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wooo. i finally got my site up and am so stoaked about it. check it out. thanks to all the peeps at BIGfolio. what a great experience i fully recommend them to anyone.

it begins.

let the fun begin...i finally made it to my senior year of college. ahhh. whoa, what happened? it seems like it was just yesterday when i headed out from crowley lake to begin my westmont days. and now, i am starting my last year. i am shocked. dazed. excited. terrified. pumped. and anxious all at the same time. but i am ready to get this thang underway and am exicted about what i get to do this year.

so here is what i am taking this semester. theories of rhetoric and communication I & II, conflict resolution and reconciliation, and survey of world art. i am excited. so here is what i bought at the bookstore today. ahhh. i have my work cut out for me indeed.

matt + kristen.

matt and kristen.
santa barbara, ca.
7.30.07

what a fun wedding. the wedding was here in santa barbara and it was a greek orthodox service. what a treat. fun. beautiful. great people. great couple. just a delight. thanks matt and kristen for letting me be part of your day. and thanks josh for letting me shoot with you. i had a blast. here are just a few of my favs...

jessica + matthew

jessica + matthew.
nipomo, california.
7.14.04

ah, this wedding was amazing. i got to work with such a great couple in a gorgeous location. i loved every moment of it. here are a few highlights from the weekend.

any given sunday.

today i spent the better part of the day basking in the sun at the beach near la conchita with my buddy Jordan. we surfed for a while until i discoverd my boards nose was damaged and taking on water. i was like jack sparrow in pirates out there. so i just sprawled myself out in the sand and cooked for the rest of the afternoon. literally. i am so sun-burned. apparantly self application of sun screen to the back is never a good idea and never ends well. i still haven't learned that lesson despite the many a protected area of skin in the form of a hand-swipe across the shoulder blade that is surrouded by emblazoned red flesh. neither is a good idea to apply the sun screen and then go surfing right after, only to deposit all of it onto the surfboard. re-application after said mishap would have been all the wiser. but of couse, the brain was not in full function today much to my own chagrin. how i am just grumpy and sun-burned. so the fun-filled day at the beach ended in a un-rideable surf board, scorched skin, and exhaustion. oh it is so miserable living in santa barbara and getting to go to the beach every day. haha.

i did however find a fun and yummy jewel of a resturant in carp. it is called the beach grill at padaro. love it. i orderd a turkey club with avocado and a salad, but only to spill my vinagarette on the table. it was just one of those days.

i then met some friend at the evening service at Reality and then somehow i managed to get myself back to the apartment in one piece and to have a semi-coherent phone conversation with my grandmother. what a day. and it is now time to call it and head to bed only to arise in merely 7 hours and start another long week of work and summer school. oh the misery. lol.