Well Worn In

I was wandering around campus the other day with my camera.  Captured these:

That’s right folks, winter break is officially a wrap!  Tomorrow by this time I will be back in State College, PA.  Break was a BLAST!  It was as I hoped it would be: filled with family, friends, and relaxation.  I received for Christmas a new Canon DSLR.  The New Year’s Pictures were taken with it, so look out for that stunning image clarity from now on!

Back to the real world, as they say.  Respect the grind.

From Break:

Wow!  2010?!?!

Here’s to a healthy, prosperous, and loving new year.

I brought in 2010 at my buddy D-Bo’s house in Manayunk.  We rang in the new year in style with 6 or 7 $5.99 bottles of Champagne.  Throughout the night I managed to lose my water bottle, my camera’s lens cap (found), my phone, and my desire to imbibe adult beverages ever again.

And now, the debauchery:

Just brought up some old photos and tossed ‘em in photoshop, got some cool results.

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Caroline, pretty vibrant–The original of this is one of my favorite photos I’ve taken.  It’s even in the header, bottom row second from the right.

This one might be my favorite of the bunch:

More stress relief.  This time, however, in the form of a techno rave.  It actually turned out to be pretty wild, with about 600 students attending.  It was cool to see a lot of people getting really into it, not just dancing–I saw a gorilla, greenman, santa clause, 4 ninjas, and Elvis, as well as a handful of other creative (and not so creative) costumes.

It was my first time crowd surfing, or stage diving, and let me tell you–you have to try it. But make sure you have some friends willing to make sure you don’t fall and break a hip (it happened).

What do you get when you combine a few thousand college freshmen stressed out from finals and 3 inches of snow?  An epic snowball fight.

Thanksgiving was great.  I got to see much of my extended family and all but a handful of friends.  What more could I ask for?  Spent the week (off from school) relaxing, being bored in my small town, but in an oddly comforting way.  Played some football on Thanksgiving day, after the parade.  It felt good to put the ol’ number 25 jersey on again and run around on the field I played on.

Hangin’ in the library the other day.

Hundreds Siting

Saw This Bad Boy on Beaver Ave. Last Night

The Best Place to Study

Kind of creepy that someone was murdered in here.