Fastforward

My school term ended a week ago. Christmas is coming up and I'm moving out of the Villa in a week. Time flies, it's just incredible. It seems like only a month ago, it was scorchingly hot outside and I was looking forward to beginning photoschool and was a bit anxious as what it would be like. Finally, school turned out to be pretty much all I expected and promises to be even more as the terms go by. Next term, we'll be tackling studio work and artificial lighting, colour theory and, gasp!, we'll even shoot 4x5s!

As for this term, I went through a crisis towards photography and came out of it with a better vision on what I want to do and I'm producing stronger work. At my term assessment with capture and lab teachers, the comments were really positive and encouraging. Also, I got the highest final grades that I have even gotten in my life: 92% in capture class and "over 90" in lab.

So, this year will have been a crazy rollercoaster and my first real foray into what I shall name: The Adult Life. So, since I'm in a seemingly neverending listing mood, here it goes again:

2005 in keywords:

• johnné
• love
• german
• drunken interior photography of a woman
• student strike
• new job
• heartbreak
• new adventures
• rollercoaster
• weird people
• relapse
• discovery
• tears
• laughs
• running
• photography
• dSLR
• recovery
• new beginnings
• Powerbook!
• public transit
• piercings
• love
• heartbreak (again)
• friendship
• family
• sweat
• work
• strength
• questionnings
• and, ultimately, coming through

I've probably missed a couple of things, but I think that summarizing a year in keywords beats the hell out of doing a full written recap. Also, I doubt that doing so would be of interest to anyone but me.

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I've spoken to my father last week. For the first time in something like 8 or 9 months. We chatted and then I admitted that I wanted to make contact for a while but was having a case of pride. He said that so did he. So we agreed to stop that shit right now and keep in contact from now on.

It seems that, in doing so, a shift was initiated. Some people I had not spoken to in a long time contacted me. Other things of that effect have happened. Maybe it's the coming of the new year, but I feel a new cycle coming on, something different.

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I finally managed to go see my doctor about my blood test and my medication follow-up. My blood test was superb, absolutely nothing wrong with it. Also, seeing how everything is, I can stop taking my meds anytime starting mid-january. During all the time I was in the cabinet, my doctor kept on talking to me about photography and making jokes. When I left, he gave me a nice pat on the back wishing me merry christmas and sweet things for the new year.

:D