Cool news! plus a change-up

I know I've been focusing a lot on photography lately, (it IS my passion haha) but coincidentally I've just had a lot of photo-related things going on recently. One of which was the opportunity to photograph a high school state quarterfinals basketball game for The Roanoke Times!! One of my teachers sent out the word that they needed a photographer (the game was being held at my school) and I was like OMG I'LL DO IT! So yeah. These are a few shots from the game. Considering I've never shot a basketball game before, I was quite pleased with myself for pulling it off!! I was sooo nervous haha. These are a few of my faves, and be-LIEVE me there were way more where these came from!

So they're going to run my pictures (I'm not sure how many) in their community paper, and send me some copies!! How cool is that?! AND they put it on their blog:

check it out!

it's official! haha.

So anyhoo, that made my week. 

To switch it up a little, I think it's appropriate to put in this poem I wrote a week or so ago. It's called "My Selves."

I find that I am currently trapped

among multiple different selves

Split into parts of halves of pieces

attempting to make up a whole.

My attention's divided about just as much

So a complete thought is out of the question.

This whirlwind of to-do lists and events I accidently missed--

while trying to get something else done--

has put a strain on my ability

to stay sane

and entertain

all of my selves at once.

Myself,

my selves,

all as a whole

Blur any focus I had.

So I have to question, 

in the end,

which one is really me?

The artist?

The photographer?

The writer wannabe?

Those all belong to creativity.

The daughter?

The sister?

The student at a university?

Those all incorporate family.

The runner?

The girlfriend?

The roommate?

but see...

These all summarize me.

While within they conflict

As a whole, they depict

Who I truly am, heart and soul.