t-minus thirty days until lift off
so i've got a month left till i'm out of here. mid april i'll be back in richmond for the weekend but it won't be until the 30th until i'm down for good. assuming our schedule at work stays the same i'll be working the night of the 30th but i plan on getting up around 2 to drive up to richmond may 1st.
i'm gonna work out alot more this summer. i won't be working as much and i'll be working during the day so my sleep schedule won't be backwards of everyone else's. i can't really work out down here at night because of the noise factor. even though everyone's made it apparent that they don't care how much noise they make during the day when i'm trying to sleep i still try to keep it down at night. my weight has been down this past week. i usually weigh in around 215 but i actually got down to 200 for a couple of days. i'm sure that will go up soon because there is a crap load of easter candy and no healthy food in this place. seriously, this is the only place i've seen where the fridge can be packed full of food but none of it's meal worthy. its all condiments and stuff like pickles or butter, stuff you just can't pull out and eat. occasionally my aunt will chop up a whole head of lettuce and put it in a plastic bag for salads but it turns brown after a day or two. apparently down here moderation is not a word. when my aunt decides to cook its usually way more than everyone can eat. we were having spaghetti one night and she had cooked up one pot of pasta, plenty for 5 people, but then she grabbed another handful of pasta and cooked it only to have a giant plastic bag full left over. i asked her why she did this once and she said that she'd rather have some left over for another meal then to not have enough. the only problem with that is they never eat the same thing in one week. this leads to the fridge being full of old (usually spoiled) food. i also think its shitty that my uncle never cooks. if my aunt is out of the house or dosen't feel like cooking he'll either take everyone out to eat or just make himself a sandwich and tell everyone else to make their own food.
i have alot of problems with life down here but i don't think livejournal can handle an entry that long so i'll just talk about something else.
i still haven't heard anything from ncsa. i called and they said that my application was still pending and i should hear something around the beginning of april. i don't have a strong feeling one way or the other as to if i will get accepted. i hope i do but if i don't thats ok to. the way i look at it it's kind of like the first rocky movie. even if i don't make it i've still grown alot and become a better person so i'll still win regardless of the outcome. should i not make it i might sign up for some classes at john tyler just so i can stay on my parents health insurance while i work. there are plenty of people that have made it in the film industry that don't have a college degree. even though i want to go to college i'm not going to give up on my dream should i not get accepted. if external forces don't want me to attend ncsa i'm going to work on a script or two, hopefully with keen's help, and shoot some short films just to have something to show for myself. without sounding too cocky i think i have a talent when it comes to that. i catch myself creating little scenes in my head of things i do all the time. tonight i walked upstairs to get a glass of milk and i played out the whole thing as if it were a movie. i knew exactly where i wanted the camera, when to change angles, how to transition, everything.
"what the hell am i supposed to do with all my good ideas? put them in a bucket and wash myself with them, cause thats what soap is for louis."
the only thing i need to work on is my writing. i think its much more impressive when someone writes and directs their material. while i can come up with ideas i sometimes have a hard time flushing them out on a page. its too bad i never got to take a creative writing course in my years of schooling.
movies i'm looking foreward to seeing in the near future:
-batman beyond
-sin city
-star wars: revenge of the sith
i'm gonna work out alot more this summer. i won't be working as much and i'll be working during the day so my sleep schedule won't be backwards of everyone else's. i can't really work out down here at night because of the noise factor. even though everyone's made it apparent that they don't care how much noise they make during the day when i'm trying to sleep i still try to keep it down at night. my weight has been down this past week. i usually weigh in around 215 but i actually got down to 200 for a couple of days. i'm sure that will go up soon because there is a crap load of easter candy and no healthy food in this place. seriously, this is the only place i've seen where the fridge can be packed full of food but none of it's meal worthy. its all condiments and stuff like pickles or butter, stuff you just can't pull out and eat. occasionally my aunt will chop up a whole head of lettuce and put it in a plastic bag for salads but it turns brown after a day or two. apparently down here moderation is not a word. when my aunt decides to cook its usually way more than everyone can eat. we were having spaghetti one night and she had cooked up one pot of pasta, plenty for 5 people, but then she grabbed another handful of pasta and cooked it only to have a giant plastic bag full left over. i asked her why she did this once and she said that she'd rather have some left over for another meal then to not have enough. the only problem with that is they never eat the same thing in one week. this leads to the fridge being full of old (usually spoiled) food. i also think its shitty that my uncle never cooks. if my aunt is out of the house or dosen't feel like cooking he'll either take everyone out to eat or just make himself a sandwich and tell everyone else to make their own food.
i have alot of problems with life down here but i don't think livejournal can handle an entry that long so i'll just talk about something else.
i still haven't heard anything from ncsa. i called and they said that my application was still pending and i should hear something around the beginning of april. i don't have a strong feeling one way or the other as to if i will get accepted. i hope i do but if i don't thats ok to. the way i look at it it's kind of like the first rocky movie. even if i don't make it i've still grown alot and become a better person so i'll still win regardless of the outcome. should i not make it i might sign up for some classes at john tyler just so i can stay on my parents health insurance while i work. there are plenty of people that have made it in the film industry that don't have a college degree. even though i want to go to college i'm not going to give up on my dream should i not get accepted. if external forces don't want me to attend ncsa i'm going to work on a script or two, hopefully with keen's help, and shoot some short films just to have something to show for myself. without sounding too cocky i think i have a talent when it comes to that. i catch myself creating little scenes in my head of things i do all the time. tonight i walked upstairs to get a glass of milk and i played out the whole thing as if it were a movie. i knew exactly where i wanted the camera, when to change angles, how to transition, everything.
"what the hell am i supposed to do with all my good ideas? put them in a bucket and wash myself with them, cause thats what soap is for louis."
the only thing i need to work on is my writing. i think its much more impressive when someone writes and directs their material. while i can come up with ideas i sometimes have a hard time flushing them out on a page. its too bad i never got to take a creative writing course in my years of schooling.
movies i'm looking foreward to seeing in the near future:
-batman beyond
-sin city
-star wars: revenge of the sith