3 Shows

I'm happy to report things have settled a bit since last post. My cousin visited recently for dinner. Him and I thereafter went on a shopping adventure, which was good fun.

Dyland is off on a broadcasting adventure out west. It was a chance opportunity, but it's awesome how he's got it and is probably off doing well.
He's back tomorrow though so my mini vacation ends soon, haha.

This past friday was a dress rehearsal for the news show. Again, I'm part of 3 TV shows this semester. There's the News Show, for marks and within a class. There's the Client's show, for marks and within a class. And there is the extra curricular show, which as my description suggests is the exception. It's not for marks nor in a class, but the content it creates feeds my resume and feeds one of my class's assignments, so its technically just as viable as the other two. And more enjoyable than the client one thus far...
The Dress rehearsal went well, and though exhausting, was a productivity adrenaline rush. I was assigned as a field camera, to help build packages. I finished quite early, and started helping with graphics a bit. I was then approached for editing...twice! It was a photo finish to completely edit two videos before air time, but I managed it. I then was again on camera for the live show build. I ended up having to put the cameras cord on my shoulder cuz it kept getting tangled with the camera. It was a heavy cord, but eh, I made it work.
This friday I am again at it, but I believe this coming week I'm on graphics. I like to imagine I'm decent at that job, since I've made graphics and design my partial hobby. (Thanks RO or something lol)

I'm also still trying to scrap together an essay. I've wised up to the point where I've been working on it for the past week. That said, my luck with writing it hasn't changed. (In fact I'm writing this post to get my mind flowing and my hands feeling the typed flow...if that makes sense.)
I've gone through 2 ideas, and attempted to develop countless more. I'm tentatively settled on an idea, because i feel Hometown is a strong source for all sorts of topics. I'm just plotting how to concise my idea. And hopefully crank out some ideas around it soon after.
(Perhaps I'll just start writing about hometown and see where my ideas take me...hmmm....)

Here's to slight improvement! I really hope this won't be a night before finisher...

I also finally got to sleep in this morning. It was much needed as over the week I find I end up with 4-6 hours of sleep. The lack is no bedtime issue (Though I'm sure that'd be debated haha), but merely due to the busy nature of things happening, obligations and that sort of thing.

Woo content! Alright I'll go work on my essay...

A Very Good Bad Thing

My cousin moved out 2 days ago.

Tonight I will be helping clean his old room, his previous office, his former bathroom.
My parents have been off emotionally since the move.

These are interesting times. Change has come. 

 

Champion Theme

I can quite honestly say I'm going to be working on 3 seperate TV shows this semester. I'm nervous since one RO project typically has me burning candles at both ends, so this will prove how productive/available/capable I truly am.

Aside from that insanity, I have 2 projects due in 2 weeks that I'm trying to get a good handle on as early as possible. One is a larger video project, which I really hope works out well since booking equipment is both strenuous and trickier now. (Hours are 10x shorter, online form is apparently not working right, other fun stuff.) I ended up with a tank of a camera that pretty much outweighs me, and I'm going to have to try my best to get lighting right...

My head swims, but this is definitely final semester. The slam begins already and next month is both not coming fast enough and coming too fast.
Practicum is also a burning hole at the back of my mind, but I've got too much going on to focus on it atm.
(Insert comments of wisdom telling me otherwise here)

Still at it! Fight-o!

In it to win it

I had my essay writing class for the first time today, and frankly, it's a breath of fresh air in comparison to last year's second semester.
Granted I won't have any tetra-lemmas now anyway since I only have 4 classes, but still, this class I had seemed really straightforward.
Obviously yes, my weakness is at the core here: essays, but it starts out decently simple and complicates over time, with the final essay being a research essay (my achilles heel).
I've never written an essay that got more than a B+ (Which comically was from an architecture course, one that all my friends hated lol), which actually sounds pretty good, except when one realizes that the second highest besides that was a C+, and there's more of them in the D-F range than anything else.
Ergo, if there was a chart of all my essay marks, the trend of poor quality is clear.
But over time, they've improved! ...Marginally.
So this class is going to be interesting; If I do poorly right off the bat I'll likely drop it and deal with a spring class, If I do well I'll keep holding on for as long as I can, and maybe even complete the course.

I'm in it to win it!!

ps Dylans home and playing lots of South Park And The Stick Of Truth and is somewhat getting schooled by school so far and more news from THE NEWS KID someday maybe

Get Set

I'm all prepped up for the final (technically penultimate) semester! Alright, aside from packing my bag, but close.
Tomorrow Dyland comes back, the day after is school's return, I have a few things I need to sort out already, a meeting for a TV show on Thursday, and other craziness, this semester is definitely going to be nuts. (Sorry in advance SWN)

Before school starts, I'll mention what my classes look like:
My 'stream' has 2 core classes, a third class that all streams take, and I have an elective. (It's the last one, thanks critical thinking!)

I'm estimating the core classes will be the most taxing, with the gned a close second (It's essay writing extraordinaire class, and if you know anything about me, my esssay skills are trash. See: December 2012)
And the industry standards class still intense difficult but not as soul-crushing.

I also still will be figuring out my practicum and such too, lots to do! I suppose being busy isn't the worst, but if I replicate the tetralemma or fiasco of last year, it's gonna be a long semester...