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Word of the Day

I've seen, and been inspired by, many "photo a day" projects, so I thought I'd try one myself, with my own little grammarian spin: create a photo using a Word of the Day gadget on my Google homepage for guidance and inspiration. And what better day than January 27, my thirtieth birthday, to begin such an undertaking? (Okay, maybe new year's day, but I was too lazy to bother then.) This project is also to help keep me thinking and creating images the way DGrin's Last Photographer Standing contest has challenged me to do--a challenge I've found really enjoyable and creatively stimulating. Wish me luck (and perseverance) in this endeavor!
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    July 27, 2008 (Day 183) Extol: to praise At a Christmas a couple years ago, my mother gifted me with two, thick, heavy scrapbooks stuffed cover to cover with all my old report cards, school assignments, short stories, certificates, medals, awards, and some photos of me growing up. From grade school through to my senior year at high school. I look back through them every now and again with humor and amazement. I was a bit of an overachiever—(mostly) straight-A student, enrolled in gifted and honors programs—and I wonder how I didn't get beat up during those times.As I was photographing some old swim meet ribbons (seriously, I'm amazed at what my mother managed to rescue during my growing up), Sketch decided the ribbons better suited him instead. And I really couldn't argue. ^_^That first place was for the backstroke, I distinctly remember. I was going so fast, I reached the wall a lot sooner than during practice and smacked my head on it really hard. Didn't slow me down too much. :P
    July 26, 2008 (Day 182) Diadem: a crown Something nice and light-hearted after yesterday's images (I will process the second concept tomorrow--it'll take more than the two hours left in the day today).Though I have confessed to some girly-girl habits, I do not, alas, own a tiara. So my thoughts turned immediately to the most well-known tiara wearer: Audrey Hepburn. I absolutely adore her. But today's word made me realize I have not yet bought the DVD version of Breakfast at Tiffany's...and still own a special VHS though I no longer have a VCR. I own just about all her movies, but Breakfast is not my fave. Thankfully, my favorite movie of hers—and favorite movie of all time—also has her sporting a crown. I did not have time to rewatch Roman Holiday today as I had plans to go out and see a movie, but I will definitely watch it again tomorrow.I always hope the ending will be different... :)
    July 25, 2008 (Day 181) Sempiternal: everlasting; eternal I woke this morning to the faint, warm, loving sound of my mother's voice saying, "Hi, honey," as if to wake me gently from my slumber. I smiled before my heart suddenly began to race, and I bolted upright in fear.I believe in the supernatural, and I find hope in the thought that loved ones will try to pass on their final goodbyes before they depart this world. Having worried about my mother's health for awhile, I was deathly afraid some accident had happened back home in Texas, and I began to cry, thinking the last I would hear my mother's voice was when I was half asleep and faintly aware.Thankfully, nothing had happened. My mother is fine. But this will explain why my first thought upon reading today's word was "love." And though I can be a sappy cynic, I am a cynic, and I immediately discarded the idea since emotions are not eternal. I began trying to think of things that were eternal, and for every idea, my literal brain would conclude that none of it was truly everlasting. Trees? No, they die. Earth? It's changing; you really think it will be here forever? The sun? It's going to explode some day.Having backed myself into a logical corner, I decided to search the internet for quotes about eternity to see if someone wiser than me had figured something out. Funnily enough, every quote was about love. We're a sentimental race, ain't we?This led then to the formation of two concepts, one of which I will shoot to tomorrow (as I didn't quite expect the processing of this one to take quite this long). The second came from one of the quotes, which happens to be from my much adored Oscar Wilde: "If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life."And there you have it. This is "I Will Wait..."