samanthaanne

 Tuesday I hung out with an old friend. It was fun,we played Mario Brothers,watched Rocky Horror,and drank Mimosas all day. That same night,I hung out with some other friends and went to the bar,drank maybe..3 drinks. That's when it happened..the rule about mixing alcohol became painfully relevant. Anywho..I fell on my head. Now I already have neurological issues with seizures and whatnot. So for the past few days I've been kinda fuzzy. Not enough to really destroy me,but enough to be annoying. I'm not a fall down drunk..I really didn't have that much to drink,I just drank the wrong mix of things. Now, even though no one has said it, I feel like some of my friends think I have a problem..because of ONE incident (but I wont even get into how funny that is).Jesus...we've all had that one night.  Oh yeah...and a side note...I haven't  even had so much as a beer since.
moral of the story?
if you're going to drink champagne...leave the vodka redbulls to another night.
xoxo
{samanthaanne}

My friend is due in a few weeks...so I pulled out my camera,cause that's what I do! Enjoy!
xoxo
{samanthaanne}

This is what happens when you mix booze,Matt playing with my new Nintendo and me with a camera. Good Times.

I dragged my ass out of bed at 7am. to hang out with Justin,Benny,and Kara in Vallejo. It was really chill. We went to the coffee shop,talked to Jay and just talked. It was really nice,then after about an hour or so we went to The Bay Leaf Cafe for breakfast. I've got to work in a couple of hours.Tomorrow I'm hanging out with Kara all day. I HAVE TO get my laundry done. I'm re-dyeing my hair black after work...yeah I know. I don't know why I bother changing the color so much..I always go back to black. Nothing life changing to say today.Enjoy the overcast weather!! I know I will.
xoxo
{samanthaanne}

So yesterday morning I woke up with an overwhelming feeling to call my dad. Keep in mind,I haven't talked to him in YEARS. So I found his phone number on the internet,and called. A wave of nausea fell over me the second I dialed the number. Years of thinking about what I would say to him,waiting for the right moment...seems I thought it would be a few hours before I started work (smart). I got his answering machine. I hung up. What kind of message would I leave anyways? So a few hours later,on my break,I tried again.This time a woman answered the phone.I hung up again. Then my phone died and I went about my work day. After I went home and plugged in my phone,and checked my messages. I was surprised  when I heard my dad's wife's voice. She wanted me to call her back as soon as I could. I was a bit hesitant but called anyway. Turns out my dad ditched their family a few years previous. Leaving her recovering from a stroke and their daughter Meagan to take care of her. Good old dad. So after talking to Susan for a while,she tells me that her and Meagan are taking a trip to Vallejo (to see family I guess). I've known about Meagan for a few years,and I've always wanted to talk to her...she is my only blood sibling. Susan is all for it! She thinks it would be really good for her to talk to me and to maybe have a sisterly bond eventually. I hope so. All I know about her is her name,she's 16,and she's my sister. So we'll see how it goes.
xoxo
{samanthaanne}

My friend Sarah is visiting for a few days and that means I finally got to meet her adorable 9 month old daughter Hannah. I love her to pieces. They stayed at my apartment and for the last 2 mornings I was woken up at 8am by a baby crawling around on top of me..I'm sure it was Sarah's way of waking me up nicely..I can't lie,I loved it. We went to San Francisco yesterday walked around downtown and visited our old school and Sarah's old C.M.A. teacher. Hannah was sooo good all day. She was fighting sleep...but sleep eventually won.
I on the other hand am a terrible sleeper. I usually can't fall asleep until 2 am. I didn't fall asleep until 6am the other night,just to wake up to Hannah 2 hours later and going to the city   JhgaRTCQFDVF HJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ<---(Hannah wanted to contribute)

{samanthaanne}

I'm working on my portfolio. It's a bit scary to think that I'll soon have a collection of works up for the world to see. I've been looking through hundreds of photos I've done in the past and trying different projects to add. My friend Shalina (check out her portfolio at www.shalinasue.com..her stuff is amazing) is kind enough to help me out in the process and is willing to let me take pictures of her for my portfolio. I'm overwhelmed..but I keep asking myself the same question over and over again...why? This is what I've been trying to do since forever,so why am I scared? Anyways...
I'm gonna start posting pictures. I need to get used to the idea of having myself out there..even if,at first, it's just in small doses.
xoxo
{samanthaanne}

So I've been in a rut as of late. Working,staying out late, waking up in the afternoon,and back to work. I've been meaning to get back into photography,it calms me down,makes me feel good. I have great resources now that could get me where I need to go. Been thinking about going back to school..but I need to find the time. excuses,excuses. So anywho, amidst all of my complaining about not being inspired..I got inspired by things in my everyday life. Now I just need to put all of my ideas together. I'm excited because recently I was put in charge of the art shows at work..yet another great opportunity to network,and I plan on taking advantage of it as much as I can. My next project is to take staff pictures for my coffee shop...it will take a few weeks,but I'll post it up here when I'm done.
{samanthaanne}