random thoughts?

so i interviewed for an internship at a company in new york city. i would like to get it, it sounds really cool. the only issue would be housing (finding a sublet). nyc is so much more expensive than when I last researched it (when I was like 13) as expected. it's kind of frightening how expensive teeny tiny studio apartments can be ($90/day, $3000/month, that sort of thing). but i haven't looked too much into it because i don't really want to think about it unless i have to. i've been kind of lucky finding housing so far, so maybe i'd get lucky there.

i got a lot of good advice at this interview. the company is basically in times square, so that would be a trip.

i applied for a post production internship at NBC Universal too. The only post production position listed was for post production with Battlestar Galactica. If I was a post intern with BSG, I'd probably lose control of my intestinal track (upper and lower).

I had a weird thing happen tonight. I looked at my recent visitors to my portfolio website and noticed a company based in Emeryville, California was looking at my site just then. About 10 minutes later, I got a call on my cell phone from turnhere.com (based in Emeryville) asking to give them a call because they have shoots coming up in Indianapolis and they'd like to talk to me about working for them. I can remember applying to them because I think Diana and I both applied at the same time, but I can't remember when that was. I thought it was bizarre getting a call out of the blue. I will probably them back tomorrow and see what's up. When I applied I had nothing going on and now I have a tight schedule, so I might not be of use to them. Oh, turnhere recruits filmmakers across the country as freelancers - there wouldn't be any moving to work for them.

This career field is so crazy sometimes. Every once in a while I want to drop everything and get a degree in accounting. But then I remember how bored I would be.

superbowl commercials

My favorites:

Fedex Pigeons! ROFL
Bridgestone screaming animals
Doritos with man in mouse suit. WIN.
Tide screaming stain - what a great concept.
Justin Timberlake. I fail, but that was funny.


Also ok:

Audi/Godfather
Thriller lizards - stupid concept, but I like dancing lizards.
Roxbury/Pepsi. Made slightly amusing by Chris Kattan cameo. Otherwise retarded.
Planters made me uneasy. WTF peanut juice on the cleavage. Gross.
Bridgestone Richard Simmons

Epic fail:

Doritos with dumb girl singer
Sales genie WTF?
Mencia..don't know what the ad was about, but he sucks.
Shaq/Vitamin Water...annoying

Also, I'm so glad the freaking patriots lost. That was an awesome game.

Spazzin out

I'm beginning to have a spaz attack about school.

I want to graduate in May 2009. No, I WILL graduate then. School is pointless and stupid and I want to leave and get a real job and make real money. I was looking at what I have left to do and getting spazzed out because it's a lot of stuff. If I take summer classes, I'll have 6-9 credit hours over the summer (including an on campus freaking class), 16 credit hours in the fall, and 17 credit hours in the spring. That's a LOT. The recommended (and minimum) amount for new media is 12. I'm doing 16 this semester and it's not bad. There are just a few things that concern me about this last year:

-The classes the last two semesters are offered at weird whatever times. Unlike in the beginning when almost all intro new media classes are offered 6-840, these are only offered maybe 3-430 twice a week, or 11-2 twice a week. This completely ruins the whole day for working or interning. So it looks like I won't be able to get any work hours in if I do all these classes, which means I'll be completely poor.
-If the classes that are offered at weird times conflict, I'm screwed because they are probably only offered in spring OR fall.
-I was looking at last year's offerings and two classes were not even listed on either semester. I hope they will add them for me, or I'll be stuck in school forever.
-I wanted to intern at at least one more place, like Road Pictures, but I doubt I'll have the time.
-17 credit hours during the last senior semester is insane considering I will also be working on my capstone. Great.

I don't want to be a 5 year student - I think 4 years is too long for this BS. I need to meet with my advisor and check to see if I really need to take all these classes, but I'm sure she'll try to tell me it's impossible to graduate in 2009. She can throw herself out the window because I'm registering for everything I possibly can.