I'm submitting a few China photos that have been sitting on the hard drive for a while. There's actually a story behind this so cue the dramatic flashback music.

At school, there's this literary journal for art, writing, and photography. ("The Frigate"). For the past three months, I've been looking at the Dec. 15 deadline, telling myself not to forget.

I didn't! I procrastinated instead. I was halfway done with a sketch and short story. It was the due date. I put it off, planning to do the finishing touches in the final two hours before midnight deadline.

Now, my sister and I have very strange sleeping schedules. VERY strange sleeping schedules. It was five in the afternoon, but it was dark out and we felt sleepy. So we went to our room, got ready for bed, and turned off the lights. I read and she fell asleep (along with her new stuffed animal, Jervey the penguin, who flashing strobelight-esque headphones and doubling as an iPod speaker, happened to be blasting techno). Sometime between eight and nine, I fall asleep. I then wake up at about 1:30.

"F$*#."

I scramble to the computer because not only had I forgotten to finish my submissions but I had to send my friend's stuff to. Short on time, I went to my China folder, took my favorite shots, edited them a bit, and bam.

I really like how they came out, so I figured I might as well post them here, too...

And in case you're wondering, it all turned out okay. The stuff was accepted. xD

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NOTE: I am not a photographer. This summer was the first time I really started taking photos, actually. While I'm not a genius when it comes to stuff beyond "aim and press the button" and a bit of file size changing, I do know how to work Photoshop. Don't expect much beyond that. Haha.