Alright, I guess I won't do a cop out of sharing why I'm in college.
So high school was pretty easy for me, I'm not gonna lie, I cheated here and there and basically bullshitted my way through most of it. I was a 'good' student- meaning I got A's and B's... but I, for the most part, didn't really deserve them. I'm not an idiot by any means, but it's just I felt studying (or memorizing) stuff for tests wasn't worth my time. So instead I sat next to the smart people. :-/ Following two perfect straight A footsteps of my two older sisters really put a lot of pressure on me, so I guess that's the biggest reason for my actions. That, and I was lazy. The only classes I really did well in was photography because we worked on the computers with photoshop and also took a video of anything we wanted and used another program to edit it. That was the only class I was actually excited for everyday, the class that made me stay extra hours after school to work on unfinished assignments, a class that made me proud of myself.
Anyways, since I didn't really do much in high school I pretty much screwed myself over for when I graduated. I had no idea what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. I applied to Milwaukee (the only place I applied to) and got in. Started out in the college of letters and science and really was kind of floundering for a while. I took an animation media workshop and really enjoyed it. Then I took basic elements of video where we worked with Final Cut Pro. Really kind of brought back that feeling of excitment towards my school work.
So last semester I talked to my advisor and switched into the Peck School of the Arts and changed my major from undecided to Inter-Arts (the DIVAS program).
I love music, animation, and video so I'm hoping to come out of college and move to San Diego where I can work on special effects for movies, animate cartoons/video games, work on commercials, or even edit music videos.
I'll admit, I am petrified to go out into the real world, but even just a year and half of being in college really has made me understand how important it is to use the time I have here effectively and to get as much out of each class as possible. So smart people, you can stop trying to cover your papers.
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Alright Anna, is this, in all honesty, in response to my post?...If so.....PLEASE give me credit....if not, I love your honesty. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to think that thought. I check your blog most days to see if you've posted, if nothing else you can most likely help me figure out how to express these non-traditional views of these films. If you're looking for my own insight....I'm in the midst of trying to give you something to comment on.
I hope that I didn't come off the wrong way... I said all that in complete jest. Totally kidding. I'm wondering if you still have my email and/or blog site seeing as how you haven't posted on my 'blog' at all. I thought that we were partners in this *sniff* *sniff*. Naw, I'm just kiddin'. But in all seriousness, it is DTribble@uwm.edu or Anvil@wi.rr.com. Otherwise my blog site is
http://7h1nk74nk.blogspot.com/
We both, for some reason got check plus', I'd like to keep it that way and maybe expand our blog partnership...
I was a little saddened that I had to pass your initial question page before we left. Otherwise I would have an insider's perspective on the initial question. So much for that.
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