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If things go as smoothly as they have been, I will be extending my stay in Cincinnati until the first weekend in September. Michael and I will be apart for a month and a half starting in two weeks and I'd like some time in between his tour and my leaving for school to decide if we can both do this. I think we have a good thing going and I'm not going to let distance ruin it for me. I only have class Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday so we can trade off visiting on the weekends as long as we're not working. I think a visit once or twice a month will suffice considering we are both busy people.

On the other hand, I cannot wait to start this semester. I'm taking two shooting classes one being twice a week and the other being once a week. Studio will be extremely helpful for me and hopefully enhance my lighting skills and knowledge. I am not really looking forward to my digital class but it is required. I suppose it would be a disadvantage to my education to not try to get everything out of the class that I can considering that most clients will want digital. Sometimes I wish instant gratification didn't exist in the photo world except for instant film. I am also looking forward to my Theories of Personality class. It should be really interesting and maybe I can better understand some of the people who have hurt me and helped me.

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Things are going well and I don't want any of it to stop. I wake up every morning to someone who would give the world to me if he could. I wake up smiling.

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Cincinnati has been treating me pretty well lately. I expected the worst scenarios possible and although some of those have become realized, they haven't affected me in the way I thought that they would. I'm growing up more than I ever thought I would here.

Jerry Westerkamp ; Lexington, KY.

Jerry Westerkamp & Kelsey Iker ; Crucial Fun Fest 5 ; Lexington, KY.

Amanda Angelo ; Lexington, KY.

Amanda Angelo ; Lexington, KY.

Kelsey Iker & Amanda Angelo ; Lexington, KY.

Mike Tackett & Amanda Angelo ; Tolly-Ho. Lexington, KY.

Jerry Westerkamp, Evan Wolf, Kelsey Iker, Amanda Angelo ; Crucial Fun Fest 5 ; Lexington, KY.

Kelsey Iker ; Lexington, KY.

http://flickr.com/photos/beccaflorezhoffman

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I am officially finished with my freshman year of college. Now I'm going back to Cincinnati for three months and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I've been having nightmares all week long and that doesn't seem like a good sign. Or maybe I'm just letting my anxiety get to me.

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Glencoe Place ; Cincinnati, OH.



Collins Avenue ; Cincinnati, OH.

My book, Farewell to All These Rotten Teeth, is finally finished. I am really proud of it and want to start making more photography books. It feels really nice to have peers that appreciate and enjoy my work.

To see a few more: http://www.flickr.com/beccaflorezhoffman
To the see the book in its entirety go to my show at City Cellars on June 11th in Cincinnati.

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Frightened Rabbit : Poke

I might never catch a mouse and present it in my mouth and make you feel you're with someone who deserves to be with you. But there's one thing we've got going and it's the only thing worth knowing. It's got lots to do with magnets and the pull of the moon.