JUST KIDDING

I made a website, and an official photo blog.

No longer using this.

Website: http://sarastrimpelphotography.carbonmade.com/

Photo Blog: http://simpleshotsphotography.blogspot.com
(it can also be found under the about tab on my website)

Hilary Johnston

This is a preview of some photos from the recent shoot I did with my friend Hilary. I would explain more about them, but it's my bedtime, and I just want to have them up before I sleep the night away. Enjoy!

An Update of Sorts

I've decided a few things. That because I'm an aspiring photographer, I should probably start posting photos. I'll do it. I also should stop posting them on facebook because of copywright issues. That too. So here's a few things since December of 2010:

I'm not going to Brooks. My opinion? 834KDFJUFH890U2439HFUISEFGH@$#^&&*(%^#!%^&*&%^#@$!@#$!@&*

I sincerely, with all my heart, wish I was. I'm going to try really hard to, but that means working full time for an entire year. Which I will do. I just need to find a full time job, buy a car, learn how to cook, update my portfolio, and stop spending money. Easy, right? Not really. What I'm truly worried about is the fact that I could fail, and then I would have wasted an entire year for nothing. I would gain experience yes, but the point of all this work is to end up going to Brooks. My parents don't want to pay a large amount in loans which would be required to send me there, so I just have to work for it.

I also want to do this as a big f*ck you to everyone who has been telling me that I can't go to Brooks from the beginning. I want to go so badly, and I'm willing to work for this. I am not giving up just because I can't go immediately. I'll graduate in time with my high school class if I go next year, because it's 4 years in 3 years. But anyways.

There's a lot going on with my life that I'm not happy about, but I'm working on changing these things. I'm working torwards being a better person, and I'm hoping to at least come out of all of this happily.

No photos for now, but until next time!

Goodbye For Now

All I do on here is ramble, so I'm going to leave for a while. Tumblr has enticed me, and I will answer the beckoning call. This has been too much, but also a wonderful thing. I'll come back when I'm more stable. Tata :)

Ah Well

Life goes on doesn't it? I'd just like to move past holding myself back.

That's all.

I Should Be Sleeping...

I have a flight to catch tomorrow. The actual flight is around 2pm, but to save money my dad is driving us and he has to go to work early, unfortunately....so we're leaving at 8AM. BLEH. I'm still not packed, it's 10:12pm. Woops.

This is my home. It's nice to finally feel that

Last night was amazing. First of all, I saw Black Swan---Killer. Beautifully directed, dark plot, just all around wonderful. Then afterwards Gigi, Keenan, and I went up to the star and took photos from the top. Wow, that was crazy. It was the most breathtaking view, I cannot begin to express how amazed I was. I felt so alive. The cold air was squeezing my longs, I was frozen with fear of slipping and sliding down the mountain, and I couldn't take my eyes off of the view. I want to go up there and sit each night until the sun rises, it was the first time I've truly appreciated Boulder or Colorado before.

When I first moved here I looked at the mountains, caught a glimpse, and looked away. My parents stared in awe and appreciation, but I didn't care. Yes Boulderites, hate on me. I don't care about the mountains. The ocean is my niche. But the view from the star was enough to slap me into reality and truly take a look at what is presented in front of me. Even if I don't appreciate the mountains, I can appreciate that view. That view holds my happiness, a part of it that I want to remember forever. I keep taking moments that I love and leaving some happy feelings with them, so that when I go back I can reminisce with respect instead of regret that the moments are over. Lalalala run on sentences, excuse my grammar. We all know I like to ramble, but this is a great one. This is the ramble which speaks of important things, like loving the place I live in.

To conclude, this is one of the first times I don't look forward to going back east. I love my family, but I'd just rather be here all break. Or somewhere warm :) I'll have lots of new pictures and hopefully exciting stories when I get back! Ciao!

Crash

Watch the movie "Crash". It is beautiful, meaningful, and wonderful. Full of great things. I'm leaving for NY Tuesday. I haven't even started packing. I will eventually.

I just wanted to write something, and save the rambling for my twitter. That's right, I got a new twitter account! Dear Gigi Mesch, thank you for persuading me haha.

If y'all want to follow me, it's twindles. Hello Goodbye.

Short and Sweet

Today, of all days, was a great day. I got nothing important accomplished, and it was still a wonderful day.

To start off, I'm in love. With a band of course :)
Faded Paper Figures, my heart is yours. You have beautiful harmony, interesting instruments, and I wish you would goddamn come on tour so I could purchase a ticket to see y'all.

Small Talk - current favorite
North By North - tied for favorite, off of their first album

There are other great ones, but these are my favorite. In an earlier post I linked "Invent It All Again", and that was played on repeat until I listened to more of their music. Let's face it, all of their tracks are great! Or so I think.

Today I did NOT get a haircut (unfortunately), but Friday I will! Cat's out of the bag. Today I milled around because I had the day off. I then went to therapy, picked up my mother, went to Denver!,  took pictures, FINALLY CHANGED MY PIERCING!#@$##&%&*, (so excited), spent an hour and forty five minutes in a hair salon annotating Frankenstein, picked up Chinese food, attended the Holiday Concert for Choir, and came home!

I've been out since 1:45pm.
The Choir concert was spectacular.
My piercing looks so so so good, everything I dreamed it would be.
I am finally reaching the point I've wanted to be at, and it's taken a good number of years.
It's very worth it.

I'm really happy with how things are.
I think I have a mosquito bite on my wrist, how is that possible?
<<<<<<Seriously, look how happy I am!
I'm pointing out how happy I am so I can remember this week for a long time.
Lovelovelovelovelove

When Nothing Else Matters

......when you get into your dream school.


I got into Brooks Institute of Photography.
Everything has been so good to me lately.
Typically I'd wait for a crash, but who cares?
I'm living in the happiness, and I don't want it any other way.

YAY!

Life is good. Life is very very very good to me.

There are always rough spots in my life, in everyone's lives actually. Some are rougher than others, and we all should just push through and remember the good times from the past, and the great ones to come from the future.

I just had a really normal weekend, but for some reason it was the best I've had since October. For those of you who don't know, the first three weeks of October were the best of my entire year. Besides summer of this year, actually. This year has been the best and worst of my life, and it seems appropriate because they do come hand in hand. There always has to be some sort of balance.

Basically, this weekend consisted of working a lot and studying for finals. Friday night I went to Kenna's to study math after running errands (which she hated) (but they only took five minutes each!). Then after studying math for a while I went home to study on my own, and later I made Rick come over to help me study for math again. Rick is a genius, everything he said immediately made sense and helped me to understand math. Then I went to bed, because tomorrow morning was.....ACT!

Yuck. The ACT was gross, but I did so much better than last time (the first time I took it). I was really proud of myself on the science portion, but I failed the math. That's ok, I got at least 50% correct! Woop. English and Reading I rocked, because that's where my strengths are.

After the ACT, I went straight to work for a dress rehearsal. The winter showcase was today, December 12th, Sunday. Saturday was slightly hectic, but I did most of my homework during work and it wasn't too bad. I was a guard at the door, making sure no parents went into the studio to see the kids. It had to remain a surprise!

After work I went to Mark's and hung out with him for a little, and helped put up Christmas lights. In reality I just climbed onto the roof (after slamming my knee into a windowframe) and hobbled around complaining. Then I played with Mocha, watched an episode of The Office from season six that I hadn't seen, and left for Kenna's! (second time this weekend).

Once I got to Kenna's we drove to Hein's house and met up with a few people there to study. I just met these guys for the first time that night, and they are already some of the greatest people I know. They're all really goofy and laid back, and it's just too easy to have a great time with them. They made studying fun, and I loved every second of it. Plus I enjoy meeting new people, so that was a nice boost.

Around six forty five I left for Pablo's house to study for sociology with him and Gigi. I arrived before Gigi and went a little crazy from exhaustion, but luckily Pablo is cool so he didn't freak out too much. I basically walked around his kitchen and kept knocking on wood about not getting the chicken pox (long story). Basically, I loved hanging out. We didn't study much, Rick came over when Gigi left, we watched Get Him To The Greek (hilarious), and we had fun riding three people in a two seater Miata...or at least Pablo and I did. Rick was pissed a little, but we couldn't stop laughing.

I loved this weekend a lot because I laughed extremely hard, and I haven't been that happy since the muse concert. I miss everything about the first three weeks of October, about summer in general. I won't talk about today because I don't have any energy left and I need to study for Sociology. I want to remember this weekend as a beacon of hope. Something to represent that no matter how bad things get, they can turn around just as quickly. I love my life, and I will do everything in my power to keep it that way.

Things I did today so I can look back on this and remember:
-Take Christmas Photos for the Johnston Family
-Eat at The Egg& I
-Work and assist with the Winter Showcase
-Decorate a Christmas Tree with MB
-Fall ill and die a little on my bed from stomach sickness
-Draft my Christmas List
-Develop a positive outlook on life

PS-No picture today, too lazy, sorrrry