samantha eileen

i've never really been the resolution type but so much importance has inadvertently been placed on this month and the 11 following it that i'm having a hard time picking what needs to be resolved out of the lineup.
i suppose "get your life in order" sounds a bit too lofty a goal. or maybe it doesn't.

i left florida yesterday shortly after 6 am and was in new york 2 hours later. sat next to julie on the plane which was great even though we both slept most of the way. billy came over for breakfast. rode his bike even though it must have been below 30°. some people some people some people. i'm so glad to know that one. billy remains the only friend i've seen since back in ny.. i ventured off to pearl paint to buy bookbinding supplies but so far that's the only thing i've left the house for. i'm recovering from what i believe to be my 4th case of strep in 2008.. my immune system is making a mockery of me.

i rang in the new year snoring maybe. i think i lasted past the 11 o'clock hour. lying in bed listening to camera obscura - happy new year on repeat. maybe my best nye in years. i spent today binding what i thought was going to be a planner and ended up being much more a diary. i miss the daily enforced journaling of my college photo classes. before blogging, before project 365, i had a hard-bound sketchbook bursting at the seams, filled with polaroids and words words words. i'm not sure if it falls into the category of youthful longing, but i'll have that again. it won't be polaroids.. but it will feel close.

oh, and because it should maybe be posted here: (click to flickr.)