'Roid Week Day 3

Flashy + Doubles= it's my Friday (I have a day off tomorrow), fun times begin, with Bee! I can never decide which shots to share.

'Roid Week 2012

I haven't had much time to do creative things on the side, but this is a special occasion, and I really have to share.

It's (POLA) 'ROID WEEK!!!  It's like a party with all of my old friends! This year I have decided to shoot most-if not all-of my contributions in my new apartment. Bella has been away on a vacation so I haven't had a chance to conspire with my little partner for some self portraiture yet-but I am so lucky-she is coming home just in time to partake in the festivities.

Polaroid SX-70, Impossible PX-70 Color Shade film

Polaroid Spectra, Impossible PZ 680 Color Shade film

These first two shots are tests, really, to see if I have enough light. It looks like I will be needing a tripod. I do have decent light in my apartment, but unfortunately, no direct sunlight anywhere, at any time of the day. It's okay, though, with a tripod I think I can manage. See you all over on Flickr, and on Twitter, and on Facebook, too. Yay!

*Looking back: My ROID WEEK 2011*

Summer so far...

Yesterday, I finally managed to get my Polaroiding in, poolside. Impossible PX70 Color Shade Cool film is the BEST. I hope you are having a happy, sunshiney summer so far! Swimming is my favorite thing to do in the world-besides Polaroiding, that is.

Summer is really flying by for us. Bee has been spending a lot of time with my parents. They found her a guitar teacher that makes house calls, which makes us all very happy. She is learning it so quickly, it's wild! I'm impressed with her new skills.

My creative urge has morphed into painting walls in the middle of the night. I have self-imposed insomnia. I need so many things for the new place-but the main things I need are curtains, rugs, and most of all a new sofa and a new coffee table. I want a new dining room set, but I will hold off and just paint the one I have for now. If I re-sign the lease in a year, I will tell the landlord I will only do so if they replace the hideous carpet and blinds.

Other than that, we have a very cozy little place that's shaping up slowly, but surely. 

A new home for us-just down the street.

We moved to an apartment down the street from my parent's house. It's on the second floor and is overlooking the pool. We really like it. Bee's room is almost fully decorated, but the rest is bare. I'm starting from scratch. I have a good idea of what I want the space to become.

Although the hours at my job are terrible for a single mother, and the pay isn't great, I'm keeping it anyway, at least until I find something better.

PX100 Silver Shade UV+ 

In-flux

Polaroid Spectra SE, Impossible PZ 680 Colorshade film.

I had a strange dream last night. In the dream I had to flee a home where I was working for a friend, managing her business. The building (her shop) was about to be taken over by a dangerous, powerful, male-dominated faction and we had limited time to gather files and money, ect...

In the shop we had a giant computer and printer, something like what I imagined was like one of the very first computers, you know, it basically filled the entire room. Right before we left, I wrote a last message on this computer and sent it to the printer. A giant document came out, on a giant sheet of tracing paper, probably about 20 ft. wide, and just as long. The ink was rainbow. The last message came out scattered and illegible, and looked like it had been typed on an old typewriter.

The rest of the print-out was the story of my life up to that point, but it was all over the place and out of sequence. I rolled it up and tried to fold it so that I could take it with me. My boss/friend respected my feelings, and watched me struggle to make the document portable with a curious look on her face. It was dark outside. At that point I noticed that there was someone else fleeing with us, a male figure that I don't remember too well-but he seemed young, small, and mute.

Then I woke up.