I can't believe how fast this got turned around - we shot it a week ago today! Here's a link to it: [link]
Beware, the website intro can be loud, so you'll want to mute your computer till you hit the "skip" button.

Now that it's entered we have to wait and see if we get chosen as a finalist... but the more views and comments we get the better chance we have of moving forward in the competition

just clearing off my front page.

I haven't been talking about this much online or to anyone really, because it's just to heavy and I don't like to complain, or whine or push my problems on other people, but now it's reached the breaking point.

In September a few weeks after I got back to school I found out my mother moved out of the house. Things rapidly deteriorated and now my parents are getting divorced. I don't want to get into the details of it but it is not a friendly divorce for any of us and right now I hardly can think of her as my mother.

My dad has gone over his finances and has come to the conclusion that we (him) just can't pay for our house on his own. So on October 31st he will be leaving the house, and after that time we can't go back for I'm not sure how long, if ever. I think the most we will be able to do will be to take the rest our belongings out of it before it gets sold down the road.

There's a lot of things on my mind, but all I can really think coherently is - I didn't want my life to be like this.

Please pray for me and my family. I'm really not sure what the next few months will bring for us.

I did three hours of phone banking tonight for No on Question 1, the People's Veto in Maine regarding same-sex marriage. The way the question is worded means that voting no is a vote in favor of same-sex marriage, and voting yes is a vote against it (yeah, it's weird).

I'm exhausted.

There are a number of videos and pieces of propaganda out there from the Yes campaign about homosexuality being taught in schools etc etc... and it makes my heart ache to hear them.

But I don't think I've ever been quite as unnerved as I was tonight on my third call into the night when I got a wrong number and accidentally called a anti-homosexuality household. The man on the other end was perfectly polite until I told him who I was and why I was calling, then the ranting started going and all I could get out was "goodnight sir" and I hung up on him as he continued to spew hate into my ear.

I really hope this veto fails and the law stays in place so that gay marriage stays legal in Maine.

Yesterday I went out and bought myself a holga!!



I got it all loaded up with my first roll of film this morning and hope to have some photos to share by the end of next week. Hurrah!!