Subterranean Beefworks

Going out comfortable

Oddly, it really feel like it's high-time for school to end. I don't necessarily want it to, nor do I mean that I feel terminally over-worked. Rather, it feels like I've outgrown this whole business about higher education and all that comes with it. I've been standing in a long line since freshman year; back then I didn't even know what was waiting for me at the front of it. Now I'm just a few spots from the head of the line, and I feel neither surprised, nor disappointed. It's just about time.

My translation of the movie Sonnenallee was finally finished and presented for my film class, and I have to say that it's probably the sole reason I feel prepared to be done with school. It felt very much like a senior thesis, as I was guided along continuously branching stems of research in order to fully understand the movie. But the best part of it all had to be how well the movie was received by my class. The film is padded on all sides with esoteric cultural references to East Germany, so much so that I didn't know how well things would go over, especially given my non-native translation. But as I sat in class watching the movie run on the big screen, my subtitles blinking obediently on queue under the picture, I was ecstatic to see people laugh throughout the film. I felt like the only person in the world, my face flushed red for the entire 2 hours. In the discussion next class, I was afforded still more ecstacy to see how vibrant our discussion was. I feel like I've been waiting all of college to make this kind of connection to something.

If anybody is interested in seeing/getting the movie, be in touch somehow. I'll be glad to give is as broad an audience as possible.

I also got a really cool toy recently.
Panasonic DMC FZ3

Biggest understatement of the year. This camera rocks my balls raw.

Having messed with it for the past couple days, I think I finally have some decent pictures to share. I could say so much about what it's capable of, but I don't want to bother. Just click the links below.

Macro demonstration
The start of spring, a great time for a new camera.
People are going to get pissed at me.
Items in my room.
Another macro demonstration
You could fit your head in the lense.

The pictures went through some degree of post processing in Photoshop, but as my experience with post-proc is still limited, you can bet not much was done to them. Enjoy, and expect more

Posted by Alchemae at April 28, 2005 04:01 AM