Hello, Spring? Are you there?

The snow is melting, the snow is melting!!! ....But it looks like it's going to rain... :( Still, all the same, yesterday I saw the first bit of grass trying to peek out from under the snow. I don't honestly want the snow to melt really fast, because I am NOT looking forward to another flood. Helping sandbag my friends' aunt and uncle's home for 10 hours only to find out their home was most likely going to go under water with the new (at that time) crest prediction... Luckily this year Fargo and Moorhead want to be ready for it and are requesting to have 1 million sandbags by St. Patrick's Day. I already know a few people who have gone to help. Even Al Franken came to help sandbag the other day.

On a lighter note, it is soooooooooo refreshing to be able to go outside with just a sweatshirt on and NO COAT!!!!! I went to the mall with no coat on Thursday and I am pretty sure it was one of the highlights of my day!

This week it's supposed to be gorgeous out as well so hopefully I can walk to class with NO COAT!!! I think it's funny how we cold weather folk can get so excited over the little things. But it's true! Speaking of, I saw a Facebook group the other day that was for Minnesotans who don their t-shirt and shorts when its 30 degrees out. I thought it was actually fairly accurate. I've seen some people already start wearing their flip flops, and I hate to admit, I contemplated it as well. But common sense finally came around and I realized how crazy of an idea that is... I mean, there is still SNOW on the ground!!!!

All in all, I am soooo ready for spring. It is welcome to come any day in my book. Until then, I will keep my spring clothes and shoes handy. That way, I am ready to bask in it's glory the moment it arrives!!!

These Winter Months

Feels like FOREVER since I wrote my last post. I tell ya, a busy schedule can make you well... busy. I just realized it has been since November!! Wow! How time really does fly by.

Well, since then, I had my portfolio review which went extremely well, and even completed my final film of the semester. I had to adapt a scene from a published work (I did a scene from the film "Hard Candy"). It was an experience I will never forget. Not only was it the largest project I ever tackled as a director, but also as an editor. 72 hours of post-production time (majority of it editing). If I wasn't working, in class, or walking to and from someplace, I was editing. In the end though, it was all worth it. The finished product I am content with and I even learned how to color correct!! That was one of the editing techniques I wanted to learn last semester, so I'm glad I could accomplish that.

Now, this semester is even more busy than the last. If I'm not at work, I'm in class, and if I am not in class, I am working on some film project or writing a script. I love it though. There isn't anything better than getting more experience!

Currently, I am working on our final film for Intermediate Filmmaking. There's a group of four of us and we are shooting on 16mm black and white negative film using the Arriflex BL camera. We begin shooting in 2 weeks, and it's very very exciting!!!