Week 7 - Back in the Saddle

So…here we go again…

Alrighty then!!! We are back, and there is sooo much left to be done. Steven and I have finally figured out our blog schedules, so all I have left to do is figure out this “archiving” stuff. Steven told me that Nico has all of Visions history on a hard drive somewhere, so I will have to meet up with him and figure out where to go from there.

I wish I had done more schoolwork, but I found it more important to envelop myself in the incredible cinema of yesteryear. I am still amazed that so much great film has been overlooked by history. I have become a convert to classic cinema, which means that I find myself constantly disappointed with the majority of stuff out there now (I still enjoy it, but I find most of it derivative, unfortunately). Been there, talked about that, so moving on…I am enjoying my sound design class, which I have found to be the MOST interesting and challenging course this year. I have learned more in that class than all my other 18 hours combined. It is hard to learn something new in most of my classes because they are research based writing courses (for the most part), which doesn’t offer much but learning simple facts. I like the challenge of tackling a new way to approach production, new software, and discovering a hidden talent. I only wish that I had more to offer Visions. I feel limited in my capacities (I wish I could have been a part of the art department, programming, registration, development, anything that has a tangible and helpful objective) as an occasional “blogger,” which I feel is already handled by 3 amazing writers. I feel like I have been shoehorned into a throwaway position, but I guess that is neither here nor there. I don’t feel that I could have done better than anyone, but I feel that I could have contributed in other areas (I am not a social media person, and I just feel that my “job” of the occasional blog is not a proper utilization of my abilities and experiences). Sorry, but I have just felt this building up for a while.

Oh well…