Behind the scenes during the production of one of our interview pieces. And with that my friends, my first year at UCSD comes to a close… whew.

So now what? Summer time, New York, and Next New Networks. :) More on my super duper exciting summer plans coming soon!

Here’s a little lesson, folks. When your computer gives you this:

Do not hesitate to take it in to the Apple Store (because you need your laptop for homework and/or can’t bear to be without it)… or else it will eventually lead to this:

Then, when you take it in to the Apple Store, they will run some tests and come up with this:
(I really wasn’t supposed to see this, but I did, and I secretly took a picture. I really hope this doesn’t get anyone in trouble and/or fired, sorry! All in good fun.)

Anyway, my MacBook Pro is now at the store, waiting for a new logic board. It’s not like I have 2 videos to produce for class. It’s not like I have 3 papers to write. It’s not like finals are fast approaching. It’s not like MY LAPTOP IS MY LIFE or anything. Oh wait, IT IS.

Another video I made for my YouTube class. This time we used a PXL-2000, a toy camcorder made by Fisher Price in the late ’80s. Presented to you in Pixelvision, this is why I am so awkward in real life:

Featuring music from brad sucks’ source for “fixing my brain”, check him out because he’s got lots of sweet beats to move yo feets!

Remember that game Tapper? You played a bartender and you had to keep your four bar patrons happy by refilling their empty mugs each time they sent them sliding down the bar. If you were good, you got tips. If you weren’t good, the empty mugs shattered to the ground, costing you a life in the process.

Lately my life has felt very much like a very real version of Tapper. I’m constantly shuttling between school, work, studying, keeping up with the internet, and even keeping up with my personal life. All these mugs to keep constantly filled… I’m surprised there isn’t a pile of broken glass at my feet. I’m really excited for this quarter to end – only 3 more weeks, but 3 very hellish weeks.

I have so much to catch up on. Apologies to those people and tasks that might have slipped through the cracks in the last 8 weeks. MAH MUGS NEED REFILILNG!

Balance. sigh.

I’m taking a production class this quarter based around YouTube – awesome, right? One of our first assignments was to add to the “5 random facts” meme. I could not for the life of me get rid of the awful saturated color cast… in fact, I think I made it worse. And no, I’m not a paid shill for Nutella ;)

You can see some of the videos my classmates made in this YouTube group. I really like that there are only 10 students in the class, pretty cool for an undergraduate course.