Okay so I promised some pictures, and then I got distracted. You know, shiny things, they are... shiny. and Pretty. Sort of want to start a mag pie nest. But any way. So I thought I'd show some general non people photo's I'm particularly fond of. Nothing super amazing, but I'm thinking of printing off some of these, framing them, and seeing if they sell. Especially the kitchen ones. Here they are: PS: click to see biggggeeerrrrr if you want :)

 Kitcheny things. Although I wonder if I could sell prints of the measuring spoons if they have kitchenaid on them? haha.
  These are Whale Vertebrae at Pioneer park I shot one day. I just really love the texture and crevices.

Genesis by Bernard Beckett

First off I have been really into the Dystopian genre. It's the opposite of the utopian world, generally were something catastrophic happens and the society that evolves from that although flawed. It doesn't always have to be catastrophic, sometimes it's just an evolution of the world. But anyways, I've been caught up in it, and luckily it's been picking up in the literary world as a bit more popular, so I'm finding more and more!

On to the book. It's not really a a religious book, but it has a lot of basis and a lot of vague similarities with the genesis story. But it's about Anex, who is applying to get into basically a college, that basically holds the Islands history. The dystopian aspect comes from the Island literally built a wall around itself to keep out the plague that is/has fallen on the rest of the world. The story is told through Anex recollecting the history of Adam, a catalyst to some great change on the island, but we are left to find just what happened late in the story.

I can't tell you really what makes this book so fantastic (even if it's pretty short) without ruining it for you. I lent it to a friend and he read it in 2 days with many "OMG" "MIND BLEEP* ( bleep inserted for people with sensitive eyes). We then had a lengthy nerd-tastic conversation on what it meant to us. It's just that story with a concept that is hard to fully grasp but creeps you out all the same. Just go read it!! Right now!! ;)

I am back!

Not that many people read this but I decided to pick it up again. With a little revamp, I plan on sharing a bit of everything in my life! This includes, but not limited to, the cancer, photography, college, recipes, books, and army life. So it will become even more incoherent rambling-esque, aren't you excited?

For a quick catch up, I am in Alaska, have been for two years now, with one to go. It's amazing, I won't lie. I am though, seriously having homesickness symptoms and can't wait to at least be closer to my godkids and mom. I still have cancer, but we're working with it, it hasn't spread and the hormone therapy is working. Still trying to get pregnant, but as soon as I get too the lower 48, I will be looking into adoption regardless of where the cancer takes me. I am in school for a bachelors degree in Photography, and I think I'm pretty decent at it, although I really need to keep building my confidence. I'm very unsure of a lot of things. Jonny got promoted to E-6, so we're happy about that.

well that's a quick recap, I'm going to do a post of some Alaska scenery here soon!