I'm doing 36 things
Getting back into photography has been great and I’ve learned a ton of new stuff since making my (less than) triumphant return (if I do say so myself). I’ve found a few really great websites, one of which is www.foundphotography.com. It’s actually a very elaborate blog run by website owner, Adrian Hanft, who happens to be a freaking genius and a seemingly all-around cool guy.
His first endeavor into combining every guy’s favorite childhood toy with photography was converting an old Polaroid 95a to use 120 film with nothing more than some Legos and a few common household supplies (tape, paper, stuff like that). After that, he decided to make this rad little pinhole camera out of nothing but Legos and some light-proof tape, complete with a working spool, shutter, and winding mechanism. Sound awesome? It is.
I highly recommend poking around his website at www.foundphotography.com, and especially checking out his collection of Lego cameras that he has since made.
forgottocarryazero's Life List
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1. Do better in school
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2. Go to the san juan islands
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3. learn latin
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4. Be a better person
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5. Be more responsible
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6. Record a song
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7. Form a band
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8. Start my own business
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9. Expand my record collection
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10. Get a girlfriend
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11. Perform my music
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12. Summit Mt Rainier
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13. Cover "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" by Bauhaus
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14. Learn to watercolor
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15. Buy a mountain bike
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16. hike this summer
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17. run a 5k
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18. make a font
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19. ditch my car and ride a bike
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20. be on TV
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21. be in a movie
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22. contribute
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23. Listen to Xiu Xiu's cover of "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" but not before I've covered it myself.
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24. form a good habit
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25. drink more water
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26. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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27. get a business license
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28. consecutively watch all of my DVDs
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29. Write a song
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30. Surprise the shit outta my friends
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31. FIND A DARKROOM
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32. Read more Shakespeare
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33. Learn Japanese
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34. Visit Japan
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35. Learn how to use my digital camera
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36. Make my life one I'd envy
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How I did it: Looked at this cool guy named Adrian's website, really studied the photos of his lego cameras that he's made, and just jumped in to making my own. I actually made it for a friend of mine for his birthday, on the eve of a month-long trip he took to Europe. I told him to take one photo per day, but being a Lego camera didn't do well with his clumsiness. I did wait until the last minute to make it for him, so I have to admit that it wasn't t… Read how I did it…
So I’ve settled on Christianity. I’ve felt great since I’ve made my decision… Less uptight and more serene I guess you could say, though I’ve been much more full of life too. Anyways, it’s been good, but I think that centering yourself more spiritually is an ongoing journey, a work in progress. So, for the sake of my list I’m marking this as done, but I’ll always stay vigilant.
I swear I’ve never seen at least a quarter of the movies that I own, and the other three-quarters I haven’t watched in a good, long time.
