The World Comes to Me...
The nice thing about not checking your mailbox for twenty-someodd days is that mail actually piles up. Felt very cosmopolitan with all of the international greetings waiting for me, but the national sentiments were no less sincere.
I began my career as a video artist this morning. Went through some basic introductions and then Buky Schwartz sent us out to film in the snow. Since there are only seven of us, it will be nice and intimate. I did my video on melting iciles around campus. I did three stationary shots, each for about 5 mins, and I think the first on a railing outside of Hillcrest was the most successful. It became a silent piece when I decided to have a conversation about grad schools while filming... just the same, I've become a creator. I am very pleased with the result, it's subtle but the light is beatiful and I was able to capture of range of rhythms and speeds. Tommorrow we show and tell. No books. But I still bought some from amazon to be a little more informed in foreign territory.
Otherwise jterm is off to a good, albeit hungover start. I have no idea what got into us last night... but my oh my, didn't think we had it in us to consume two trashcans-worth of recyclable waste to boot.
The Joe Millionaire Club is meeting now in Forest Lounge, gots to skeedaddle. MIT essay and blog-improvements to follow suit.
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