It's what's on my mind...

Tonite, I get to photograph another concert. Blue October is invading Wink Arena. I have no idea what songs they have song, but I know this is a money maker. Im going to shoot a whole bunch of pics and then they are going to use them for a collage. Bad luck has struck and I'm hoping she's strong enough to pull through it, I know she is, she just has to be motivated.

The Curveball worked! The Curveball worked!

Current Mood: hopeful

So I stopped by the Torch office this afternoon to drop of my pictures for the paper. As I was doing so, one of the girls in there asked me if those basketball pictures on my facebook where going into the paper, and I said yes. She's like you cant put those on there, they belong to the Torch. I was like, no, I took them with my camera, they are mine, in my possession. She said I cant put them on there because the Torch pays me for them and that they belong to the Torch. So we started getting into it, and eventually with Eddie (sports writer) backing me up, I said, I'll take the one off that you put in the paper, but the rest are mine. This is how I make friends here, by taking pics of them and tagging them. The two fighting me where like pfff, and Eddie was like Ben's right, we don't use them all, they are his. So I dropped the pics onto the desktop there and left. I'm proud of my pictures, they are what I do, what I'm good at. They don't know all of the hockey ones and football ones are on my facebook as well, but they don't have to, I took them, they are mine.

I then walked up to Westview dinning, its a buffet style school dinning. I went to hand the guy my id so he could swipe it. In doing so, he pointed to my hat and said, "they got their ass kicked last night, they totally suck." (my hat I wear is a Ferris hockey hat). In reply, I said "I know, I knew they where going to, and I wear this because I have school pride and it makes it so I don't have to do my pride." " UofM has one of the best hockey teams in the nation, they recruit better, they are coached by a legened and they just have more skills then the Bulldogs." " I've watched UofM play more hockey games then Ferris and I know how things work down there. They play hard, they win hockey games. Red Berenson has his guys fired up, and Ferris didn't have a chance, and to top it off, they where playing Yost Arena." Then the want to be sports guy shut up and I went on my way to get lunch.

Tonite I watched the Winter X Games. Actually I've been watching them all weekend. I find it so fascinating that people can do what they do. 1080's, double back flips and double front flips, all of these grinds and twists, I just wish I could do that. Instead I just go out and enjoy myself allowing who ever is with me to get a chuckle while picking up my garage sale after I wipe out. Then there was these guys doing back flips on snowmobiles, oh my word would that be sweet. Its just sweet to watch. I would love to go there sometime and photograph events. that would be a great time.

Winter has arrived with a full head of steam and I love it! It's about time! Just wish I could get out to the hills more often. Hopefully I'll get out more this season.

Time to hit the sack, g'nite

Current Location: FSU
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: My Wish- RF

~my wish~
I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.

But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

This is my wish
I hope you know somebody loves you
May all your dreams stay big



~she's everything~
She's a yellow pair of running shoes
A holey pair of jeans
She looks great in cheap sunglasses
She looks great in anything
She's I want a piece of chocolate
Take me to a movie
She's I can't find a thing to wear
Now and then she's moody

She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving

[Chorus]
And she's everything I ever wanted
And everything I need
I talk about her, I go on and on and on
'Cause she's everything to me

She's a Saturday out on the town
And a church girl on Sunday
She's a cross around her neck
And a cuss word 'cause its Monday
She's a bubble bath and candles
Baby come and kiss me
She's a one glass of wine
And she's feeling kinda tipsy

She's the giver I wish I could be
And the stealer of the covers
She's a picture in my wallet
Of my unborn children's mother
She's the hand that I'm holding
When I'm on my knees and praying
She's the answer to my prayer
And she's the song that I'm playing

[Repeat chorus]

She's the voice I love to hear
Someday when I'm ninety
She's that wooden rocking chair
I want rocking right beside me
Everyday that passes
I only love her more
Yeah, she's the one
That I'd lay down my own life for

And she's everything I ever wanted
And everything I need
She's everything to me
Yeah she's everything to me

Everything I ever wanted
And everything I need
She's everything to me

Current Mood: hopeful

I did my presentation today, it didnt go too bad at all :) Our project was the Big Rapids High School. i did the site portion of the work. My part of the presentation went well, about 8 mins. I got a lot of complements. My teacher even complemented me. I did a site analysis by color rendering a cad drawing for about 14 hrs. All is well, that final is over, only a couple more to do!

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: PTI

Tonite I went to our weekly Torch meeting. I was actually excited to get there and see the paper after the concert last week. When I got there, I was so excited. I had 8 pictuers on teh front page of the paper. Full images and color, front page!! It was pretty sweet. The a & e editor took my photos and make a collage out of them. It was so cool. That makes 65 photo publications for the semster! heck yes! The new paper starts next semester with plenty of hockey games and basketball games and school events. Im excited, I want to get a binder to put all the papers in it that ive been published in sence the begginning of the school year! Go me!

So last week Thursday I went to the Josh Gracin Concert here inside Wink Ice Arena (basketball court). As I walked in, I was figuring that my Torch pass wouldnt get me into the concert for free, so I went and bought a 8$ ticket. When I entered the gymnasium, the far and left side bleachers where out for people to sit in and the floor was wide open for the general audience to stand. I walked over to the far side where the Josh Gracin fan club was selling merchandice and got my camera and monopod out. As I was standing there waiting, one of the ladies that works for Music Industy Managment Association, the people putting the event on, asked me who I was and what I was doing there. I told her, I'm Ben Kramer, I'm the Torch Photographer. She mentioned the reporter there covering the article for the paper and then she told me to stay here and shed be right back. About 5 mins later, she returned with a press pass for me. This meaning I could go anywhere I wanted in order to get pictures. When the opening band came out, I got my camera set up with my shutter speeds so that I could get lots of light and a crisp photo. About 5 mins before Josh Gracin came onto the stage, I got to acutally go up on stage. This was awesome! I was on the right hand side as he walked out and sung his first three songs. After a bunch of pictures, I went down and onto the floor out in the center, so I could get head on shots of him and his band. It was pretty awesome. I have two really cool pictures taht turned out. One was when Josh was between me and the spotlight, his whole body was outlined in white. The other was when him and his pianoist played one of thier slow songs. I got the picture to be just of his chest and the piano and up on the piano player. The rest was all black, it was awesome. After 170 pictures later, I was pretty happy with what I got. This by far was one of the coolest photo things I've done yet. Being on the sideline at the fooball game was pretty sweet this season, but being in the corners of the hockey rink, down on the ice is still my favorite. The closeness and quality of pictures that turn out are awesome, and hockey is the best sport in the world!

NICOLE!
I know you don't like American Choppers, but you should definetly watch an upcomming episode. Next Monday at 10pm on the Discovery Channel, the American Chopper crew is building an Eragon bike! Its a two episode show, back to back, and they are unvailing it in Holywood. The best part is that it's going to be able to breathe FIRE! So yea, I know you like those books and want to see the movie, so I thought I'd let you know about it. I'm going to watch that over MNF ;)!

The week has been so crappy already. School is starting to piss me off. I wish I would have done something totally different about 4 years ago when I walked out of high school. AH! So yea, hopefully the snow will fall soon and the semester will be over and the holliday season will be here and things will get better. On a better note, I had the best drink in the world at Red Robin yesterday. It was a raspberry limeaid and I cant describe the flavor of it, but it definetly hit the spot!

ps. i love my girl very very much!!

Current Location: 121 W. Mass
Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: I Dare You.. Shinedown