“My god it’s been so long, never dreamed you’d return, and now here you are, and here I am…”

So it’s been almost 4 months since my last post. Sorry. Life is busy, but also unbelievably fantastic. Not much has changed. I still hate 2 hour english courses (took 3 last quarter, boy that was AWESOME), still love The Cliks, and still have a Bette Porter fascination that puts Nadia the Slutty TA as performed by Jessica Capshaw to shame. What’s different, what’s different, hmmm, hmmm… Oh, right. Of course.

I GOT INTO USC’S SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS.

Got the letter on February 25th, and have barely stopped smiling since. The next four months will be a blend of finishing up my bachelor’s, graduating, and moving to Los Angeles. REALLY. ALL THAT AWESOME SHIT IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ZOMG. And then, once I get to USC? I make movies. I learn every key creative position of filmmaking, and I learn by doing. Over the next three years, I will build up experience in at least one major project in each role: directing, writing, cinematography, sound, and editing. I’ll also have an abundance of projects from the one or two disciplines I choose to focus on. I’ll have genuine contacts in the industry, and I’ll have a portfolio that will be enough to get me a job doing something I love. Getting paid to do something other than sell people luggage.

Most of you who read this already know all this, but I don’t care! I have to keep talking about it to make sure it’s actually real and happening. That, and I wanted to try the WordPress app on my new iPad. My dad and stepmom got me an iPad as an early graduation/grats on getting into USC gift. They are awesome, and I can guarantee I will continue busting my butt and keep on making them proud. Especially with this spiffy new toy. I can do so much to keep organized and other studently shiz I’m not very good at, so grad school is going to be a lot less freak-out and a lot more let’s-make-movies.

My parents (both sets) are amazing, and I’m lucky to have them. This journey has been as much their victory as it is mine.

Also this app is pretty sweet!

I’ll try to post more often.

Oh, and quit smoking today. It’s been about 12 hours, and I’m not feeling too shabby.

Shiny!