to properly use John’s DSLR, which I’ve picked up about two…
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I’m nervous about this blog. I had a blog once before. If you’re reading this, maybe you remember it. I started my first blog on a whim with zero intentions for it to be anything other than a fun hobby. I didn’t know it was possible for a blog to be anything other than a fun hobby. I didn’t even plan on telling anybody about it. And then I learned there was so. much. more. to blogging. There doesn’t have…
Fitness? Let’s just say it’s not my favorite hobby. Until college, I never thought about the concept of “working out” as an activity you actively do, like taking a class or scheduling a meeting. I grew up dancing competitively, which meant spending every night and plenty of weekends at the studio taking class and rehearsing. I would eat cheeseburgers and pizza and twelve thousand mozzarella sticks and never think twice about “fitness,” because ballet classes with drill instructors straight off…
I feel like I did my 20’s backward. You’re supposed to move to New York when you’re fresh out of college, wide-eyed and full of anticipation about the world of opportunities before you, oblivious to the pervasive stench of garbage and the miniature mountains of dog shit dotting the sidewalks. When you move to Manhattan, you’re not supposed to be in a frame of mind where you’re bothered by a little bit of dog poop. Instead, I moved to New…