Soooo.... how're you? Yes, here's a more vivid update for the two or three people here that care and actually read my journals... I think seeing as this place is really just an outlet for my artwork, I'll mention where I'm going artwise to begin here. of course I'm going to school. University of Missouri in St. Louis to be exact. I'm majoring in studio art with an emphasis in photography and I'm considering minoring in film making or directing. To do THAT, however... well, I think I'll try to transfer to Webster University in St. Louis as it's more art centric. UMSL is kind of a general university, you know? Webster is a tiny campus in a nice part of the city that caters to art and music and everything I'd rather immerse myself in (as opposed to baseball).

I've been putting my camera to good work and I'm gunna start putting a needle to good work. That's right, I'm starting some efforts in the tattoo business. My friend, Teejay, and myself are looking into putting a website together to kind of mesh my photography and his tattoo work all in one and we're sort of bleeding into each others' hobbies... So, I'm gunna get my ass out there and start doing some tattoo stuff and eventually get my license. It's apparently pretty easy to get ahold of down here at the health center. So, I'll see what I can do and keep people posted on that. Perhaps start doing commissions for those that might be interested in my work. I don't plan on it being my main hobby here... I'm just kind of going to do it off to the side for fun, you know?

Photography wise I'm doing very well, I think. My instructor thinks my work in phenomenal and I feel like I'm improving on a decent basis. My style is still fairly abstract at the core, but I'm starting to expand into realms... More recently you can see some portraits I've posted up around here. In addition to photography, however, I'm also getting into movie making! Yep, I'm just all over the place. Have some connections to a moderate budget movie being filmed down here and apparently I'm gunna get to meet the director sometime soon and let him fill me in on what he's got goin on. I'll also keep the masses up to date on that. I'm so excited for it though. I would love to get into the movie business. Write, direct, anything, really. Should be a good time.

My musical endeavours are kind of hold right now, but I am looking into getting a balalaika and jamming on that for a bit until I can get the time and money for lessons. That's farther down the road though. Overall, things are pretty good. I'm content with life, still dealing with a bit of depression... but even that is mostly being handled with a bit of outside help. My life is a bit more fast paced than it's been before and my thoughts are as jumbled as ever... but I've got a far clearer perception for who I am and where I'm going. I'm a great guy after all, correct? ;]

Everybody keep in touch. As Frank Sinatra so eloquently put it... the best is yet to come!

-Anthony