Theme Thursday - Camera

Camera's are amazing, especially digital camera's. I am growing up in a generation where camera's are everywhere, everyone has a camera. Most people have one on there phone and are able to snap pictures of anything and everything of interest.

I wonder if we are missing the use of camera's now a days. Sure we have heck loads of pictures, but how many of them ever make it out of the camera? Or off of face book. Is it better having 1000 photo's of one evening all that are average or 20 that are on paper, clean un-photo shopped (I'm pretty sure that at least some of the chicks I know photo shop themselves before uploading at least some of there photos). Surely these tangible photo's that reflect pure un-tainted memory are better than the retouched digital copies. The smiles always look brighter on paper as well.

I'm not sure what I'm tying to say; perhaps it is that it seems that my friends are trying to remember too many of the moments, and perhaps a few good old fashion pictures, like a group photo,(like the one above of me and my friends at the beach) or the smiling couple are better than quick snaps of everyone no matter what there doing.

Someone talking and holding a drink or about to eat a chip is only of interest to, well nobody.
A picture of everyone gathered round smiling into the camera full of happiness will always be better in my book. Perhaps we need to go back to the heart of photo's and camera's and learn to only record what is worth remembering and leave people to drink there drinks in peace.

Formal 2010

Yesterday was my School formal. My emotions surrounding the formal had been up and down for weeks. My mood changed when I went shopping for formal outfits with my mum and she let me choose what ever I wanted.
My mood brightened, for years I have wanted a pink shirt and Tie. I don't know why it's just been something I've wanted for years! For a while I was to scared to get it. People apparently say I'm gay which is just stupid. My girlfriend forbid me from getting one, because she thought people would call me gay. It was stupid, I know I'm not if people want to say that then its there problem it doesn't change any facts. So this year, not having a date to the formal I was able to wear my dream pink shirt and tie!
It was awesome, people I told at school got shocked looks on there face like I told them I was planning on wearing a freshly skinned cat or something else equally distasteful.
My parents were busy so I had to drive myself to a preformal gathering at Rosies and then to the formal. The biggest problem was this ment that I had to tie my own tie. Something in my several years of school having to wear a tie I have avoided. So I went to
http://www.tie-a-tie.net/windsor.html and I learnt to tie my tie!
At the formal I danced some ceroc, the little bit I could remember. It was fun I mucked about with different people danced like an Idiot. I was having fun wearing an awesome pink shirt and tie so I was happy and if anyone was upset with that its there problem! Below are some photo's of my evening and theres more on my facebook, if you know where that is. ;)



After the formal we went to Laurissa's boyfriends house, as she is house sitting and it was empty for the night. We hung out, watched youtube, watched the movies Grease and Inglorious Basturds. A Good night. The girls decided we'd dress up as this australian comedian Chopper Read so below are proof that yes, we have themes that most people would think silly, and yes we did all invest in fake moustaches! Well on image as this part of the evening was recorded on someone elses camera. All and all last night was a good night, I enjoyed my formal when I thought I wasn't and now I own a Pink shirt and Tie! :)