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One thing most people may or may not know about me is that I am obsessed with Polaroid cameras (and more increasingly as of lately analog photography in general). I got my first Polaroid camera was I was about 11. It was an I-Zone and I still have it kicking around somewhere. I got my second Polaroid camera when I was sixteen. It's a OneStep 600. Unfortunately, afew years after I got it Polaroid stopped making film, but I managed to stockpile a healthy amount of it before it disappeared from stores. Thankfully, not long after this The Impopossible Project began to sell some dead stock film as well as new film they have been producing. Earlier this year my grandpa gave me a 210 Land Camera, A Sonar OneStep SX-70, a folding SX-70, and a couple of flashes. Around the same time I won an Image Spectra on EBay. I bought some SX-70 film from The Impossible Project and brought some of it home with me to Thunder Bay without a camera hoping that there was an SX-70 kicking around the house. I was in luck. I found an SX-70 Model 2, as well as a case and a flash for it, a Colorpack 80 (it is impossible to find film for this camera and no new film is being made but maybe in the future), and 450 Land Camera, as well as a case for it. I ran a pack of SX-70 Color Shade Push! through the Model 2 but unfortunately it was a "sticky pack" and none of the pictures really turned out. Oh well, at least I know the camera works. I didn't bring my digital camera with me and I couldn't find my dads so I took these photos in the most obnoxious way ever: in Photobooth. I'm sorry.

SX-70 and Case

Colorpack 80

450 Land Camera

Magicflash

The first of the ruined pictures.

Slightly less ruined.

I post Polaroid and other analog pictures at kinda like ghosts.

I almost dropped the ball on the second day.  My friend and I decided to see a movie this evening at the last minute and I had an unexpectedly busy day at school.  Excuses.  I had a post planned out but I don't think I have enough time to write it so I'll save that for tomorrow.
I went to see Martha Marcy May Marlene tonight and it was great.  It's definitely both intense and disturbing, but I'd recommend it.  It's Elizabeth Olsen's first leading role and she does an amazing job.  I'm kind of obsessed with her now.  She's talented and I think she has a lot of potential.  I'm also pretty of jealous of her hair (I've been into a lot of medium length haircuts lately but I don't think I'm brave enough to cut my hair anytime soon) and she has interesting style.
I realized today that I took a pretty long break (for me) from seeing films after TIFF because although everything I saw was great, I managed to pick films that were exclusively intense and sad.  I guess I jumped back in with a film that still fits in that category.  I think the next movie I see should be a comedy, or maybe a thriller.