My name is Adam. I am an average kid attempting to excel at above-average things.
The camera doesn't lie. Fortunately, I support the truth.
I want to tell stories through the lens of a camera.
That's it.
This Thursday, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, there will be a FREEEEE Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps concert in downtown Minneapolis. The venue is the Peavey Plaza.
I'm getting a bunch of Augsburg peeps together for the show. We'll take the lightrail to the show, come back, party a bit, and maybe start a riot.
Here's some Caroline Smith goodness for you:
Here's some pictures I took of the concert at the Cedar Cultural Center (when she opened for Horse Feathers):
Right now I will just update you on the basics, and I will offer some details/pictures later.
I turned 21 I turned 21 about a month ago. Nothing feels different... I've only went to the bars twice so far (most of my friends back here at home aren't 21!!!! grrr..), but it's kind of nice to be able to order a beer at a restaurant.
I canoed 250 miles down the Mississippi River I definitely have pictures to show. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life, and I will soon tell you all about it.
I have a job as a personal assistant to a fashion designer I applied for at least 10 jobs this summer... And got none of them. Finally, my uncle introduced me to a woman he knows and BOOM! I got a job helping her out with her clothing company.
I will be an Orientation Leader for the class of 2014 I have attended a few training sessions and retreats so far this summer... Which makes me really look forward to going back to school..
That's all just the summary for now.. Like I said, I will update you all later when I have more time. :)
I will leave you with a couple pictures I took this summer:
This is a picture of a building on Cedar Avenue, just a few blocks from Augsburg.
This is a picture right near the backyard of my house.
The last three weeks of school have been the most stressful weeks of my entire academic career... I'm just glad that I survived.
So. I'm still living on campus doing ResLife stuff (because I'm a CA--Community Advisor in Mortensen Hall). Yesterday was my last day of work however; we moved mattresses around for a few hours, but now i'm done with work.
I've been mostly relaxing now, figuring out financial aid stuff, looking for jobs, etc... Last night, my roomie Eli, Jess, Claire and I watched the documentary "Trouble the Water" together. While not an excellent documentary, I think that it is a must-see. The trailer is below, so check it out.
Today's schedule:
I'm volunteering at the East African Women's Center for a few hours. We're painting the building.
Pick-up soccer game this afternoon.
Continue looking for a job.
Sell back some books.
Meet with a person on campus in order to look for some scholarships.
Go out to Pizza Luce tonight with some friends for a going away party.
If the weather is nice tonight, we will go on an adventure by Minnehaha falls or something... We'll see.
So y'all. This is my newest video made for my Doc Video class... Nothing went according to plan. I had problems with learning how to use Soundtrack Pro, cutting up my beat, writing the song, etc... By then it was Tuesday and my actors only could work on Monday, and I was running out of time... SOOOOO. Instead of doing my original idea, I called up my buddies and we snuck into the film studio and made a video at 11:30pm on Tuesday. We just wanted to have fun.
So some of you may remember that film internship I had last spring for a movie called Ana's Playground.
It was a great experience and I am very happy that I was involved.
Well now the time has finally come... The movie is being shown Tuesday night, October 27th, 7pm at the Mall of America Theater. This showing is for cast and crew only. I have already RSVPd and I will let you know how it goes.
Meanwhile, take a gander at the official trailer of the movie, Ana's Playground:
I am currently enrolled in Film Production 1, which marks the first time I have ever worked with film cameras...
It's nerve-racking.
Our Professor has said that we should probably film our first project outside... because it probably won't turn out anyway.
That's right... Film is hard. It takes a lot of planning and a lot of patience.
So me being me, I have decided to challenge myself. Yup, I am going to film my first ever film project in my dorm room...
I checked out a (brand new) light kit from the film department, experimented a couple days, and now I'm feeling (a little bit more) confident. Shooting will happen sometime within the next week, I will keep you up to date.
The reason I won't be working on it this weekend is because:
1) It's Homecoming weekend. Stuff is happening.
and
2) The Augsburg 48 Hour Film fest is also this weekend... So I will be busy with that (we will be using digital video cameras though... to make life easier/cheaper)
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