Slight Diffusion’s blog

It's been a long 8 weeks out here in California.
    I broke up with Dani on the 24th of June, before I moved. At first it wasn't bad. I did it because I loved her and I didn't want to control her and have her get mad at me 3,000 miles away. When I came out here and I'd call her at night, she eventually got mad and felt like I was controlling what she was doing. It came down to us not speaking for a few weeks. I miss her, but I know that we will never have another chance. I fucked up something that was beautiful and could have lasted.
    Thankfully, school is fucking crazy. I spend about every other week with no sleep at all. It's worth it though. I've learned a lot, just in the first session alone! I've met an amazing group of people. They're some of the best friends I could ask for. Regardless, I miss my friends and family back home.
    If I could take all these people and bring them to New York City and set up a giant photography studio, I would in a heartbeat. I miss New York so much, but I can't live without the kids here, especially in this industry.

Right now I'm on my break week. Almost everyone went home. I couldn't afford a plane ticket, so I stayed here in Santa Barbara. I don't really know what to do with myself. It's pretty lonely and boring right now, especially because I'm broke. If I had money I'd go down to Six Flags, since I bought a season pass, or something.

I'll write again soon,
Dave

Currently I'm sitting by the window of my 11th floor room at the Crown Plaza hotel in Ventura, California. It is absolutely gorgeous here! I met my soon to be housemates yesterday and partied with them last night. They're some of the chillest and most fun people I've ever met, I can tell now this upcoming year is going to be an amazing one. I love the west coast and can't wait to move out here.
    It was funny last night when I was meeting all their friends everyone was like "Hey man, you're the kid from (New York City; The East Coast)!!! What do you think of the west coast? What's New York City like?"

It was pretty weird.

I gave them the word that I'm going to be joining them in june when their one guy who's leaving is gone. I'll post up some pics when they make their way to the internet!

From Sunny California,
Dave

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Man, I thought I was going to keep up with this blog. Well, to keep my promise to myself, with a little help from my Rolling Rock, I thought to do some blogging.
  
    I just finished watching Wicker Park for the second time in my life, the first time was quite a long time ago. I'm glad I didn't pay attention the first time or just plain forgot it. AMAZING movie, pretty much sums it up. But weird thing is, it really brought a lot of emotion and memories to me. Hard to explain in this blog without boring people but, I feel the few people that read this, or may read this, can relate to the nostalgia or emotion films can bring.

    I request this upon all who read this. Go rent a movie you once watched with someone you care[d] about. Watch it even if you can recite every word and call every camera movement. Think about your memories with that person, whether they be good, sad, or even terrible. Use this in the way I do of clearing your mind and meditation. It may work better with some haphazard viewing of spontaneity, but non-the-less give it a try.

I'm off to write a short films that's been bouncing around in my head for too long.

Take care everyone.

Show us a photo of someone else taking a photo.
Submitted by ydnar.

Sight Seeing

A shot of my roommate kyle while out on a hike at the reservoir by our apa

So I thought I'd be all hip and have a sweet video blog today but it seems the software I'm using hates me and won't capture the audio from the mic on my webcam. whatever, at least it had a sweet time-lapse feature that made the video a little interesting to watch. 

If you were told you could relive a moment in your life, which would you choose?
Submitted by Slight Diffusion.

I feel since I submitted this it's only right that I reply as well. I guess if I could relive a moment and change it, it would have been when my girlfriend and I were sitting in our English class talking about Brooks in California that we had both chosen to go there from the get go, instead of me coming to UPB and hating it and her going to Parsons and hating it. Things would've been easier this year.
    But if I just had to go and watch an event without any interventions, I would go back to the night I met my girlfriend, it was so electric and amazing. I'm not going to bore anyone with the details, but I can safely say now that I believe in love at first sight, and it worked out.

I have my Tourism class now, which is boring, when I get my other web cam tonight I'll post a video blog, SWEET!

    This weekend I was introduced to something that has changed my life. The OC. I'm not one, that someone would find entwined in a television show... actually I probably watch the least amount of television of anyone that has attended a dull university such as the one I am attending and getting the dismal grades that I am.
    But, that said, I've become absolutely enthralled in the first season of The OC. It's absolutely amazing in every way a film has captivated me. I feel passion, hate, anxiety, and utmost love for characters in this series. Along side of that, the way the show was shot is mind-blowing. I've rarely seen television dramas with such amazing cinematography as I've witnessed in The OC. Call me lame, but I'm a fan.

    Aside from that, I'm in complete love with my current girlfriend, Danielle, who is attending school 400 miles away from me in New York City, my home. I live a short distance from the city with my two parents. And leaving her was probably the hardest thing, long distance relationships suck. So I continue to doubt my every thought, day in and day out, about going to Santa Barbara, California for photography school. Why would I do this to the relationship I wish to thrive for the rest of my life that has already suffered from the distance? I guess it's because I love her, and I know, no matter where I am, she will be there with me. She's had my back with everything I've done in these past 10 months. I know it will be hard but I think we both can persevere through this.

Never thought I'd find love like this.

Damn, I'm sappy.