My household has recently purchased 2 beta fish. Their names reflect my family's love for the irish film Waking Ned Divine. One fish is named Ned Divine and the other is named Michael O'Sullivan. The tradition of our fish having both first and last names began with the fish Richard Parker, may he rest in peace. We put them in two separate bowls, but they're right next to each other so they have someone to stare at all day. I think they'd probably eat each other if they were in the same bowl. There've been a lot of animals around lately. My mom started putting food out for a stray neighborhood cat and now when I come home to visit, 5 or 6 cats congregate by our front door, begging for food.
My semester is winding down, thank god. I am so burned out at this point, winter break can't get here fast enough. I finished my grammy ad design, which is a huge load off. The presentation is coming up on December 1st, but before that is Thanksgiving break. I've never really enjoyed thanksgiving except for the time off of school. I don't eat turkey and I don't like how much weight I gain during the break. The break will be spent filming for my video project due the day we get back to school (why do teachers do that?) Jessica's coming to CA and a few other friends, so it'll be nice to get together with them. I just found out the other day that my video teacher literally lives in a cave. I guess it's for a performance art piece, but he's decided to live in a cave for like a year. He told us stories of the rats that he caught in the cave and the difficulties of regulating the temperature. And I'm not kidding. No wonder people think artists are weirdos. We are. I wonder if this is where my future will lead...if I ever mention to any of you that I'm planning on going to live and commune with bears in the forest or something, please snap me back into reality.
I sprained my thumb last night at the Penny Dreadful wrap party. Fingers are the worst things to sprain because you use them so much. I'm looking into getting a thumb splint. Oh yes, I worked on a film this week. My friend Dave was doing his thesis film and so matt and i helped out a bit by basically being PA set slaves, but it turned out to be really fun. I made a lot of new friends. My jobs included throwing dust around for special effect, guarding the front gate to make sure a peacock didn't escape and get hit by a car (b/c I'm assuming that peacocks are expensive to replace), and being a stand-in for the actors when the lighting people were setting up the shots. The still photos look amazing, I'll try to post some here next time. It all was very professional. Wrap parties are always fun, and last night was too, despite the sprained thumb and the drinking way too much alcohol.
