Wading Pool

Back in July I took a short trip to Hug Point, a little spot just south of Cannon Beach.
I don't think I had ever been there but it quickly became one of my favorite spots.

If you've been to the Oregon coast you know its not like the beaches you see in to movies. Its windy and cold. but I love it all the same. One perk of this place is there are caves and rocks that block most of the wind and depending on the tide its completely isolated (I think).

I went with 4 companions. whom I first met that day (aside from one, I met him two days before). We squished into a small SUV and were off.

Our goal:
just take photos. = )


I don't usually work with natural light so I was sort of out of my element (if i have one at all)

lunch was had in cannon beach at that one pizza place. yum yum.

these little (read: HUGE) guys were everywhere!

here we are coming back hugging the point.........We met a couple on their honeymoon. they were so cute.........and posed for some photos .

(im not creepy) >
And just for good measure, we had to do a scary cave photo.
all in all it was a blast. we didn't end up staying until sun down. but instead drove to seaside and got something to eat. took a bit of time to find something that was open that wasn't a bar (I am a minor that cant even pass for my own age sometimes). but we did.

on our way out I noticed another photographer and his van.

http://trevorclarkphoto.com/

Maybe one day I'll take some photos as epic as his. Wish I would have stopped and chatted for a bit. but He was sort of busy.

I'm really wanting to go back some time soon. and stay for the sunset.

I dont know what your problem is, but im guessing its hard to pronounce

(write this a while back, But i still work at blockbuster so.........)

As I sit here tonight, munching on soggy captain crunch, reflecting the day as I usually do, I remember the good times the bad times and even the sad times.

I think one of the most memorable things about my job is the surprise of the dropbox.

"Oh, What will our fabulous retarded customers bring us today?" is usually my thought before I swung open the drawer to the drop box allowing the movies to poor out and completely cover my feet , as I raise my hands over my head like Moses parting the Red sea.

oh the rediculous and discusting things i have come across in my blockbuster days, i thought id share todays "discovery".

i found someones personal movie for cat sitting. yep

on the box it told you to pop it in your dvd player and sit your cat in front of the tv and you could leave for hours and not worry about your cat because it was being entertained by various animals.

i kid you not.

ya know i wasnt going to sit here and type a lengthy post about the horrors of making a box avaiable to the public to place in it whatever they see fit but...... i just might.

**things i recive on a fairly consistent basis:

movies apparently chewed up by a dog, with a "sorry" post it on them, in a bag of course. so sad, they couldnt even face me.

library books ... yeah

straws

dvds without cases

**hand written notes:

"dont ever watch this"

"this movie is scratched"

"1:34:09 you can see owen wilsons butt"

"this is the ghost of siskel of the famed siskel and ebert... remember me..shrek 3 sucked i suggest you get rid of every copy"

Oh and once we found a $20 bill in an envelope in the drop box with a note attached which read, "This is for my late fee." however the genious forgot to write their name down on the note.

**things i have found that make for awkward situations:

"home made/ private" films..........."yes, hello, this is bethany from gladstone blockbuster. we recently recived a ... "personal" ... move in the case of a movie you rented....... so ................

a tampon...

I really like it when customers bring hollywood movies to me and I get to say "Sir/Maam.... this is a hollywood movie.. not ours." They get red in the face, like they are cheating on us or something.

**other things:

a retail copy of 300 in our box with a burnt 300 on the inside

donuts

I found little ninja figurines thrown in once

someone's little claw thingy that they were using to try and steal movies with but ended up dropping.....smooth

weed

i like the ones that come back covered in candle wax.....

also i hate that people come inside and stand there at the inside drop. They stare right at it (just like they did last week) and then they look at you and start to hand you the movies. I shake my head think you doofus and then point out yep you can actually drop them in there. really though sometimes its like this place is ground zero for the dumbass movement. but i get a kick out of my job everyday.

im sure there are more drop box oddities i could recall but for now this will do.

oh and a few days ago we got a thing of milk in our drop box........ because blockbuster sells milk and needs you to give it back ..........

out of it

Ok I have a confession to make.........lately i have been putting my phone in my pants............i mean i miss my pocket and put my phone in my pants. then i have to do a little dance to keep it from falling further. I imagine I probably look like a freak but I need my phone to not be inside my pants.

The other day I was camping (more on that later) and was bit by some crazy mammoth insect. I noticed it the morning I was leaving and by night my arm had swelled like nobodies business.

So off I went to the Dr. = (

But the doctor gave me mike and ikes!!!

so Im all good............

Somewhere Inbetween Season II

So this is a new blog forgive me if it feels naked for a while.

Water for the weary

This past week has been pretty weird. but mostly in a good way. For now im very happy and hopefully it will be smooth sailing for a while.

I dont have much to say but i just thought i'd throw up a photo I took today.

this is my frequent Victim subject and my younger sister Chelsea.

Beth

Polaroid People

my photography. check it out. updates fairly often.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brewedfreshdaily89/

also I want to shoot you... three times.......In the FACE!!!!!! If you dont mind, I would love to take photographs of you or your stuff or anything.

Beth

To no one in particular ,

We should have a meal together, you and I. We should discuss your life, where you've been and where you're going, or maybe, where you'd like to go. We should go to your absolute favorite café or restaurant and discuss the complexities of relationship or the joys of travel, or maybe why you're reading what you're reading and why others should read it as well.

there are friends that I dont even talk to anymore we just poke eachother on facebook. how sad is that. I havent really shared my life with my older sister in a year. why?

I been in a funk lately. I feel like I dont know people anymore. I dont know their hopes and dreams and what they love and what pisses them off. i feel like all of my conversations are shallow and have no substance. I want to share life. i want to share struggles and ideas with others.

With texting and instant messaging and myspace and face book and phones and skype and email and everything else, we have lost our ability to connect with eachother.

I wont stand for it anymore...

Beth