Random things...... and AOSEPT

My husband went to the eye doctor today for an exam and to get new contacts. He came home with a bag full of AOSEPT Clean Care. He said the eye doctor had a cupboard full of them. The doctor said the AOSEPT Clean Care will be back on shelves in April. Awesome.

Today was my first day back to work since vacation. Last night I crawled into bed after The Sopranos and just tossed and turned. I had a very hard time going to sleep. After sleeping what felt like ten minutes I woke up at 3:30 am. My alarm was set to 4:20 am. I couldn't get back to sleep. Every ten minutes I would check the alarm clock to see what time it was. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore and got out of bed at 4:10 am. I don't know why I always do that? I haven't ever slept through my alarm. I can't stand it when I wake up before my alarm.

Friday I received a piece of mail from GM talking about their March Madness sale. Before I bought my 2004 Grand Prix GT last June, I was looking at a 2005 Pontiac G6. I didn't get the G6 because they didn't have the color that I wanted, Metallic Orange. The car dealership had a Metallic Orange Grand Prix on the lot, so I bought that one. Today, my husband and I went to the car dealership to find out about the March Madness sale and possibly get me an 2006 Pontiac G6 Metallic Orange car. The salesman asked me the routine questions, I gave him answers. I told him I didn't want to pay higher then the payments I'm making now. He said he was going to look through the numbers. He came back and said that I couldn't get a new G6 without paying higher then what I'm paying now. Some sale. He didn't even try to work with me or see what he could do, numberwise. It didn't seem like he was even trying that hard and that he didn't want to try to sell me a car. So my husband and I walked out of the dealership and back to my pretty 2004 Metallic Orange Grand Prix GT. I'll stick with this car for a couple more years and when I'm ready to get a new car, I won't go back to that salesman.

Photo is of my 2004 Grand Prix GT, Metallic Orange.

Cemetery morning

This morning in Adrian it was sunny. For the past week I've been hoping for a sunny morning, never got one until today. I figured I'd better not waste the sun. I grabbed my Nikon D100 and my new favorite toy camera the Holga 120. I hopped into my car and headed for my favorite place in Lenawee County: Oakwood Cemetery.

Being early, I didn't expect to see people in the cemetery, besides workers. Driving down the paths to the back of the cemetery, I saw some workers talking. I passed them and headed to my favorite statue in the whole cemetery. When I got to the beautiful statue, I left my D100 in the car. I grabbed my Holga. I have enough pictures of her with my D100, I wanted to see how my beautiful lady will turn out on 120 film and black and white! Now I have to wait for the results, since it is film.

After photographing the statue, I got back in my car and drove over one of many mausoleums that are in the cemetery. I shot with my D100 and Holga. After the mausoleums, I got in my car and parked it near the fence that lines the cemetery. Shot some of the fence and another statue that was nearby.

I decided my work was done at Oakwood Cemetery. I drove my car down the road to two other cemeteries and took only a few pictures of a line of trees serving as a fence between St. Joseph Cemetery (not sure) and St. John's Lutheran Cemetery. The way that the sun was falling on the trees was beautiful. Not seeing anything else interesting to shoot, I drove home. It was nice to shoot the cemeteries in the morning, with the sun still rising. Usually I don't make it to the cemeteries until mid-morning or afternoon. I guess I'm really happy to be out shooting. And later today I will have another opportunity to shoot.

My husband and I are driving up to Ann Arbor today. I was in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, but it was cloudy and very cold, sort of a blah day. So far today it is sunny and warmer. My husband and I haven't been to Ann Arbor together since 1999. We plan to walk around downtown. I hope I can get him to drive to University of Michigan's campus so I can take pictures with a blue sky, which was missing when I drove up Wednesday. Ann Arbor is 35 miles north of my house and I just don't get there very much, yes it's sad. We already have our dinner location picked: Mongolian Barbeque. I'm excited. I've been craving it all week.

Vacation

For the past week, I've been on vacation. It has been so nice to finally have some free time to let me do the things that I've been wanting to do. Like staying up late watching TV or reading a book, sleeping in late and shooting (taking photos) every day. The last time I think I was out photographing for myself the entire week is last August when I was last on vacation. Sure, I photograph things at work, but this is different. This is what I find interesting.

The pictures that I posted are one that I took Wednesday up at Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor and the other that I took at Hidden Lake Gardens in Tipton. I plan to post more on my photo blog DCO's Photo Gallery next week when I 'm back to work and don't have so much free time so shoot on my own.

Random things......

Last night I watched the season finale of The Shield, and it was very good. I was wondering how the show would tie up the loose ends with Curtis "Lem" Lemansky (Kenneth Johnson) on the run. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) arranges for Lem to meet up at a certain time and place to get him out of the country and to set up a new life in Mexico. Lem meets up with Shane Vendrell (Walton Goggins) and Shane tells Lem to follow him to the meeting point. Once they get there, Lem asks where Vic and Ronnie Gardocki (David Rees Snell) are. Shane tells him they both had someone tailing them and they were probably still trying to shake them. Shane goes on to tell Lem that his wife is pregnant and then says he has some food for him. Shane goes back to his truck to get a sandwich to give to Lem. Not only does Lem get a sandwich, but a grenade that he picked up at a bust earlier in the day. The grenade explodes and kills Lem. Once Lem is dead, Shane goes to the meet with Vic and Ronnie. It is passed midnight and Lem still hasn't met with The Strike Team. Finally they receive word that an officer is down. Vic, Shane and Ronnie go to the scene and find Lem dead in his car. Vic fights with Lt. Jon Kavanaugh (Forest Whitaker) after Kavanaugh says to him, "Are you happy now?" After Vic and Kavanaugh's fight gets broken up, Vic leaves with Ronnie and Shane and vows to kill whoever did that to Lem. Next season should be very interesting. How is Vic going to handle it when he finds out Shane killed Lem? Is next season the last? Can't wait to find out.

Over on my photo blog DCO's Photo Gallery I'm posting photos of the Senior Ballet Elite class at Encore Dance Studio. I'll be posting them in parts like before. I've got many photos to share.

And, last but not least. While in Ann Arbor this morning, I stopped by Big George's and bought a Holga camera for $22.99. It is a plastic toy camera and I will be using it the first time tomorrow when I visit Hidden Lake Gardens in Tipton, MI. It will give me a chance to try out the soft focusing, double exposure and light leaks.

Photo Credits: www.fxnetworks.com and www.big-georges.com

Michigan State women going to the Sweet Sixteen

The time is here and it's March Madness. Everyone filled out brackets in the office, besides me. Most people are excited to watch the tournament. I like to watch it too, but I really like to watch the women's tournament. The women play just as hard as the men, but they are always overlooked. But that is nothing new.

Last night the Michigan State Spartans beat Kentucky Wildcats 67-63 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. MSU will play the winner of Tuesday's Duke-Southern California game in Bridgeport, Conn., on Sunday, March 28.

I really started following MSU last year because the best player I've ever seen, Tiffanie Shives from Lansing Christian decided she was going to continue her career at Michigan State. Tiffanie was the 2005 Michigan Miss Basketball as a senior, averaging 25.1 points, 8.0 assists, 5.2 steals and 4.4 rebounds. She led Lansing Christian to a 26-1 record and the 2005 Class D state championship as a senior. Tiffanie set the state's career 3-point basket record with 311, and ranks second with 653 career assists and seventh with 2,283 career points and 441 steals. I'm telling you this girl can play.

This year at MSU, her role has been different. She doesn't get to play that much. She is only a freshman and some seniors, Lindsay Bowen and Liz Shimek will graduate this year. Hopefully, Tiffanie will be able to play more next season. But only time will tell.

TOP PHOTO: Senior Lindsay Bowen looking to set up the offense.

BOTTOM PHOTO: Courtney Davidson celebrating on the bench. Behind her is Tiffanie Shives. (I added her name, it is above her.)

Photo Credits: msuspartans.collegesports.com

Michelle Martis' Gallery Show at Siena Heights University - Adrian, MI

Michelle Martis
My perspective of Italy
March 21 to March 26, 2006

Siena Heights University
Klemm Gallery - Studio Angelico
1247 East Siena Heights Drive
Adrian, MI 49221
www.sienahts.edu/~Art/.com
1-800-521-0009 Ext. 7860

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Oral Defense:
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Noon, Klemm Gallery

Reception:
Sunday, March 26, 2006
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Finally! After seven months.....

The first week of August 2005, was my last vacation. After seven months, yes a long seven months, I'm on vacation again. Most of my co-workers asked me if I was going anywhere special. Yes, my house. My husband doesn't have enough hours to take the entire week off, so I'm just staying around town.

My goal for this vacation is to photograph a lot, for myself. Last night, after The Sopranos and Big Love on HBO, I got dressed headed to work to pick up a tripod that my co-worker left for me and I started my final photo project for New York Institute of Photography. The NYIP is basically for people who don't know too much about photography and the program helps them improve their skills. I actually don't need the class, I already have my BA in Art (Photography) from Siena Heights University. I'm in the class for fun and I hoped it would get me outside shooting more on my free time.

My first stop on the night shooting tour was the Old Lenawee County Courthouse in Adrian. I set up the tripod and took some pictures. The outcome was ok, not super. Not really satisfied on what I just shot, I put the tripod and camera in my car and headed off to Siena Heights University. When I got there, the parking lot at the Fieldhouse was empty. Which was good, no distracting cars that would get in the way. While getting the equipment out of the car, I saw a guy walking across the street. Suddenly he was walking towards me. I was thinking, I could either sit in my car until he was gone, or just hit him upside the head with the heavy tripod if he should attack me. The guy cut across the parking lot towards the fieldhouse and just stared at me. I finally realized that the guy was a Siena Security officer, not an attacker. After getting my gear, I walked across the street and set up the tripod. I took pictures of the Fieldhouse. Those sucked, so I deleted them and turned the tripod around and took pictures of Sacred Heart Hall. Those turned out well, but I felt I needed to try to shoot another lit up building. I put my stuff in the car and headed towards Bixby Medical Center.

I shoot at Bixby for a half hour or so, not really getting what I want. Then I realize that I'm hungry. I ate dinner around 6 pm, and now it was 12:30 am. What I really wanted was tacos, I followed all of the other hungry people in town to one place: Taco Bell. Driving through town, I picked up my camera and starting taking pictures while driving. I held the camera beside me and just held down the shutter. It made for some interesting pictures. I pull into Taco Bell behind another car and see the lineup, it was long. I waited in the drive-thru for 20 minutes and I finally got my three crunchy tacos and headed for home. I eat them standing up in my kitchen, to lazy to actually sit down at the table.

After the midnight dinner, I said goodnight to the dogs, checked my email and got into bed at 1:30 am. Because of work I go to bed on weeknights at 9 pm and get up at 4 am. It felt so nice to stay up late like I used to before my full time job. Now I have an entire week to stay up late and sleep in. It is going to be a good week.

The drive back from Kalamazoo

Yesterday afternoon I drove 115 miles from Adrian to Kalamazoo to photograph the Class D State Semifinal Volleyball match at Western Michigan University between Lenawee Christian and Leland. The drive time I believe took longer then the match itself, but it is always nice to shoot a semifinal in any sport. Now I had to drive back to Adrian, in rush hour traffic.

While 45 minutes away from home, up near Jackson I was behind a car that couldn't keep a constant speed. First we were going 50, 55, 62, 55, 50. Pick a speed and stay with it. I stayed behind the car because in two miles I had the chance to get around them in the passing lanes. When we hit the passing lanes, the car ahead of me starts going 60. I didn't want to be stuck behind them again, so I passed the car doing 67, granted the speed limit is 55. Driving by the slow car, I noticed a white police car in the coming toward me in the other lane on the other side of the road. He was blocked in by heavy traffic, so I knew he couldn't turn and come back and get me. Or could he? When the police car got side by side with me, he turned on his driver side alley light on the light bar and flashed it at me. I didn't know what that meant, so I contined on towards Adrian with the wonderful cruise control set on 62 miles per hour.

After downloading my pictures at the office I went home. My husband who is a deputy sheriff, was at home waiting for me to start dinner. Sitting down to eat, I asked him about the cop who flashed an alley light at me. I asked why he did that. My husband said he probably had me on radar speeding (which I was) and he could have pulled me over. My husband says he does that when he is in the patrol car to let people know to slow down.

For that I just want to say thank you Mr. Cop for continuing on your way. I just wanted to get back home after driving for 230 miles roundtrip and working 11.5 hours. Thank you for not making my day longer.

The Volleyball Journey Ends - Kalamazoo, MI

TOP PHOTO: Lenawee Christian's Allison Budd hits the ball over the hands of Leland's Alisha Glass.

MIDDLE PHOTO: Lenawee Christian assistant coach Sue Howard, Ashley Arquette, Darcy Squires, and head coach Jeff Champion in the final moments before losing in the Class D State Semifinal to Leland.

BOTTOM PHOTO: Lenawee Christian's Brittney Wright upset after losing to Leland 25-13, 25-15, 25-16 in the Class D State Semifinal at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

Starting Point gallery show - Adrian, MI

Starting Point

Vaughn Mikhael Hurlbut

March 14-19 2006

Klemm Gallery

Studio Angelico

Siena Heights University

1247 East Siena Heights Drive

Adrian, Michigan 49221

(517) 264-7860 or (800) 521-0009 Ext. 7860

Gallery Hours are:

9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday

and 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday

Oral Defense

Thursday, March 16th

12 p.m.

Go see this show if you're in the area. The work is beautiful!

102 and counting

Yesterday, I ran 3 miles. Big deal, huh? Three miles isn't that much, why should I be writing about it. Those 3 miles are important to me because with those wimpy 3 miles I passed the century mark on miles run up until March 13. I know a 100 miles might not seem like a lot to people who run often. It is to me. I run only 3 times a week, the other days, I work of course. I'm proud of myself. It feels good to get to 100 miles this early in the year. My new year's resolution was to run 365 miles this year. I hope I run 400.

Miles run totals up until March 13 since 2004. Before 2004, I didn't keep track of my mileage.
2004: 58.7
2005: 84.1
2006: 102

Random things......

"But we are a family. And even in this fucked up age that means something. So we are going to deal with this like a family." - Tony Soprano

What a surprise ending! While Tony was making dinner for Uncle Junior, Uncle Junior found a gun and shoots Tony in the stomach. After shooting Tony, Uncle Junior throws the gun under his bed and hides in his closet. Meanwhile Tony downstairs bleeding and reaches the phone in the kitchen to call 911. Should be a good episode next week.

I'm kind of interested in HBO's new show Big Love. I wanted to tape it last night after The Sopranos, but didn't. Tonight I'll get my chance to tape it, it is replaying on HBO2 at 9 pm.


Over the weekend my husband and I attended one of his co-workers wedding and reception. It was the best reception that I have ever been to. All of his co-workers were sitting together at three large tables. I never laughed so much in my life. Anyhoo. A couple of hours after the reception started, one of my husband's co-workers arrives with his wife. His wife and I are practically wearing the same outfit! We both had on a blue dress shirt, black cami, and black pants. I avoided standing next to her so I wouldn't hear, "You two are wearing the same outfit." I'm just glad I was at the reception first.

Photo credit: www.hbo.com/sopranos/ and www.hbo.com/biglove/

Books read in 2006

The Constant Gardener, John Le Carre
The American Way of Death Revisited, Jessica Mitford
Shopgirl, Steve Martin
The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
Portrait of Myself, Margaret Bourke-White
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, Donald H. Wolfe
Marilyn: The Last Take, Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham
The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Churchwell
Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart, Charles Higham and Roy Moseley

Currently reading: Mr. Capone: The Real and Complete Story of Al Capone, Robert J. Schoenberg
Up Next: Stieglitz, Sue Davidson Lowe
On Hold: Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth Century America, Gary Laderman - currently on backorder.

The waiting game ends

After waiting for almost two years, one of the best shows returns Sunday at 9 pm on HBO, The Sopranos.

This season is the last for Tony and the gang. Why do great shows on HBO end after 5 or 6 seasons like Sex and the City and Six Feet Under? Anyhoo, I hope this season was worth the wait. According to this, it is.

See you Sunday Tony.

Photo Credit: www.hbo.com/sopranos/

A little bit of Runway, A little bit of ANTM

Chloe Dao won Project Runway Season 2. I was disappointed that Santino didn't win Season 2. Oh well, I was happy with his collection. I wrote yesterday that I didn't understand Chloe's collection and I still don't after seeing it. The outfits with the big puffy sleeves, I just don't see someone from the Midwest wearing that. Maybe women in New York, LA or Houston wear that, but I don't think I'll see that look sprout up in Michigan.

Besides watching Project Runway this morning, I watched the new season of America's Next Top Model. The first episode they always have 32 girls fly out to meet Tyra. After meeting her then the 32 gets cut down to 20, then finally 13. A girl, I think named Dani from Texas, was just saying things without thinking. What she was saying made her come off as a racist, but I don't think she really is one. Hello, treat everyone the same, no matter the race, religion or background. She didn't make it to the final 13.

Even though Cycle 6 just started I like Nnenna and Sara. Right now I'm not liking Jade so much. She is a diva already. This should be a interesting season.



Finally, is this a picture of Tim Gunn and Andre's date at Red Lobster? Thank you Santino.



Photo Credits: www.bravotv.com and www.upn.com

The beginning and the ending

Tonight is the night I will definitely need the VCR. Besides photographing a District boys basketball doubleheader in Morenci, I have to tape another doubleheader of sorts. Today marks the beginning of America's Next Top Model: Cycle 6 and the season finale of Project Runway.

On America's Next Top Model, we start with 12 new girls. I'm sure sometime during the season we will see a catfight between some of the girls, it always seems to happen. Anyhoo, during the two-hour premiere the ladies have their first photo shoot and they will be bald.

On Project Runway, the season finale will be the runway shows of Santino, Daniel V, and Chloe from Olympus Fashion Week. So far, I love Santino's designs. Chloe's, I don't understand and Daniel V.'s, very bland. I know that Santino didn't do very well with some of the challenges, but the dresses that were shown on last week's show, were very beautiful. Give Santino enough time and he can create a stunning outfit. If you couldn't tell, I want Santino to win.

Random things......

This morning while getting ready for work, I grabbed a white t-shirt to wear under my sweater. Unfolding it, my sock that has been missing for a week fell from the shirt. I was so happy to find that sock, the pair is complete. Now, only to find my husband's missing green dress socks.

Last night I covered two boys basketball district games in Morenci. The first basketball game of the night was Sand Creek versus Whiteford, I photographed only the first half. After getting a slice of pizza and a water during halftime, I sat with the reporter in the bleachers. During the third quarter, someone sitting behind me was tugging my ponytail. Not knowing who was doing that I turned around. To my surprise it was an older woman. She kept tugging my ponytail and said, "Your hair color is pretty and mine used to be like that." I just smiled to be nice. Then the woman tugs on my ponytail again. The woman says, "My hair was that color a long time ago." Again, I just smiled at the woman. Why do people feel the need to tug on my hair? Yes, its long. Yes, I have red hair. Yes, it has natural curl. I don't mind if people tell me that they love my hair color. I don't mind if they say I have such long hair. But if and when you tell me that, please don't tug my ponytail.

Finally, after working today until 11:30 am, I have the rest of the day off! I usually don't get too many nights off, so I will be using my time wisely. Things to do today: Do some homework, read a book, run 4 miles and hang out with my husband who also has today off. Outside, it is sunny and above 40 degrees. Today might be the day for my first run outside for 2006.

The sock mystery

Last week while folding the laundry, I discovered one of my socks was missing. I thought that maybe it was stuck inside a piece of clothing, nothing to worry about. I was hoping it would turn up when I did the next batch of laundry. It never did.

Yesterday while putting the clothes into the washer, I remember seeing my husband's green dress socks. After the wash was done, I remember putting those green dress socks into the dryer. Once the dryer was finished, I started folding the clothes. I folded pants, t-shirts, shorts and socks. I noticed that there was nothing else to fold. No green socks in sight. I checked the trash by the washer. Nothing. I looked between the washer and dryer. Only dust bunnies. I checked the washer again, it was empty. I remember getting the socks out of the washer. I took the folded clothes upstairs to the dining room table and started going through the bulky items to see if the socks were stuck inside. No green socks. I put the clothes away with the help of my husband, I looked through the clothes again. No sign of the green socks.

What is going on here? Last week, it was one of my socks. Yesterday it is a pair of my husband's socks. Is the dryer eating them? Is there a sock monster stealing them? I hope to find an answer before more socks disappear.

Books read in 2006

The Constant Gardener, John Le Carre
The American Way of Death Revisited, Jessica Mitford
Shopgirl, Steve Martin
The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
Portrait of Myself, Margaret Bourke-White
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, Donald H. Wolfe
Marilyn: The Last Take, Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham
The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Churchwell

Currently Reading: Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart, Charles Higham and Roy Moseley
Next Up: Mr. Capone: The Real and Complete Story of Al Capone, Robert J. Schoenberg
On Hold: Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth Century America, Gary Laderman - currently on backorder.

FOIA, Marilyn and the FBI

I'm currently reading The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe by Sarah Churchwell. While reading Churchwell, she had a footnote about documents. The footnote said that Marilyn Monroe's FBI papers were on the FBI's website under the Freedom of Information Privacy Act. While covering for the weekend photo tech who was on assignment, passing the time, I found the documents and started reading them. Or tried to read what was left that hasn't been blacked out with a marker.

The FBI - Freedom of Information Privacy Act website has a Famous Persons Listing, such as Frank Sinatra, JFK, John Wayne, RFK and Henry Ford. It is an interesting website, I know I will go back to it.

SOURCE: Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The document posted is from the FBI. The pages on the website (97 pages) are articles, pictures, documents about Marilyn Monroe's alleged affairs and circumstances surrounding her death.

Almost to the end of Season 2

Yesterday I watched Project Runway on tape. It was part one of the season finale. When Santino, Daniel V. and Chloe came back to New York, Tim Gunn looked at the final 12 outfits. I agreed with Tim's comments on Santino's, he did have some beautiful dresses. I also agreed with Tim about Daniel V's collection. He didn't have much to say about it, either do I. I really didn't like his handbags. They looked like that they were made in woodshop class. Chloe's collection, I didn't understand the poofy outfits. I guess I have to see them on a person before I make my call.

Can't wait to see the runway show next week.

Photo credit: Getty Images

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent. Today, I was supposed to fast and whatever I ate the entire day had to equal one meal. I thought I could get through the day with no problem. This is how it went.

At work this morning, I drank my breakfast: water (4 cups). When I came home at 11:30 am, I was so hungry. In my Fat Tuesday post yesterday I said that I would stay away from the Little Caesar's leftovers, but I didn't. I got the box out of the refrigerator and tore the pepperoni's off a slice. Cold pizza never tasted so good. That really made me full. After going to Ash Wednesday mass, I came home and woke my husband up around 1:30 pm. He got dressed and asked me where I wanted to go for lunch. I told him I really couldn't eat much today, so I would go and watch him eat. We got in his car and he drove to Subway. I couldn't resist. I was hungry. I got a six inch tuna sub. It was so good and filling.

To make up for the fact that I ate more then I should have, I didn't eat dinner. I had to photograph two district volleyball games and that forced me to miss dinner with my husband. Since I haven't eaten since 2 pm this afternoon, I'm hungry. I know when I get up for work tomorrow, I will be looking for something to eat right away to make the stomach pains go away.

Fat Tuesday

Here it is already: Fat Tuesday. The year of 2006 has been going by quickly. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday which means here comes another Lenten season that I'm not ready for. The fasting, the no meat on Fridays, and the confessions!

This year for Lent I decided to give up the wonderful vending machine at work. Most times I refrain from buying from it, but recently my favorite cookies in the whole wide world have been for sale: Keeber Fudge Stripe. YUM! I love those cookies! At work this morning, I wanted to go vending machine free today, but I couldn't. The fudge stripe cookies were stocked in the machine. So I broke down and put the 65 cents into the machine and eat the cookies. So delicious! Goodbye fudge stripe cookies. I'll see you after Easter.

After running 4 miles on my treadmill tonight, I was thinking of what to make for dinner. My original thought was to have canned ravioli. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to get something else for dinner. Today is Fat Tuesday and I'm supposed to eat a lot because tomorrow I have to fast. I decided to get a Hot-N-Ready, an order of Crazy Bread and sauce from Little Caesars. I had a couple pieces of pizza, bread and now I'm full. Tomorrow, I can't eat the cold pizza because of the pepperoni: no meat on Ash Wednesday. I could always pick off the pepperoni, but I won't. I'll just have to stay away from my refrigerator or I'll just ask my husband to eat the pizza, because if he doesn't I know it will be very difficult to keep away from the leftovers.

Marilyn

These are thoughts I had after recently reading the books The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe by Donald H. Wolfe and Marilyn: The Last Take by Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham. Both of these books said the Marilyn Monroe did not die from an overdose, she was murdered.

Marilyn had affairs with the Kennedy brothers, John and Robert. When John stopped seeing Marilyn, she turned to Robert. Both books stated that Robert got upset with Marilyn because she couldn't keep up with current events during their conversations. That led her to write everything down in notebooks, including government secrets. When Robert broke it off with Marilyn, Robert's brother-in-law, Peter Lawford was forced to break the news to her. Marilyn wanted Robert to personally give her a reason why he stopped seeing her. If she didn't get a reason from Robert, she was going to hold a press conference to expose everything written in her notebooks. That obviously scared the Kennedy administration.

The night she died, Peter, Robert and a doctor were pulled over by a police officer near Marilyn's house because they were speeding. The officer let them go only with a warning. A couple of hours later Marilyn was "found" laying on the bed, face down, holding the phone. Her filing cabinet locks were picked and all of her notebooks and FOX paperwork was gone. Marilyn's death is said to be the biggest cover-up in Hollywood. If the Kennedy's didn't want Marilyn to go public with her notebooks, why didn't they just steal the notebooks and destroy them? If they just stole the notebooks and Marilyn went public about the affairs and the secrets, do you think the press would have believed her? She wouldn't have the proof to back up her claims. By killing her and covering their tracks by making it look like an overdose was the only way to silence her forever. With Marilyn dead and her notebooks destroyed, the Kennedy secrets were safe.

Its a shame that she died so young. She was beautiful and a great actress. Who knows what she could have accomplished if she had more time.


Marilyn Monroe
June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962

Books read in 2006

The Constant Gardener, John Le Carre
The American Way of Death Revisited, Jessica Mitford
Shopgirl, Steve Martin
The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
Portrait of Myself, Margaret Bourke-White
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, Donald H. Wolfe
Marilyn: The Last Take, Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham

Currently Reading:The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Churchwell
Next Up: Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart, Charles Higham and Roy Moseley
On Hold: Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth Century America, Gary Laderman - currently on backorder.

Random things......

My husband finished painting the living room trim and started to nail it back onto the walls. I'm so excited! I can't wait to have my house back to normal again. I'll have to post some pictures when everything is hung on the walls and when the furniture is moved back.

Saturday, February 25 is my belated Valentine's Day. My husband and I both had to work February 14, so we decided that our makeup dinner would be the February 25. On Valentine's Day, we did exchange gifts. There was no way I could keep his gift hidden for another 11 days. I just wanted him to have it so much, a beautiful white casual shirt.

This year I started to notice a trend in high school athletes: sweatpants. When I was in high school almost 10 years ago, you wouldn't catch any of us in sweatpants. Sweatpants were sooooo 1980's. We wore windpants and so did the entire world. I hate sweatpants, I have always hated them and you'll never catch me in them. Just wearing them makes me feel like a slob and it means that I have just giving up (Thanks Seinfeld). Now its all the rage with the high school crowd. Probably in another 10 years the kiddies will be wearing windpants because sweatpants will be out again and they will say, "Sweatpants, that is so 2000".

I'm a photographer so I see a lot of stuff that just makes me wonder. Why is it at volleyball and wrestling tournaments do parents bring a banner that reads "School's name and sport"? I see parents dragging them to every tournament to hang in on the bleachers. I just don't understand why someone would have paid money to make a banner. When I go to tournaments or any game, I have to bring back a program. The program usually lists what schools are participating. So, why is the banner needed? Is it for school pride? It is to show people that this team is playing? Whatever it is I'm sure the players aren't looking up in the stands for their school banner.

I taped the Project Runway Reunion show Wednesday and watched it Thursday after work. Heidi and Tim sure did talk to Santino a lot. Santino answered a bunch of questions. He talked the most on the reunion program. So does that give us a hint to who won the show or not? At the end of the program, they made Santino, Daniel V. and Chloe leave so they could ask the other designers who they wanted to win. I was surprised that Nick chose Santino to win because they butted heads quite a bit during the show. I hope on March 8, Santino will be declared the winner of Project Runway. I want Santino to win because he always took and chance and rarely played it safe. I hope that helped him for his runway show at Olympus Fashion Week.

Books read in 2006

The Constant Gardener, John Le Carre
The American Way of Death Revisited, Jessica Mitford
Shopgirl, Steve Martin
The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
Portrait of Myself, Margaret Bourke-White
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, Donald H. Wolfe

Currently Reading: Marilyn: The Last Take, Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham
Next Up:
On Hold: Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth Century America, Gary Laderman - currently on backorder.

Nap time

I get up for work around 4 am on the weekdays. Most nights I get a good night sleep. Sometimes I don't. Reasons for that are working late, playing on the computer, watching TV or talking with my husband. Since I get up so early, usually by 11 am, I'm ready for a nap. I would like to take one everyday, but that doesn't always happen. I thought today would be a good day to catch a nap, my husband went into work before noon and that's when I left work. I stopped at Little Caeser's for an Hot-N-Ready, an order of Crazy Bread and sauce. I went home, ate lunch and watched last night's episode of The Shield.

After lunch, I cleaned my dishes and sat on the couch to read my book. I read a couple of chapters and thought I could catch a nap for a half hour or so. I layed down to go to sleep and my dog Kelly, kept pawing me. When she paws me that means she wants to go outside. I got up and let her out and my other dog Blitzkrieg didn't want to go outside. Laying back down on the couch I started to drift off into sleep. About 15 minutes later, Blitzkrieg started barking. He loves to sit on the stairs, look out the windows and bark at anything that moves by the window. He wouldn't be quiet. I tried going back to sleep, but it was no good because my cell phone started ringing. A co-worker wanted to ask me a question, but before I answered he already knew the answer. After hanging up with him, my husband two-ways me over the NEXTEL. We talked for 5 minutes then he had to go back to work. Probably 20 minutes or so I received another call from a different co-worker curious about his assignment tonight.

I swear everyone, plus my dogs know when I'm trying to take a nap. When I'm laying on the couch that is when I receive most of my phone calls for the day. That is also when the dogs want to paw me or bark loudly over and over. Next time I try to take a nap, I'll lock the dogs in their pen and turn off my cell phone, maybe I'll be able to sleep longer then 15 minutes.

(Photo of Blitzkrieg and Kelly, they like to bark and paw me while trying to take a nap)

Word Cloud

I got this from MWGirl's blog. I thought it looked pretty neat. If you want to make one from the text found in your blog go here.

Living room repairs

Tuesday will mark one week that my living room/entry way has been in the process of being repaired. Tomorrow the construction guy is coming back to sand the drywall. Finally! That means that the ceiling and new wall will be ready to paint. That is very good for me. I'm the type of person who likes the house nice and tidy. With almost my entire living room in the dining room, that is not tidy.

Last week, I was so frustrated because I came home and the kitchen floor was dirty from the dogs tracking in dirt. I wanted to sweep the floor, so I grabbed a broom and swept it up. When I finished I needed the dust pan. I looked for it in the usual spot in the basement staircase, it wasn't there. I walked around the house several times. I looked in the porch, the basement, the living room and the dining room. It wasn't there. It finally got to me and I yelled, "Can't I just sweep the floor!" My husband was sleeping upstairs and that woke him up. I gave up on the dustpan and grabbed a magazine, that was my new dustpan. That really didn't work very well. After using the magazine, my husband came downstairs and said sorry the house is a mess. It is only for a while and by doing this we are improving our house. What can you say to that? I knew he was right, but I can't stand the mess and clutter.

Sunday, I was folding towels and the cabinet that they are stored in is in the dining room. Since all of the living room furniture is being stored in the dining room it is like a maze to just to get to the cabinet. First you have to walk around the love seat, squeeze into a narrow alley between the dining room table and the wall and then work your way around trim that is blocking the door and hanging off the table. All the while trying to get to the cabinet, knocking over trim and whatever else is laying on the table. GRRRRR! Can't I just put the towels away?

My husband is right. This new drywall and ceiling is improving our house but I want it back to normal. In my mind, a clean or tidy house is a happy house.

Did Santino advance to the final three with help?

An article in the New York Post today suggested maybe Santino was kept in Project Runway because he created drama. Is that true producers of Project Runway? Whatever the case is, thank you! Santino has made this season of Project Runway very interesting.

Random things......

Today at Daytona International Speedway was the Gatorade Duals. My favorite driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was in the first of two 150-mile qualifiers. Dale Jr finished third behind the winner, Elliott Sadler and Carl Edwards. On the final lap TNT, decided to show the lesser known drivers who were trying to race their way into the Daytona 500 on Sunday instead of showing the tight battle for the win. Good job TNT! Losers.

I had to tape Project Runway on Wednesday because I go to bed around 9 pm for work. I watched the tape today and found out Santino made it to Olympus Fashion Week. Well, I already knew that. I was just wondering why on the official website for Olympus Fashion Week did they show Santino, Chloe, Daniel and Kara? Kara, by the way, was sent home. I would like to see Santino win, just in my opinion.

Stuck upstairs

Today was the day that a construction company came to my house to rip down a four foot section of the living room wall. When my husband and I bought our house four years ago, we knew about the leaking in the living room. This winter during the heavy downpours of rain, not snow, the ceiling was really leaking bad. My husband and I knew we couldn't delay repair anymore.

I came home from work around 11 am or so and saw drywall missing. The wood behind the drywall was very wet, still. The construction guys said, down the road we might have to replace drywall on the second floor our of house. Great! Along with the drywall, we had the guys rip down our ceiling tiles in the living room and entry way as well. Bye Bye ugly tiles! Man, the previous owner must have been smoking crack when he picked that out. Besides the pattern being nasty, when he installed it, if you want to call it that, the tiles weren't even straight. Loser.
After lunch, the construction guys came back. That was time for me to go upstairs, check the internet and continue reading, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe by Donald H. Wolfe. After reading five chapters, I was getting tired. I took a nap around 1:30 pm and woke up around 4 pm. I guess I couldn't sleep through all of the banging around downstairs.

I really want to go downstairs, but there is nowhere to go. The construction guys and my husband are working in the living room and the entryway. All of our furniture has taken over the dining room. There is only a small path leading to the bathroom and kitchen. Blitzkrieg and Kelly, our two German Shepherds are outside waiting to come back in. Now, I sit waiting at the computer desk upstairs. How much longer? I don't know.

Five years later........

I grew up a NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt fan. Five years ago on February 18, 2001; NASCAR's most popular driver Dale Earnhard died on the last lap of the Daytona 500. NASCAR.com has a nice Dale Earnhardt Tribute.

Photo Credit: NASCAR.com

Picture Frames and the AOSEPT search

After getting out of work this morning, I went to the craft store in town to pick up the two photographs that I had framed for an upcoming gallery show. This past Saturday, I went to the craft store to sign the matte's. I found out the frames were on sale starting on Monday, I decided to wait for the sale. I went back to the framing department and rang the bell for service. A guy that works in the framing department walked out of the backroom. I told him I needed to pick up my frames. He comes back and said that they weren't put together yet. He said he could do them in 10 minutes. I groaned and walked around the store for the next 10 minutes. I come back to the framing department and he is still not done with them. I wait and wait. Twenty minutes later he is finally done. It took him almost a half hour to frame two 12x16 frames! Mr. Framing employee, please don't quote me 10 minutes again to frame anything again because I know you can't do it.

After finishing up some work at home. I decided to go to Meijer to buy some groceries that we needed. I bought some milk, chips, Dial refill and garbage bags. After picking those up I had to go to the other side of the store to pick up AOSEPT Clean Care solution for my husband and me. I got in the eye care aisle and they were out. I didn't think anything of it, because it has happened before. So I took my cart to a cash register, paid and decided to drive to Wal-Mart to pick up the Clean Care.

I got to Wal-Mart's eye care aisle and they were out too. I asked a associate if they had anymore and she said they had about 10 and they just flew off the shelf. She told me K-Mart should have some. I left Wal-Mart and drove to K-Mart. K-Mart was the same as the other stores, none on the shelf. I was leaving K-Mart and was next to Country Market. I stopped to see if they had AOSEPT Clean Care. They didn't have any either. After leaving Country Market, I stopped at Rite Aide and Walgreen's. They were out as well. I decided to get another brand, I think I remember my eye doctor gave me some free samples of it before. But it just wasn't the same.

I drove to a total of seven stores and they were all out of AOSEPT Clean Care. What's up? I checked their website to see if they had any information on why no stores in Adrian had it on their shelves. Nothing! Hopefully whatever problem they had or are havingis fixed soon because I'm not a fan of change.

Books read in 2006

The Constant Gardener, John Le Carre
The American Way of Death Revisited, Jessica Mitford
Shopgirl, Steve Martin
The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
Portrait of Myself, Margaret Bourke-White

Currently Reading: The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, Donald H. Wolfe
Next Up:
On Hold: Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth Century America, Gary Laderman - currently on backorder.

Olympus Fashion Week

Spoiler - If you're watching Project Runway and don't want to ruin the season finale, stop reading.

Twice a year during Olympus Fashion Week, I like going to the official website to look at the designers clothes. This week while looking through the schedule I found Project Runway. I just had to know who made it to the final three. I had to know if Santino made it. I was pleasantly surprised. The page showed four designers: Santino, Chloe, Kara and Daniel V. I thought the final outcome of everyone looked really good. Now, I can't wait to see the rest of their collections.

(Photo Credit: Getty Images)

Today's edition of And now a random fact about Chuck Norris....

Chuck Norris can get soup from the soup nazi on the first try.

Thanks 4Q.cc

Random things......

Since my book is still on backorder, I had to go to the County Library today. I brought home three books. The book that I'm reading now is Portrait of Myself by Margaret Bourke-White, my favorite photographer, and two Marilyn Monroe books. Both Monroe books are about her last weeks before she died. I swear that I already read one of them, but I'll read it again. Well getting back to the book by Bourke-White. I remember checking it out in college, but I didn't read it. I skimmed the book looking for information so I could write a paper about her. Today while flipping through the pages, I found a sticky note on a page. On the sticky note was my handwriting. I put that sticky in the book about 8 years ago when I checked out the book for my Intro to Photography class. It's sad that no one has checked that book out in 8 years.

Last night while printing my contact sheets of a girls volleyball game that I photographed I wanted to check my email. I logged on and a page popped up saying that due to an internal problem I couldn't check my email. I thought it was just the computer at the office. I went home and tried again. No luck, the same screen appeared at my house. This morning I went to work and tried my email. It was back to normal and I was checking it all morning long. Around 10 am, I got home and wanted to check my email. I logged in and the screen said the page cannot be displayed. Since 10 am I haven't been able to check my email. GRRRR!! Very frustrating!

My husband left today for a conference up near Saginaw, MI. Since he's gone for a couple of days that gave me the opportunity to drive back down to Toledo, OH to my new favorite store, The Men's Warehouse. When I walked into the store, I knew exactly what I wanted and I had the sizes that I needed. I bought him two items but I really wanted to get three. I bought him a multi striped blue sports jacket and a shirt. I really wanted to buy him a pair of denim jeans to go with the outfit. Last week when we were picking up his suits, he said that he liked the outfit expect for the jeans. He doesn't like them because he hates dark jeans. The associate that put that outfit together for us a couple of weeks ago told me that dark jeans do look best with the outfit. I have a while yet, his birthday is in a couple of months. Who knows, I could still buy the jeans and make him wear them.


Margaret Bourke-White photo from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Today's edition of And now a random fact about Chuck Norris....

Everytime Chuck Norris leaves a room full of people the song There Goes My Hero starts playing out of no where.

Thanks 4Q.cc

Fire and the waiting game

Today, a reporter and myself went to go cover a machine shop fire. It was a big fire. Three or four fire departments came to put it out. I took many photographs of the fire and I figured I was done. The fire was mostly out, now white smoke was filling the sky. The reporter that was with me needed to talk to a fire chief. Sounds simple right? The fire chief he needed was still helping out with the fire. While waiting for him, my ears were getting cold. I decided to go talk to the Sheriff Deputy I knew at was at the scene. He said I could sit in the backseat and warm up. About 5 or 10 minutes later, I got out of the car and got more pictures of what was left of the shop. The reporter I was with still had no luck getting ahold of the fire chief. While the reporter was waiting I decided to play with my camera and take pictures of myself in the hubcap reflection of one of the pumper firetrucks. I thought the picture turned out alright. What a beautiful blue sky.

Ralph splits

I found you in 1993. You were a very bad man, but I still liked
you anyway. I watched your every move and knew you were
great. No, I'm not a stalker. In 1993 Ralph Fiennes portrayed Amon Goeth, commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Plaszow, in Schindler's List. I love that movie. I could watch it everyday because of Ralph. Last weekend, I decided Saturday night would be Ralph Fiennes night. All night long, I would watch his movies. I got through The End of the Affair with no problems. After that was over I decided on The English Patient. Halfway during the movie, the sandman got me. I finished watching the movie Sunday morning. Ralph, brillant as usual.

Earlier this week Ralph Fiennes split with his long time girlfriend Francesca Annis. You can read about it here. Ralph now that your single, you can be my boyfriend. I'm sure my husband wouldn't mind. He knows I already have about 4 pretend boyfriends. One more wouldn't hurt right?

Today's edition of And now a random fact about Chuck Norris....

The first lunar eclipse took place after Chuck Norris challenged the sun to a staring contest. Chuck Norris always wins.

Thanks 4Q.cc

Books read in 2006

Once I finish a book the list will be updated. Over the next year, you'll be seeing this list frequently.

The Constant Gardener, John Le Carre
The American Way of Death Revisited, Jessica Mitford
Shopgirl, Steve Martin
The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt

Currently Reading:
Next Up:
On Hold: Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth Century America, Gary Laderman - currently on backorder.

And now a random fact about Chuck Norris

While I was still in high school, every Saturday night I would watch Walker, Texas Ranger. I didn't have much choice, I grew up in a house without cable. I went 22 years without cable. Every week, someone would be in trouble, they would get Walker's (Chuck Norris) help and he would kick their ass. Awesome acting week after week! It was a great show to watch and have a few laughs.

In December 1996, I met a guy named Mike and he asked me out on a date. We went to a movie and then dinner. At dinner, we sat in a booth and I just happen to be facing a TV. At 9 p.m. we were eating and talking, then I saw Walker, Texas Ranger out of the corner of my eye. You know on first dates, that there are breaks in the conversation, so when there was a break, I started to watch Walker. Mike would talk to me and I would answer then my eyes would drift back to the TV. Damn you Walker! After dinner was over, I went back to Mike's for a while then he drove me to my car. (We met at his workplace.) He asked me out again for a second date. I accepted.

While on the second date, Mike told me that he didn't think I liked him. I asked why. It was because I kept watching TV and not paying attention to him. He almost didn't ask me out for a second date. Walker! Almost ten years later, Mike and I are married and sometimes I will stop and watch Walker, Texas Ranger when flipping the cable channels, mostly to hear Chuck Norris sing the theme song. Chuck Norris you had me at "In the eyes of a ranger........".

Visit And now a random fact about Chuck Norris. The facts aren't real but very funny. Here is a "fact" about Chuck from that site: When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
Thanks www.4q.cc/chuck/index.php

End of Principal Dancers Series

Today is the seventh and final posting for my Principal Dancers series. I had fun shooting photographs at Dance Studio and Encore Dance Studios in Adrian. Part Six and Seven covered Encore's rehearsal and recital. I had a good time backstage shooting at talking with the dancers. After watching the dancers practice their routines multiple times, it was great to see them performed on the big stage with their costumes.

I have four cd's worth of images from the dance studios. Maybe sometime in the future I can post more. Tomorrow, I think I'll post some of the photos that I took in the junk yard last week. I would like to get back to the dance studios soon and continue photographing. As of right now, I really don't have much free time. But I hoping that during the summer when high school and college sports end I can get back in the studio and build my ballet/dance portfolio.

Every girl goes crazy for a sharp dressed man

My husband Mike was elected to the city commission back in November 2005. After getting elected, he bought himself a black suit, many new ties and dress shirts. Last week, we went down to Toledo, OH to buy more suits. We first stopped at Westfield Franklin Park. We tried JCPenny's, Dillard's and Marshall Fields. My husband didn't see anything that really excited him and most of the suits were very expensive. After leaving the mall he wanted to stop at The Men's Warehouse.

When we walked into the door, a young man greeted us and then had a woman attend to my husband Mike. She looked at him, took a few measurements and then told him the size suit he wore. She picked one off of the rack and he tried it on, it fit perfectly. She picked out 4 suits that really looked yummy on him. When he would slip on a suit jacket, he would turn and look at me. I would tell him I liked it and he would walk down to a mirror and see how it looked. What I really wanted to tell him is he looked hot. I didn't want to say that in front of the sales associate. Finally Mike decided on 3 suits. She took us over to the dressing room and I took a seat to wait for him. While waiting, the associate asked if I wanted water. Nobody has ever asked me that while trying on clothes. I accepted. I felt like Miranda in Sex and the City when she took Steve suit shopping and she wanted to buy him one for a party she invited him to. The saleman handed her a glass of water. I'm such a loser. Anyhoo, maybe I got excited for the wrong reason. She knew he was buying a couple of suits, lets butter up the wife with glasses of water. Yeah, that must be it.

Mike came out in the first suit. He looked very good. The associate helping us said that the fit was very good, especially off the rack. Then he tried on a couple of more suits and then he decided which ones he was going to purchase. The pants needed to be hemmed, they were a little long. The taylor came over and made his chalk marks on the pant legs and then our shopping experience was over, I thought. After Mike got dressed the associate led us to a table where his suit coats were laying. The other associates at the store put together outfits for him to wear with the coats. She should us suspenders, ties, and dress shirts. I know its all about the add ons, I worked at Finish Line and Waldenbooks before. I thought the presentation was wonderful. I loved the variety of colors of the shirts and ties. It was the color pallet brought to life. I like the mixing and matching of colors. Mike decided on a tie. Then she told us to turn around. On the table behind us was a casual look. I loved everything on that table. A beautiful striped blue sportsjacket. A beautiful white dress shirt and casual jeans. Mike he wasn't too fond of the jeans. I loved them. I thought he should have got the casual look as well but he decided against it. He said it wasn't him. But I will make it him.

He said, "My birthday is coming up soon." Yes it is. I think someone might be getting something from The Men's Warehouse.

Our Space

Every Monday and Thursday the gang from The Post Show have new shows. Last week, the show called Our Space was really funny. It makes fun of myspace. I do have an myspace account and I would never use this guy Bradley Cummings, a Professional MySpace Image Consultant.

Bradley did do a great job with a emo group called the Screaming Teardrops. They were a bluegrass band until Bradley came along and helped fix up there image. Now, they are the best emo band ever with hissing.

Project Santino

Since my bedtime is 9 p.m. on weekdays, I will have to tape one of my favorite shows Project Runway and watch it tomorrow. Right now, Santino is my favorite designer. He graduated from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles. When he designs an outfit he loves to add as many details as possible and the judges don't always like that. Santino started the show out great and is very talented. He won a couple of challenges and now his designs are going downhill and are becoming mediocre.

I would like see Santino, Nick and Daniel V. get to the final three and be able to design their own line for Fashion Week in New York. Hopefully Santino will get his designs back to the way they were when he started the show: pretty.