Mar Talk
SO... I REALLY want a free weekend. One where I'm not panicking about something or other.
I've 2.5 hours before I'm off being busy again.
A summation of my life: Why do I do this to myself?
So Friday .. was totally set to work on my film starting at 5PM.. at 5:15PM my leading actress tells me the Lacrosse team wants to move the shoot to Sunday at 8PM. I'm at their whim because they're helping me, so I say "Yeah! Sure, whatever works for you guys!" and reschedule my weekend accordingly.
Bro picks me up, few hours of aimless wandering in Irvine. There's this new Japanese discount store. Everything's a buck-fifty or less. I got myself a clicker counter. I've always been too lazy to use one during archery, and I know there's probably an app for it.. but I can't help but feel that I've become too tech reliant as of late.
Car ride home, discussed what we want to do for the film contest. Turns out bro hasn't thought about it at all over the last week. But it's okay.. I just threw my own ideas at him and ran with that for now.
Got home, hung out with mom and bro a bit. Mostly mom questioning me about what I want to do this summer and what exactly that thing I'm doing in the fall is.
How can I indirectly answer this without letting loose that I want to be a filmmaker??
oh, and she went on a rant about how other parents talk about how useless film is.
... this gets harder every year.
I know my mom's not stupid. She's rather perceptive and I'm well aware of it. I'd guess that with how often I've been seen making films over the last year, she'd know that I'm probably not going to be an accountant.
Friday went along awkwardly as such.
Then mom declared that both Mathew and I needed haircuts.
Saturday:
I spent the beginning trying to figure out a keygen for a certain stop motion and time lapse program. I already spent a ludicrous amount of money on a camera, and got final cut pro last year.. awesome as it may be, I'm not spending that much money on a single program. In the end, I realized I was wasting too much time on it and just used the included EOS software on my camera to set up my computer as a remote for my camera. Then I did a 5 second interval time lapse of making a paper craft project with bro dude. Then origami dinosaurs.
Now I need to figure out how to represent business in paper form.
anywho, I've got several hundred pictures to sort through now -.-
Mom came home, I packed up my things safely, then we went off to go get a haircut.
Spent like four and a half hours waiting, but I don't really mind. It's kind of like catching up with an old family friend, with lots of Thai talking that I can't always reply to very easily.
Then got some dinner with mom. Talked about my upcoming graduation. Much of the family is looking forward to coming to America to visit for it.
... this is going to be so awkward..
kind of like "Uhh Hi everyone! America's got this funny little thing called a double major and.."
SUNDAY:
was totally prepared to head back to Irvine early to work on my film..
only to get a message that asked the filming to be moved to Monday .. really guys?? Well fine.. I'll make do with this.
so I did some more camera work and sorting. I often make a mess of the living room when I film things, so I cleaned that up. I really need to figure out how to use the EOS software better. I'm hoping there's enough space on my memory card so that I don't have to clear it.. actually, I'm probably better off doing so.
Had a brief Mother's day moment with mom.
Returned to Irvine. Got my groceries from Target.. my current cereal is Fruity Pebbles.. it's the most colorful cereal I've had in YEARS. I feel like a little kid again.
Not like I don't always feel like a little kid.
Returned to my hall. Figured my roommate was in, so I just went about my day as usual (mostly outside to avoid disturbing any sleep). Then I made a bunch of noise trying to put things away and turned over to see if I woke her up.. only to realize I was in an empty room.
I laughed at myself for that one.
MONDAY:
Went to econ in the morning.. I don't like how the professor just blames us for being stupid instead of taking into account that if you explain something to fifty people three times, and they still don't get it, you're probably explaining it wrong.
Frenzy of Japanese homework and studying.
Test in class today.
Found another actor to replace the one who couldn't make it tonight. IT BETTER NOT GET RESCHEDULED AGAIN. KNOCK ON WOOD.
I tried to get up from my chair to see who was knocking and pivoted on my bad ankle.. the pain is still there. I suppose I'm permanently ruining the ligaments within that ankle by not letting it heal up for more that two weeks.. but it's almost back to full usage. Just occasional spurts of cringing pain when I move stupidly.
I'm gonna go make some dinner now.. maybe ramen, maybe a sandwich, maybe pasta. I'm not sure which I'd rather have right now. Probably pasta.
Then filming starts at 7:30.
oh, and I've got to check on the space left in my 32gb card. Since I've only got one and all..
Zot!
-Mar Out
I've 2.5 hours before I'm off being busy again.
A summation of my life: Why do I do this to myself?
So Friday .. was totally set to work on my film starting at 5PM.. at 5:15PM my leading actress tells me the Lacrosse team wants to move the shoot to Sunday at 8PM. I'm at their whim because they're helping me, so I say "Yeah! Sure, whatever works for you guys!" and reschedule my weekend accordingly.
Bro picks me up, few hours of aimless wandering in Irvine. There's this new Japanese discount store. Everything's a buck-fifty or less. I got myself a clicker counter. I've always been too lazy to use one during archery, and I know there's probably an app for it.. but I can't help but feel that I've become too tech reliant as of late.
Car ride home, discussed what we want to do for the film contest. Turns out bro hasn't thought about it at all over the last week. But it's okay.. I just threw my own ideas at him and ran with that for now.
Got home, hung out with mom and bro a bit. Mostly mom questioning me about what I want to do this summer and what exactly that thing I'm doing in the fall is.
How can I indirectly answer this without letting loose that I want to be a filmmaker??
oh, and she went on a rant about how other parents talk about how useless film is.
... this gets harder every year.
I know my mom's not stupid. She's rather perceptive and I'm well aware of it. I'd guess that with how often I've been seen making films over the last year, she'd know that I'm probably not going to be an accountant.
Friday went along awkwardly as such.
Then mom declared that both Mathew and I needed haircuts.
Saturday:
I spent the beginning trying to figure out a keygen for a certain stop motion and time lapse program. I already spent a ludicrous amount of money on a camera, and got final cut pro last year.. awesome as it may be, I'm not spending that much money on a single program. In the end, I realized I was wasting too much time on it and just used the included EOS software on my camera to set up my computer as a remote for my camera. Then I did a 5 second interval time lapse of making a paper craft project with bro dude. Then origami dinosaurs.
Now I need to figure out how to represent business in paper form.
anywho, I've got several hundred pictures to sort through now -.-
Mom came home, I packed up my things safely, then we went off to go get a haircut.
Spent like four and a half hours waiting, but I don't really mind. It's kind of like catching up with an old family friend, with lots of Thai talking that I can't always reply to very easily.
Then got some dinner with mom. Talked about my upcoming graduation. Much of the family is looking forward to coming to America to visit for it.
... this is going to be so awkward..
kind of like "Uhh Hi everyone! America's got this funny little thing called a double major and.."
SUNDAY:
was totally prepared to head back to Irvine early to work on my film..
only to get a message that asked the filming to be moved to Monday .. really guys?? Well fine.. I'll make do with this.
so I did some more camera work and sorting. I often make a mess of the living room when I film things, so I cleaned that up. I really need to figure out how to use the EOS software better. I'm hoping there's enough space on my memory card so that I don't have to clear it.. actually, I'm probably better off doing so.
Had a brief Mother's day moment with mom.
Returned to Irvine. Got my groceries from Target.. my current cereal is Fruity Pebbles.. it's the most colorful cereal I've had in YEARS. I feel like a little kid again.
Not like I don't always feel like a little kid.
Returned to my hall. Figured my roommate was in, so I just went about my day as usual (mostly outside to avoid disturbing any sleep). Then I made a bunch of noise trying to put things away and turned over to see if I woke her up.. only to realize I was in an empty room.
I laughed at myself for that one.
MONDAY:
Went to econ in the morning.. I don't like how the professor just blames us for being stupid instead of taking into account that if you explain something to fifty people three times, and they still don't get it, you're probably explaining it wrong.
Frenzy of Japanese homework and studying.
Test in class today.
Found another actor to replace the one who couldn't make it tonight. IT BETTER NOT GET RESCHEDULED AGAIN. KNOCK ON WOOD.
I tried to get up from my chair to see who was knocking and pivoted on my bad ankle.. the pain is still there. I suppose I'm permanently ruining the ligaments within that ankle by not letting it heal up for more that two weeks.. but it's almost back to full usage. Just occasional spurts of cringing pain when I move stupidly.
I'm gonna go make some dinner now.. maybe ramen, maybe a sandwich, maybe pasta. I'm not sure which I'd rather have right now. Probably pasta.
Then filming starts at 7:30.
oh, and I've got to check on the space left in my 32gb card. Since I've only got one and all..
Zot!
-Mar Out