The Raconteurs - The Switch and the Spur: Photo Montage

i love this band, this song, and the style of this photo montage. i'm getting ready to finish my "Cemetery Girl" photo project and am starting to think about new things to shoot. one easy subject to move into would be panoramas, seeing i've done those experimentally in the past. but this montage story telling film-like idea is really neat. we'll see what the new year opens up for me and my mind.

considering enrolling in a couple of classes at dvc this semester. that old problem i had of not being eligible to enroll in classes, my academic probation, it's been lifted. i called the college the last day before winter break started and they told me that i had outlived the time barrier and that they would lift the ban on my enrollment. i am only considering taking 1-3 courses. as usual, money is an issue. gas to drive to Pleasant Hill, book expenses, etc. also, i don't want to get overextended with my physical energy or artistic energy because i have to finish the projects i still have in motion; namely the editing and publishing of my nanowrimo novel and the project of creating books from the bounty of photos i now possess.

the other thing i consider about going back to college is the people i will interact with. this is actually a very large part of why i want to go to the college at all. to be able to be around and interact with people. my bipolar is pretty tame right now but it is not balanced enough that i have found a way to spend time around other people. i still spend all of my time alone. and when i am able to go to starbucks i don't sit around talking to people.

so my awareness is keen about what i want, what i need, and somewhat savvy about what i can handle doing. we'll see how it goes. classes start on January 15.