I Get a Haircut!

This weekend I decided I couldn't wait any longer for the haircut I've been itching to get since winter break. After Sam had done a wonderful job buzzing Mike's hair, I decided how terrible would it be to have her cut mine when she did such a good job? All I needed was my sides buzzed, with the birth of a sort of mohawk.

First, we had to section off the middle part and put about one million bobby pins in so we could decide which part of my hair wasn't about to get cut.



I looked really fashionable as you can tell. After this it only got worse (or more badass, if you call scissor chopped hair a badass look). She cut my sides so buzzing it would be easier, and it looked choppy for a while. Then we finally started the real deal, much thanks to Kait for letting us use the handicapped bathroom where there was a bench, and a floor easy to clean.




Mike helped hold the hair bag (whenever else in life will we get to use this term?) and buzz the hair close to my ears to have an even trim. Before Sam even had to go on duty, we were golden. My hair was decidedly too thick in front, and we thinned it out somewhat. Though it may be a choppy look, it was awesome by the time 'd finished playing with some hairspray and other things.

Afterwards, I helped Sam bleach her streak, and she helped me bleach streaks in mine so the pink could once again be pronounced (it had grown out so much since summer). I was able to have it all dyed and dried by twelve, and though the shower looked a little murderous, it turned out well!




In the end, it looked fantastic! I was super happy I didn't go to a fancy salon where faces would be made, and I'd get an overpriced haircut for just some buzzed sides. Thanks to Sam for the cut, Mike for the help, and Kait for the space and cleanup! It was super fun!

Delayed Opening!

Though I didn't have classes today to be cancelled, and still had to shovel out my car to go to work, the prospects of this day seemed bright already when I walked by this on my way to the parking lot.



Creative thought matters at Skidmore, yes it does.

Moods of the Dreary

During class last Thursday, I took the opportunity of a workday to go around and shoot. Driving around with Grady gave me several images to work with, and we visited some places I've been eyeing to shoot at.

Amongst many was a field I'd eyed since last year - some industrial property close to Route 50 and the mall. Eye catching for it's odd pipes that stick up here and there, I parked across the street in the ice rink lot and trekked across the road to enter the rusty gates. Though I didn't dare wander too far in forbidden property, I went in enough to catch this rusted out sign I rather liked. None of the shots of the pipes worked out thanks to the cold and the darkness of the afternoon, but this was a fun stop for this sign. Once it gets warmer, maybe I'll get the guts to wander in farther.



Another was a falling apart house in a square just off the main road of town, much past it's prime and marked with vicious Keep Out signs. Though it looks like it was once beautiful, an odd blue and brown house of Victorian architecture (seen a lot in town), it's falling apart in it's muddy yard, and therefore of course attracts me.



The last location we stopped at was the parking lot of the sketchiest motel I have ever seen. The Gateway, advertised just off the highway with a paint-chipped sign claiming the novelties of color TV, looks like it belongs in a horror movie. I have yet to see anyone stay there, but we stopped in the parking lot for a few quick shots before heading back to campus. Exiting the lot we may have gotten a few looks, but it was worth the single slice-of-life kind of shot I managed to pull.



Photo adventuring in the winter is a hard task when the light is low and the cold numbs your fingers, but I've managed to capture a few images I feel fit in a category of some sort of dreary, quiet lifestyle. The mood is always a bit off, and I find that oddity perfect when you want it, and though these are three shots of many, I just chose my favorites to display here.