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So you would think. I could do without the heat, but just when you think things are winding down…

09.04.05: Bug Out 58, Manasses VA – I’ll be in ’04 Modified
09.27.05: H20 International, Ocean City, MD – I’ll be in Mark 4 Golf Mild
10.09.05: Fall Classic Show n Go, Englishtown, NJ – If I feel like driving to Jersey, again
10.22.05: Return to the Tail, Deal’s Gap, NC – I can’t wait for this.

I went and finally developed the roll of 3200 black and white I had sitting since April. Yeah, April. The results were okay, they need some tweaking in Photoshop because there is a lot of grain, more so then the last 3200 rolls I shot. We’ll see what I can pull from them. I bought a bunch more film, which I hope will help in my desire to get out and shoot some more. After Waterfest and the Schnell Dyno Day, I’ve had a major itch to get more into photo stuff and video as well. Unfortunately both can be ridiculously expensive hobbies, so I’ll work with what I’ve got.

I guess I noticed I hadn’t written much of anything in like a month and was like damn, what the hell has been going on? Nothing out of the ordinary, just the same busy schedule as always…

Oh yeah, here’s the dyno chart from last weekend!

She threw down 224.2 fwhp and 217.9 ft-lbs. Here’s the video (‘Save as’ for best results).

It is an odd feeling how this semester seems to have crawled (the work/school weeks) and flown (awesome weekends) at the same time. I keep thinking that once this semester is over, I somehow want to keep up the photography stuff. We (photo class) went on a field trip to Glen Echo Park, which houses Photoworks, offering classes and open darkroom opportunities. A bit of a drive, but very well worth it if happens to be the only place of its kind in the area (I have yet to research this more). I keep thinking of more little projects (see this) I would like to do with the stuff I have taken from classes as well. ::Gasp!:: I would really like to mess around with digital video stuff a lot more, especially if Mic I am not going to tell what the plan is, what fun would that be?

I have realized that I am putting a lot of expectations up for how things will change once school is over and done, specifically, with time and how I hopefully will be able to do a lot of things I have been wanting to do and just have not had the time to plan and execute. I held back from forming a whole host of expectations for this current semester, and I know I am having a better time as a result. Lofty expectations are not getting let down. I let myself slip into the expectation of the change after school, basically because the part/full time job that is class work outside of class will be gone. It is kind of scary, but what if that falls though? Major disappointment. Worry about that when it comes about, next thought.

May 20th. August 20th. Soon.

I don’t remember the last time I was this psyched after the first day of class. Maybe it was the snow on the ground (and falling, again!!!!! Yes!) or the weekend’s plans, or that photo class is going to rock.

I would like to go to my other art class tomorrow though. We’ll have to wait and see what Maryland has to say about mother nature’s nighttime antics in the AM.