SuicideGirl: Pumpkin
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Pumpkin There is no hope. Stop pretending.

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JULY 23, 2011 @ 08:06 AM


So... I'm guessing it's time for an update. It's almost been year! I apologize for not being very present in the community lately. Not that it's the first time, but it's been worst than usual I admit. The worst part is, you probably still won't see me around much afterwards. Not for a while at least. Too many things happening at once.

You know, I remember when I broke up with my boyfriend one and half years ago, I wanted to have a girl for a roommate. Turns out that a year later, I was very often living with 3 guys in my apartment. Currently just two, but still... that is a very good way to describe my situation with women. It's almost like they flee my presence. I really do want to have women around, but it just doesn't happen by itself. I have one girlfriend I see pretty regularly, but that's because I almost made it a duty to make it happen. I don't know, I just find I get along with men a lot faster. We have more common interests. Anyways, that's not really news, it's always been that way.

Things are doing pretty good with my boyfriend. It's been a year now, already. And everything is doing great, a lot better than it once was. I even got my ex-boyfriend to have interested conversations with him, and God knows that's something. He's starting nursing school this fall. I'm very glad for him, cause he seems very into it. And I'm very proud of him, cause that's definitely something useful for his society. I value that a lot. He much inspired me in the last few months, and now...

I'm considering changing career fields. Not that I want to abandon photography altogether, but I more and more feel that photography by itself is not what I'm looking for. I want to do something more meaningful. I don't think we need one more person who just shoots fashion once in a while, especially in Montreal. What do I bring to my people doing that? I want to have something to do with politics. I've been very interested in the related fields of politics for a few years now, I get involved as much on a national scale as with my direct surroundings, and it brings me a lot. What's more, is that I get inspired by those subjects as I've never been before by other photography themes (sorry ladies... ). I'm not sure exactly what to do with this, there are many directions I could take. Definitely not going to be a politician, cause not only do I not have the personality to be on the front line, but I also have a past, for instance this site, that could very well be played against me, and I know that it would happen sooner or later. Maybe something more like writing. I really like to share my ideas with people. Well, not just my ideas. I like to share, period. And that's why photography can't be everything to me. Cause sharing pictures is something I really like to do, but you can't pay rent doing that. Not the way I see it.

Sorry for the serious, only text post. This is usually considered boring. Well, hey, I'm trying to inform you, not entertain you. Do what you will with this.

How have you guys been? Tell me something new about you.

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78walk

78walk

Oklahoma City, OK
July 2005

JUL 23, 2011 10:24 AM

Photography is an intensely competitive field, even moreso now than in the past. It's an uphill battle to find a way to make a good living at it, and there is a considerable downside to depending on your art to put food on the table. Keeping photography as a side-gig or an added skill to your primary career makes a lot of sense.

I would say there are not a huge number of jobs for political commentators, but there's also less competition versus photography. Because politics has become so highly polarized, I think there are opportunities for articulate, observant writers who are capable of being dispassionate and calling out BS on either side of the spectrum. People like David Broder and Tim Russert come to mind. Obviously there are plenty of jobs available for highly ideological, partisan commentary, but there are also more folks fighting for those jobs.

Best of luck, whatever path you choose. smile

MutantBaby1

MutantBaby1

I'm lost
March 2009

JUL 23, 2011 12:07 PM

Do what you feel is right. I'm STILL actively pursuing animation after the past 10 abissmal years.

Ceciley

Ceciley

Santa Fe, NM
September 2005

JUL 23, 2011 04:16 PM

I wad not at all bored by this post. Quite the opposite actually. smile

SILVERPOET

SILVERPOET

Midland City, AL
September 2007

JUL 25, 2011 02:58 PM

You should go where your heart takes you, BUT AN SG POLITCIAN, Would be a sweet concept. LOL.

Nothing much is going on my world of alabama. LOL. I'm getting ready for fall semester at troy university.
I plan to do much better than last semester.

Cathleeen

Cathleeen

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

JUL 26, 2011 12:25 PM

hey there! biggrin

darksphere

darksphere

Vancouver, BC
January 2005

JUL 29, 2011 05:01 PM

I was doing commercial photography right at the tipping point when digital took over. The industry completely changed and honestly, I got scared and looked for something else.

Glad to hear things are going well for you.

bobnino

bobnino

Canada
April 2007

JUL 31, 2011 11:01 PM

I'm glad you are sortta back. I wondered what you were up to and now I feel I know.

What's new with me. Well my tv show aired, I'm working on another one that I mentioned to you. And I'm testing the Alexa camera for a film.
Nerd stuff

Please post more often if you can.

Rubix

Rubix

SUICIDEGIRL

Canada

AUG 15, 2011 06:32 PM

hey!!! just wanted to say hi! its been a while smile

Severen

Severen

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

AUG 16, 2011 05:13 PM

oh dang! so i used to check your profile every once in a while to see an update because i LOVE your sets and such and of course when i i am not checking you posted one! but anyway it has taken me forever to decide what exactly i wanted to go into and i finally have found what i want to do exactly. i am getting an illustration degree so i can hopefully work for a gaming company and do concept art. but the thing i like most about this degree is that i can do a lot of freelance work with it and stuff so i don't have to be stuck in one boring job forever so maybe that's the kind of thing you are looking for (not necessarily with fine arts but with something else?) i know i would get bored insanely fast if i couldn't change up my career every so once in a while...

AdrianSK

AdrianSK

Port Angeles, WA
June 2005

OCT 03, 2011 06:24 PM

You've added so much beauty to our worlds Pumpkin. I'm glad your relationship was going well, and I hope your career goals are working out as you like! smile

Ellerslie

Ellerslie

HOPEFUL

USA

MAR 15, 2012 10:14 AM

Thanks so much! I hope so too biggrin

Good luck on the career change!!

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

APR 11, 2012 10:46 PM

Don't you have a bf now? :p

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

APR 12, 2012 10:14 PM

I thought you were the one acting all old and responsible now.. wink

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

APR 16, 2012 06:43 AM

And you're only 1 year younger than me nerd. Although I can't remember if the bf is a lot younger

thedevilhimself

thedevilhimself

San Diego, CA
July 2002

MAY 10, 2012 09:51 PM

Hulloooooo! Hey, believe it or not, this is the first time I've been back on here since that blog post in April -- so I only just now saw your comment.

All is good for me too, I guess. I'm buying a house, so I'm pretty excited about that. Though it does mean that I'm basically going to be paying off a loan for the next 30 years or so. It's not a massive amount of money, however, since I'm putting up a sizeable down payment. I could actually pay it off in 15 years, but my mortgage payments are apparently fully tax-deductable, so a 30-year seems the smarter route to go.

Wow, talk about getting older. Not too old, though -- I want my house-warming party to have a suspension artist.

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