Hello everyone!!!
Time has certainly gotten away from me this semester!! It’s taken me a while to get a concrete weekly schedule and now that it is complete, I can share it with you. My goal for this semester was to get my first internship, just to get the “first” over with. I was lucky enough to land an internship at The Gotham Group. The Gotham Group is a management and production company that has produced a number of films including The Spiderwick Chronicles, Starsky and Hutch, Chicken Little, and Papa Hemmingway (in production now!). Apart from the basic office duties such as filing, copying, stapling, binding, and all that fun stuff, I read scripts and write coverage. I can also read other scripts for fun!! So far, so good. But I’ve never known filing to be so brutal!! I walk out of there with three or four paper cuts on various fingers. It’s ok, you can laugh.
I was really excited for my classes this semester because all of them sparked some interest in me. I’m currently taking modern philosophy and the meaning of life, the history of the news, improvisation and theater games, neuroscience, and plays and the question of performance. I expected philosophy to be a lot like theory of knowledge, but I was entirely wrong. We are studying different philosophers (some that are not so modern) and that pretty much covers that course. At the moment, we have not found the meaning of life. But once I do, I will let you know immediately! The history of the news is interesting because I’ve noticed that a lot hasn’t really changed from the beginning of time except for content; people have always had a crave for learning about other people or events (which could be one reason why you’re reading this now haha). My improv class has been sworn to be a life-changing class. After every class, I walk out with extreme amounts of energy, sometimes a little too much energy. Not allowing other people to govern your thoughts about the world is really a life-enhancing experience, although, these flashes of confidence last only for the night. You may be wondering why I decided to take a neuroscience class. I figured well, I don’t want to be the dumb girlfriend, since as many of you may know, Jonathan is a neuroscience major. Let’s just say your brain may be safer in his hands…Last but certainly not least is my arts and letters. It’s nice that I’ve already read 3 of the plays and been in one!! And this one was the favorite, Noises Off! We haven’t gotten to that section of the course but its soon to come…oh the memories!
Now that you are enlightened on my classes, you may want to know what else I’ve been up to this semester. Like last semester, I’m volunteering at ATVN and TrojanVision. At ATVN, I still hold the same position, assignment desk. I didn’t have enough time in my schedule to be a writer/shooter/editor, but my time will come. However, at “CU@USC”, I moved up a notch to be a senior producer! The difference is that I get to run the show! I decided, along with my partner, which aspects we want the interview to cover. I’ve had a lot of fun so far so hopefully our luck continues!
Back in January, I turned 19! I had my birthday party at the Geisha House, a restaurant in Hollywood. It was the most successful party I’ve ever thrown and I had the time of my life! That night, my two worlds mixed for the first time! Friends from Walnut came over and met all of my new friends at USC.
This week is my sorority’s charity for the Ronald McDonald House. We call it Row Cup. It’s a soccer tournament among the fraternities. So this week I will be far busier than normal. I hope the beginning of the year has treated you well and I promise I’ll keep you updated more often!
