http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:melissa-melancholy&section=today deviantART RSS for by:melissa-melancholy en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:24:56 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/26879060/ http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/26879060/ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:42:41 PDT hello all.

last time i updated i was about to do my first bakesale.
i did 2 and made 150.90 for share our strength.
first sale was very successful and second sale wasn't so good due to lack of advertising and traffic.
so that means i'm done wiht my graduation project.


a lot has happened while i was away.
school switched suppliers and decided they wanted to handle the computers so i had to send my desktop back and they sent me a laptop.
the laptop they've sent their students is password protected from downloads.
so i cannot download anything, even my safe photo editing program.
it really sucks.... i have a few hting's i'd like to post so i guess one day soon i'll have to post from my moms computer.

i got engaged on 8.14.09.
i haven't told much of anyone because i can't make a public announcement on myspace due to a few of tim's family members being my friends. and we haven't told tim's parents we are engaged for personal reasons.
but i have told some close friends and my family of my engagement and i plan on telling a few more people (coryn & sarah, if you're reading this, i'm engaged.)
i don't plan on getting married for a few years, at least 3.
i've been with tim for almost 3 years so i want to get married in another 3 years.
our wedding budget is 50 to 100,000. my mom says she thinks it's too much, but we can have a very nice wedding with that budget.
i want to elope lol.

school starts monday.
i have one class i have to go to my first semester at 11:00 am.
that class is consumer math.
i'm also taking sociology, which is a class i can work on on my own with no class.
second semester, i have envorinmental science, english 4, music appreciation, and intro to probability and statistics.

i graduate in june. how exciting.
i'm applying to peirce college in november.
it's all bizarre...

i suppose that's all.
look me up on myspace and be my friend if you aren't.
myspace.com/xxnuclear_anarchyxx
or facebook Melissa Briones, and you'll see my ID picture i have here on DA is my picture of facebook.

thank you all for your continued support.
peace and love.
~melissa-melancholy

]]> ~melissa-melancholy http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/25485607/ http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/25485607/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:52:37 PDT hello watchers.

bake sale number 1 is fast approaching.
it's on june 27th, this saturday.
i've been in steady preparation, posting flyers, getting signs and prices set up.
all that's left to do is 3 days of baking starting wednesday.
saturday will be left for preparation, as my sale doesn't start until 12 pm, leaving a couple of hours to set up everything.

i passed 11th grade
i got my report card and the cover letter told me i advanced to the next and final high school grade level.
12th grade.
i'm officially a senior.
i suppose, lol.
i passed 11th grade wil ALL A's and a 96.?? grade average.
i am quite pleased.

i'm close to taking my permit test
i'm almost done with my drivers manual.
i'm anticipating driving in the next couple of weeks.

what a busy summer...

my collection of cameras is worthless.
did some research and the vintage cameras i possess are worth 25-54 dollars or so.
i have accumulated:
polaroid land camera model 800
kodak vigilant six-20 (takes 620 film, could use 120 but clearly tells you NOT to use 120 film)
argus lumar 75 mm (takes 620, or 120 film, complicated procedures for using 120 on a 620 spool...)
polaroid sun 600 (share the love. but i have no money )
so all of these cameras will be used for collectors and decorative purposes. that is fine with me... kinda...

fast approaching 2 years and 7 months with my boyfriend
anniversary june 29th.


i am accepting donations for Share Our Strength
strength.org to learn more about how this organization is helping to end childhood hunger in America.
it's what i'm doing 4 bake sales for
please send me a note for more details on how you can donate online.

my mother bought me a kitchen aid food processor
i've been asking for one for ages.
now i have to grow basil.
can't wait to make home-made pestos!
44 or so dollars on qvc.com

that's all for now
buy my prints... please...
~melissa-melancholy


]]> ~melissa-melancholy http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/25104608/ http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/25104608/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:21:56 PDT hello.

i've been working hard, putting my camera to work and i've created a couple new diptychs, Two Ways Out and Two Sides to Everything.
check them out and give them some attention.
i think Two Sides... needs some work. maybe something added to it.
I tried texture and it wasn't working. I thought about bokeh lights in the darkness but that wasn't working either.
any suggestions?? [link]

my boyfriend it turning 20 next month.
we've been together 2 and a half years and he still hasn't proposed yet.
gahhh.
i'm about to propose to him myself.


i've figured out where i'm going to college.
i'm going to pierce college in philly BUT i don't have to go to campus to take their courses.
i can do it all online and that's what I plan to do.
i'm going under information technology and getting an associates in Desktop Applications for Businesses and a certificate in .NET programming or something of that nature. i'll work off of an assiciates and keep going to school to get my bachelors.
i have to pay off about 12,000 or a bit more per year to go there but that's no too bad since my boyfriend and i will be making good money.

i have tons of prints up for sale and i have made NO money.
i guess my work isn't that good...

that's all for now.
this update sucked.

~melissa-melancholy


]]> ~melissa-melancholy http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/24784665/ http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/24784665/ Sat, 16 May 2009 10:13:11 PDT hello all.

I have submitted some new works of mine.
all of them are prints too so feel free to check them out and buy if you can :]
also, spread the word and let other people know about my prints if you really like my work

an OMG moment
so a few days ago I went to this antique/second and store and saw the (second) love of my life... a polaroid land camera model 800.
25 bucks and it's mine. my pride and joy. my first vintage camera.
i will be aquiring another vintage camera soon, my aunts boyfriend collects antiques and he said he had a few old cameras and that he'd give me one
i want folm for it but i don't really know what to get.
i've done a little research and think a certain type of fujifilm instant film will work.
but should iget color or b&w. do i have to do something special to the b&w like my camera says?

but yeah, my pola is sitting on my desk above me for all the world to see.
i hope it works because i'd love to take a few photos with it.

in other news
school is almost out. a few more weeks left and i'll be a senior.
i'm still having trouble finding a college and figuring out the career path i want to go down.
but i think i'm getting closer. i found two new options yesterday.
i'm learning to drive this summer and running 4 bake sales for my senior grad project for charity.
growing up sucks.

that's all for now.
buy my prints :]
~melissa-melancholy

]]> ~melissa-melancholy http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/24449597/ http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/24449597/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:05:28 PDT I have submitted lots of prints.

Please buy some and spread the word about my prints if you really like my work.

thanks...

]]> ~melissa-melancholy http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/24229574/ http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/24229574/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:46:03 PDT today is my birthday.

i am 17 years old.

wow.

]]> ~melissa-melancholy http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/24102977/ http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/24102977/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:06:20 PDT my 2 year DA bday was a few days ago, april 2nd i believe.

but that's not the only birthday that is in april.

MY birthday is april 14th. i'll be 17.

crazy... five years ago i never would've even dreamed i would be where I am today.
i'll be 18 next year
it's weird saying that... it's really surreal.

in other news
i've been busy with school.

i applied for a job at two places: a motel which my aunt just recently became employed at, and subway which is down the street a smidge from where my aunt works.

i have taken pictures. i have a few to add to my gallery which i'm thinking about doing tonight.

i came up with a great idea for my senior project.
i won't spill any details until after i get my proposal approved.
i need a mentor

my boyfriend and i are doing well.
he has a show at a local tech cafe the 17th and i'm gonna party it up with my friends as a late birthday celebration.

not too much other stuf going on.
i moved. i have my own room now. it's nice to have my own space after 10+ years of sharing a room with a younger brother.

for a moment i thought i knew what i wanted to do with my life.
college is a good option, it just seems WAY too hard to go about doing... applying & such. i have no idea what i'm going to do.
part of me thinks i'd be better suited to be a stay at home mom & wife. or go to college for something and have it as a backup just incase my boyfriend ends up unemployed for a while. i guess i'll just have to see where the wind blows me...

so, that's all of an update i have for now.
thanks to everyone who continues to follow me :]
best wishes
~melissa-melancholy

just to clear a few things up
i've expressed in a previous entry that i am not pursuing photography as a career. so i will not be going to school for it.
i still have a love for photography but the fire to take it on as a career has sizzled out.
i came up with the idea to go to college & study to become an adoption counselor. i'm not so sure i want to pursue that anymore.
i may want to be a teacher.
i'm not sure what i want to do with my life at the moment.
so yes, i know i have talent. and maybe i'm letting it "go to waste" because i'm not fighting for a career in it.
i've discovered that in order to have a good life and steady paying job i need to be practical, and photography as a practical career doesn't make sense.
there's a part of me that wants to TOTALLY go to the arts institute and study photography for a few years...
but in these times, in any times, it's hard to get started and stay afloat as a photographer.
i've tried my hand at having my own little photography business, and it pretty much went to shit.
and that's why i've decided that it would be best not to take on photography as a career.
there are other things i like, i just gotta find my niche
so thanks to all of you who are verbally kicking my ass and trying to get me to follow my heart and dreams. i appreciate it so much.
i just felt a need to justify what i said about not going to college.
i've even changed what i said a bit to help you guys further understand.

]]> ~melissa-melancholy http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/22424308/ http://melissa-melancholy.deviantart.com/journal/22424308/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:21:40 PST so... i've decided i'm not going to purue photography as a career. which leaves me with NO major... leaving me with a year to figure out a new major PLUS a college.

why have i changed my mind?
it's hard to get started in the arts. i want to be able to support myself on a steady income. i have no fire when it comes to pursuing photography as a career anymore. i'll still be taking pictures & doing shoots... just for fun, though.


I don't know if i'll be selling my work.
we'll see where this new road leads me.


i have a binch of new pictures to upload, plus a future shoot with vladisla sometime soon.

i got a sylvia plachy bok self portrait with cows going home and other works. i haven't looked though it yet.
my mom says it's my first coffee table book

that's all for now.
4 months until i turn 17.

~melissa-melancholy

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