nostalgiaphiles: Fall 2005

Fall 2005

My first quarter of college. Unlike the many people who go off to college with a sendoff—a goodbye party, tears, 'see you in a few months', and what-have-you—I simply packed a few bags, grabbed the tv, and drove 15 minutes up to campus to the Porter College dorms at UCSC.

Don't be fooled though—UCSC is certainly a city in and of itself. Not to mention I started college with a broken foot, a walking cast, and the busses were on strike.

super broken foot & moving into the dorms... 

Dorms...

Somehow I still managed to get out to shows. Judging by the amount of photos I have here, Sheena must have played every weekend that fall..

with Chris Cochran as "Empty Space"

I also scored an interview Geoff Rickly & sat in the press pit for a Thursday concert in SF. Wish it would have happened a few years earlier when I was obsessed with them,  but a memorable experience nonetheless..

Louis went with me..I was really nervous. 

Some of my favorite singles here:

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To get a closer look & see the whole set, visit my fickr here: Fall 2005If you see yourself and want me to send you a copy, hit me up! To conserve space, what you see here (for the most part) and on flickr are just contact sheets—I also have the actual individual photos offline. 

nostalgiaphiles: Summer 2005

Summer 2005

My summer before starting college I spent a lot of time in funky places watching my friends play music.

I was extremely attached to my camera..took it everywhere. I almost admire the photographer I was back then. With all the stages we shift through in our lives, this one for me was finding my eye. Everything was fascinating--shapes, colors, contrast, interactions. I'll never see like this again. Everyone always asks me what my tattoo means, and this is the closest I can think to describe it--this rite of passage. 

To get a closer look & see the whole set, visit my fickr here: Summer 2005If you see yourself and want me to send you a copy, hit me up! To conserve space, what you see here and on flickr are just contact sheets--I also have the actual individual photos offline.