I’m late with this post, and although I don’t seem to have much to do these days I haven’t slept since yesterday and I’m feeling anxious about nothing, as usual. I’ve managed to finally perfect my list of resolutions, though, and this photo is one of the 52 self-portraits I’m supposedly going to take this year (I once attempted the 365 project and made it to day 3, so we’ll see). The editing here was simple enough to do, and the main difficulty I had was actually posing for the shots – the last clone I added in was of me pulling my hair up, a last-minute decision that replaced another clone sitting on the left side of the couch. I shot this one by mistake, but I soon realized it was the only shot that added depth to the image. All the other clones are posed in alignment with the couch, as I was more focused on the actions of each clone, making them look in communication with one another, etc. than anything else. So, I went with the random back-turned, hair-fixing clone. Once I finally replace my ink cartrige, I’ll print this for one of my journals – I promised myself that by the end of the year, I’ll compile the entire 52 weeks project into a 2010 book (even though I have 2 unfinished journals still to work on from previous years).
And now for the resolutions in their entirety (well, minus some others that I’m not going to post):
1. Read 50 books – my standard challenge. I’m on my third book of the year, having just finished Wasted by Marya Hornbacher and The Freedom Writers Diaries with Erin Gruwell. The second I enjoyed (despite my concerns about its authenticity and racial implications), and the first I’m not sure I’d recommend (seems like she wrote the memoir prematurely), though the parts that irked me the most were admittedly due to personal bias.
Also, I’m going to figure out why my booklog isn’t working so the books I read will actually show up somewhere on this site…
2. The 52 weeks project – explained above (Flickr group: here).
3. Finish the journal I’ve been “working on” (read: watching collect dust) and start my 2010 book.
4. Work on some of my eating habits and remember to take my vitamins/calcium… doc says it builds strong bones, who knew?
5. Sleep.
I don’t think I’ve updated in forever, but I’ve resolved, in 2010, to check in once in a while and let everyone know I haven’t died. So, I’m starting off my blogging for 2010 with a picture of my mom’s lunch. It’s part of a project I’m forcing my little brother to help me with — documenting the insanity that runs rampant in this household to prove to our friends that no, we’re not making this up. Because really, when I tell people that we have 300 plastic bags lining the garbage can in our kitchen or that my mother uses orange juice as salad dressing, they simply refuse to believe me. So, here it is: a salad made up of spinach, avocado, apple slices, tomatoes, garlic, four different types of mustard, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and some type of orange juice/vinegar concoction that my mother likes to pretend is a dressing. After I took this picture (on my iPhone — did I mention that part? I’m obsessed) my mother added strawberries. What happened next, I really wish I had recorded (I did get a video of the early stages of the salad-making process).
