Today finally marks the end of this godawful Fall semester. No more waiting... Finally, the light at the end of the tunnel is brighter than ever now. This has to have been one of my weakest semesters ever, and I'm not proud of it... But I am also very aware that it really wasn't my fault.

My university is amidst a giant influx of new students, primarily undergrads, coming from a recent college closure last year. We went from having 12,000 students to 17,000 students. The university can't really keep up with the sheer number of new students, so it kinda seems to be buckling in on itself. Some of my lower level classes felt more like "weed-out" classes and just packed everyone with massive amounts of homework. (I'm looking at you, physical geography 101. I'm a junior and I KNOW I failed that fucking class with those stupid pearson online homework review things).

But yeah, glad it's over. Luckily I recently got two fat paychecks (one was late) and splurged out on some vintage clothing and a new-to-me pair of potentially genuine 90s leather one stars. No camera gear... My mind seems to latch onto clothing as soon as I get some much-needed christmas money.

I went to a basement show for the first time in over a year last week, some rural little townhouse had a dry basement venue and some touring acts played. I don't like to do flash photography at basement shows so I filmed it on my PDX10. I'll upload little video screencaps and clips to here soon, but I should be doing my 9-5 grind as I type this...

So, that's that. An uneventful end to an uneventful year. Hopefully this country doesn't collapse after January 20, I still want to take my darkroom class.

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