Here I am, sitting in front of yet another computer, cracking my brain to try make this an interesting post. I've quite a lot to write (or in this case, type) about, but I can't decide how to start, how to fill in the middle, or how to end. Hahaha. I think I've lost a lot of my wit and writing (typing) ability over the past year. Not that I had much to begin with anyway.

So. Past week has been somewhat mild to pretty damn good up till now. The week started slowly, as Mondays always do, with class and class and more class. I watched a movie on suicide, recommended by Ashlea, and it really depressed me. She thought it'd help by inspiring me to proceed with my short film idea, and in a way it did. But it really depressed me as well., more because it was about this nice girl who killed herself, not because I somewhat felt related to the movie. Movie is called "2:37". Watch it, it might be of some kind of help.

We watched an interesting documentary on Wednesday, it was titled "Choice Funerals" I believe. The first part of it was so sad, as it was about the death of a baby, and how the parents decided to carry out the funeral. The combination of the videos, images and music was enough to make me tear. Quite a lot too. Hahahah. Thank god the lights were switched off.

And I've been reading quite a lot of story books, mostly to do with murders and crime. Went through five books already, in the space of a month, which I guess isn't too slow.

So by now you must be wondering to yourselves, "What the hell, this kid's obsessed with death." In a way, I am. I've this somewhat morbid fascination with death, how people die, and whatever else. It's kinda creepy at times, but hey, it floats my boat, my imagination really gets fuelled by it, and I think I work better after a good movie or story.


Speaking of work, I've got two assignments due pretty soon, one due on Monday. It's a video editing assignment, so it should be right up my alley, right? Well, in a way, it is. I managed to cut it up and piece it together pretty quickly. The only factor that's holding me back is the laggy playback. I don't know if it is the fault of Adobe Premier Pro (Which sucks, horrendously) or if the computer is not powerful enough. That, and the frequent crashes keep getting on my nerves.



How the hell am I supposed to work with sub-par equipment? But, fortunately, my patience lasted, and I finished it. Took two non-consecutive days, but I'm happy with the result. I just hope my lecturer is too. And the song I chose to use for this assignment is "The Way We Get By", so that explains the title of the post, kan?

The other assignment? I'll write more about it when I'm nearly or completely finished. I don't want to think about it much. It requires hours in front of the computer, creativity and brainpower. All of which needs me to be in the mood to do, so yeah. When I'm done. Ahhh!