Time Lapse attempt: mission complete.

November 2nd, 2014.

  One month until I'm 23. Where did this year go?! Anyhow, it's about time I made an attempt with this time lapse thing.

  Here ya go:

  I took a picture every 30 seconds. I didn't do any major editing to the photos. Of course a little photo editing is in order, but I just wanted to get it finished and see if I understood how to put it all together. 

  Unfortunately, I didn't take enough pictures for a long enough period of time, either, so that's why the time lapse is very short. It was worth the experiment, though. I finally figured out how to use Photoshop to align the photos then to put it all together in After Effects. I have a highway one to put together that I will hopefully post soon.

A real vacation this time, plus business.

November 1st, 2014

We didn't win, but this
is more than enough!

  Seattle!! I went to Seattle last weekend for the CBI convention/conference since I was a part of a crew that produced a finalist broadcast from last school year. The Bomb Threat special was really emotional for me, so I'm ecstatic that the work I put into it paid off. I directed, produced, wrote, made graphics, got some video footage... yeah. I did stuff for it, haha. We were up against some really large stations, and I'm happy that we were just a finalist among the 800 plus entries. I mean, some of these stations had twice or three times the staff than we did.

Daddy's little girl.

October 12th, 2014

Dad and I at the Cubs games
this summer.

  I think that's an understatement. I really am my Dad's favorite and little girl.
  It's been something on my mind recently, and I can say despite not always being the right "father figure" for me when seeing him as a parent, he truly does care for and love me. He puts up with my anxiety, mood swings, horrible golf skills, and many other things. I should appreciate him more for it. He's an interesting guy, to say the least.
  Not born in this country, you wouldn't know it because he came here when he was nine and had time to "Americanize" himself. He loves golf, eating, the Denver Broncos, real football (soccer), food, cherry flavored Pepsi, RC and Dr. Pepper, the Chicago Cubs, ice cream and popsicles, and his children. Did I mention he loves food and eating?!

Find myself again.

October 9, 2014
  It's October... really?! Where did this year go?! I'm just finding it hard to believe 2014 is reaching its end so soon. Surprisingly, I have gone on many adventures, and I still have a few more to embark on before the year's out.
  One thing I've been thinking about is finding oneself. We spend high school making the friends we want to call lifetime friends, striving to attend the best college to become working professionals, figuring out what hobbies want to be taken more seriously... we then have to do it all over again after obtaining a degree. Whether it's finding a job, continuing to graduate school or traveling the world while being young, the cycle starts again, maybe just for some of us.

My weekend visit to Ohio.

July 24, 2014

  You're crazy, they said. That's a waste of money and time, they said.

My favorite building
on campus.

  Do I care? No. I rented a car and hit the road at 1 am Saturday morning to Ohio and made it back home at 9:30 pm Sunday night. Do you think I'm crazy?