2018 was a year of change.
SO I thought it only right to give myself a project to document it. what better way, than through a medium that reflects the unpredictability of it all: a disposable camera.
The project: Disposable 2018
The parameters: I am allowed one camera per month and i can't leave any photos out, even if they're sh**.
the take away: i must jot down the lil lessons I learn along the way.
DEC18
Take aways:
- Say yes to a “Unique” airbnb stay #camperlife
- when going to a vr bar, go with friends who will catch you before you fall from disorientation and who will laugh when you punch a wall
- go to all the holiday parties
- as a good friend once told me, red lipstick is like a full face of makeup
- don’t stop believing…or admitting that you believed in santa until you were 16
NOV18
Take aways:
- with the love of your first car comes the hate of your first car payments
- Never wait to try a restaurant until they are going out of business. r.i.p. frank & angie’s
- stay sexy and don’t get murdered!
- always take pictures when your friends are dancing
OCT18
Take aways:
- always say yes to backyard concerts at work
- bring special water back pack to acl. srsly.
- Sure, life gives you lemons but it also gives you getting drunk with a stranger at an airport chili’s (also, this will be the title to my memoir)
- before you die, go to salem, MA for halloween.
- sometime you just want to stay in and watch hocus pocus and that’s ok.
SEPT18
Take aways:
- Sometimes you’ll have to stand in the middle of the street to get “the shot.”
- men in togas are always photo-op ready.
- i’m now accepting pointers on how to improve my golf swing…
- …but at least now i know how to change a tire!
AUG18
Take aways:
- fat heads really get the people going.
- Anders from workaholics, i’m sorry i forgot your name and asked for a picture anyway. that was probably really annoying.
- wind turbines are from the future, don’t @ me..
- If you ever happen to pass through wichita Kansas, go to Saigon Oriental restaurant. (not to be confused with little saigon. completely different)
- saigon=alfredo’s pizza cafe ; little saigon=pizza by Alfredo
JUL18
take aways:
- Sad pickle was lost, glad a cat in this world is named pickle.
- A**HOle is a very humbling card game.
- austin takes “live music capital” very seriously (and i became a groupie of the band sharks in the deep end)
- Witnessing bat season is a truly magical experience.
JUN18
take aways:
- Honestly, mondays take more heat than they deserve.
- June was one those months you hope for with a project like this.
- if you don’t document your first whataburger after moving to texas, did it really happen?
- a “work wife” is a very real thing.
MAY18
take aways:
- May was a slow month full of applying to internships.
- May 1st-30th took half the camera, May 31st farewell dinner the other half.
- 3 am guitar lessons from mandy are always a good idea.
APR18
take aways:
- Vacation Pictures are so fun to share.
- If they weren't there, no one cares about your vacation pictures.
- I might be good at connect four.
- "The Skype Interview" is the hot new trend this season. Pair your fave crisp button down with…basically any bottom.
- Sorry you had to find out about my hitch-hikers thumb this way.
MAR18
take aways:
- In Case of epic battle: have camera ready. (Great Candids)
- Throwing a st. patty's day party is fun.
- Burning finger with bacon grease at said st. patty's day party, not as fun.
- Finishing portfolio school is scary...and fun.
- Getting back a batch of almost no blurry pictures is the most fun!
FEB18
take aways:
- If you think there's enough natural light and you don’t need flash, you’re wrong.
- Snowflakes are rad.
- honestly, just always use flash.
- your heart will sink at Improv Shakespeare when they tell you, "no flash."
- if you're in a small space, people will be decapitated.
JAN18
take aways:
- Get used to the pink static.
- don’t go in too hot when your tipsy at a b-day party, you will only have 10 snaps left for the rest of january and it's only the 11th.
- don't wind up until you're ready to take the picture.
- wind up fast so the moment doesn't pass you by.
- Dance and sing at the bar, maybe don't bring your pet snake to the bar.
- if you're bad at skiing, don't keep the camera in your pocket whilst skiing.
NYE17//18
take aways:
- There will be shots of pure pink static.
- when you're trying to be artsy and set the camera on the ground, the flash will pick up the ground, and that's mostly it.
- The flash is absolutely blinding and everyone will say so while dramatically blinking.
- you will most certainly not get all 27 pictures back but you'll get some gems