I have had one of the most productive weekends, and I cannot wait to share with you. Now, all of you are probably like "But it's the end of MONDAY, you've certainly waited awhile, yes?"
No. I don't work Mondays, so my weekend is still in full swing. (FOR ANOTHER FOUR HOURS. WOOO)
Let's start with Saturday. Saturday, I had a shoot for Vaudezilla with the lovely Kriss Abigail. Myself and a few other Vaudezilla performers trekked out to the Museum of Science and Industry to take some wicked photos.
Perhaps you would like a teaser from said shoot?
Here you go.
Many thanks to Kriss for making me look gorgeous, as always.
Immediately following our shoot, I booked it over to the theater where I work, so that I could open the box office for our performance that night. Which basically meant, since I am SO GREAT at planning ahead, that I wore the same clothes I was wearing for the photoshoot in the box office all night. I also may or may not have taken a nap on the floor in the middle of the box office during the show. Classy.
The majority of Sunday was taken up by a three-hour long choreography workshop at Vaudezilla studios.
It was epic, and it's really a shame that we're only holding them once a month. (Although my muscles have no complaints about the lack of frequency.) Can I just say that I am SO sore? I had already felt like I was hit by a truck after four hours of running around MSI and posing all day, and THEN standing around the box office for hours, so add a three hour long dance class, and you've basically got muscular mutiny on your hands.
But the real topper to this weekend was today. Mmm. Monday. (Oh god, I might be the only person who has ever looked forward to a Monday.)
I do all my banking downtown, so I got up this morning and hopped on the train. I decided that perhaps I would bring my camera downtown with me again, since I wasn't really thrilled with most of the shots I took last week. So... a little begrudgingly, I packed up my camera, and headed down. I did all my banking, and was kind of looking for an excuse to not have to shoot... I was walking around down by Millennium Park, and feeling SUPER uninspired, because I like taking photos of all the architecture when I'm in the moment, but when I come home, it all looks very standard and literal and boring, and then I get discouraged, and then...
Anyway. I was down by Millennium Park, and I realized (after a failed trip into the Chicago cultural center... it was closed. Because, apparently, it's Kasimir Pulaski day. What?) that the ice rink was still open. So I rented some skates and went ice skating for an hour. Mostly to see if I could still remember how.
For the record, I did get the hang of it pretty quickly, but the ice was fairly soft, and there were a bunch of folks out there, so I ended up wiping out three times in the same spot. (I think I was getting stuck in a deeper ice rut) By the third time, my left knee was pretty banged up, so I decided to grab my stuff and continue my day on foot.
So... I'm wandering away from the park, still without a clue as to where I'm going to go, or do I even feel like shooting? And I'm about to just give up and go get some bao... and then there it was.
Where have you been all my life?
So I spent the day concentrating on weird little details. And the more I looked, the more of them I found.
The preceding might be my favorite shot of the day, and it definitely ranks in the top 10 shots I've ever taken.
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