I have not blogged for an awfully long time. I honestly have not been able to find time to actually sit down and write. I also haven't even been able to write in my journal. It is spring break and I am currently sitting at my parent's house without any immediate duties. It is splendid. I don't exactly know where to take this blog post right now...it most likely will not have any clever theme or extreme wit. I apologize in advance. It will, however, hold somewhat of an update on what my life has been like since I last posted. (The update will also be an undercover attempt at justifying why I have not blogged in over a month.) I feel awfully vain when I do "updates" and I feel as though the updates are also slightly in vain for I know I do not have a large fan base or anything like that, but I do prefer it that way. I'm sure I have stated this a multitude of times, but I blog for therapeutic reasons and the update will be nice to look back on a few months from now when my life will once again most likely be different in many a way.Part of the reason I have been so extremely busy is because I got hired to work at the Betty Brin Children's Museum in downtown Milwaukee. I work anywhere from 20-30 hours a week. This is on top of my 18 credit class load which includes a production class and a lab. So I'm really quite busy, but it's a good thing. I enjoy being busy...to a certain extent. It's good, however, to know all of this hard
work is paying off; I'm working towards my goal of graduating early and not being in extreme debt when I do graduate. Even though I don't get paid all that much I really couldn't have asked for a better job. It gets a little crazy, but each day is different and I like the variety. It's also a ten minute walk from my apartment and on the days where I accidentally oversleep and rush to put on some clothes, it's a 7 minute jog and occasionally a 4 minute sprint. It's also quite lovely being able to look out onto Lake Michigan as you're walking around picking up golf balls in "Raceways" or tidying up the "artist's studio". I actually enjoy sorting produce in the miniature play Sendiks at the museum, even though it's a never ending cycle. For as soon as you place that banana in it's proper location you know it's going to end up over by the deli.
work is paying off; I'm working towards my goal of graduating early and not being in extreme debt when I do graduate. Even though I don't get paid all that much I really couldn't have asked for a better job. It gets a little crazy, but each day is different and I like the variety. It's also a ten minute walk from my apartment and on the days where I accidentally oversleep and rush to put on some clothes, it's a 7 minute jog and occasionally a 4 minute sprint. It's also quite lovely being able to look out onto Lake Michigan as you're walking around picking up golf balls in "Raceways" or tidying up the "artist's studio". I actually enjoy sorting produce in the miniature play Sendiks at the museum, even though it's a never ending cycle. For as soon as you place that banana in it's proper location you know it's going to end up over by the deli. I've also been having an enjoyable time in school. It's difficult, but definitely fun. I take modern dance, a class about the Milwaukee Community and a Mechanical Engineering class. I also have three film classes; a production class, a conceptual experimental film class and another conceptual class in which we analyze ideas such as "mise-en-scene", "montage" etc. I LOVE them all! One thing I learned this semester is that I could definitely spend the next three years of my college career in film, for it has become an even stronger passion than before I started the semester. I also learned, however, th
at it is EXPENSIVE and extremely time consuming. Expensive and time consuming do not go hand in hand. In order to pay off the dues of film (Kodak B&W tri-X etc.) you need to work...a lot. But when you don't have time to actually work you can't pay it off. If in my life time it was only myself I had to be concerned with, film would definitely be doable and something that I would invest my time and money into if I was able to use it as an outreach tool such as working in documentary. BUT I really, really want a family someday (By someday I mean 6-7 years down the road...) and I truly don't think it would be possible to commit myself to film and have a family. Some might say, well if you don't want a family for awhile why not just do film now? I've also decided that even though I love film I'd rather work directly with people. I'm happiest when I am outside of myself meaning I feel best when I can totally put aside my own wants, needs etc. and really focus on the needs of others which is why I have decided to major in Community Education and minor in psychology with the plans of going into an urban education program and getting my masters in Education which I hope to use working in the education department of a museum someday.
at it is EXPENSIVE and extremely time consuming. Expensive and time consuming do not go hand in hand. In order to pay off the dues of film (Kodak B&W tri-X etc.) you need to work...a lot. But when you don't have time to actually work you can't pay it off. If in my life time it was only myself I had to be concerned with, film would definitely be doable and something that I would invest my time and money into if I was able to use it as an outreach tool such as working in documentary. BUT I really, really want a family someday (By someday I mean 6-7 years down the road...) and I truly don't think it would be possible to commit myself to film and have a family. Some might say, well if you don't want a family for awhile why not just do film now? I've also decided that even though I love film I'd rather work directly with people. I'm happiest when I am outside of myself meaning I feel best when I can totally put aside my own wants, needs etc. and really focus on the needs of others which is why I have decided to major in Community Education and minor in psychology with the plans of going into an urban education program and getting my masters in Education which I hope to use working in the education department of a museum someday. Community Education is also a very flexible degree so I can still take a lot of electives which means I can still take the conceptual classes which I love and are much che
aper than the production classes. I will definitely miss the production classes though. BUT I won't miss the Bell and Howell Filmo 70 DR! That thing is wicked! It weighs a good fifteen pounds and is a clunky little *@#! with no reflective lens which means I have to look through a viewing lens rather than just being able to look through the same lens which I'm actually filming with. As I'm typing this, though, I feel kind of bad for ripping on it...I guess I will miss it more than I thought. I kind of feel as though it was an unruly beast whom I learned about and tamed to produce well exposed 16 mm film, but I can also contribute that to my handy dandy sekonic. Oh I shall miss them all!
aper than the production classes. I will definitely miss the production classes though. BUT I won't miss the Bell and Howell Filmo 70 DR! That thing is wicked! It weighs a good fifteen pounds and is a clunky little *@#! with no reflective lens which means I have to look through a viewing lens rather than just being able to look through the same lens which I'm actually filming with. As I'm typing this, though, I feel kind of bad for ripping on it...I guess I will miss it more than I thought. I kind of feel as though it was an unruly beast whom I learned about and tamed to produce well exposed 16 mm film, but I can also contribute that to my handy dandy sekonic. Oh I shall miss them all!Wow...that was an awfully long post. I probably could have devided that up into three or four separate posts, but then again I have so many more things to blog about! I'm hoping to get back into the habit of it and at least blog for the remainder of spring break (which is quickly dwindling! Oi...)
p.s. The title doesn't have much relevancy other than this is how my "life-FAH!" has been lately...if you're wondering what this exactly sounds like when you say it out loud or where it came from watch this vid; you can do a hearing version of eye-spy to find it, so in other words ear-spy. "My Rollercoaster" by Kimya Dawson (aka Killing it awesome). Check it.
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