August 2011
Just wondering if you watched tonights True Blood and what you thought about it? :D
Not yet, my boyfriend wants to watch it with me and he’s got work tonight so I’m gonna watch it tomorrow or Tuesday so don’t spoil anything for me just yet! D: I’ll let you know what I thought about it once I watch it :)
Everything's a Metaphor: I'm leaving Flickr. →
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I’ve made this decision a million times, I know, but for the first time, I’m going to do it. I’m just done.
Flickr is just not the same anymore, and hasn’t been for a long time. Most of my closest friends on that site have either dropped off the planet, stopped uploading and commenting, or decided they don’t want to even look at my photos anymore. I had some amazing friendships on there for a long time, and I loved it so much, but it’s just not there any longer. Not really.
And not having that support…it’s just really not worth it.
Planning these concepts and putting effort into photos and only getting a handful of comments and favorites (and most of the time from random people whose names I can’t pronounce or little 12-year-old girls with point-and-shoots), it’s just pointless. I don’t feel like I’m being motivated to grow anymore, and I’m doing enough work on my own that it doesn’t really even matter. I’ll do my own thing and be happy with that.
I don’t really have any desire for taking self-portraits anymore, and the shoots I do for other people I usually keep pretty personal or upload on my blog. So really, what else is left? I’m not just going to fill my stream with pointless junk anymore, so if I really want to shoot or create something that I’m proud of, maybe I’ll upload it. Maybe.
But I feel like I’ve outgrown Flickr and I know there are better things for me out there. I’m creating a website and starting a business, so I hope to succeed with that, but I’m not just playing around with my camera anymore and uploading for fun, and that’s okay I think.
Flickr was a great place while it lasted, but it’s not for me anymore—and I don’t think it has been for a long time. I’ve overstayed my welcome, and now it’s time to quietly step away.
i remember exactly a year ago, flickr was literally my life. now I only occasionally favorite stuff, and once in a while upload. it’s a hard thing to do, but flickr is not the same as it was before. i will continue to love your photos, always.
I thought this was only me… sad.
Gah I completely agree with this :( It’s so saddening, I love flickr and wish it was the same as it was only a year ago..
July 2011
she sits curled on the couch
the morning news ignored
watching her boyfriend move around the kitchen
all muscle and tendons and freckles, pouring two cups of tea
the air still vibrates with the potency of their earlier passion
and she tucks her hands into the folds on the cushions
trying to freeze this moment in her memory
she thinks briefly of what her father would say, if he knew
and it doesn’t matter
she accepts one of the cups, and they settle down to watch the world wake up
fuck this family. I’ve been stuck with you all for 2 weeks and now that I want to spend a day with my boyfriend you’re not letting me. I for some fucking reason can’t go out to lunch then hang around his house until the party later tonight. But dinner then the party is fine. Fuck you guys and fuck the party. I’m still “going to the party” or more like his fucking house all night. I hate this bullshit. They never stopped me from seeing my last boyfriend, but they don’t like my current boyfriend so they try to stop me from loving him and shit. Why can’t they see how good he really is. Oh and the best part is that I heard them say that I’ve “been spending too much time with him.” UHM HELLO?! I SAW HIM FOR LIKE 2 HOURS LAST NIGHT. THAT’S TOO MUCH TIME?! I SPENT TWO FUCKING WEEKS WITH YOU ASSHOLES. I NEED A BREAK FROM YOU PIECES OF SHIT. YOU PEOPLE HAVE ME READY TO KILL SOMEONE FOR TWO WEEKS AND HE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME SANE.
Lmfao so tumblr tells me "juliejigsaw reblogged this from thegirlwho-destroyedtheworld and added:
hang out again"
And im like.. this bitch aint even here yet wtf! and then I read the whole message. And it was cute. And i get my schedule in 5 hours :D
Hehehe :) you better not have work Sunday morning! Because that party needs to happen! I texted Jenn about it but she has yet to reply …
THE EGG COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE EXISTED BEFORE THE CHICKEN
don’t bullshit me, internet.
but where did the chicken come from? I think the egg did come first…it was a mutated other creature and it hatched into a chicken and then bam.
I’m stalking my pics and realized how much I miss my friends. The’yre totally worth my 1.5 hour trip through hogwarts, narnia, the bridge to teribithia and district 12 ;3.
We all need to hang out again </3 you and Jenn need to get another day off from work together so we can do something fun!
Flickr meetups are interesting. Meeting someone you sorta know in person finally is a strange yet cool situation. I can honestly say I had a great time today :) I hope to do more flickr meetups soon! Haha and maybe Rachel can come down to NY next time ;)
Time to go shopping with Rachel followed by a photoshoot :) so excited!
