Just a Quickie

So, yeah... It's been a while. I'm not going to lie, the only reason I'm typing here now is because I'm procrastinating.

Quick catch up - I'm in film school now at USC. It's been a crazy summer filled with travels, moving, restarting school, and plenty of self doubt. But now I'm doing great. I'm all stressed out about school + work, but I have a feeling that being busy is going to be a good thing for me. Sounds strange, but I focus much better when I have major restrictions on my time, as opposed to having free time to watch tv and goof off.

I'd like to be able to make empty web promises about how I'm going to keep up with my blog this time! But let's be honest, no one really cares. I'll do it when I feel like it.

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

Although I haven’t been writing much about it, my life has been moving forward at an interesting pace. It’s strange, because while I feel like it’s moving fast at times, the truth is, most of my days are spent working from home. I read scripts and write synopses. I also troll the interwebs and read novels and occasionally write. I really wonder how long term work-from-homers do it. There’s such inertia sometimes that I find myself saying, do I really need to do a script today? That lack of caring also may be due to the fact that I’m not being paid….but we don’t talk about that.

The reason life is exciting is because my plans for the fall are shaping up. I’m going to be attending USC’s MFA program in screenwriting. Even when I type the words it doesn’t quite seem real. But it is! I’m going to be going! I’ve been spending a lot of time checking out the area and looking into housing. For a while I was talking to a really nice girl up in Oregon about living together in a 2 bedroom, but the something came along that I just couldn’t pass up. I’m going to be renting a room in a cute little three bedroom condo/apartment. The girls leasing it seem really fun and laid back, and it’s on a gated street (extra-awesome in the crime ridden area surrounding USC). I have to move in the first of June, but on some ways that will be nice – I can easily just uhaul my stuff from the bay area directly into the room without any storage time.

I’m really excited to be going to USC, although of course doubts keep popping up. I wonder if I’ll be good enough or if this will be the best place for me. But then I stop and think about it and realize that I’m going to USC for film school. It doesn’t get much cooler than that.

Film School?

I've finally heard back from film schools, and I am now faced with the prospect of actually making decisions. Dangit. The next few weeks are going to be filled with lists of pros and cons.

I was accepted to Chapman and, surprisingly, USC. Part of me is really excited about going to film school (especially USC) but another part of me isn't too sure about film school at all. The industry is sort of split down the middle in its opinion of Film school attendance.

I'm a little tired to post a ton, and I need to work on a script for my internship. Still, if anyone has any advice or feedback that could help me make this decision, I'd really appreciate it.

Lonely

Why is it that looking at facebook makes me feel more rather than less lonely?





Feeling slightly glum and under the weather. Maybe I'll just go back to bed.

What a Dork...

She forgot to explain the rules for the Meme from last post. Here they are:

- Answer the questions below.
- Type your answers into Photobucket.
- Pick a picture from the results and post it as the answer.

So I'm not as weird as you all thought. Sorry.

On a happy note, I finally organized my music. I found a ton of stuff I didn't even know existed, especially stuff from camp 2 summers ago. And now I'm going to go write something. I am! I swear!

MEME

So, I've never really done a meme before, but I just can't help myself this time. Enjoy.

1. What is your name?2. How old will you be on your next birthday?

3. What is your occupation?

4. What is your relationship status?

5. What do you want to be when you grow up?
6. What do you love most in life?
7. What do you like to do in your spare time?
8. Who is your celebrity crush?

9. Favorite animal:
10. Favorite color:

11. Favorite book:

12. Favorite type of shoe:

13. Favorite Disney character:
14. Favorite place to be:

15. Biggest annoyance:

16. Biggest fear:

17. Bad habit:

18. What is your mood right now?
Ah, the PWR of visual rhetoric. Gets me every time.

Long time no blog

Life has been super crazy for a while, but it's finally settled down into some semblance of normalcy. Basically, in the last few months I've moved shop to LA and started work in the industry. Cole's down here too, and we've basically been nomadic for the past few weeks. Some time spent in Irvine at home, some spent crashing on friend's floors in LA, and some spent at my sister's house in Claremont. For a while, I was pretty sure I wouldn't be able to live with my mom or sis since the commute would be approximately 2 hours. Turns out, though, that I got an internship that enables me to live wherever I damn want.

Which brings me to the internship. I am currently an unpaid employee (can you be an employee if you're unpaid?) at a small studio in Santa Monica. It's actually a pretty fun and laid back environment, and after an initial run around, they offered me this pretty nice job reading scripts and writing synopsis and comments. I'm technically a development intern, which means if we end up choosing a script soon, I could potentially get a credit on the film. That's right baby. A credit. On a movie. A real one.

Best part about the job is, I get to work from home a lot of the time. Since it's basically just reading scripts, I only need to go into the office once or twice a week. Pretty fantastic. No hellacious commute, which means I get to live with my sister and my sister's dogs (yippee!)

So I've painted a wall and made it my own. I'm settling in at my internship, and basically, life is pretty sweet. It'll be sweeter when I have money, but hey, nothing's perfect.

Except this comic. Which is awesome.