Things you shouldn't do at 2:30-3:30 in the morning.

So last night, I couldn't sleep because my brain wouldn't shut off. There are far too many things on it right now. So instead of reading more humor blogs, or watching the bachelorette again, or changing my nail polish color for the 4th time in 10 days, I decided to try and be productive. I don't think it went too well though, but you be the judge.

First, I definitely turned on the station "80's Love songs" from pandora. 80's songs are currently my favorite. And love songs, you can never ever go wrong with. Combine them and you are most definitely on your way to a productive 2:30 am. {I don't think I'd recommend this because if anything it will just make you want to rat your hair, put blue eye shadow on, and kiss Kevin Bacon.}

The next thing I did was try and find jobs to apply for that had anything at all to do with photography. I went on KSL and typed in a search for keywords like photograph, photography, photography studio, Commercial photography, Photo retoucher, Photoshop, and amazing worker. Or something like that. It came up with 18 results. That's all. #frownyface

I applied for apx 1 that I fit the exact description for, and apx 3 that I was 75% qualified for. Well, I then decided that I might as well apply for the other 14 just in case they need me like I know they do. So I literally emailed every single place with a cover letter and my resume that has little other than photography related things on it to jobs that had nothing to do with photography except in the "preferred experience" section said "basic knowledge of photoshop". I blow that qualification out of the park, to pluto and back so I'd consider that to make up for the things I didn't qualify in. For instance these included but are not limited to-

• MBA
• 12+ years marketing experience
• 10 years manager experience 
• Web design {which if you count doing my own website as experience then I definitely have at least 100 hours of experience/frustration/tears with that so... check!}
• Video production {I made a music video with some friends in high school. Also, I put a video on YouTube once... }
• product management production {repetitive?}
• "A deep understanding of budget management and prioritization skills" {I think I have at least a shallow understanding of this...}
• "Independent skills" {what does this even mean? It had it's own bullet point and everything}
• Clean Criminal and driving record {CHECK!}
• "experience in Hyper-growth of a company" {my facebook photography page jumped 75 likes in 1 week once! I'd consider that "hyper-growth"}
• "Abreast in current technologies and trends in the creative field" {I just barely graduated, so I'd say I'm pretty up to date.}

So in other words It's going to be strange if I don't come out with one of those jobs.

I'm really hoping that the job I applied for that required an MBA and 12 years experience either calls me for an interview or emails me back asking why I even applied. Either I'd call a success, really. 

I just hope that the time of when I sent the emails to those 4 companies I actually could qualify for aren't noticed.... I didn't really think this through. But, I did feel quite productive at the time.

Another thing you shouldn't do at 2:30 in the morning is write in your journal. It can get a little dramatic not to mention illegible.

I also wouldn't recommend making macaroni and cheese. Because A- your mom would tell you it's a horrible time of the day to eat, and B- because it only sounds good until it is made. And then you have to eat at least some of it because it is one of those things that just is not as good re-warmed. 

The last thing I wouldn't recommend doing is drinking 750 ml of water. For obvious reasons.

I would recommend though, sending funny pictures and texts to your siblings, because then they'll wake up in the morning by laughing and thus give them a great start to their day. But don't do this to anyone that will judge you or you don't know too well because then they'll just think you're weird. 

I sent this picture of basmati rice to Ashleigh with a quote saying "The king of Rices!" 

{Someone please name that movie!}

I must really think I'm funny when I get tired and can't sleep or something.

I'll keep you posted on if I get any awesome email replies or a job. If I get one of those jobs I'm going to change the title of this post to "Things you SHOULD do at 2:30 am" and possibly write a book about how 2:30 am is the key to getting a job you're not qualified for but pays well. It'll most likely make the New York Times Best Selling List.

Palm to Forehead Moment

I would like to introduce you to a new section of my blog where I will be giving out an award called the "Mental Palm to Forehead Award". I don't actually smack my forehead with my palm, but in my head I'm definitely doing it.

The following conversation takes place at least 1-3 times a week, and at least 5-10 times per wedding I do.


Person-So you're a photographer?
me- yeah, I am!
Person- my son/brother/niece/step-sister in law/dog is a photographer.
me- neat-o. I love my job.
person- So what do you actually do?
me-...... I'm a photographer. I even went to school and have a degree in it.
person- Oh, my son/brother/niece/step-sister in law/dog has a real job too.
me- Photography is my real job. I'm currently also trying to get on with a good studio or start shooting commercially for a company as well.
person- Oh! Like at walmart, Sears, or kiddie Kandids?
Me- Those aren't exactly real studios. In fact Kiddie Kandids and Sears both went out of business and I hear the Walmart ones are as well... I was talking about a full working studio where the photographers have previous experience and do professional work.
person- I don't know of any of those. Do you want to see some pictures of flowers my son/brother/niece/step-sister in law/dog took?
me- *Mental palm to forehead moment*

That type of conversation is real. Sometimes though instead of them trying to show me flowers, they show me trees or badly edited baby pictures with some sort of filter that creates a neon haze that makes me physically ill.

I'm a misunderstood photographer. I blame this on too many people who falsely use the term "photographer" for a term I call "I own a camera".

In other news I still can't find my sticky note of my awkward stories. Next time, I'm going to make this list on my phone. I still forget that my new phone can do this. That probably deserves a palm to forehead award too.

Also, my new phone takes pictures. I'm definitely not a great iPhone photographer, but I did get this gem at church yesterday. Going to church if you live close to BYU means you go to church on campus. Which is even more bizarre than going to church last year in the institute building. Because on top of sitting in desks you also have fantastic educational posters and fliers like this one along with the smell of chlorine from the pool. Also, there was a mannequin guy showing all of the muscular system in the room. Church in the health sciences {at least I believe that's what the building is} building can be a bit distracting.

But I really do love this poster. There were a lot of anti smoking posters in the room. Does BYU have a problem with smoking? I honestly didn't think they do. haha