Two weekends ago, my dad came home from Kokomo, Ind., with a brand new girl puppy. My dad finally decided to take the decisive step in getting a dog by actually going out and getting it.

The self-portrait is a pain in the butt. It’s difficult and generally unsatisfying. Yet it’s something that I, an individual not necessarily driven by an obsession for perfection, want to do accurately.

I think, perhaps ignorantly so, that of all artists photographers may very well have the most difficult time with self-portraits, and painters the easiest.

For the past hour and a half I've been overwhelmed by college. Why, you might ask? I'm just halfway through my junior year. I shouldn't be wanting to think about college right now. But one site makes the journey a little less stressful.