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I haven’t been photographing myself much lately, as I’ve been rising around 4:50am to catch the 6am bus to the city to start work at 7:30am. Working till 3:21pm, then often not managing to make my connecting bus at Griffith Uni, so having to sit at the busway station for up to an hour before finally getting my connection and arriving home about 5:45pm. By around 10pm I have to head to bed in order to get enough sleep to do it all over again the next day.
My latest mantra is “the end justifies the means…”
Suffice to say I don’t have much time for much of anything at the moment.
And yet I’m going to give NaNoWriMo a go commencing tomorrow; I’m working on some plans for a couple of new stores on Etsy; and I am trying to edit my backlog of non-self-portraiture; making travel plans for Phil’s visit in March / April, and for my trip overseas to hopefully commence in June 2010.
I’m still having trouble with my camera, so going to take it in for a service on Monday and see if it can’t be sorted out. Otherwise I may end up having to buy a new one earlier in the new year than I’d hoped (I’d hoped to get one close enough to my overseas travels to buy it duty free).
On the good news front, licensing for one of my images in the Flickr Collection on Getty Images Hyde sold in September, so that will make a nice dent in my credit card debt; as is the pay from the work I’m doing.
If you’re in Brisbane and have any suggestions of / access to cool locations for photography, and / or are a photographer, artist, writer or musician, please feel free to get in contact. I’m still finding my way around the city and getting to know people, so I’m keen to meet other like-minded folk around town.
I think I’ve also sussed out a pro lab locally for prints
jemimalovesbigted
ahhh your days sound like hell! don’t you hate the Brisbane busses? There are some amazing places around Brisbane for shooting, wish I was still living there so I could give you a tour! The Powerhouse is awesome… good luck with finding time for your creative ventures and hope you can bring your camera back to life.
Bronwen Hyde replied
i actually don’t mind the buses that much, except for the fact that you can only get direct ones from city to where i live during peak hours, and the others that get me to and from griffith uni only run once an hour :-S then there’s the ‘scenic route’ ones, which take around 45 mins longer to get to the city, so i haven’t bothered with those, though i guess given the waiting time at griffith uni maybe i should give them a second look…
the only other thing i dislike about the buses is that you can’t write as easily on them as on melbourne trams or on trains. the constant need to cling onto the seat in front to stay upright as you go round corners, and the jolting / bouncing make writing difficult. not to mention that my feet don’t touch the floor in most of them! the seats are too high!
will definitely have to check out the powerhouse. went there vaguely back in about 2002, but not to see an exhibition or performance, just for a wander.
Jessica Tremp
ahh, yes, wonderful work
Bronwen Hyde replied
thanks lady xx