Friday, October 30, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Untitled (which can actually be seen as a title)
I owe you a blog.
Do I?
I can talk about the usual.
Good and usual.
Hopefully you watched those WTWTA featurettes. Truly amazing.
I wish i could read the Book. But Grapes of Wrath needs finishing.
And it's turning out to be a pretty great read.
But I think the sad stuff has yet to come.
oh yeah.
Bon Iver
amazing a million times yes please.
please notice that the announcer in that last video matches my enthusiasm for this song/artist.
Oh.
just realized the Road is about a month away. I can/can't wait.
Finally.
I want/need a haircut.
and a new backpack/bag.
And i just saw this
robot are awesome.
especially ones that are Stable when pushed.
cool?
Do I?
I can talk about the usual.
Good and usual.
Hopefully you watched those WTWTA featurettes. Truly amazing.
I wish i could read the Book. But Grapes of Wrath needs finishing.
And it's turning out to be a pretty great read.
But I think the sad stuff has yet to come.
oh yeah.
Bon Iver
amazing a million times yes please.
please notice that the announcer in that last video matches my enthusiasm for this song/artist.
Oh.
just realized the Road is about a month away. I can/can't wait.
Finally.
I want/need a haircut.
and a new backpack/bag.
And i just saw this
robot are awesome.
especially ones that are Stable when pushed.
cool?
Friday, October 23, 2009
TGIFF
I have a habit of premature nostalgia. It started in High School and it's only gotten worse from there. It's really silly. Honestly, I feel stupid everytime, but it doesn't change a thing. When I was deciding where to go to college, I actually took this into account. "Where will I like to reminisce about all of the good times?" Definitely not USC, Rhode Island isn't for me, and UCLA is overdone. Music is one of those things that I choose on this basis too. Middle School was about catching up to everyone else, High School was all about Pop Rock, and College is all about folk. I think folk is a good choice for college.
Of course, this brings up questions about what will be tastes I choose for other important times in my life? Country music for my wedding? Rap for my firstborn child? So many choices.
I'm listening to my music library and an Amber Pacific song came on and I was reminded of Sophomore year. See how it works?
I'm going to Venice this January. I don't know if I've told you, but I'm telling you now. I'm going to be there practically the entire month. I had a meeting today with the professor who's taking all of us, and now I'm scared shitless. It's apparently going to be the least supervised group of teenagers in a foreign country ever. For instance: we are in charge of getting ourselves to Italy. All by ourselves. And no, not JUST to Italy, we have to get ourselves to the specific university in the heart of Venice all by ourselves. Maybe I'm just overreacting, but this seems to be way beyond my level of competence. And we have to go grocery shopping by ourselves. In Italy. And then on the weekends he and his wife are just going to take off and leave us kids to do whatever. He suggested we take a train up to Germany. I chuckled. He has so much faith.
I've been so freaking busy with stuff. It's gotten to that point in the semester where I just want to curl up in a ball and go to sleep and not wake up until it's all over. It wouldn't be so bad if I was taking more classes that were not just vaguely related to my major. "Acting for Non-Actors" this is aimed at you. "Screenwriting," you may want to take notes too. Twenty-twenty hindsight, I probably should have taken an Italian class.
Of course, this brings up questions about what will be tastes I choose for other important times in my life? Country music for my wedding? Rap for my firstborn child? So many choices.
I'm listening to my music library and an Amber Pacific song came on and I was reminded of Sophomore year. See how it works?
I'm going to Venice this January. I don't know if I've told you, but I'm telling you now. I'm going to be there practically the entire month. I had a meeting today with the professor who's taking all of us, and now I'm scared shitless. It's apparently going to be the least supervised group of teenagers in a foreign country ever. For instance: we are in charge of getting ourselves to Italy. All by ourselves. And no, not JUST to Italy, we have to get ourselves to the specific university in the heart of Venice all by ourselves. Maybe I'm just overreacting, but this seems to be way beyond my level of competence. And we have to go grocery shopping by ourselves. In Italy. And then on the weekends he and his wife are just going to take off and leave us kids to do whatever. He suggested we take a train up to Germany. I chuckled. He has so much faith.
I've been so freaking busy with stuff. It's gotten to that point in the semester where I just want to curl up in a ball and go to sleep and not wake up until it's all over. It wouldn't be so bad if I was taking more classes that were not just vaguely related to my major. "Acting for Non-Actors" this is aimed at you. "Screenwriting," you may want to take notes too. Twenty-twenty hindsight, I probably should have taken an Italian class.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Everybody do the Furlough!
Ok so I am officially the least active blogger now. This is my first post for October (yikes). I blame my inactive blogging on a combination of things, the major two reasons being I feel like my posts are very repetitive in info, and I am just really lazy. When I post I generally like to try do a good job and try to make it a little lengthy if possible. However, that requires work. And work requires time. And that conflicts with the laziness principle. So, you know.
So this week is my President's mandated furlough week at my school. Due to the massive budget cuts in the CSU system, teachers and faculty have to take mandatory days off. My teachers get to choose a couple days over the semester in which to take their furlough days and then the president makes a week where all the teachers have to take the week off. So every once and a while I will get a nice surprise with a teacher taking a random furlough day. So this week is a good week. I had to go to school monday, but it was not too bad. The "furlough week" is not actually the whole week. It is only tuesday through thursday. So I still have school on monday and friday this week. However, on friday I only have two classes normally. And one of my classes is taking a random furlough day in honor of furlough week. Might as well, right? So I still have one class on friday. Econ 201. A 50 minute class. But she lets us out early on fridays, so its only a 30 min class. It takes me 30 mins to get to school....and then I wait 2 hours for class...then 30 mins of class...then 30 mins to drive home........Doesn't sound worth it, huh? So with that said, I think I am ditching. GASP!!! I know, I know. That's so wrong and horrible, right?
Before entering college I thought college was laid back, grades didn't matter as much, teachers never took attendance, it was all just fun. Boy was I wrong. I've done more school work in 1.5 years of college than probably 4 years of high school. It's funny how that worked out huh? Every new school I have entered my GPA has gone up about 0.3. I guess more and more responsibility makes me a more academically oriented student. However, I never intended it to be this way. A long time ago I planned on trying to live a fun and traditional college life. That including missing a class once and a while. So with that past memory in mind in addition to all the reasons of time wasted getting to class, I justify my absenteeism for friday econ. Gotta live those old dreams every once and a while to make it all worth while. And those who object and say I should go to class, well they can all just go to hell.
:)
So this week is my President's mandated furlough week at my school. Due to the massive budget cuts in the CSU system, teachers and faculty have to take mandatory days off. My teachers get to choose a couple days over the semester in which to take their furlough days and then the president makes a week where all the teachers have to take the week off. So every once and a while I will get a nice surprise with a teacher taking a random furlough day. So this week is a good week. I had to go to school monday, but it was not too bad. The "furlough week" is not actually the whole week. It is only tuesday through thursday. So I still have school on monday and friday this week. However, on friday I only have two classes normally. And one of my classes is taking a random furlough day in honor of furlough week. Might as well, right? So I still have one class on friday. Econ 201. A 50 minute class. But she lets us out early on fridays, so its only a 30 min class. It takes me 30 mins to get to school....and then I wait 2 hours for class...then 30 mins of class...then 30 mins to drive home........Doesn't sound worth it, huh? So with that said, I think I am ditching. GASP!!! I know, I know. That's so wrong and horrible, right?
Before entering college I thought college was laid back, grades didn't matter as much, teachers never took attendance, it was all just fun. Boy was I wrong. I've done more school work in 1.5 years of college than probably 4 years of high school. It's funny how that worked out huh? Every new school I have entered my GPA has gone up about 0.3. I guess more and more responsibility makes me a more academically oriented student. However, I never intended it to be this way. A long time ago I planned on trying to live a fun and traditional college life. That including missing a class once and a while. So with that past memory in mind in addition to all the reasons of time wasted getting to class, I justify my absenteeism for friday econ. Gotta live those old dreams every once and a while to make it all worth while. And those who object and say I should go to class, well they can all just go to hell.
:)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Treasure Hunting
I've been discovering things. Chapman has tons of resources, but they aren't always that easy to access. There a hidden nooks filled with treasures, crannies loaded with priceless artifacts. And they're all for the looting, if one knows how. What am I talking about? I'm talking about the library. I suppose I knew this before, but we have music and movie library's at our school. Now, I wouldn't say that they have everything, but they do have a lot of the stuff that matters. I checked out 5 cds of Tchaikovsky, Akira Kurosawa's film "RAN," and Star Wars Episode V, and am I going to go back soon to load up on some more goodies.
In other news, I did audio on that movie set last weekend. It was pretty intense. There were about 10 people, a dolly, and camera crammed into the back of a rig truck whose walls were decorated with zombie blood. We were originally going to film at Saddleback, but our permit fell through halfway through the day and we got kicked off campus. So they came up with a script that night that took place entirely inside a truck. Fabulous.
But, I didn't get yelled at too much. I don't think I dropped the boom into frame once. So that was nice.
I've been trying to play Company of Heroes all morning, but it keeps telling me I need to update. And then it updates. And then it freezes.
...
okay, I'm going to go eat something. I have one bagel left.
In other news, I did audio on that movie set last weekend. It was pretty intense. There were about 10 people, a dolly, and camera crammed into the back of a rig truck whose walls were decorated with zombie blood. We were originally going to film at Saddleback, but our permit fell through halfway through the day and we got kicked off campus. So they came up with a script that night that took place entirely inside a truck. Fabulous.
But, I didn't get yelled at too much. I don't think I dropped the boom into frame once. So that was nice.
I've been trying to play Company of Heroes all morning, but it keeps telling me I need to update. And then it updates. And then it freezes.
...
okay, I'm going to go eat something. I have one bagel left.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
To commemorate my Farewell to Teenagerdom, I give you this post:
What do we know about teenage Michael.
Teen Mike.
He was born 10/10/2002.
That seems too long ago, but remember, I've always been the oldest.
In numbers that is.
I never ever considered myself the oldest in categories such as age perceived by appearance or action.
I always did like to think that my little brain was ripe with a few months more of knowledge and experience than my younger friends.
For me, being a teenager meant dressing the part.
That consisted of wearing name brand shoes. From my multicolored chuck taylors to my vans to my nikes.
Typical but expected.
And the hooded sweatshirts. By god. It was just such a perfect fit. Complimented of course by my Jacket Green. (which I wore yesterday). And then there were the t-shirts. From plain colored to House of Pez, they were a prized collection. I would have to say that buying new t-shirts were one of my biggest teenage expenses.(Disneyland and Heritage aren't cheap!)
Then there was my portrayal.
I felt normal. Completely absolutely normal. So normal it wasn't normal.
I was the median. If you had one end as freakish and absurd then one to perfected and predictable, I would be exactly between the two.
If I had to pick a favorite year of high school(where the teenaging gets good) it would be sophomore year.
That was the year of Enlightenment. Cinematically and Literarily.
There was Wes Anderson and his movies that any self professed movie lover could immediately clutch onto as understandings in this imperfect world.
There was Dave Eggers and his words. They were so fast and so true. It made me want to believe in the greatness of Youth.
And then there was you, Mr. J.D. Salinger. You did it. You made him. Him who we wanted to be, to know, to gaze upon, to fight, and to relate to. And don't let the non-believers call it cliche. Don't they know it's cliche to do so?
And there were friends. And there were adventures. We owned that town. We really did.
That town breed rebels like us!
Only there could you safely navigate the sewers and reach new heights. if you know what I mean.
And the entire time there was always a safeness. One you may have resented back then but look back at now and kinda smile and shake your head for.
This is getting nostalgic as hell.
But I guess that what I am eventually getting at is that I will always be a teenager.
They are probably the most fascinating literary topic so expect plenty of them in my future writings.
Just think of it as an upgrade.
Which gives me whole new opportunities
I can have my youth and wisdoms too!
And it will be a different feeling, On that Saturday. It will be something promising.
So that's that.
Just thought I would give you some finely crafted feelings towards my coming of age.
I still love Star Wars and laugh at Spongebob. I still make spaceships explode in my mind while my professors tells us that one day our earth will run out of resources.
And I'm still one of the coolest guys you know!
Teen Mike.
He was born 10/10/2002.
That seems too long ago, but remember, I've always been the oldest.
In numbers that is.
I never ever considered myself the oldest in categories such as age perceived by appearance or action.
I always did like to think that my little brain was ripe with a few months more of knowledge and experience than my younger friends.
For me, being a teenager meant dressing the part.
That consisted of wearing name brand shoes. From my multicolored chuck taylors to my vans to my nikes.
Typical but expected.
And the hooded sweatshirts. By god. It was just such a perfect fit. Complimented of course by my Jacket Green. (which I wore yesterday). And then there were the t-shirts. From plain colored to House of Pez, they were a prized collection. I would have to say that buying new t-shirts were one of my biggest teenage expenses.(Disneyland and Heritage aren't cheap!)
Then there was my portrayal.
I felt normal. Completely absolutely normal. So normal it wasn't normal.
I was the median. If you had one end as freakish and absurd then one to perfected and predictable, I would be exactly between the two.
If I had to pick a favorite year of high school(where the teenaging gets good) it would be sophomore year.
That was the year of Enlightenment. Cinematically and Literarily.
There was Wes Anderson and his movies that any self professed movie lover could immediately clutch onto as understandings in this imperfect world.
There was Dave Eggers and his words. They were so fast and so true. It made me want to believe in the greatness of Youth.
And then there was you, Mr. J.D. Salinger. You did it. You made him. Him who we wanted to be, to know, to gaze upon, to fight, and to relate to. And don't let the non-believers call it cliche. Don't they know it's cliche to do so?
And there were friends. And there were adventures. We owned that town. We really did.
That town breed rebels like us!
Only there could you safely navigate the sewers and reach new heights. if you know what I mean.
And the entire time there was always a safeness. One you may have resented back then but look back at now and kinda smile and shake your head for.
This is getting nostalgic as hell.
But I guess that what I am eventually getting at is that I will always be a teenager.
They are probably the most fascinating literary topic so expect plenty of them in my future writings.
Just think of it as an upgrade.
Which gives me whole new opportunities
I can have my youth and wisdoms too!
And it will be a different feeling, On that Saturday. It will be something promising.
So that's that.
Just thought I would give you some finely crafted feelings towards my coming of age.
I still love Star Wars and laugh at Spongebob. I still make spaceships explode in my mind while my professors tells us that one day our earth will run out of resources.
And I'm still one of the coolest guys you know!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Afterthought
You know what was a good sign that today was going to be a not so great day-
(sidenote: initially this was going to be considered a bad day but things got a little better, and technically the day isnt over yet but now im really just distracting from the original point i was trying to make)
-Not having any hot water for a shower. At first I didn't know who to blame. But then I got an email later in the day from Housing apologizing for this problem.
It was. So cold.
So add that to the fact that its Monday and HELLO you've got Me. Tired and grumpy.
If i was any of the 7 dwarves I would be a combination of Bashful and Grumpy.
I think you should go here http://www.mergerecords.com/store/store_detail.php?catalog_id=660 and Click on the No Cars Go Arcade Fire remix and listen to it.
And cry like a baby being born into a new world of fear and wonder.
Seriously.
I think Im going to play this song while my child is being birthed. And then Ill take him or her to the top of the hospital and hold him/her up to the world and shout! HEY!
then sing some sort of Lion King-esque glory song.
Glorious glorification of glory
Ok back on track.
I got this book.
its a nice collection of short stories and other good reading bits.
I got the one from 2008 for christmas but this one just jumped out at me when I saw it. A must buy.
Can you see why?
Also its funny because I told myself....I don't need another book to read right now. I have Grapes of Wrath and then the Road after that. But whats the perfect solution! Short stories.
Oh how clever I am.
I think I'm starting to develop an appreciation for this modern Alternative Folk/Art Rock genre.
Basically:
The Tallest Man on Earth and Lightning Dust
(admittedly both from the U.O. playlists, but hey who can argue with great music.)
And then the Suckers. I posted one of their songs on here before but they have a few more that are good. (not that they have any bad they only really have 5 songs out)
I suggest going to their myspaces.
HA! who knew myspace could actually be worth something in this day and age.
Seriously. its perfect for musicians.
And
happy birthday
You are very missed.
See you again 10/9/09 for my last blog of my teenage BLOGSPERIENCE
It started with AIM buddy profiles. Then livejournal. Then myspace. Then facebook. Then blog attempt 1. Then blog 2. Then blog 3(thats us!)
and on from there.
This really has been a good time to grow up in. Children of the Internets!
(sidenote: initially this was going to be considered a bad day but things got a little better, and technically the day isnt over yet but now im really just distracting from the original point i was trying to make)
-Not having any hot water for a shower. At first I didn't know who to blame. But then I got an email later in the day from Housing apologizing for this problem.
It was. So cold.
So add that to the fact that its Monday and HELLO you've got Me. Tired and grumpy.
If i was any of the 7 dwarves I would be a combination of Bashful and Grumpy.
I think you should go here http://www.mergerecords.com/store/store_detail.php?catalog_id=660 and Click on the No Cars Go Arcade Fire remix and listen to it.
And cry like a baby being born into a new world of fear and wonder.
Seriously.
I think Im going to play this song while my child is being birthed. And then Ill take him or her to the top of the hospital and hold him/her up to the world and shout! HEY!
then sing some sort of Lion King-esque glory song.
Glorious glorification of glory
Ok back on track.
I got this book.
its a nice collection of short stories and other good reading bits.
I got the one from 2008 for christmas but this one just jumped out at me when I saw it. A must buy.
Can you see why?
Also its funny because I told myself....I don't need another book to read right now. I have Grapes of Wrath and then the Road after that. But whats the perfect solution! Short stories.
Oh how clever I am.
I think I'm starting to develop an appreciation for this modern Alternative Folk/Art Rock genre.
Basically:
The Tallest Man on Earth and Lightning Dust
(admittedly both from the U.O. playlists, but hey who can argue with great music.)
And then the Suckers. I posted one of their songs on here before but they have a few more that are good. (not that they have any bad they only really have 5 songs out)
I suggest going to their myspaces.
HA! who knew myspace could actually be worth something in this day and age.
Seriously. its perfect for musicians.
And
happy birthday
You are very missed.
See you again 10/9/09 for my last blog of my teenage BLOGSPERIENCE
It started with AIM buddy profiles. Then livejournal. Then myspace. Then facebook. Then blog attempt 1. Then blog 2. Then blog 3(thats us!)
and on from there.
This really has been a good time to grow up in. Children of the Internets!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
October 3nd, 2009
Hello my compadres. How are all of you fine gentlemen and lassies today?
So school has finally sunk into my life schedule. It always takes a couple weeks. If I had to estimate, I would say five.
Of course, there's always a trade-off. I haven't been drawing, I haven't been reading, and I haven't really been showering. And, you might have guessed, I haven't been blogging. My apologies.
Everyone should go to my website
http://jamesbeckart.webs.com/
Not as if I haven't already shown you all of that art work before, but there it is again just in case.
I've been reallllyyy lazy lately. And it is well known that laziness yields more laziness so I've been trying to not be lazy.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770138
Does this guy look like me? I think he does.
Let's see. What movie am I most pumped for that's coming out before 2010? I think it would have to be fantastic mr. fox with where the wild things are in a close second. The Road is number 3. And I don't really care much for anything else.
So school has finally sunk into my life schedule. It always takes a couple weeks. If I had to estimate, I would say five.
Of course, there's always a trade-off. I haven't been drawing, I haven't been reading, and I haven't really been showering. And, you might have guessed, I haven't been blogging. My apologies.
Everyone should go to my website
http://jamesbeckart.webs.com/
Not as if I haven't already shown you all of that art work before, but there it is again just in case.
I've been reallllyyy lazy lately. And it is well known that laziness yields more laziness so I've been trying to not be lazy.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770138
Does this guy look like me? I think he does.
Let's see. What movie am I most pumped for that's coming out before 2010? I think it would have to be fantastic mr. fox with where the wild things are in a close second. The Road is number 3. And I don't really care much for anything else.
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