Now my professional career as a film writer is going much better than the one as an engineer. Awards Circuit has been such an awesome place to write for and just this year I’ve been to Sundance, South by South West, WonderCon, Comic-Con, and AFI Fest on behalf of the site, and I’ve seen over 100 films this year (which is probably a record for me). Don’t tell Clayton I said this, but he’s been an awesome person to work for. Also awesome to work for is Scott Feinberg, who is letting me be the managing editor of his site for the season. Talk about pressure! But it’s been really cool to do more editorial work and to really stretch myself as a writer.
I’d be remised to go any further in this without talking about the awesome opportunity I’ve had in working on the Demon Wolfcast. I have gotten so much from the experience whether it’s making new friends on various social networks or being able to discuss a show that I like, it’s been a unique experience. Of course, it wouldn’t have been possible without an awesome cohost like Micah, whom I would trade for the world even if he does try my life.
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I am not going to write a lot about film school because I have an entire category dedicated to it. I will say that I was very nervous about going to film school in a way I was not about going to Georgia Tech. Unlike engineering, which is very precise and easy to prove yourself in, film is a totally different ball game, with its subjectivity. Add into that my lack of real filmmaking experience, and you can see why it’d be an interesting transition. However, my time at Loyola has been nothing but great, even though I was stressed and insanely busy. I finished the year with a GPA over 3.5 for the first time since high school and though I’m melancholy I didn’t get a 4.0, I am excited to learn more.
If I then had to pick a theme for this year, it would definitely be the expanding of horizons. Personally, this year has been one of tremendous growth. As many of you know from Twitter that sometimes I just ain’t shit (and probably won’t ever be tbh), but I’ve been trying to be less of a terrible person and it’s seemed to work out a bit. I’ve also come to terms that being an independent introvert sometimes is not the best course of action and that I need to engage with others. I’ve also been working through other issues, which I won’t full go into here, but suffice to say my preferences have become more fluid than I thought they could be and that’s something I get to discover more about. At 24, I thought I’d have a solid lock on that but my life is really beginning.
So where does this leave me for the New Year? I am not particularly sure. You’ll see my New Year’s Resolutions up here on the blog tomorrow but I’m really looking forward to 2014 in a way I haven’t looked forward to a year before. Creatively, I feel so energized and I am ready to tackle the world. You could even say I’m on the road to becoming my best self (yes, I know it’s cheesy but I had to work in the title some how).
HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!