Cate: Part I

Today I had to write down the date.  12....oh wait.  

So I slyly inserted a dash between the two numbers and reluctantly added "/11."  I'm always a little reluctant to accept a new year.  Instead of being optimistic, my feelings tend to resonate more with Switchfoot's song "The Blues."  But alas, I cannot deny the obvious.

It's interesting to me how every day is a new day and the transition from 12/31/__ to 1/1/__ is no different, but somehow the new year is so hyped up that we are all tricked into believing that this is when we change.  Last year is in the past and January 1 is the start of a clean slate.  So we make resolutions, we make promises to ourselves most of us never keep, we believe, if just for a little while, that we can be better.

I guess it's a good thing, really.  So I told myself I wouldn't do this but since when did I listen to myself anyway?

A couple of my new year's resolution a day late:

- challenge myself.

- meditate (engage in contemplation) daily.

- exercise more, eat better.

- patience.

- get up to date in the news.

- read 5 nonfiction books.

- be happy wherever i end up.

- listen to myself more.

Here's to challenging myself pre-2011:  I never shoot indoors because I always assume the lighting will suck but I've realized that's just a huge cop-out, so when I shot Cate a couple days ago, we started off in her room, with just window light and a lamp (I know this kind of lighting is not recommended but I thought it gave a pretty sweet effect).  Let me know what you think!