Maturity?

Its been two years since I graduated from high school. Which means its been two years since someone has called me immature. This concept of maturity has always confused me a little bit. So I did some research. Dictionary.com defines maturity as follows: full development; perfected condition.

Recently, I was told that I acted more mature ever since I started college and to be honest, I was kind of offended. To me, "maturity" isn't about the jokes you laugh at or what you spend your time doing. It is about how you treat people and how you handle certain situations. I try my best not to judge people and just accept them for who they are. Am I less mature than Guy A because I look at video game magazines while he's looking at car magazines? No. I just have different interests. What about if I wear headbands and toe shoes while Guy A is wearing American Eagle or Hollister? No. He is just more comfortable in those clothes. And I'm mature enough to accept that.

Random story: Today is Father's Day, so my family woke up early so we could all go out and eat a nice breakfast before church. Of course we let dad choose where we would go. His choice: Meijer. We bought half a dozen donuts and some milk then we just popped a squat in a sitting area near the entrance of the store. Classy.

New Purpose Blog

Since I'm no longer using this blog for Media Scriptwriting, I've decided to use it to help organize my thoughts and visualize my ideas. So this blog will be here for my benefit. Not for entertainment. In fact, I expect to be the sole reader of the Blah Blah Blog.

Random story: I decided eat lunch at home in order to save money instead of going to Burger King with a friend. Upon arriving at him I sat in front of my computer, proud of myself for conserving my money (I've been spending a lot of money lately. On things that I don't really need, like a 21 inch HD computer monitor.) I know I can be using my money for something more worthwhile and I'm reminded of this everytime the offering plate comes around at church. Back to the story, I opened my email and was almost blinded by the shiny new message from Amazon nestled within my inbox. It read: Amazon.com HUGE DVD SALE. Needless to say I clicked the link.
So instead of spending about 6 bucks at BK, I ended up spending $30 on DVDs and an old House of Heroes CD....The End. (I also bought the Iron Giant, directed by the great Brad Bird!)

On the topic of spending money and House of Heroes, I bought their House of Heroes Meets the Beatles EP. I've listened to it nonstop since I got it. It's only 3 songs which is disappointing. But I recommend any fan of HoH, the Beatles, or...music in general to check it out. The songs they cover are "Can't Buy Me Love", "It Won't Be Long", and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."

Quantity over quality

That is what I need to remember when I write. I need to write down everything that goes through my mind. Even if I think it is totally ridiculous because I can just throw it out later. I used to think like that. Any idea that crossed my mind, I would write it down. I got away from that practice and started editing my ideas as I went along. And I think my writing has suffered as a result. So lately I've been trying the opposite. If I get an idea for a new script, I don't think about whether its a good idea or not. I just write it down and decide later.

Writing for the Masses

I've chosen to write a mock-mentary for my final project in Media Scriptwriting. It will be about life in my dorm room. This brings about the challenge of writing jokes and stories that almost anyone can relate to. I'm tempted to just write things that my friends and myself find humorous. That does not make a good script. I must learn to put away on biases and focus on entertain more than just my roommates.

Its been awhile

I haven't written in awhile, been real busy. One of the things that has been taking up a majority of my time is Studio Production. We are creating a sitcom from scratch and will be premiering it at the end of the semester. And I just have to give a shout-out to our writers. They have done an amazing job. I think few people realize how hard that type of writing is. I've tried to write my own stuff...short films and webisode ideas, but it is very difficult. Studio Production, as well as Media Scriptwriting, has really made me appreciate the scripts that are out there. And I'm thankful that God created us in his image so that we may create as well. 

For people who are in both of my Studio Production and Media Scriptwriting, I found this website that is full of helpful tips for anything related to filmmaking. Enjoy!

http://filmmakeriq.com/

Blogging...Take Two

Greetings and welcome back to the blog. Its been awhile since I've posted because A) blogger.com doesn't like to load when I use Firefox. and B) I've just been putting it off. But putting it off has made me think...there is nothing that I don't procrastinate on. For as long as I can remember I've always put off writing assignments. Doing so has worked out pretty well...unfortunately. This has caused me to completely rely on this bad habit. I've tricked myself into thinking that I do my best work during the final stretch. This is a habit I must try to break this semester. I've already begun by starting my assignment for Tuesday. By "begun" I mean I've written 2 sentences........baby steps.

My First Blog Post...ever

Welcome to the Blah Blah Blog. This is my blog for Media Scriptwriting. I don't really know what to write about. So, I guess I'll just talk about nothing. As far as writing goes, along with this class, I am also enrolled in Principles of Script Analysis. So between the two classes I have my work cut out for me.