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Unless you are being paid for them, or unless you are utterly crazy (like me), never add up the number of hours you've spent on a project. Twenty-two hours in the dark room this week. That's a part-time job. I don't ever want to have to do something like that again. I haven't seen the sun... mostly because it's been overcast, but... eesh.
I didn't get torn apart during critique, though. There were a few pictures I had that I really didn't like once they were up, but there were enough others that balanced it out. I wish my sleep schedule would balance out, though. Every time I manage to drag myself out of bed earlyish (like I did today. Before nine, even!), I doze off around ten or so and then can't get to sleep again when I have to. But I'm not gonna worry about it... I don't have class until 1:30 tomorrow and, oddly, I actually have a good idea of what I'm writing my response on, so maaaybe I'll survive. Maybe.
Really, I'm just glad this week is over. And I'm still alive. Tomorrow I'll experiment with my miso soup mix and just generally... not think about the dark room. Maybe take some pictures. Anyone in the area want to volunteer for my portrait project? I can probably only pass off one roll of self portraits. ... And I don't really like pictures of myself. I don't like taking pictures of people in general, but really I have no choice. I dunno... I think this project's gonna be tough for me. Anyone have any interesting ideas? (And I think at some point I'll scan the prints I had for this project that I liked, because... I dunno, I've already had a room full of people pick them apart, might as well share them casually.)
Oh, and I want my computer back. Maybe if we all join together for a moment in hoping that the fixy people feel bad and will get things quickly because of that, it'll come back to me before next week is over. Because as of today, it's been gone a month. Next week will mean a week more than a month. And that's entirely too long to have to rely on lab computers. Woe.
I didn't get torn apart during critique, though. There were a few pictures I had that I really didn't like once they were up, but there were enough others that balanced it out. I wish my sleep schedule would balance out, though. Every time I manage to drag myself out of bed earlyish (like I did today. Before nine, even!), I doze off around ten or so and then can't get to sleep again when I have to. But I'm not gonna worry about it... I don't have class until 1:30 tomorrow and, oddly, I actually have a good idea of what I'm writing my response on, so maaaybe I'll survive. Maybe.
Really, I'm just glad this week is over. And I'm still alive. Tomorrow I'll experiment with my miso soup mix and just generally... not think about the dark room. Maybe take some pictures. Anyone in the area want to volunteer for my portrait project? I can probably only pass off one roll of self portraits. ... And I don't really like pictures of myself. I don't like taking pictures of people in general, but really I have no choice. I dunno... I think this project's gonna be tough for me. Anyone have any interesting ideas? (And I think at some point I'll scan the prints I had for this project that I liked, because... I dunno, I've already had a room full of people pick them apart, might as well share them casually.)
Oh, and I want my computer back. Maybe if we all join together for a moment in hoping that the fixy people feel bad and will get things quickly because of that, it'll come back to me before next week is over. Because as of today, it's been gone a month. Next week will mean a week more than a month. And that's entirely too long to have to rely on lab computers. Woe.
