{"id":228,"date":"2011-02-24T07:33:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2012-06-24T21:41:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T21:41:04","slug":"anticipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"Anticipation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Wikipedia describes this emotion best &#8211; <\/strong>Anticipation, or being enthusiastic, is an emotion involving pleasure (and sometimes anxiety) in considering some expected or longed-for good event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Right about now, this would be what describes me best.\u00a0\u00a0An emotion involving pleasure for a longed-for good event would also\u00a0be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I&#8217;ve been anticipating said event since January and come\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0the anticipation will end.\u00a0 And that my friends,\u00a0is the\u00a0beginning of new\u00a0knowledge\u00a0where learning and fun coincide&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I find it so\u00a0amazing that I get to attend\u00a0this\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelily.squarespace.com\/blue-lily-blog\/2011\/1\/30\/hilarioamazing-the-san-diego-gopro-workshop.html\">Hilario\u00a0Amazing San Diego Gopro Photography Workshop<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Well, not that one exactly, as that was held in January.\u00a0\u00a0However, the link gives a little\u00a0sneak peek\u00a0of an idea\u00a0of what the\u00a0experience is all about.\u00a0 My depends are packed, just\u00a0so you know.\u00a0 The workshop is\u00a0hosted by none other than\u00a0the infamous, funny, fun-loving\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelily.squarespace.com\/\">Blue Lily Couple<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 This couple takes their passion for photography on the road and will\u00a0literally travel the world for the next 9 months.\u00a0 I still can&#8217;t believe I have the privilege of gaining knowledge from them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I heard about this event\u00a0via<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/megduerksen.typepad.com\/\">Meg<\/a><\/strong>. And by the evening after I read<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/megduerksen.typepad.com\/whatever\/2011\/01\/someone-pinch-me-i-think-im-dreaming.html\">this amazing intro <\/a><\/strong>to Blue Lily, I too was signed up for the workshop.\u00a0\u00a0Meg has a great sense of humor,\u00a0 I love her <strong><a href=\"\/\/megduerksen.typepad.com\/photos\/craft_thursdays\/index.html\">Craft Thursdays<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>with her children, her love\u00a0for color and her beautiful family.\u00a0\u00a0Someone pinch me&#8230;I think I&#8217;m dreaming too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Here&#8217;s a pic I took moments ago.\u00a0 It represents me and what I want to do, blossom.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to blossom such that I can use the camera to its full potential.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-266\" href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/24\/anticipation\/sony-dsc-44\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"266\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?attachment_id=266\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dsc09524.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4231,2904\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SLT-A55V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1298531886&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;30&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SONY DSC&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SONY DSC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dsc09524-300x205.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dsc09524-1024x702.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-266\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/dsc09524.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dsc09524.jpg 4231w, https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dsc09524-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dsc09524-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dsc09524-437x300.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">More than likely I won&#8217;t be around here (the blog) the next couple days.\u00a0 But I look forward to my return!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Until then,<\/p>\n<p>Blessings &#8211; Debbie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia describes this emotion best &#8211; Anticipation, or being enthusiastic, is an emotion involving pleasure (and sometimes anxiety) in considering some expected or longed-for good event. 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