Tongue Tied

Confession: I kinda want to be one of those people who always carries their camera with them. I'm already the kind of nerd that reads her camera's manual and watches online photography seminars taught by middle aged men. It's only logical to take it to the next level. But there are three problems with this: a.) I'd feel like a fraud . I have a very real concern of being a "faux-tographer", aka, someone who thinks  they take good photos but really lacks in actual skill. Granted, I've learned enough to fake it. But I want to be totally knowledgeable about my camera and about how to take good photos. I want aperture settings and shutter speeds and ISO's to flow as naturally from me as the parts of speech or facts about early nineties TV shows concerning FBI agents and aliens. I want to understand bracketing and back focusing and neutral density filters. I want to do more than just take photos. I want to create art. b.) I'm afraid of being soc...

Why does everything have to be an extreme? Why do we have to choose sides over every little thing that comes up and then dogmatically defend our position? Why do we have to be offended by everything? Why do I have to read comments on every blog post/status/news article that I read? Seriously. I'm much less stressed and get into less trouble when I just read books and home decor blogs and hang out on Pinterest. I want to comment too, but I don't want to, because then I'm really sucked in. So, in the interest of venting my own opinions, here's a taste of my internal monologue whilst perusing online thingies this week: "Not everything  is the fault of the white, evangelical Christian." "If you are hired by an organization and sign a contract that states that you will comply with said organization's rules, don't whine when you get fired for breaking the rules. You are free to work somewhere else if you don't like it." "...