how many gummy bears?

That is the question of the night.

I asked my friend Erica to spring formal using hundreds of gummy bears and we had a few extra...  so naturally we put them in a Jarritos bottle one by one and kept count.

Any guesses?

Jayme Dee

A few weekends ago I drove down to Anaheim to see my amazingly talented friend Jayme Dee Mackinga play at the House of Blues!

(the only camera I had was my iphone)

She is quickly rising to fame, and I am so proud to call her my friend.  She opened for Tyrone Wells and was flawless! People in the audience who had never heard her before could not stop talking about how amazing she was, and I just stood there smiling.  I am so proud of all she has accomplished, she is going to be very famous very soon.  Check out her youtube page HERE, and her facebook HERE.

2007 vs. 1971

My '07 and Brandon's '71 Chevy.

I am increasingly jealous of Brandon's new, actually very old, truck.  It's in amazing condition and sounds like a beast, almost as good as mine.  I can't wait to drive it next time I'm home.

71 Ford

My best friend Brandon bought a 71 Ford Truck last week.

I took some pictures this past weekend when I was home for the four day weekend with my Pentax K1000 camera with some BW Ilford film.  I tried on an earlier picture to do a double exposure and apparently my camera can't do that anymore. It still slid the film when it shouldn't have, and all the subsequent pictures were cut up onto two frames. But I think it actually turned out kinda cool!

John C. Page Hall

81% of my dorm made me the proudest student at Westmont College!!

Wednesday night we had the Spring Sing Kickoff event, and the dorm with the highest percent in attendance got the second best spot in Spring Sing (right before intermission) and with 81%, PAGE HALL WON!!

Spring Sing is a massive dorm vs. dorm competition (guys and girls split up) that involves singing, dancing, changing the lyrics to songs, etc. Here's last years winning house: Armington Men.  The winning house gets bragging rights for the full year.  Page Men have not won Spring Sing in over a decade, and this is OUR YEAR!

I was chosen, along with my friend Scott, to be the Page Men directors.  We are basically in charge of everything!! It's going to mean countless of hours of work, and weeks of sleepless nights, but it's all going to be worth it!

Redondo Beach

I may live in Palos Verdes, but I spend most of my time in Redondo Beach.

Pedones and Burnout. There isn't a day I'm home that I'm not there.

Pedones and Party House, multiple times a day.  I'm craving Pedones Pizza right now, I'll probably go there before I even go to my house.  I'll go at least once every day, more likely twice.  Two slices of pepperoni and a Dr. Pepper, they know my order.

It's a one minute walk from Pedones to Burnout Beach.  I'll be there: day or night, rain or shine.

going home

I'm going home tomorrow for the first time this semester to the most beautiful place in Southern California (yes more beautiful than Santa Barbara).

PALOS VERDES

Leaving PV has made me appreciate it more than ever.  A year ago I couldn't wait to get out, and not look back.  But now that I've been away for so long, I love going home.

I'll have the entire South Bay at my disposal for an amazing five day weekend.

I can't wait to see these three guys, my best friends. I've only got Thursday night with them, and they leave for high school Winter Camp with our church.  But it's going to be a fun night.

first 5

Here are the first 5 pictures taken from my new 50mm lens.  I bought the lens, went back to Westmont and went to dinner in the DC.

Wesley

Greg

Noah

Andrew

Benjamin

friend

This is Wesley, he made me a sandwich today.

I'm really sick and haven't been able to get out of bed.  Wesley, being the great friend that he is, went down to the DC and made me a sandwich and brought it up to me.  It was so tasty that I thought I would post about it!  WIthout him, I'd be very hungry right now.

This picture was taken with my mom's old Olympus with Ilford xp2 400 film.

the gipper

Yesterday, February 6, 2011, would have been President Ronald Wilson Reagan's 100th Birthday.

I meant to write a long post about it yesterday, and I still intend to write it this week, but for now I just want to say this: President Reagan's life is a huge inspiration for my own life, and I strive to learn from everything he accomplished as the 40th President of this great nation.  

der Kaffee

I, David Dry, am fully addicted to coffee.

I didn't have any coffee this morning, and now I am not happy.

the bisson

enter benjamin bisson

My friend, my RA, basically my favorite person at Westmont.  Benjamin is the epitome of why I love Westmont and my dorm.  A sophomore originally from Maine, he's a spectacular snowboarder, surfer and skater. Benjamin is an amazing artist: drawing/painting/photography.  I haven't surfed in years, it's almost impossible with my back, but I love going with Benjamin and all my other surfer friends here.  I relax on the beach and take pictures of them shredding.  Santa Barbara has some world class surf spots (this was taken at Rincon), and has the most beautiful scenery.  I cannot imagine myself living anywhere else.  The other week we went to the beach for 10 days straight, in mid-January.  Life is great.

Check out Benjamin's blog, he's an amazing film photographer.

warriors

Full disclosure: 99% of the time, I hate basketball.

That being said, I love watching my team win. Westmont beat Biola 71-67 last week in what I must admit was a thrilling game.  

trust

A very wise friend of my once wrote: "don't trust the words of a man who loves his life more than yours" -Jeffrey Philip Nelson

I trust these three people (Wesley, Sarah, Erica) with my life, and I know we love each others lives far more than our own.  The other night the four of us stayed up until the sunrise at the beach.  We talked about everything in our lives: our past experiences, present struggles, and future plans.  Of everyone at Westmont, these three know me to the fullest extent.  God has truly blessed my life by giving me these three friends, along with every other amazing friend I have at this school.

freebirds

There's just something unique about using a film camera that's unexplainable.  You really capture a moment in time, you have one shot at it.  I'm using my mom's old film Olympus iS-3 DLX that she had used for as long as I can remember.  It's been pointed at me for my entire life, and it's surreal now being behind the lens.

new notions

new year, new notions.

I'm starting over, starting clean.  I'm still looking for a direction to take my notions: a theme, a story, a goal...