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I never imagined myself having to write a post like this. But this is something I have thought about for many weeks now and although the conclusion is not easy it must be done.
My Project 365 has been very rewarding. I've gone through about half of it and throughout the process I have made many friendships and I have been told on more then one occasion that I have inspired other bloggers to begin their own Project 365. I feel very honored to have influenced a handful of people and that is part of the reason why I feel ashamed for saying what I am about to say.
I am quitting my Project 365.
Taking a picture a day is not difficult for me. I was practically doing so long before I decided that I wanted to start a 365. The thing that got to me was uploading the pictures, editing them and then having to write about my day, everyday.
Having a profound love for photography, I feel that the majority of the pictures I take and upload onto this blog have been such a horrible representation of what I am capable of. And as a blogger I feel terrible having to put my readers through bland or ugly pictures when the events happening in my life are far from being picturesque. It's not fair to you.
I don't like to look at myself as a quitter but honestly I had quit this a long time ago. My heart is just not into it and it is very unthoughtful of me to just continue posting without my heart in it.
There are a lot of wonderful people I have met because of this blog, some that have followed me from the beginning (Daniel, Evelyn, Gabbi and more I cannot remember off the top of my head) and to you I am very sorry. I am very sorry to all of my readers. With 2010 around the corner, I have so many new ideas for my main blog. I want to devote 110% of my energy as a blogger to Powder Blue. If there is anybody who enjoys photography I encourage you to follow my main blog if you aren't already. I post much of my work there. There is my Flickr account as well.
As for everyone else, I strongly encourage and welcome you to follow my other blog and keep in touch with me.
I won't be deleting this blog for a week or two in hopes that all my readers can switch over to Powder Blue.
Once again I am genuinely sorry.
Thank you all so much for your support and for your friendship.

Happy Holidays ♥

147/365

I have such a large family. So large that we had more Christmas shopping to do today. Afterward, my mom, dad and brother went to go eat at Panda. The above was my fortune.
I smiled really big when I read it.

146/365

Winter Formal, the annual winter dance was today for my hometown's high school. I photographed two couples at a nearby town's old courthouse that is now a museum. We then made our way to the downtown area to Fernando's Bistro where we took more pictures. It was pouring rain!
Afterward, Alma and I rented Julie & Julia and ordered a veggie pizza. We fell in love with the movie and laughed way too hard when we realized how Julie and I are very similar (particularly in the way we throw tantrums).

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I finally got around to taking some pictures of the little village I decorated for Christmas. An ice skating rink, snow and even little skating reindeer. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

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I went to go visit my High School drama class. It's monologue season so they were practicing for their perfomances that will be next week.
After, I hung out with Luis. He bought me dinner and then we hung out at his house for a bit.

143/365

Rain is becoming a common sight now. Christmas shopping is just as common.
So once again, today after classes I took the bus to the mall and tried to get more people crossed off my list.

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Lizbeth and I did some Christmas shopping after class. I then accompanied her to the orthodontist so she could get her braces. Thankfully her orthodontist was really sweet and the process went by rather quickly. We even managed to have a few laugh attacks here and there.

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I got in a big, horrible argument with my Dad.
At least my lunch looked cute :/.

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I did a little reading before bed. My dad recently bought me 501 Must-Visit Destinations and I'm in love with it.

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I went to Turlock with my dad. Unforuntately, the van completely died while we were in town. We had to call my uncle and thankfully the van was able to start again. I bought my dad his Christmas present (a telescope) and I told him to pretend he doesn't know. He bought my mine, (a portable external drive) and told me the same thing. Now I'm home in my very messy room trying to figure out how I am going to make my godmother a scrapbook for Christmas. She lives in Vermont and I haven't seen her in over five years so I'm really hoping she will love the gift.