Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Photography

I'm starting to get into photography. There is so much stuff to learn! It's not as simple as I thought it was going to be. Thankfully I have friends who know what they are doing and are willing to help a brother out when he has a question or two. I want to start shooting weddings eventually. I might be shooting my manager at Black Angus' wedding. That should be cool and it would allow me to build my portfolio. I'm trying to set up my website (www.maguirephotos.com) but I've been having trouble logging into the control panel from hostmonster.com. Hopefully the website will be up and running sometime this week. I could potentially see myself being a full-time photographer.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Not Living the Dream

I wish I was playing professional baseball. That's been my dream since I was a kid. I'm reading a book right now called "Harvard Boys" which is about a guy named John Wolff who played baseball at Harvard and then was drafted by the Chicago White Sox. He journals about his day to day experiences playing minor league ball and after most of the entries his dad comments about his experience playing pro ball back when he was younger. I wish I could be playing baseball everyday, working my way through the minor leagues. I could be working everyday to try to make it to the big leagues with a ton of other guys who have the exact same goal. The competition would be amazing! I'm just one of millions of people who will never get that shot.

Monday, June 2, 2008

People

It looks like from now on people are going to be doing their own thing. People are getting married, on the road to getting married, or just have other big time commitments. Things are never going to be how they used to be. The community that I once enjoyed does not exist anymore and it's just going to keep dissolving more and more as time goes on. After graduation who knows what things are going to look like. People are going to move away and the most interaction we will have is maybe a facebook message here and there. It's just part of life. Full-time jobs, house payments, children and other responsibilities are just around the corner for some.