seems all the rage lately. Disappointingly enough, as
blows like a house wife, we wont ever be apart of the face book community because, well, frankly Eastern doesn't provide student e-mail accounts. Don't ask me where tuition goes man. I don't know. I see professors driving around in BMW's (they have those in Spokane?!) but some of them aren't teaching me things and really, what is more important then a student e-mail address? Nothing, thats what.
but I'm at a loss. I have a test in my Art class on Thursday and I don't think I've really learned anything. Like, not to sound like an art snob or anything, but today in class it was revealed to me that because of the spectacular teachings of Professor Cates (see: my sister) I know more about some of the paintings then my professor, and on top of that, I've seen said paintings where as he has not. Don't get me wrong, he is still great, though he might have spent too much time around some fumes of some sort, and I'm sure much more knowledgeable than me in all things art, but like, in this class I feel like I'm a little over qualified. Okay, so, yeah. Just teach me something. It's all I ask.
The third round of script revisions came out today so I spent most of my time at the copy machine making copies. It was kind of dull until Cole started singing Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto (Secret, Secret, I've got a Secret!) and then things picked up a bit. I was there till a bit later then normal and I think my eyes are starting to hurt from all the paper particles I came into contact with today. I'm so delicate.
in four days and Im starting to feel so behind. But, alas, I told the office that my superior services will no longer be available to them on Wednesdays so maybe tomorrow I can quest it up and all will be well in the world again.
So, I'm not really talking about anything now. Maybe I will go to bed.
Film Test
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
1:35 AM
Saturday was a blast. The director of photography (DP), the main Grip guy and a few techs from the commercial department as well as the director and a couple of producers had ourselves a little film test. We used both inside and outside locations, two cameras, eight lenses, four films and 19 gels in all. I got to look through the camera a few times, help with lighting and make people sign papers, my specialty. I really feel like this internship is a good experience for me. Like, Im not getting paid, but, Im learning a lot. And I think the experience Im getting will really help me out in the film school application process.
I had a meeting earlier today with the rest of the on set PA's for
End Game and we got all our schedules worked out as well as some procedure for being on set. I was warned that the set is like a construction site. Men are away from home for a long period of time and I will get hit on. I was like, okay, awesome, great. Of course earlier in the office we were talking about my heals that I pimped today with some new jeans I picked up Sunday afternoon. They are ass spectacular. The line producer, Juan, told me he thought they were hot pink, and I was like, ah, not so much, and after mass debating between mauve, salmon and all shades of pink Juan then said he ment they were hot, and pink. We all decided that he was right and I was quite happy with the out come. Anyways, the 5th is the start of principal photography, which, coincidently will be my first day on set as well so Im really excited. I get to work on a movie, on set, not just running errands on set and seeing little to no action, but, work on set all day. Its gonna rock hard.
Sociology is the biggest waste of class time in the history of my University career. Thats all I have to say about that. I had another test today in my Modern World Masterpices class. The last test I took in that class I got 100%. I don't know what the rest of the class was doing but they did shitty collectively so he allowed people to re-take it. I hate that shit. We were all there the same days with the same material, just learn to listen kids. From what I hear, I left early, he didnt even change the questions on the re-test, just the order asked. WEAK. So, today round two of testing came upon us and I knew all but one answer. I was so pissed at myself. I was like DAMN! This is going to break my perfection record. Plus, if someone scores better then me I wont be able to claim the smartest kid in class position. I guess we will see how that turns out Wednesday when I have class again.
I want my tax return biatch!
Oh, also,
Audioscrobbler has changed its look a bit so if you ever check that out head over and see it again.
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Hoooo.
Friday, January 21, 2005
3:25 PM
Hoooooooooooooooooo.
So I just got off the phone with NYU and I was like look, when is the Undergraduate Film and Television portfolio due and the girl I was talking to was like, well, it was due last Sunday, the 15th. And I was like, Wha...? So then I says, I say to her, well, is it due at another time for transfer students and she was like yeah, April 1st, and I was like, well, okay, when is it due for current NYU students and she was like March 1st so then I was (easily) confused. Well, I said, what was the 15th a deadline for then and she was like oh, for high school graduates, and I'm like, well, count me out, I haven't been in high school for ages. So, even though my portfolio isn't due FOREVER I would like to have it done by mid February just in case that would increase my chances of knowing its status sooner plus maybe that will make them think I really want to get in, which I do, so I hope it gives them the right impression.
I had a Sociology test today. Im gonna have to say that even with out studying I did alright. The questions were taken out of the study guide we had to buy along with the book (which happens to be bigger then out actual book) and the essay at the end was cake so Sociology will soon be in my dominated category.
Pretty much a whole lot of crap comes out this weekend but House of Flying Daggers is still out and I would like to see it.
Right now I would like a nap.
My nose hurts.
I should be working
I want to go shopping for sweaters.
Its so
warm here I didn't wear a coat today.
NxNw just called and they need me to work tomorrow as an on set PA for some test shoots. Im so nervous. No one will be in the production office so I will be handling all the money and camera stuff as well as hanging out with the director and producer for eight hours. Oooh. Well, I have to learn sometime. Lets hope I can cut it.
Over and Out.
I like to pretend Im Strong Bad and I hide secret links in my blogs. Dont tell anyone.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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Darth Tater
Thursday, January 20, 2005
2:54 AM
Hasbro Inc. has really done it this time. Who wouldnt want a spud on the
dark side?
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list
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
4:48 AM
Things you should think about doing in the future:
-Go see In Good Company
-Come back and comment on it
-Give me a really good dance song to download
-Clean my room
-Read America (The Book)
Thank you and Goodnight.
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MLK Day
Monday, January 17, 2005
5:03 AM
Today is January 17, 2005. It is the third Monday of the month. Banks are closed. The Post Office is as well. I don't have class. But why? Do you know? Do you really know?
Sure, its Martin Luther King Day. So? So what? Do you remember learning about him in school? Do you remember his life? Do you know what he did? What a brave, remarkable, amazing, gentleman he was? Do you know what he died for?
It seems when you look back in history there are numerous people to learn from. People that were striving for a change. People making things different. Doing things, making things better not only for themselves but for others. And never for commercial glory or photo opportunities but for others and for themselves because they felt it was the right thing to do. They acted so to better the huddled masses lot in life; to change the State of the Nation. I take a look around today and I see no great people like this. No great someone standing up for what is right. No one taking charge. Organizing. Striving for a change. And this is simply not because America, or any other nation for that matter, doesn't need to change. We do. We all do. So where is our Martin Luther King now? Where is a solid rock to stand against injustice, to stand frankly, for anything? Where is there someone who can influence and educate the masses with truth? Bring hope for justice and equality. Is it just me? Do I not see them? Will my children study history and find them in my past? The problem MLK faced in his "I Have a Dream" speech given in 1963 is still alive and roaring. Why, after all this time, has the problem not been vindicated? Why do people still breed hate? What can you do about it?
I think it rest within the path of the future. It rests within you. Your choices, your actions. How you teach your children and they teach theirs. The solution should be so simple. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Maybe, perhaps, not even that. How about the charge to treat everyone with equality. Is it that hard? And is the concept that foreign? Certainly not.
In an age when we have become so technologically advanced it seems the nations manners haven't changed to what King had dreamt about. We are certainly better off now but great strides can still be made to achieve MLK's "great nation". I hope you will all do your part so that it becomes true.
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Sunday, January 16, 2005
4:14 AM
Tell me
this isnt awesome.
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Sup Sup
Thursday, January 13, 2005
3:00 AM
Today is Micah's Birthday. He is 21, which is a special event all on its own, and Micah just happens to be a spectacular guy as well as one of my best friends.
Happy Birthday Killer.
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AOL
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
10:52 PM
Today things were going well. I went to Sociology and learned nothing then I headed to my office where my computer was supposedly fixed. I walk into my office only to see this GIANT prehistoric Samsung screen sitting were my once beautiful flat panel lived. I almost had a heart attack. I committed to sitting down and pretending that I was working only to sign onto AIM and talk. This is were things get shifty. I put in my screen name, AmidalaQ22, then my super secret pass word and its like, BLAM! Your blocked BIATCH. Please click here for more information. I'm like, what bitch. So I click on the more info button to find out that since my parents canceled AOL (see: 5 million months ago) the screen name you used for AIM, if it was the same AOL screen name you had, will no longer be available. AOL straight jacked me. So I pretty much had a little break down but thought, oh, you know, its probably this shit computer, I'll go over to the computer lab and chickity-check it out. I walk over, log on, bring up AIM and the same thing happens. It was like AOL had taken a part of my identity and it didn't even care. I've had that screen name since I was 10. Fucking 10 years old. Like, you cant even use AIM unless your 13 now. I was a fucking 10 year old internet PIONEER! That name is MINE. MY OWN. MY PRECIOUS...
I made myself a new name and then e-mailed the customer service mother fuckers and demanded that my name be made available again so that I wouldn't have to deal with this AOL Time Warner Bull SHIT. So then I come home today only to see that I'm still logged on under my screen name from this morning before school. I obviously cant sign off AOL which also rules out me ever turning off my computer again or I will never be able to sign back in under my beloved name. I don't want another name. Everyone knows this name. And what about the people I only talk to at very random times. What if I IM them and I have to inconvenience them with like, Hi, this is Rachel, had to change my name, sorry, how are things spiel. I don't want to do that. I just wanna be AmidalaQ22.
So, pretty much I'm gonna have to get a new name. Anyone have any ideas? I'm obviously heart broken and cant be bothered to think of one for myself.
Please Help.
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Love and Micah.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
9:56 PM
Oh.
I am so very Beth from Little Women sometimes. Not wanting to be left behind or for anything to change. It's so very futile as all things must change and are in a constant state of motion. Such is the nature of the universe. Of course it's always the things I can't control that change on me which in the end only makes sense. When you hold onto things so tightly just to see them leave you with out a second thought it makes things exponentially harder. In the end I suppose even if things were different, even if I lived were you live, you would have to want me first. And by your own design we would still end up only being friends in the same city rather then friends far away.
I didn't do much of anything today. I woke up and felt horrible so I took a shower and got ready for class only to end up not going. I worked a lot which is good but since I didn't go to school I didn't make it to NxNw either so I missed the production gang which I don't like to do. Everyone there is so nice and I always feel like they need my help.
I'm afraid that my
snot will once again be freezing in only a few days time. Its ironic that a day titled "mostly sunny" can be so cold. But, as its impossible for the snow to melt in such cold weather perhaps I can sled again this weekend.
I'm so very tired.
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Fuck Parents
Sunday, January 09, 2005
8:36 PM
Greetings from Rachel. There is about a foot, foot and a half of snow on the ground around my house. Each time I wish to leave the house I must first shovel out my car which makes me tried and after that leaving sounds like too much work.
For the past two nights around 11:30-12:00 I've been venturing out to go sledding. The first night I hit up my old middle school and almost died after hitting a few sweet jumps. I must have gotten like three feet of air and it hurt my ass upon landing. I ended up with a headache and a sore ass but that was okay. It was bundles of fun. Last night we went to a golf course with wicked hills only to discover everyone else had the same idea. Except they brought beer and I did not. As fun as drunk sledding sounds walking up a hill drunk along with slipping on the snow the whole time sounds impossible. I can just see myself making it half way up after my first run and then just giving up and laying down yelling for someone to pull me the rest of the way up. Where is Chels when you need her.
Today I made this heinous list of things to do and I actually did most of them. I don't really feel accomplished though because my home work isnt done and I haven't finished my NYU application. I grabbed some black and white film at Target so I can start putting my portfolio together. I'm gonna have to take my camera with me everywhere to get lots of pictures as instructed by Professor Cates. I will have many pictures to chose from making the quality of my portfolio much better. I have a lot to do.
I hate living with my parents. Its not home anymore.
This is a black out
Don't let it go to waste
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Mike Check, One Two, One Two.
Friday, January 07, 2005
2:14 AM
Sociology class just keeps getting more and more stupid. For once I wish she would just assign more reading and let us talk about it in class. Its not likely. Today we spent an hour in our groups correcting the home work assignment. Checks for a right answer, minus checks for sort of right and a circle for WRONG. After a half hour was wasted on grading instructions we all gave each other checks for copying definitions out of the back of the book and then shot the shit for the rest of class. Why is she getting paid to teach me nothing? Its shit like this that makes me not want to attend class. Its to bad she takes attendance.
I had Art today and it was short again which was nice. We talked about some art work I had seen in Italy as well as places I visited. I always want to raise my hand and hijack the class to tell them nonsense stories about my trip and how cool (ice cold) it was but when it comes down to it they don't care. I'm sure the teacher would like to hear it, I mean, its not like he would listen, I don't think he even pays attention to himself, but, he might pretend to be interested to hear about it long enough for me to get it out of my system.
Two of the new interns are tools. I don't know how else to say it. Kevin Kelly and I (Kevin is a returning intern) make fun of them along with Mary and Susannah, who run the Production Office. So far the other four are okay but really I haven't worked with them that much so they could be tools also. The fifth kid, Cole, is my favorite. I like him more then Kevin Kelly in fact. I love when you meet people you have a lot in common with and you're able to just mess around with them after a day of knowing each other. And not mess around like make out in the supply closet, but like, give each other a hard time and make fun of other interns together messing around. He is a good kid.
Tomorrow is Friday and I have no plans for this weekend. Im kind of excited about it. I don't start working on set until we start shooting which isn't until Feb. so I want to take advantage of my weekends while I still have time.
Oh, also, its been snowing since 2:30ish this after noon and I think Im gonna die an icy death driving to school tomorrow. If I do die, I love you and don't let Ben have my Star Wars Action Figures. OR, maybe they will cancel school. Okay, that never happens. But here is to the hope that it does.
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iPod
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
2:40 AM
Well my art class turned out to be me, eight other people and a really flighty teacher who wasn't sure how to use Easterns new high tech class rooms. He gave up on the computer about five minutes into class and just drew pictures on the board which didn't last long either. The class is supposed to be two hours but today it wasn't even close. Our books don't get in until this Friday so it looks like this class isn't really going to get started until next Tuesday. I liked the outline he gave us and he was very nice so I have high hopes for the class.
Onto my iPod discovery today...Chels leaves tomorrow morning at the butt crack of dawn and she wanted me to burn her some Cd's. My iPod contains music from four different hard drives as well as my Cd collection but the songs she wanted I didn't have on Cd thus I was forced to learn how one might copy songs from their iPod and put them onto the computer. I used
PodUtil which is a handy little program all of you with iPods might want to use someday. My iPod is like the love of my life. Also, I updated my
Audioscrobbler with a little picture. Check it out.
As for comments Tim...I have never really found a commenting system I like. If anyone would like to throw me a few suggestions on what they use and like I'll hook it right up.
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New!
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
4:16 PM
Winter quarter 2005 kicked off today with a bang. As I was leaving the student parking lot to walk down the hill towards my first class I spotted Rob, the infamous Jens ex-boyfriend, out of the corner of my eye and he proceeded to unceremoniously flip me off with a big grin on his face. I smiled at him and couldn't stop laughing all the way down the hill. Im surprised he didnt jump me. In the end that kid got stuck without a stolen watch and Jen to boot. His kind gestures this morning didn't hurt my feelings, in fact they put me in a good mood and made me realize how much I'm looking forward to getting away from the grand city of Spokane. On to my new classes...
11:00-11:50 Sociology 101 (Monday-Friday)
What can I say. I hate working in groups and what did we do today? Broke into groups for the rest of the quarter of course. I'm going to say now that I will enjoy the out of class readings more then the in class activities. Sociology, as it deals with many things close to my heart, including politics, is interesting to me, but, the people in that class are less then spectacular. On a good note I've already completed my home work which is due tomorrow so this quarter is already going better then last.
1:00-2:35 Modern World Masterpieces (Monday-Wednesday-Friday)
I really enjoyed this class today. The teacher seemed like he might have done some drugs in his youth but that just made it more fun. There is a girl from Canada in that class and coolness-wise she is my only hope. Slim pickins at Eastern, I swear.
1:00-2:50 Art in the Humanities (Tuesday-Thursday)
Well, as I haven't had this class yet your going to have to wait for my roaring review tomorrow. I'm guessing its gonna be my favorite though.
Chels leaves to head back to Chestertown Wednesday which really blows because having her around is the best. Its good to be around people when they understand you.
Started back up at North by Northwest today only to find that there will be seven new interns, six boys and one girl. I chilled with one of the interns today (from Mead) who was really cool. I get to train all the kids so I'm sure I'll be on a power trip for days. Just thought you should know.
Go see Closer.
How do you like the layout? Its optimized for FireFox viewing so all you IE kids are just gonna have to like it how it is. Or, you know, you could do yourself a favor and get
FireFox.
Im Sophisticated Fun.
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