Thursday, October 23, 2008

I hate thinking of titles

Well, so much for goals.  I meant well the last time when I promised more consistent writings, I really did.  I was going to tell the tale of how my nephew Wes was born several weeks before he was actually due to emerge and how that birth coincided with a massive overhaul of my parents house and how my brother-in-law had to move to Philly shortly after the birth.  But too much time has past and the story isn't even cool anymore.

So here I sit in History 202, bored out of mind, typing in my blog.  History is fascinating subject that most teachers have learned how to suck the very life out of.  Now it's not all that bad all the time.  For instance, today we have been talking about John Locke and Rousseau, both early 19th Century philosophers.  That was fun because the whole time I was debating on whether or not to raise my hand and say, "Did you know John Locke and Rousseau are characters on Lost?"  In the end I decided not to.  That sentiment would have been lost on my professor.  He just wouldn't get how significant that is.  
















Over the past couple of weeks I have had a cool experience.  I have been working on a film that is being shot at the LDS Motion Picture Studio.  That has been a lot of fun in spite of early mornings and long days coupled with spastic shifts in weather.  The project is a very small one (it's just a 15ish minute student film) but it has been a learning experience nonetheless.  If you ever think the Hollywood-types have it easy, spend one 12 hour day on set.  I think you'll find your thinking was quite silly.


Besides that, life goes on as fantastic as usual.  I have a blast with my roommates.  Poor Scott gets the brunt of most of our pranks as you can see by the picture below with his bed on top of his desk and dresser.  Life is good, the laughs are frequent and the food is above average.  Until next time!


5 comments:

Liz Wilcken said...

Sorry you have a "Professor Binns" class. JK Rowling named him correct I guess.
~ Elizabeth Whale

Meredith said...

Thanks for finally posting. And you have no room to complain about 12-hour days shooting a film until you experience Abstract Algebra for 55 minutes, 3 times a week for an entire semester, just to have to retake the class because you didn't get ANY of it the first time. THAT is torture.

Nathan said...

Oh yeah? What about spending 3 hours straight on your feet wearing a 30 lb lead skirt, manipulating a catheter through the chambers of someone's heart while being quizzed about Fick's principle of estimated cardiac output and the ratio of pulmonary to systemic blood flow? Talk about BORING! Actually, I'm kidding. It's an absolute blast.

Meredith said...

Yeah, that's pretty bad. I've pushed out with 3 babies with no anesthesia! Top that!

Taggart said...

So Jack. It's been several years. I am spending the night browsing the blogs of you and your siblings and lovin' it! Anyway, I deduced that you are an avid Lost fan. Tom just got back from his honeymoon in Hawaiicame across the Lost set where they were actually filming. He was wearing his "darma initiative" shirt by chance so they let him on the set. I'm pretty jealous because my wife and I follow pretty religiously. Anyway. Good to finally catch up with you.