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Well photography has taken me somewhere quite unexpected... to a retirement community. I'm an activities aide and we just started a photography club : ) They take portraits of each other, take still life photos, and take nature shots as well. We almost have a whole album full and we are going to have an art show in late August.

It's very exciting for me to be able to help people and do photography at the same time, even if I'm not always the one behind the lens. Most of them say, "Oh, a photo of me would break the camera" but once they start taking pictures you can tell they know what they're doing. I think there's something innate about taking photographs, even if you think you're good at it or not.

Plus it captures them in that specific moment, and the photographs with serve as a record keeper for years to come. And we also have fun dressing up, changing poses and lighting, and being goofy as well : )

So I guess photography doesn't always have to be quite so serious : )

]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/17371955/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/17371955/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:40:37 PDT
I've had the experience to go to some awesome places lately, like Florida with my Drew to Cape Canaveral to see a space launch, the beaches, Sea World, and take some pretty cool photographs. Unfortunately on the trip my darn little button broke off on my camera I've had for quite a while, a Sony Cybershot... it could probably be fixed, but I really wanted to update to a digital SLR, probably Nikon! I want to be more serious about photography and I want to be able to zoom in further, have better quality, take quicker shots, and of course, be able to easily turn my camera on and off : )

All I want for summer is a new camera, a new camera, yes a new camera, gee if I could only have a new camera, then I could have a happy summer! : O )

]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/17096746/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/17096746/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:22:52 PST
Maybe these are the more important photographs to be posting... the ones that show a brief moment in time in which I came in contact with someone who impacted me, and probably doesn't even know that they changed my day. I also came across photographs of old friends, family members... some I had passed over, but tonight I find myself looking them in a different way than I had in the past.

Maybe I'm being too reflective because it's late... but oh well, I'm glad for it : O )

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They made a statue of us
And it put it on a mountain top
Now tourists come and stare at us
Blow bubbles with their gum
Take photographs for fun, for fun

They'll name a city after us
And later say it's all our fault
Then they'll give us a talking to
Then they'll give us a talking to
Because they've got years of experience
We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
We're living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious

We wear our scarves just like a noose
But not 'cause we want eternal sleep
And though our parts are slightly used
New ones are slave labor you can keep

We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
We're living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious

They made a statue of us
They made a statue of us
The tourists come and stare at us
The sculptor's marble sends regards
They made a statue of us
They made a statue of us
Our noses have begun to rust
We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
Were living in a den of thieves

And it's contagious
And it's contagious

Regina Spektor

She's awesome : )

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Note to self: The creamer lid for coffee in the break room falls off very easily.

There could be a thunderstorm outside, I heard a large bang earlier, but it could have just been the bass of the music I'm hearing echoing through the walls all of a sudden.

Note to self: Salads from giant only cost three dollars and they have every vegetable imaginable. Even artichokes.

I'm going to drive home to Boiling Springs even though my head feels like it could collapse on this desk at any moment. The light from the computer screen is making my eyes buggy, and I think there's still smoke in my eyes from the concert last night.

Note to self: You aren't not getting paid to write poetry.

This is Kate signing off, saying "have a great day" (i used to have to say that in middle school when i was a broadcaster in the morning)

and i'm done.

this journal was semi-fun : ) ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/8303299/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/8303299/ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:53:48 PST
Well well well, it seems the last time I wrote it was my 22nd birthday, which was quite a long time ago. And my how things have changed since then.

I finally feel like things are beginning to come together, I got an internship at Harrisburg Magazine for the summer, and an internship at the Women's Center at Kutztown for the fall. So there is the slight possiblity that I might actually graduate within the next century ; )

I've been really busy this semester, with a course load that centers mostly around writing. I have somehow been finding the time to come home most weekends and hang out with friends I haven't connected with in a long time. And oh the fun adventures we have on those weekends : )

So yeah, that's pretty much it, I'm trying to find the time to take pictures whenever I have the chance... usually they are out of my car window when I'm driving home haha ; ) that's pretty safe isn't it? : )

I really can't believe how long I've been on Deviant Art! As I look back through my gallery it really shows many different experiences I've had, so it's nice to be able update and look back. Whoo hoo : )

Okay, I'm bored with this journal entry, time to go work for another bazillion hours : ) ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/6890664/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/6890664/ Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:50:08 PDT
1) first of all 2 is my unlucky number... and now i have to deal with having it twice in a row for an entire year!

2) it's not a major milestone... i don't get to become a teenager, get my license, see a rated R movie, vote, or drink the night away... i get to approach my mid twenties! yippee!

3) when i called my mom about coming home this weekend she said, "oh yeah, when's your birthday?" meaning what day of the week was it... but yeah, i still think she should know that : )

4) it's on a saturday, the actual day i was born, which is neat : )

5) i have gotten to the point where i don't get "real" presents anymore, i have entered the era of cards and ::crosses fingers:: hopefully money ; )

6) i remember when i was younger thinking that I would graduate from college when i was 22 or 23... which is mindboggling in itself

7) when i was younger i also said that i would get married when I was 25... something that is only 3 years away... but i doubt that will happen : )

8) when i was 14 i freaked out because i thought i was getting too old... call it a teenage midlife crisis... but goodness... now that was 8 years ago! i really am old ; )

9) i don't have anyone to spend a "romantic" evening with... i guess I've gotten used to being "treated" on my birthdays

10) i don't know whether or not i'll have a cake... do i even want cake?

11) i have been more indifferent towards this birthday than any other birthday in my life... which is probably why I'm analyzing it

12) if i was 14 eight years ago when i had my mid-life crisis... in eight years from now I will be 30, and then I'll probably have a real one!

13) when my cousins ask how old I am and i tell them... they look at my like it's the largest number they've ever heard... now they have an even larger number to hear... oh yeah, and that wide eyed stare is usually followed by "When are you going to get married?" Next will be "When are you going to have a baby?"

14) i still can't rent my own car!

15) when my grandmother was 22 she already had her first child!

16) there's no pretending that i'm not an adult anymore... soon i will be out of college... and the real world will be waiting!

17) can i still wear pigtails? what is the age cut-off for that? ; )

18) soon i won't be covered under my parents health insurance... goodbye beautiful dentist!

19) only one year until my first high school reunion!

20) my journalism teacher says that she never tells anyone her age... am i getting to that point?

21) i'm more excited about halloween than I am about hearing "happy birthday"... would I even acknowledge my birthday if it wasn't two days before halloween?

22) This is the first year that I have understood why people dread their birthdays. After awhile the usual excitement disappears. You don't go to sleep anticipating something magnificant, dreaming of little wrapped presents. You don't count on having a large costume party with all of your family and friends. And you definitely don't count on surprises. Atleast that is, until you are 40 or 50. I have a feeling that my birthdays from now on will never again have that nostalgic, warm feeling.

But I could be wrong.

Kate ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/6641975/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/6641975/ Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:43:58 PDT
I am still at Kutztown University, and I am a professional writing major, which is interesting and challenging. My fingers are tired though : )

I haven't been able to take photos in a while, well I've been able, but the time hasn't been there.

Hopefully I can soon, because I miss it and I see things all the time and say... I wish I had my camera.

Well, I must go and do the things I must do... which means watching the art gallery right now.

I need to be more devious and less stressed out : O ) ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/4026388/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/4026388/ Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:22:51 PST ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/3127453/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/3127453/ Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:13:52 PDT The one that makes me scream'' she said
''The one that makes me laugh'' she said
And threw her arms around my neck
Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"

Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
"Why are you so far away?" she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you"

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven

- The Cure ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2616900/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2616900/ Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:16:10 PDT
all around

me

My arms have disappeared in the churning

lobster tears I can’t save them

can’t save them can’t save them can’t save them

So I boil with them ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2502379/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2502379/ Mon, 24 May 2004 23:39:05 PDT from the bottle
in the medicine cabinet
while the sea otter
swims in her comforter.
Before long, 70 beans
flutter and flit,
sputter and spit,
and she feels her pulsing liver
flip flopping on the inside of her skin.
A playmate comes and finds
Sadie playing caterpillar up the stairs.
Men masked in cloth
lift Sadie into the ice cream truck.
“It’s so cold,” she says,
to their rubber hands,
and steel-plated eyes.
“And you’re so young,” the men whisper
as they drive toward the crimson castle. ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2341097/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2341097/ Sat, 01 May 2004 23:57:44 PDT Mood: happy but tired
Listening to: "People Are Strange" The Doors

I Attract Strange People
by Kate Jordan

One of my earliest memories is of a cowboy.
I was riding in the back of a car in New Cumberland,
and I looked out the window and saw him standing on the curb.
He had a black moustache, dark glasses, a cowboy hat,
and he slowly pointed a shiny metal gun in my direction.
I didn’t even turn my head; still no one believes what I saw that day.

In Pine Grove Forest my mother and I went hiking
even before I was old enough for kindergarten.
A man approached us and asked to take my picture.
My mother let him snap a shot, but he wasn’t satisfied,
and he asked to photograph her in the woods alone.
She declined, and the man vanished into the trees with my portrait.

In Austria, Ellie and I were writing down observations
on a small bench outside a small restaurant.
An old pot-bellied man came up to us and pulled out a little key.
He moved closer, and he proceeded to poke
the outside of Ellie’s notebook with the key.
Without a single word he turned and walked away.

In Connecticut, Matthew and I went to a movie theatre,
and we paid fifteen dollars for the show.
A loud, obnoxious man came down my aisle.
He grabbed my slushie cup and sat three seats away.
I turned and noticed that he was not wearing pants,
and I grabbed Matthew’s hand to flee the scene.

I stopped at a gas station not far from my house
to buy a pack of cigarettes with my pocket change.
I went to the counter and an elderly man offered to pay
for the cigarettes and asked me the date I was born.
Then he asked the cashier for a lottery ticket
with the same numbers and handed me the gift.

In Pennsylvania, I was Christmas shopping at a gift store,
pondering what to purchase for my parents.
A man in a wheelchair caught my eye,
and he asked me to please give him my hand.
Naively, I held it out to him and he pressed his lips against it.
When he released my hand, he thanked me quietly and wheeled away.

]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2264419/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2264419/ Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:43:06 PDT Mood: angry
Watching: Lolita

I'm tired of seeing pictures of young girls on deviantart, like 13 year olds who are posing in their underwear, or towels, or skirts that can barely cover their asses!

And the thing that sucks is that no one seems to care that these pictures are all over deviantart which is supposed to be a credible art site! Older guys comment on their pictures and tell the girls they are sexy and hot, something they could not do outside of the internet, and only add fuel to the fire.

This is the new generation. Girls who think the only way to get noticed is by wearing as little as possible when they have to concept of how cruel the world can be. And 13!! That means they were twelve a year ago. When I was thirteen I wasn't thinking about sex, nor did I have the concept of what being sexy was!

I don't know why this bothers me so much... I think it's because Deviant Art is a place I come to to see art and share art, and I don't expect to see young girls being allowed to exploit themselves. They have no idea what they are getting themselves into...

"Fuck." ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2215135/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2215135/ Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:15:38 PDT
don't eat their turkey and mashed potatoes EVER...

and if you're walking around alone, let it be known that people will give you intense stares that make you want to say, "what are you looking at buddy?!?"

the flowers are starting to bloom though, and the squirrels are running amuck...

now i'm in the library... hiding away... just like everyone else who is waiting for their next class... ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2072798/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/2072798/ Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:23:11 PST
Watching: Amelie

I haven't had much time to upload anything new lately...
Mostly because I'm so caught up in my black and white photography class at school... oh the wonderful smell of photography chemicals... i want to scan those photographs in though as soon as possible because they are very different from my other pieces.

Sometimes I think it would be a good idea to take a picture with my manual camera and take the same picture with my digital camera so that I can submit it on my page... but that seems a little tedious. Oh well... there's something about developing my own prints that makes me feel satisfied. I guess I just have to devote separate time to each camera

I've been really sick this whole week, and I'm supposed to go to the art museuem in Washington D.C this Friday, so atleast that's something to look forward to... a good opportunity for pictures as well.

I've never really written anything substantial in these journals, so I guess this is the first time I've ever said more than a couple sentences... ranting is a wonderful thing... especially when you know not that many people will actually read it



]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1852356/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1852356/ Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:24:49 PST Listening to: "Just Like Heaven" The Cure

3,000 pageviews... yay! and i did it without getting completely naked (haha, sorry jen!)

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And then I read the spotlight and to my surprise a photograph that I took of a simple air conditioner is featured! I didn't think anyone knew who I was so I was very grateful... and I've been overly emotional lately and kind of down so it was a wonderful surprise that made my day!

Thank you to everyone who makes Deviant Art a happy place... full of wonderful artwork and people who share the same passions for their work and the work of others.

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1554778/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1554778/ Fri, 19 Dec 2003 00:31:42 PST

Things just didn't work out in Colorado even though it was extremely pretty... so now I need to get my life together and figure out how to keep going to school and make some money at the same time I may go to school and learn more about photography I hope!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! Hope for me that everything goes smoothly and I find some stability and happiness with school soon! Thanks for the 2,000 page views also, much love to everyone ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1509724/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1509724/ Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:35:26 PST

Plus I would really enjoy seeing what kinds of awesome pieces people could create!

So if anyone likes to do manipulations take a look and see if you like anything... it's depressing to be a new deviant all over again

Here's a link! ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1326371/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1326371/ Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:36:07 PST ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1218978/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1218978/ Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:34:12 PDT Let me explain that I do not mean them to be untasteful in any way... I never take a picture just to take a picture. I want to affect people in some way and say something that is better said through pictures than words. And it's fun to play around So who knows if this different approach to photography will stay or not... but I've been thinking about it greatly and just wanted to share ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1213870/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1213870/ Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:10:19 PDT Weeeeeeeee! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed! I love you all! ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1197938/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1197938/ Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:48:07 PDT I'm on an endless cylce of staying up late and taking a nap during the day. Oooh... I got a gumball machine at Sal Val today! That was the highlight I'm off to lay in bed and try to think of something that will zonk me out....zzzzzzzzzzz.... ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1174763/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1174763/ Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:58:14 PDT I hate it because I have absolutely no energy and I don't think medicine is working... I feel like I've been in the house forever. But we are going hiking this weekend! 1 or 2 or 3 times I think We're staying with Alex's mom in Estes and going to Rocky Mt. State Park! I've never been there before so I'm super excited : ) Finally my camera will go to some good use... and maybe I'll be better by then ]]> ~shutterbabe2006 http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1156162/ http://shutterbabe2006.deviantart.com/journal/1156162/ Sat, 13 Sep 2003 00:20:21 PDT ~shutterbabe2006