whether I should take the time to cover it all, mainly because I have ap exams to study for. I should probably cover the best news though, which is, I GOT INTO UVA! I'm officially a cavalier and looking back, I'm still shocked at how worried I was about getting in. I remember the nights where I would lay wide awake, wondering where I would be in 5 years. It's funny because I didn't shout or scream when I got my acceptance letter, I took it in kinda passively. The acceptance was a lot more casual then I expected. I guess because UVA is such a competative school, I imagined confetti would burst out of the envelope or fireworks or something hahaI've also gotten acquianted with a lot more people this year. I've made a lot of new friends with underclassmen. In particular, I spent my spring break hanging out with a bunch of junior guys who collaborativ
ely call themselves Teck Fresh. They call themselves that because they are tecktonik dancers who performed at "Woodson's Got Talent" show. After noticing them and knowing two of their members, I got to know each of them. Surprisingly, I was already acquainted with one of the members because he is a family friend (whom I didn't really take the time to notice). I've had a lot of fun with these guys and they all had an interest in filming which definately drew me towards them. Together, we established Teck Fresh Productions. We've done so many things together like run and dance around DC while making a music video. And although we started off making silly vids, they are the ones that allowed me to get more serious with my filming. Their participation allowed me to create serious shorts and dramas that I always wanted to make. These guys mean a lot and I'm gonna miss em when I go off to college.
I also saw Waking Life last weekend. I know this is kinda random but I feel like I should post this so that I don't forget about this film. It was VERY BORING, but nonetheless it was mentally and visually stimulating. I love the style that it was animated and filmed. It's pretty much a very intellectual and artistic film about a boy who falls into a lucid dream where he meets a lot of different people who talk about existentialism, post-modernism, and many other philosophies. The whole film is pretty much dialogue, with no action but the things they talk about were really deep. I respected that film andI felt that my life was sort of awakened by it. I've gotten into researching existentialism lately and I know that I am no where close to comprehending it but its so interesting to me...Well I should go back to studying. A lot of exciting stuff is supposed to happen in the next month. AP Exams, Prom, Graduation. There is a lot going on in the closing moments of my childhood. It really hit me a couple weeks ago when I thought "Wow, I'm graduating. I'm going to leave and be an adult." It's kinda scary, but in a good way. I guess its so scary its exciting haha
