The Blessings

This is the short dramatic scene I made for my Image and Sound Production class. I wrote the script and two generous and talented actor friends from high school agreed to star. It was a collabo project, I shot and edited the first half and the credits and my partner from class, Deb, did the rest.

Celebrate With Me

This week has been a good one for the weasel. I got a good grade on the mid-term I was nervous about and this morning I got into all the classes I wanted for next semester. Hell Yeah. Never thought I would celebrate about taking copy editing but that's what old age will do to you. Can't wait to become a grammar nerd! I intend to celebrate my triumph today by doing my homework, walking the dog, doing the dishes, cleaning my room, and other activities I find rewarding (OLD). I invite you to do the same.

Solid as Barack!

Rasta in the Quad

I love Andy Samberg, he is truly the voice of our generation.

Dog Snores

The giant beast snores so loud I often think he is suffocating in his sleep. But no, he just sounds like a very old man.

Elusive Patience

Registration for classes is going on this week and I got up early to beat the rush only to discover that I can't sign up until 1pm tomorrow. As a first year, my pool gets last choice. Of course they sent me many emails with date and time information on it, but I was confused after talking to the head of my department, so I got up early for no reason. Boo. Everyone is jockeying for the same classes so it feels like the pressure is on. I am trying to remember to breathe and surrender and all that good stuff, but it's hard.

Also, I have decided that I really want to work as an intern at the Ptown Fine Arts Center this summer but they don't start accepting applications until December. To quote the Princess Bride, "I hate wait."

Back in the Saddle

Yesterday I spent four hours editing the short dramatic scene I shot last weekend. It's not done yet, but I had fun cutting it and am confident that I can finish it by class on Tuesday. It's nice to know that after six years away from the editing suite, I haven't lost my magic Avid touch. Look for the finished product up here later this week. Once I turn that bad boy in, my mid-terms will be officially over--hurray!

In other news, I got to talk to my beloved former housemate, Foolie McFoolerton, today. It was a rare treat. There is a possibility that fair Foolie will be coming east this winter in time to celebrate New Years and the 31st bday of the weasel. Oh, I can barely stand to think of how much fun we will have!

Last night I slept for 10.5 hours which felt just right. Since moving, my body now requires about two more hours of sleep than it used to in California. Hopefully this condition will not be permanent, although I kind of like the idea of hibernating for the winter.

Tonight I am having family dinner with my mom, bros and bff Torrance. Tory was a regular fixture in my house during high school, but she hasn't seen my bros in a decade. I expect a joyous reunion with much good natured Campagna-style ribbing. My mom is making my brother's favorite dinner: roast beef, mashed potatoes and broccoli cheese casserole. Tory and I will have boca burgers, it's gonna be totally awesome.

The Problem Has Been Identified

Moveon.org sent this to me. I thought it was footage from Saturday, but it's still pretty funny.

HELP!

I have a mid-term due this evening and my mom is distracting me. Men came this morning with a big loud vacuum to clean out our vents and she gave them cranberry bread, which was very cute and made them happy. But now she won't stop talking to me. When I was younger, I used to have to ask my dad to turn down Bruce Springsteen so I could concentrate on my math homework. It's truly a mystery why I never learned good study habits until I left for college.

The Talk

New Hampshire's Heart is a Battleground

Torrance and I drove to Nashua, N.H. today with two random Moveon.org white dudes that signed up to be in my carpool. We split a neighborhood with the dudes and somehow got every mean person on the list. After telling Tory that white women were probably in the best position to convince people about Obama, we were thoroughly abused. We got kicked off property several times and I can't get the image out of my head of the beady eyed man who slammed his door in our faces after shouting "I wouldn't vote for that guy if you held a gun to my head!" And I was even wearing a Red Sox t-shirt. It actually got so bad that we quit early and the dudes found us hiding in the woods drinking a beer out of a paper bag.

Did I mention that I have midterms this week? Sigh. On the upside, I got to stand next to Matt Kennedy while he gave us a schpiel and we avoided Kerry's speech. Woohoo.

Just Crazy Enough

Today I got good news that the temp therapist I've been seeing at school is going to be my full time therapist--yay. They don't usually see students on a weekly basis for extended periods of time but are making an exception for me. Being gay and crazy has finally paid off! Free therapy? Yes We Can.

Also, Torrance and I are driving to New Hampshire this weekend to knock on doors for Obama, should be amazing. I'm trying to get my little brother Matty to come too...

The Great Schlep

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Rock the vote!

work it out

I applied for a job at Barnes and Nobles in Chestnut Hill today because I simply can not stomach the idea of working in an office for a really long time. For some reason I feel excited by this move, more updates to come...

Goodbye to All That

I returned to NYC for the first time in over a year to attend a baby shower or as we lesbos like to call it a "blessing of the belly." It was so good to see old friends, walk the tree-lined streets of Brooklyn, and eat in favorite vegetarian restaurants.

I haven't been updating my blog as frequently as I like to and this weekend I was reminded of what a great way it is for me to keep in touch with people. In an effort to prioritize how I spend my goof off time, I deleated my facebook and myspace accounts. When I'm not doing school work, I want to be reading about my friend's lives and sharing a few thoughts of my own. So if you mss me, email me or just read the blog. Hopefully, it will be more happening.

I Made This

Just So You Know

I have been neglecting my blog but not my writing. In the short time I have been in school, I have written: two short stories, one dramatic scene, and a bunch of papers.

The papers I won't bore you with, except to say that after we explored how Chekhov was Chekhovian, I learned about how Raymond Carver was Chekhovian. That was capped off nicely when I had to write about the ways Carver is and isn't Carverian this past weekend. How's that for a hot Friday night?

If you want to read my stories, email me and I'll send them your way!