One Photographer to Another

Christy and I went on a little photog adventure!

The lighting here was so beautiful and perfect! I wanted to stay there forever. Except for the hot and humid weather.


This grass was born to be photographed.




We had babcock ice cream on the terrace!




FIERCE

Oh Merry!

Soo... this is the hot food at the Microcosm cafe! I know, cafe? They have food? We do!! And when we have too little to keep, I get to eat the leftovers! Can you say awesome? I have eaten a lot of Micro food... I think my favorite is the barbecue pork. Delish.

Luke Warm

First thing in the morning at the cafe, someone complains about their coffee being cold. So, we ran another pot... no good. It was still cold. The coffee machine was broken. Our cafe was without coffee... how utterly inconvenient.

I was going for a "Who" in this picture. How did I do?

FRUSTRATION

So, in classic Haley mode, I may have lost/thrown away the C-fest tickets. A massive cleaning of my room in order to move seems like a good idea. In most people's cases, it would be a good idea. I just happen to have the absent-mindedness to throw away a lot of money's worth of tickets. Cross your fingers that they'll take mercy on me and at least give me the campsite pass again. Lo siento Madre, I know I'm a disappointment sometimes.


Em got a bug in her eye. I've never seen anyone freak out as much as she did... :)


There was a fight on State St! This is the first fight I've seen in Madison, and it was three guys beating up on one. Not quite sure what it was about, just wanted to avoid the little scuffle.

Lance has a Girlfriend!

Very tired and...

I want my camera. (eye twitch) Don't be fooled by this picture. It's not as it seems.

Motor Boating

Sailing is fun, but today I realized I'm a speed boating kinda girl at heart. I love the speed too much! A sailboat at top speed can only go 22 mph. Scott's stingray may not have been as pretty or as spacious as the 29 foot sailboat I was on earlier in the week, but I loved the rush.

This is probably the most epic picture ever, and the best part is it wasn't planned! I think that's why it makes me smile every time I look at it. The moment was captured perfectly. This was when Scott first opened up the throttle and there was a collective shout of joy.


Sunscreen is always very important.


We all went wake boarding today. It was my first time and after falling the first couple times without getting up, I managed to get up and legit wake board! I was quite proud of myself. :)


I've gotten to go out on some sort of boat three days in the past week


I know anyone who has ever taken pictures of wake boarding probably has a picture just like this, but I just couldn't help myself.

It's Good to be Home

A little bit after I was home I heard my mom and brother bickering down the hallway. It made me very happy for some reason. It feels familiar and I have missed it.

So I forgot my camera in Madison. It's killing me! I hadn't realized how attached I had become. BUT, I'm surviving... barely. The ride down was fun though. Laur doesn't have air and it is hot and muggy, so we kept the windows down. There's just something nice about flying down the highway with the wind in your hair, the sunroof down, and a dairy queen ice cream cone in hand. :)

I listened to some of Laur's music, and then subjected her to listening to some of my music. I felt like she was tolerating, more than enjoying, but she'll learn. This was me when I got to play my songs for her! See what I resort to when I don't have my camera? It stings! Shield your eyes!


Guess who played the lying down game! We did!! It was soooper fun. Katie and Joy are pretty much pros at it.


Random tangent, but the whole lying down game reminded me of something! I know what I want to do when I die. Well, not what I want to do, what I want done to me. I want to be dipped in a vat of liquid nitrogen until I am -321 Fahrenheit and then jolted into a pile of powder and then buried in a potato starch box! Wanna join me? :D It's good for the earth and cheap! Woot Woot!

WAIT WAIT WAIT!


There! All fixed! (Hint: click here)

This is Hoofer Motor Boat to Shore

I know this is a little late, but I was dead tired last night and had to work until just about now today. BUT, yesterday was surprisingly wonderful. So yeah, The Hoofers Sailing Club is pretty much the coolest club ever (in the summer at least).

We went sailing with John, who we met on the terrace Friday, and four of his friends. Ian had a sailing class and so he didn't come out with us. The plan was for him to make his way out with some other people on another sailboat, but there wasn't much wind.

Ian and his crew ended up getting stuck out on the water, so around sundown a boat went and pulled them back to shore. We were told at sundown a motorboat comes around and pulls in anyone who was "stupid enough to get stuck out there." Luckily, our boat had a motor, although we didn't use it until we had to go back in.

This is Sarah, she's a sailing instructor, and met John through her boyfriend, Nick, and they're instructors together.


This is Rei, she is a grad student that just got a job at Princeton teaching Japanese. She met John through her roommate who is really good friends with John and has hung out with him on multiple occasions.


This is Nick, he is also a sailing instructor, and met John because they're both meterologist majors.


This is me. I met John at the Terrace. On Friday. I would probably not have been on the boat except for Emily. I felt like... I had no right to be there. Yet, they all were extremely welcoming.


I've decided sailors are very laid back people. You have to be in order to have the mentality, "Let's go out on the water. What, there's supposed to be 0 wind tonight and that is our mode of transportation? Who wants to grab the life jackets?" There's not even any mention of not going out. They chuckle and its as if they're saying: we might get stuck, and that will be hilarious.

I like them a lot.


Not only did we sail, we played cards and drank beer from a keg. A keg! On the sailboat! Am I the only one whose mind is blown by this awesomeness?


P.S. I asked what "coming in warm" (which is more often said as "coming in hot") meant, and it means coming in too fast! Good to know, right? Although there are a lot of other definitions for coming in hot. I really like number three.

People Are Looking at Us

Construction is everywhere in Madison, and for once, we took advantage of it. Silver lining of construction? Some decent textures and colors. Some would say that's not worth the hours of backed up traffic and detours that come about because of construction. A lot of people would probably say that actually. But I'm here to say: Thank you, City of Madison. Without you, I wouldn't have these pictures tonight.

Em before Zombies attack. So happy and carefree! (I had a dream about zombies last night. They were quite cordial, even if they did turn me into a zombie as well. Sorry Joy and Christy... once I was one of them I was compelled to get you guys too. I didn't mean you any harm, that was just the way it had to be.)

AND, if I was a zombie, I would definitely make this list. I think I would be between #17 and #18. I'm better than some guy with some scrap metal in his head, but I won't be running around naked, so Trash has me beat.


Em hiding from the zombies. So scared and worried! I hope we got her. >:) (That's my evil face)


I like the gritty effect and how the different textures come together in this pic. I don't know how this is related to zombies though.


Later that night, Laur and I went and played in the fountain. For some reason there's no water in the fountain right now.


Oooooo!


Laur actually took this photo. When we stood about a foot away from the mushroom, each on one side of it, there was an echo effect. But a lot of the time your own voice didn't echo, just the other person's, and if you would have stood anywhere else you wouldn't have been able to hear the echo. What this turned into was Laur and I giggling a lot and all the people walking past the fountain thinking we were crazy.


There may have been other reasons they thought we were crazy too, but I bet every one of them wanted to join us.


It rained today.

You're Coming in Warm

What does the title of this post mean? I don't know; it's sailor jargon. I know he wasn't talking about the weather either because it was quite frigid for the middle of June. We all had goosebumps. All I know is "coming in warm" is a bad thing, because when the guy said it, he didn't sound too happy. How did I hear sailor jargon you might be asking? I went on a sailboat today! The Hoofers Sailing Club Kickoff was today, so we got a ride on a sailboat!

I was considering joining the sailing club, but it's pretty expensive and after the ride I'm not sure I'm much of a sailor. I mean, it was fun, don't get me wrong. But I don't think I'd want to do it three times a week, and I would have to in order to get my money out of it.

Laur and I worked on taking her facial expressions down a notch today. Although, I'm not sure that's a good thing. Part of the reason laur is so cool is because she's so uncensored.


Pretty right? But like Laur pointed out, sailboats are always photogenic. They're the boats all the other boats envy because they look so darn good.


This is my favorite of the day. The clouds cooperated so nicely.


I like how the waves up close are kind of blurry looking from the motion, but then the sailboat in the distance is sharp.


My favorite part of the boat ride wasn't even the boat ride. The guy sitting next to me got off the boat before me and offered his hand to help me onto the dock. :) It made my night.