On Wednesday, 31 October 2001 I discovered and submitted to the mirror project -- a project for people who are "capturing photographs of themselves in all manner of reflective surfaces." I have dozens upon dozens of such images in my daily diary and I am now in the slow process of locating them, shrinking them to the required size and submitting them. note: images on the left are clickable for larger versions
		13: broken photograph taken: Thursday, 03 July 2003 location: living room, friend's apartment, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, USA photograph submitted: Monday, 04 August 2003 final result: project page #17384 The tiled mirror was irresistable.
		12: in helmets photograph taken: Sunday, 14 April 2002 location: Oakland Coliseum parking lot, Oakland, California, USA photograph submitted: Monday, 15 April 2002 final result: project page #5785 At work in a classroom, hunting for reflective surfaces.
		11: filmeye photograph taken: Sunday, 12 December 1999 location: bedroom, my boyfriend's house, Berkeley, California, USA photograph submitted: Tuesday, 02 April 2002 final result: project page #5501 To me the camera looks like it is a part of my body -- an extension of me.
		10: 1999 photograph taken: Wednesday, 08 December 1999 location: bedroom, my boyfriend's house, Berkeley, California, USA photograph submitted: Tuesday, 26 March 2002 final result: project page #5374 This photograph is one of the most evocative for me of that time in my life. 1999.
		09: pink photograph taken: Sunday, 05 December 1999 location: bathroom, my boyfriend's house, Berkeley, California, USA photograph submitted: Saturday, 23 March 2002 final result: project page #5283 On the day before my 22nd birthday, I shut myself in the bathroom and took a series of photos of me in my only pink article of clothing.
		08: twisted sister photograph taken: Monday, 18 February 2002 location: elevator, my grandfather's apartment, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, USA photograph submitted: Thursday, 07 March 2002 final result: project page #4911 The dimpled mirror was simply irresistable.
		07: ladles & jellyspoons photograph taken: Wednesday, 01 December 1999 location: bedroom, my boyfriend's house, Berkeley, California, USA photograph submitted: Tuesday, 08 January 2002 final result: project page #3660 This is a still image from the first movie I included in my online diary.
		06: birthday girl photograph taken: Monday, 06 December 1999 (my 22nd birthday) location: bedroom, my boyfriend's house, Berkeley, California, USA photograph submitted: Wednesday, 02 January 2002 final result: project page #3556 This photograph is part of a series I took on my 22nd birthday.
		05: apple photograph taken: Wednesday, 01 December 1999 photograph posted: Thursday, 02 December 1999 location: bedroom, my boyfriend's house, Berkeley, California, USA photograph submitted: Friday, 07 December 2001 final result: project page #3172 I am reflected twice -- once outside and once within the Apple logo on my boyfriend's G4.
		04: porched photograph taken: Wednesday, 01 December 1999 location: the porch, my boyfriend's house, Berkeley, California, USA photograph submitted: Thursday, 29 November 2001 final result: project page #3046 Eight days after getting my digital camera, I found myself home alone and exploring my surroundings through the lens.
		03: on the phone photograph taken: Thanksgiving, Thursday, 25 November 1999 location: my bedroom, my father's house, Santa Monica, California, USA photograph submitted: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 final result: project page #2997 I obtained my first digital camera on Tuesday, 23 November 1999 and two days later, on Thanksgiving, I took what I believe is my first digital shot of myself in the mirror. I was on the phone with my boyfriend and desperate to use my camera as often as possible.
		02: in New York photograph taken: Tuesday, 21 March 2000 location: city street, New York City, New York, USA photograph submitted: Wednesday, 14 November 2001 final result: project page #2780 I went walking to the store on Tuesday, 21 March 2000 and spotted myself in a convex mirror.
		01: too tight photograph taken: Sunday, 07 January 2001 location: dressing room, Bay Area, California, USA photograph submitted: Wednesday, 31 October 2001 final result: project page #2569 I was trying on clothes and I tried on a shirt that got me laughing. It was hard to laugh, because my grandfather had died the day before, but the shirt was so tight and gave me such a ridiculous amount of cleavage that I found myself laughing out loud alone in the dressing room.
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