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dinner
I think for the first time, I studied on a Friday morning. :««<
Each time I’ve been studying lately, I make a bit of progress… but at a godawful pace. Is this what most people do? Or most people here in Berkeley at least? There is some fun to it in a rather masochistic kind of way, and the idea of learning something that is truly difficult… is fun. Why is it that I find out all these things right before school is about to end?
I guess it’s rather fitting that most of the things I learned in college, I’ll be learning towards the end. I’m at a stage where a lot of growth is personal, leaving the whole idea of this social learning where you with other people learn life’s most important lessons together, and bond over it. Or maybe I was just late to the party. Actually that sounds a lot more reasonable.
After reading what I just wrote, it sounds pretty bitter and hopefully that’s not what I’m conveying! There are a lot of things that could have been different, given a bit more of a mature and social outlook on life two or three years ago… but it’s all part of what makes me who I am today. I’m pretty happy today, so I can’t be too upset about the past!
anyway, I had the group sessh with my AAS film studies class today, and needless to say it was the most fun I’ve had in a while. We ended up getting Cheeseboard and a six-pack, and talked about our project and watched half of Better Luck Tomorrow. The details from our project ideas were tossed around, and we decided to focus on dinner as a focal point for our documentary. What is dinner and what is it not? It gives light to family situations without being too direct, too boring, and too fake. I mean, who doesn’t have a good dinner story? Needless to say, it would be more authentic than to shoot a fake documentary or some kind of parody, where we would probably end up making more stereotypes or basing our script off of some general ideas that have been recycled. If someone could come up with something I’d be all for it, but given the time limitations this seems like a fun way to go about it where actual insight could be found afterwards. I’d like that more anyway, to have the idea come to us as we’re filming rather than having a simple one written up and played out.
But beyond the project we seem to have formed a cohesive group of people that will hopefully all be friends even after the class is said and done. I personally find everyone in the group to be enjoyable, and we all balance each other. To talk more of each individual in a simple way would be stereotyping… because despite our chemistry I don’t think we all know that much about each other. But it definitely has potential. There were lots of times I found myself talking to someone and without noticing it, end up going in the wrong direction, or 15 feet away from the other people. Hopefully it all works out.
