You should know

You should all know that I just got some new photo editing software. Although I've been reading several blogs religiously for over two years now (particularly the sartorialist and shutterbean), I've yet to do anything more with my photos than playing around with iPhoto. Although always fun, my photos lack professionalism and style. Sadly.

UNTIL NOW!

I'm proud to say that a week after purchasing Aperture for mac, I'm ready to reveal some new old photos. And some new new photos. Yum.

On the street in Quito.

Some tiny graffiti in the city.

Pretty fruit in a tienda.

Church dome.

On the way to the Basilica. 

Another street photo.

Praying to a saint outside a church. 

Architecture. 

Outside the basilica. 

The Home Dilemma

I'm home this weekend for the first time in a month. My brothers, however, are not. Over the years, said brothers have conditioned me into waking up ungodly early like, say, 7:00 am. I know that to some this sounds not unreasonable, but let me tell you, to those of us "youth" in the population who stay up until 2:00 on a semi-regular basis in order to see our friends this is, indeed, ungodly early. Now here am I, at 7:45 am, writing in my blog. I've been up for 3/4 an hour. Help me. I can't decide if it's a good or bad thing that I wake up this early on occasion.

It certainly isn't balanced (thank you Dr. Tallitsch and your Traditional Chinese Medicine course). Speaking of, I studied for six hours for an exam for Tallitsch's class the other day, and the section I studied wasn't on the exam. Winning.