Summer 08

This summer was pretty cool. It's over now having officially starting my senior year this morning but I enjoyed it. I was in school for two straight sessions of summer school but I enjoyed the classes and it was nice having somewhat of a routine. I got into photography which I enjoy a lot and still have a lot to learn. Being a full-time photographer is the game plan once I graduate next May. My friend Lauren designed my logo and my business card which I'm excited to get printed and passed out to friends and potential clients. I went on a fishing trip up to the Sierra's right after I finished my last final and packed up my remaining items from my dorm. It was good trip even though I wasn't feeling too well. My summer kind of was like a regular semester but instead of taking a bunch of classes I was only taking one for a few hours on three straight days. I still lived out in Orange County, still worked at BA, hung out with friends, and went to Rock Harbor. Summer wasn't bad and taking the two classes this summer were necessary in order for my to graduate next May. I'm stoked about graduating and I think about it far too often. It's exciting though and I enjoy thinking about what life is going to be like.

Hope Regained

I'm back at the Hope International University dorms once again. I didn't really want to come back here for my senior year but that is the way that things worked out. It's not that bad and I definitely am enjoying eating at cafeteria once again.

What I've Been Up To

This summer has been unique. Lots of things have happened that I could not have predicted. I plan on writing an entry summarizing my summer before school starts in a few weeks. I haven't been very persistant with keeping up the blog but since I have a speech tomorrow that I'm procrastinating on, I thought it was apropos for me to write something:

- The speech that I'm working on is for my Public Speaking class. We've done four speaches already and this one is the last speech of the class. I'm talking about drunk driving and the ways to prevent it from happening. I've enjoyed this class. My professor is a super nice lady who has a ton of personality. This has been one of my top 5 favorite classes at Cal State Fullerton so far.

- My friend Chad was able to get my website developed and looking nice. You can check it out at maguirephotos.com . The main thing that is holding me back from going all out with this photography stuff is not having a legit logo. I have a few friends who are into graphic design but I'm not super close to anyone of them. Once I get a nice looking logo I can get my business cards out and hopefully start getting some more gigs. I have some stuff lined up but all of the dates are TBA.

- It looks like I might be going back to the Hope International dorms for my last year of college. I'm not super excited to be going back and things might ultimately change. It would be great to grub at the cafeteria again but I like the "grown up" feel of having the apartment.

- I've done a decent amount of reading this summer. Just finished a book called "Prophet of the Sandlots" by Mark Winegardner. The author traveled for around a year with an old baseball scout who was arguably the most successful scout in the history of baseball.

- I registered for classes a few weeks ago and will pick one last class once Titan II begins. I'm only going to classes Tuesday and Thursday and I have one class Wednesday at four. One of my goals for this last semester is to strike a good balance between wanting to graduate and enjoying my last year of school. I know that I'm going to miss college once I've graduated but I also just want to be finished with it and move on to the next chapter of my life.