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My Generation?

It’s almost the middle of August and well into monsoon season down here. The days are hot, the aren’t nights much cooler and the locals do nothing but complain about the “humidity”. Then again, the locals always complain about the weather, so that’s not really surprising.
As summer starts to slip away ASU is back in session and Tempe is full of people. I’m busy again, spending my days working and my nights at school. Classes are going well, I’m still wasting away in a terrible audio class, but I’m really liking the new visual effects classes that I’ll have from here on out.
This is an example of one of the small assignments we’ve been working on. There is a pretty big need in production for something called a sky replacement. It’s just basically taking the sky in a shot and replacing it with a more interesting one. Production schedules can get pretty complicated and most can’t afford to wait a day just because the sky isn’t so blue or a sunset isn’t so spectacular.

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I got word early this week that an important faculty member at Collins is going to be leaving the school. He hasn’t made any announcement yet but the information is from a reliable source and it just kinda makes sense. He’s definitely the most knowledgeable instructor in the program and my education really does depend on how good his replacement is. I’m not really worried though, I’m so ready to be done with school that in some ways I just don’t care. I’ll teach myself from here on out if need be, the instructor most likely isn’t leaving town so I’d easily be able to ask him questions. Collins is kinda sketch at times, it could see it being months before there is a real replacement.

I’ve been watching a new show on HBO lately called Generation Kill. I first heard about it as being “like Band of Brothers for the Iraq war”, it’s not nearly as amazing as Band of Brothers was, but it’s definitely worth watching. I highly recommend watching it if you’ve got HBO, buying it when it hits iTunes or downloading it through uh… other sources. The characters are solid, the episode engaging and it really shows how complicated everything in war is. I think it’s been a couple of hours since I last broke a copyright law in order to promote something, so here is a clip from last week’s episode. (The language is NSFW)

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Lastly I give you further proof that John Stewart is our greatest American. (as always if you’re on Facebook atm you won’t see the video)

The Georgian conflict is a strange one and I really don’t know enough about it to pick a side. However I do know that I don’t trust our government’s judgement anymore and to me that’s a bit scary. This election coming up is an important one, there is a lot at stake. If you haven’t familiarized yourself with the candidates shame on you, it’s your job as a citizen… and a good idea even if you aren’t one.

David Hildreth