miss akay

Photo shoots and finished books

It's the most wonderful time... ahhh! The snow is really doing it to me. I decorated the house today and am feeling most festive!

My roommate Bonnie got me a contract photo gig, this week. It's a nice sum of cash at the right time of year! I'll be doing the photo shoot for the website that she's designing. Today, I went to Home Depot to buy lights and then to the craft store for all the props, paper, and accoutrements. I'm loving it! It's been such a long time since I've put a shoot together. I've got the wonderful bubbling of creativity in my head. Maybe that's why I've been so upbeat and happy!

I just finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife. Ehhh... it was alright. I wouldn't highly recommend it. It was too corny and sappy. People were raving about it and said how they cried while reading it... huh? I rolled my eyes, more than it tugged any tears.

But now I'm reading The Secret Life of Bees. Now, I think that's a pretty cute story. There are a lot of elements that make it a pleasure to read. The character development in it is terrific, whereas the characters in The Time Traveler's Wife were unmemorable. Some of the phrases and monologues in the book are brilliant little tidbits that I've thought about writing down. Just good, healthy, loving ways of looking at the world. The story is through the eyes of a young girl, who runs away from home in South Carolina around the time of the Civil Rights Movement. You get a little taste of the socioeconomic flavor of the South, while brushing up a bit on the practice of keeping bees. It's fun and interesting. Nothing mindblowing, but certainly more entertaining than the back and forth nonesense of The Time Traveler's Wife!

Besides all that and studying, I've been downloading music, like mad! Now that all the spyware protection, firewalls and virus guards are set-up on my computer, I've been using SoulSeek to surf out good tunes. If you're a user too, find me! "audramill". I'll give you privs to browse my music file, which is rapidly expanding!

posted by miss akay @ 12:24 AM